if there's anything I learned from this video, it's that potholes do less damage the faster you go, unless they're too big in which case your car will be equally distributed across the road
well the potholes can stop people going 30 in a 60, its just as useful, it keeps slow drivers from causing disruptions on fast traffic, and fast drivers from causing disruptions in slow traffic
@@javadahmed5309 that's spelling but yeah, in Florida, we call them underused because we have people going 30 mph in a 5, in a kid filled neighborhood to make it worst...
The whole point is to damage speeding cars whit speed bumps! Thats why they are calld "speedbumps" potholes are good for speeding couse you then have more air time, but if you go slow your car wil be damaged ore you wil get stuck! I think this guy did not out-smart the system, but the video whas kinda cool!😅
You should be doing these at more normal speeds. 25-30mph, cuz those are speeds most people drive at, and it's not fast enough to create a velocity where the wheels barely fall off the ground. At 25mph, there is more time for the front of the car to dip.
Dry potholes aren't a bad idea but when it rains and fills with water, you've essentially induced aquaplaning unnecessarily. To rid this problem, expensive infrastructure is needed to keep them functional but bumps are rather cheap and self maintaining. Also bumps are way more dramatic, that's an automatic win!
actually is a bad idea, you can see that there's no demanding even though they're going too fast, the principal idea is: if you don't slow down this is going to happen
Sort of, but that's more a byproduct of it not being able to stop you from going faster. They should be tuned so that you can go the stated speed limit without any issues and go a bit faster. We've got ones that are engineered to travel at roughly 30mph without any problems. But you will be tossed around a bit if you're going excessively fast.
The issue here is that most of the potholes you placed made the car smack into a curb while mid air. I get that both of them are supposed to do damage but a realistic pothole (which wouldn't even be this big) would have an even height both on the entrance and exit.
The whole point is to damage speeding cars whit speed bumps! Thats why they are calld "speedbumps" potholes are good for speeding couse you then have more air time, but if you go slow your car wil be damaged ore you wil get stuck! I think this guy did not out-smart the system, but the video whas kinda cool!😅
with actual potholes that you come across on the road, their jagged edges can tear up your tires. plus, potholes are rarely long enough to affect both tires, meaning the suspension and tires will be more worn out on one side than the other, causing an imbalance.
Realworld physics? i dont think so, have good destruction physics, but cars couldnt jump this way, with bumps o holes, simply because car´s suspension. Lowers car could suffer more in bumbs, and the holes could do a lot of damage in cars without low plate. Vehicles with bigs wheels are less afected by both.
Meh, "real world physics" could be interpreted as many times different as many laws of kinetics * calculation simplifications there are. Simple fact: lab computers more expensive compared to gaming ones, while having less Flopps, why? They are more precise.
This test is totally unfair. Given the reason for which speedbumps exist you should try to approach both the structures with a lower speed, instead of faster. And then you'll see which one of the two deals less damage with speed being slower (a little spoiler: it's the speedbump). It's a funny video, and beamng crashes are entertaining to watch, but it's definitely not informative.
Thanks for showing us why speedbumps are more effective than potholes , pothole do basically less damagr the faster you go so they encourage you to go faster , speedbumps damage your car if you go fast over them so they encourage you to slow down , and also if you go slow over a pothole your frontwheel will get stuck ... And if you go fast enough over it you wont even get slowed down ...
I would argue that the biggest issue with this video is the high-speed testing: your previous video about "what speed do cars have to go to jump over potholes?" showed that the faster a car moves, the larger a pothole it can safely cross. At extremely high speeds, everything can cross potholes with minimal damage, since at most it will only be the bottom of the tires falling enough to hit the far end of the pothole. At the same time, the faster you go into a speed bump, the less time your car's suspension has to adjust to the new road height, and the larger your vertical velocity will become after some of your horizontal speed is changed to a vertical bounce by the bump. Speed bumps are literally designed to be crossed at low speeds, and potholes are also the most devestating at medium speeds (slow enough for the car's frame to fall into contact with the far end, but fast enough to have a large amount of kinetic energy at play when the car's forward velocity instantly drops to 0).
This plus the speed bumps seemed so fucking steep in this, and it literally launched cars into the air. Maybe it's just a country thing, but I have never seen a speed bump this tall and this steep.
Yeah right , seems like people forgot these are suposed to be driven over slowly , you drive slowly over a pothole and the front of your car goes straight into the hole and gets fucked
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@@EmilyAliceTempest I have seen some nasty speed bumps in Slovakia, having the T3 Syncro I usually don't slow down and hit them easily in around 30mph, but the bad ones did launch me in the air even in those low-ish speeds. So yes, they do exist at least somewhere. :-D
You are comparing apples and oranges. Each serves a different purpose. To teach laws of physics this is perfect. Big fan of the simulation, placing beams and all. Good work
either does the potholes, especially the part after the lowest part, wich looks like a speed bump set diagonally, otherwise the violent surface change would make the wheel jump at regular driving (and encourage speeding up), so they are a bit less deep, but longer
Depends on the size of the speedbump. If it's smaller than the loaded suspension travel on your vehicle then usually it's more comfortable to cross them at extremely high speeds. Some guy made a video testing this in real life.
Generally I would recommend drivers to slow down whenever they approach speed bumps or potholes. The video is just an illustration of the danger of not slowing down on speed bumps, but taking note that potholes are not 100% safe
Yes, speed bumps are installed with a specific speed in mind, if you drive that speed, then there should be little issue with driving over it. The ones that people are most used to are ones that are designed to be driven at like 5mph, but I've seen ones engineered for 25-30mph by making them much longer and going the designed speed you still have a very smooth ride.
