# Passing cars

**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/passing-cars/257237
**Category:** Shift518 Automotive
**Created:** [March 7, 2011, 9:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/passing-cars/257237 "2011-03-07T21:25:38Z")
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### Author: ![Oleg](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/oleg/32/6276_2.png) [@Oleg](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Oleg)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2011, 9:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/passing-cars/257237/4 "2011-03-09T09:21:46Z")

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> [@Official MythBusters "PLANE on a CONVEYOR" episode PARTY!!! (12/12/07 @ 8pm)](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-mythbusters-plane-on-a-conveyor-episode-party-12-12-07-8pm/37453/376):
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> The rider over-reacted though. Locking up the back brake is a death sentence. Front brake would’ve been enough.

Mostly this. He wasn’t looking at the car at all once he started passing so it caught him by surprise, and he was passing so slowly that the car actually cut him off instead of sideswiping. To top it off he didn’t even have any gear besides the lid.

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