A Snowy Legends Special | MythBusters | Season 5 Episode 13 | Full Episode
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- čas přidán 22. 10. 2023
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Adam and Jamie try to cause avalanches though various means, while the build team freeze tongues to frozen poles and drive backwards on a icy road.
Using science as a tool, Hollywood special effects experts attempt to debunk rumours, urban legends and popular myths that have captivated the minds of many individuals.
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Damn Mythbusters is the only show where I can watch someone scream with a megaphone at a "flour Moountain" and me still be curious if it falls or not 😂
As someone who drives in snow often enough, the snow driving part hurt to watch
As a Canadian who earned his learner's permit in the middle of winter, that snow driving thing brought back frightening memories... Where in the name of HEAVEN did people think that reversing on snow is better? They clearly have not been to Saskatchewan in January! Stay safe everyone! Winter is coming
winter's already here in newfoundland
i live in the snowy mountains ... reverse driving may not be safer. But for sure it is easier to drive up a mountain on a snowtrack for most cars in reverse gear. That's not true for 4-wheel-drive of course.
You live in Saskatchewan? How do you even know which direction you’re driving? Is that why Regina and Saskatoon have ring roads? To give you some sense of direction? 😊😂
@@timthompson7205 LOL never thought of it that way🤣
Norway here: Sometimes they so stupidly misunderstand the myth. Driving backwards is not a myth, it's just that it HAS to be a FRONT WHEEL DRIVE car and it HAS to be a HILL you want to ASCEND. It all obviously has to do with weight distribution when going up a hill and where the driven wheels are located. What is also nice is that if you start to slide down said hill, you are now going forward again which is easier to control -as we clearly saw. This has helped me in a pinch several times, but it's not for going fast or in traffic. So no, it's not busted, it just made them look fools on this one. Also a trick I can give is if you find yourself stuck spinning one wheel, is to lightly push the brake pedal as to make the brakes work as a poor mans limited slip differential. If rear wheel drive, use the parking brake instead, also lightly.
in canada they tell you in schools not to put your tongues on poles, it's practically a PSA thing
Back in the 80's when i was a very small kid, i got my tongue momentarily frozen into a steel laundry drying pole. Never again.....
Some guy has a job throwing dynamite out of the window of a helicopter. WTF am I doing with my life?
Well, nothing stops you doing something similar. You just have to improvise.
Through the late 80s and early 90s I worked as a downhill ski instructor & racing coach in the Canadian Rockies (mostly at Norquay & Mystic Ridge), and in that area the Ski Patrol and Parks Canada and the RCMP would set avalanches off by firing shells, (we called the rockets) - firing them from guns mounted on the rooftop of the teahouse at the top of the big ski lift. I used to bring my ski school kids up to watch them fire these things off, and they’d give us their big binoculars to watch the avalanches. It was very cool.
@@amsivertson thanks for sharing, cool story :)
They spent 15 years each working on tight schedules, this is a payoff ..
I have caused an avalanche with some of my classmates skiing in France in 2000... Only a small one, but it scared the hell out of me! The skipatrol had to use explosives to control the rest of the mountain, which is prone to avalanches. It's hard to predict the next one 😢
they should have invited a pro stunt driver for the reverse driving
Only in California would they be unfamiliar with the metal pole tongue touch. There's this thing called winter throughout the world.
Was Slim Whitman not available?
Not only in California. At 34 I've never seen or been close to snow, let alone anything dealing with those conditions, so its fun to me see those things I saw in American media growing up are actually accurate (nor not, as it happens)
I mean, I grew up in the mountains of California. A ski resort town. There _definitely_ is snow in cali, its not all Los Angeles beaches (or in this case the San Francisco bay). Its a real big state with a huge diversity of geography and climate.
I believe that the shape of the mountain should also be taken into account for the avalanche myth, as the shape could intensify the sound waves of the yodeling by echoing it, increasing the the intensity of the sound.
liz is a vibe
Driving reverse ist helpful when climbing a steep slope with a FWD. Nothing else. Back wheel steering is crap, so reversing mostly is crappy.
the going in reverse on a frontwheel car is not a myth. here in austria we learn it in driving school. but its about going uphill not on a straight line
exactly it makes a big difference when driving uphill. I also live in austria
that's because going reverse uphill in a FWD will put more of the vehicles weight on the front drive wheel. It's the incline that shifts the traction, not the driving backwards itself.
RWD cars just get that effect by themselves going forward, because the drivewheels are already downhill.
There's something to be said about driving backwards sinking the front suspension as opposed to raising out of it, but at those speeds that's minimal.
