A physics professor drives along in his camry on the highway and covers about 88 feet per second or a velocity of 100 km/h when he observes a mitsubishi GT 3000 that races out onto the freeway.
This vehicle has an initial velocity of 100 km/h and smoothly accelerates, with the increase in velocity being constant over time, up to 250 km/h which is about 220 ft/s.
A police helicopter spots the GT 3000 and calls in squad car to lay a spike strip. The GT 3000 slams on the breaks and leaves skid marks for 160 feet. The police officer who finds the driver calmy whips out the stone tablet of THE TRUTH (v=v0 + at and x-x0 = v0 + 1/2 at2) and using this and his knowledge of the GT 3000’s breaking capabilities calculates the initial velocity and cuffs the driver for reckless driving.
The physics professor continues at a constant velocity on the highway, passes the arrest, and hears the driver cursing physics, but he knows the power of THE TRUTH.
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