Comments on: Episode 87: Myth Evolution

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 04:27:15 +0000

I was told not to use the 10 and 2 position because when the air bag deploys your arm is flung off towards the window causing cuts etc.

The thumb thing is for excessive breaking or a crash…

By: Colin

Colin — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 04:24:29 +0000

to beat a speed camera all you need is black reflective signwriting vinyl and cut out the numbersto fit over the numbers on the plate / black reflective goes white with light and the camera cant see it.
regards Colin

By: John

John — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 20:10:02 +0000

In regards to the car tire myth and Nicole saying that Adam should not have slashed the tire but breathed from the valve, he actually did that before he tried the slashing technique. If you had watched the episode you would know this. However what he did not do is put his lips around the valve – he tried to breathe in the escaping bubbles which of course rose to the surface far too quickly.

Also, for Jo talking about Top Gear beating the speed camera with speed and that the Mythbusters didn’t need to resort to a jet car – again if you had actually watched the episode, the guys comment on Top Gear’s attempt, and point out that in the UK you actually need to get two photographs to issue the ticket but in the USA it only needs one photo to issue a ticket (so they’re pointing out that Top Gear only needed to go fast enough to let a single photo be taken but not the second photo, whereas they in the US would have to make the attempt in a car fast enough to prevent even a single photo being taken of it in order to beat getting the ticket).

By: Karen

Karen — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:43:11 +0000

i loved this episode but i agree.. you don’t need a rocket car like “the beast” in 2007 the SSC Ultimate Aero (Modified) went 257mph..0-60 in 2.7 seconds & according to guiness 07′ is the fastest car in the world.

By: Sean H

Sean H — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:59:35 +0000

I realize that the myth about the broken thumbs has been visited a couple of times, however, in the process of the air bags going off, Buster was not in a forward motion towards the steering wheel as he would be in the event of a crash.

By: Bill s

Bill s — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 05:01:18 +0000

The trick to breathing from a tire should be similar to the scuba technique previously mentioned. In my scuba training, I was taught that regulators were designed to “break” into a freeflow position. Hence air would continue to pour out.

Adam held his head in a more or less vertical position. Therefore his throat was lower than his mouth…sorry folks, water runs down hill.

In training we were taught to hold the regulator in a free flow position and put our heads directly above the flow of air…horizontal position.

The air bubbles flow directly into your mouth forcing the water down and away from your throat. You can now breathe as the air flow rate is too high to allow water to enter your mouth. Your breathing rate would have to be adjusted to the air flow delivered by the tire, but now it is plausible at least.

“No you do not put your mouth on the regulator as it is escaping at up to 20 times normal air pressure.”

By: Nicole

Nicole — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 03:41:01 +0000

The car tire myth hasn’t been busted at all.

Both times I’ve seen this on TV, (Alias Season 1 Episode 17 & James Bond “A View to a Kill”) the person breathed from the tire not by slashing it as Adam did here, but by opening the tire valve and breathing from that.

Is there even a myth of slashing a tire to breath from it at all? Come on guys, until you revisit this it hasn’t been disproven!

By: Bill

Bill — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 20:32:18 +0000

BREATHING FROM CAR TIRE:

When I took my scuba training many years ago, back in the last millenium, we were taught how to breathe straight off the top of an air tank without using any form of regulator.

First, crack the tank valve open slightly so you get a stream of bubbles about like what you would get from a car tire.

Now, touch your thumb to your forefinger and keep your other fingers together. Hold your hand to your mouth as though you were shouting at someone, hold your hand and face above the air source, and viola! the bubbles get separated from the water. I have spent over 20 minutes at the bottom of a 15-foot pool using this technique.

By: Julia

Julia — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 02:14:13 +0000

haha “the Build Team then tested the myth under the assumption that the driver was holding the wheel with his hands in a fashion similar to the Vulcan Salute.” I drive like that…. oops.

By: Connor brannen

Connor brannen — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:24:10 +0000

A person can stay underwater for an extended period of time by breathing the air from a car tire if they use a straw on the air valve and that will stift out the water and they can breath freely.