Tuning.

[Gazwould]

It's not a hard shoulder .

 

[LostKiwi]

Ok got it now - it's a 3 lane road.

 

[Blobcat]

I'm curious. Why in frame 4 are you half on the hard shoulder?

Crossed white line onto other carriageway - 2 lanes coming the other way. With a car coming towards them.

 

[LostKiwi]

Crossed white line onto other carriageway - 2 lanes coming the other way. With a car coming towards them.

Yep got it. Wasn't 100% clear.

 

[Blobcat]

Yep got it. Wasn't 100% clear.

It’s better viewed on a larger screen

 

[LostKiwi]

It’s better viewed on a larger screen

Yeah phone makes it a bit awkward!

 

[Gazwould]

That camera doesn’t distort as much as your making out, you can tell that by the road markings and the speed at which you were driving, there was enough time to slow down if you had been able to identify the hazard that was coming.

 

[LostKiwi]

What you're seeing is normal for a rectilinear corrected wide angle lens and is not distortion in the photographic sense. Distortion would take the form of barrel or pincushion effects (barrel distortion is typical for poorly corrected wide angle lenses).
In the video example above you can clearly see the limitations of a lens set to replicate "human vision". There is very little information in frame regarding context for the subject in the centre. You don't see anything to the sides of the central subject at all. With the standard wide angle lens you see more of the context which in an accident scenario could be the difference between seeing an object approach from the side or missing it (at which point the camera footage becomes near worthless).
There is a very good reason most dashcams use wide angle lenses with 170 degree field of view.

One of the few effects of a rectilinear corrected lens is stretching of the edges of an image but this is easily corrected in post processing if required.

 

[davidsl500]

So how do you explain the hundreds of positive reviews of pedal boxes ?

It is not sensitive it is accurate !

You can drive it so smoothly in any situation.

Like I said torque is available quicker and this has a result..

That must be the most useless 0-60's I've ever seen! Has the driver never driven a car before? If I'm testing the 0-60 performance I'm not sat at idle before launching! Has he not heard of plenty of revs and sidestepping the clutch or similar techniques none of which have the car at idle?.... Oh. of course that will make the pedal box pointless wouldn't it..

 

[V6Matty]

I didn’t say the video doesn’t distort at all, I said it’s not as distorted as you made out. I was using points of reference in the stills to say what I can see is enough time to have slowed without the need to have swerved into the oncoming lane,

 

[Gazwould]

It's a 18 year old car with small discs.

 

[LostKiwi]

The 129067 SL in 300/500/600 came with 290mm x 28mm front discs and 278 x 9mm rears. It weighs 1800kg and was the quickest stopping car available.

I'm certain the brakes fitted on yours are more than capable of locking the front wheels when applied quickly enough.
Maybe you need a sprint booster fitted to the brake pedal?

 

[davidsl500]

I'm certain the brakes fitted on yours are more than capable of locking the front wheels when applied quickly enough.
Maybe you need a sprint booster fitted to the brake pedal?

Now that's funny..!

 

[V6Matty]

It's a 18 year old car with small discs.

I’d have still stopped in my 1956 S1 with drum brakes

 

[Gazwould]

You would of died , lol .

 

[V6Matty]

Pretty unlikely I’d have died, an S1 is built like a brick out house, I’d have more likely gone through the other car, okay I’d have been injured but the occupants of the other vehicle would have been dead instantly if I’d hit them at full speed.

 

[LostKiwi]

I’d have been injured but the occupants of the other vehicle would have been dead instantly if I’d hit them at full speed.

I think you'd all have survived a 30mph impact

 

[V6Matty]

I think you'd all have survived a 30mph impact

Hey, old “Nutty” will do 60 (down hill with a tail wind)