Norway here: Sometimes they so stupidly misunderstand the myth. Driving backwards is not a myth, it's just that it HAS to be a FRONT WHEEL DRIVE car and it HAS to be a HILL you want to ASCEND. It all obviously has to do with weight distribution when going up a hill and where the driven wheels are located. What is also nice is that if you start to slide down said hill, you are now going forward again which is easier to control -as we clearly saw. This has helped me in a pinch several times, but it's not for going fast or in traffic. So no, it's not busted, it just made you look fools on this one. Also a trick I can give is if you find yourself stuck spinning one wheel, is to lightly push the brake pedal as to make the brakes work as a poor mans limited slip differential. If rear wheel drive, use the parking brake instead, also lightly.
agreed.
I have been in many situations where an snowy/icy hill made going up forward too much of a challenge. Turn around and go up in reverse puts the weight of the engine PLUS the change of center of gravity more over the drive wheels creates more friction and an easier time getting up the hill. Done. 🙂
I'm not so sure, it's still dangerous because the steering wheels are in the back. When driving forward the momentum of the car works against any turning of the steering wheel and helps keep the car stable. When going in reverse this is also reversed and the momentum of the car will fight against any attempt to stabilize the car.
To put it simply: A car going forwards wants to go straight while a car going backwards wants to do anything but go straight.
@@MrMarinus18
The difference is; getting up the hill, or not. So you have to be more careful, and at least of medium intelligence to understand what it happening with the steering.
No, it's not ideal. But it is the functional compromise that is most likely to get you moving upwards in that situation.
When trying to drive up normally doesn't work, you stay sitting at the bottom afraid to back up. Or, you can try reversing up the slope and give it your best shot.
@@MrMarinus18 Not making it up is also dangerous. Going back again the front wheel have a tendency to lock up and spin the car around. In the old days one could apply most of the braking to the back wheels by applying some parking brake. With the electronic parking brake that would be difficult.
Come to think about it, I have never tested it with a modern car. Does ABS/ESP work backwards?
@@MrMarinus18 One could also drive *slowly* and not like madman making the vehicle lose control. In steep hil, calm and consistent speed is the best option always.
and driving backwards in a front wheel car is just like driving a back wheel drive car. when is good for getting grip is thinner tires or wheels or 4x4
Everyone in Canada during the driving in snow myth, "meh". 🙂 I did my road test in January during a moderate snow storm. Driving in snow isn't hard, you just need to know what to do and keep it slow. Front wheel drive is great in snow, all power and much of the weight are up front. Driving on black ice, you're screwed. Stay off the road.
sloppy tongue my favourite
They really did the tongue sticks to frozen pole. Did they not have winter where they were, were they never children?
I had the sticking tongue effect with an ice cube once, that was a hassle to get off
More seasons pleaseee
13:20 was that a spinal tap reference 😂😂
its because of the weight of the motor it have better grip and if you get stuck with a front wheel you just sit on the hood and you will get grip again. and if the motor is in the back you just stand on the back and jump and it will get the grip again.
It has only sense in front drive, front engine, car.
These peashooters will not cause an avalanche. Try some 20mil antiair gun and you might just make it.
S’ils m’avaient appelé je leur aurais confirmé par expérience que la langue qui colle c’est vrai 😂
Damn driving on snow and ice is really not easy. You aren't the one that dictates speed in such conditions it's the road that determines max speed, you can steer all you want but if you slip you aren't steering anything anymore.
That's not "busted" that's like saying "hey we tested this one dude and he didn't get sick. So that means this virus is not deadly". Jamie was 100% correct. And to Adam's "scientific" comment: No, that's simply not enough data to come to a scientific conclusion.
guess usa needs to add driving on ice/snow on the driving test, is it even possible to spin out at 25kmh or was that just special effects?
Without the chain you'll see a difference between FWD and RWD. RWD is incredibly squirrely under aggressive acceleration, it's why they drift so well.
Adam: “YODEL!!”
I think if we all lose our collective memories, yodelling is something we’d be quite happy never to remember
Reverse on the mirrors not looking back.
Why??
You're SUPPOSED to look back when driving in reverse...
@@derGameplayDJ yes and where are mirrors for? Looking behind you. When you twist youre body it's harder to steer
@@derGameplayDJTell truck drivers that.
The main factor is having a member of the female persuasion behind the wheel 😂
I grew up in Germany on the Swiss border. I’m not a fan of yodeling at all but I’ve heard a lot and can appreciate it. That woman is the first tone deaf yodeler I’ve ever heard. Man she’s bad.
Since when is freezing your tongue to a pole a myth? Every Canadian or Northern American kid has done that before. The trick about it is keeping enough saliva in your mouth to warm the metal and get your tongue back off. That and don’t do it when it’s worse than minus 5 C
You can just wrap your hands around your mouth to contain the heat, and then exhale warm air until your tongue finally thaws free.