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  hoperyto  commented on  2021-07-31

• Top Fuel dragsters are the quickest accelerating racing cars in the world.
  0-100 mph time is ~0.8 secs.
  0-60 mph time is ~0.4 secs.
  The 300 mph mark comes up in less than 4 seconds.
  The Lamborghini Diablo has not even reached 60 mph by the time the Top Fuel car is doing 300 mph.1

• The fastest competitors reach speeds of 335mph (539 km/h) and finish the 1,000 foot (305 m) runs in 3.62 seconds.1

• An NHRA Top Fuel dragster leaves the starting line with a force over four times that of gravity, the same force as the space shuttle when it leaves the launching pad at Cape Canaveral2

• The nitromethane powered engines of NHRA Top Fuel dragsters produce ~7,000 horsepower, about 37 times that of the average street car2

• The cars are slowed by a reverse force more than seven times that of gravity when both parachutes deploy simultaneously2

• The engine of a Top Fuel dragster generates around 150 dB of sound at full throttle, enough to cause physical pain or even permanent damage. A sound that intense is not just heard, but also felt as pounding vibrations all over one's body, leading many[who?] to compare the experience of watching a Top Fuel dragster make a pass to 'feeling as though the entire drag strip is being bombed'1

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  alb_d  commented on  2021-07-31

What is the dragster driver even doing? Don't you just need a line follower?

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  hoperyto  commented on  2021-08-10

Trying to not get killed while enjoying the ride, from what I understand 😁

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  hoperyto  commented on  2021-08-10

And now that I think about it, that's pretty much what the rest of us are up to as well, isn't it? 😅

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  alb_d  commented on  2021-08-10

Well, if full self driving was widely available, then I doubt anyone would still be driving. Line follower tech is super easy to implement in a drag race. And all these artificial constraints on the car (max speed etc) seem to be in the name of safety after drivers have been killed. Imagine how much more badass they could make the car if they didn't have to have a human driver.

Although at that point it will look more like a cruise missile and less of a car.

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  hoperyto  commented on  2021-08-13

I'd meant we're all just enjoying the ride while not getting killed in general life level terms, wasn't talking specifically with respect to driving, just being philosophical 😇