I suppose it all depends on speed; if you’re going fast enough, you may just glance straight over the pothole without being affected by it too much. On the contrary however, if you speed into a speedbump, it’ll send you flying much like in the video. Alternatively, if you go slowly over a pothole, your car will sink into it of course and it’ll be a much bumpier, disorienting maneuver, whereas if you go slowly over a speedbump, (like you’re supposed to) basically nothing will happen, unless you’re in a very low-to-the-ground super car, then the bottom may have a risk of getting scratched up a little. Probably not, I don’t know much about cars lol
In New Zealand around our hospitals and stuff like that we have these speed bumps that are more square, they have very steep angles, it would be interesting to see those tested!
Speed bumps are made so drivers learn to maintain moderate vehicle speed and slow down when they are visible. Speeding towards a speed bump is indeed damaging to the vehicle to teach those drivers to drive responsibly
Yes, and that's entirely the point, you're going to have knuckleheads that ignore the speed bumps and speed anyways, but for the rest of us, the penalty is usually relatively minor as most people don't speed by that much and it helps avoid having to write traffic tickets.
Maybe because you made the speedbump a half cylinder which isnt really a speedbump, more like a really bad ramp. And the car going over the pothole is going fast enough that it just goes right over the "pothole"
I really wish more places followed the Vermont way when it comes to speed bumps. Burlington designed theirs on the road to reward those that stick to the speed limit while punishing those who go past a certain speed. Contrast that to almost everywhere else I've been where they punish you just for existing with SpEed CuSHioNs
@@benclimo461 You can drive over it without having to slow down at all. Which would technically be a reward by way of removing the negative consequence of breaking the rule. It also means that there's less reason to post cops along the road to write tickets as the speed bump reduces speed whether there's a cop there or not.
"I have to say speed bumps ain't looking too good right now" the irony is that the "pothole" ferrari skidded off line and the driver door slammed into the freeway divider at potentially fatal speed... meanwhile, the "speed bump" ferrari actually maintained a good posture and kept enough structure that when it landed the car skidded to a safe stop.
In my country "speedbump" is called "spring breaker" (Quebra-Mola), I think you can see why I'm Brazilian So unless you want to die you have to slow down, so it's effective 😅
@@SlimJimZA actually yes it is, the faster the car is going the less of the tire will go into the hole. If the car is moving at a fast enough speed the wheels will glide over the hole and make contact with the other side on top of the road with any occupants in the vehicle feeling nothing but a slight bump. The slower the car is the more the tire will go down
The speed bump's purpose is for you to slow down specially on residential and public areas and prevent accidents,if potholes won't damage a vehicle when they're overspeeding then what's even the point of placing something like that in there..
The major issue with a pothole is when the tyre smashes on the edge of the pothole which almost certainly destroys any wheel with a low profile(small sidewall) tyre as the tyre cannot absorb the impact leading to rim damage. On the other hand the suspension should be able to adjust according to the profile of the speed bumps when the vehicle is traveling whithin the bump's designed speed range. BTW Great Video 😁👍🏻
The beam counter should just be on all the time, since it's just awesome to see how much damage can be done. The next challenge should be to dreak or deform all the beams...
I was gonna say the same thing. Must be something inherent to the software programming (a glitch). :) Personally, I don't mind it, cos it gives a Christmasy atmosphere. Edit: Merry Christmas/happy holidays BTW. 🎄🕎
lets say u are driving on pothhole on speed like 60km/hr the body of the car might be fine but he suspension will it takes suspension a certain time duration after at it's initial position and if are driving fast then the suspension will get pressure from the mass of the car and affect it and might even cost u to repair or change it, it also affects the tires also if they are old.
In the state i live in (arizona), im starting to see that cities are starting to use more potholes than speedbumps, specifically in neighborhoods. However, they arent called potholes, they're called "Dips", which in my opinion, are a much safer option, and punish those who go fast, more than a speedbump typically does.
thats y in my country, which is Malaysia, our government “provide” us with several types of potholes on every road & highway.. those accidents that happen due to the potholes, tend to be drivers mistake.. only until one of our minister involve with accident that due to the potholes, then it will be the potholes fault.. Welcome to Malaysia! 🥰
There is a disadvantage for speedbums that they will make the car jump and cars landing is too bad that's one of the reason they are getting more damage
BeamNG is pretty accurate, though potholes will never be an intentionally made concrete trench. Thus in real life, it's not often so rewarding to skip over a pothole quickly. They're randomly shaped, placed and there can be more where there's one. Plus their elevation levels can at times be different. So you simply just wanna avoid going over/into them. Speedbumps... well apart from them never being so huge as in the video, are usually best if ya go over em slow. That's why they're speedbumps...
Main point being that speed bumps are more visible so one can easily slow down and minimise damage. With potholes on the other hand you are less likely to notice until it's too late. As a mechanic it's more likely that people have troubles to their vehicle after a nasty pothole they missed rather than because they got their car airborne off a speedbump
In Brazil, you cannot ride more than 120 km/h, if you go beyond that, say goodbye to your car's suspension. you know why? BECAUSE ROADS ARE FILLED WITH POTHOLES BUT THEY ARE BETTER KNOWN JUST AS HOLES come to bruhzil
...when car encounters pothole car's drivetrain slows down, but driver has tendency to fly out the car's windshield (blue car on 4:30 basically has destroyed windshield). Speed bump on the other hand forces whole car upwards keeping driver inside. Unfortunately when car ultimately lands driver will suffer secondary hit from below where there's no airbags. Hitting a pothole with wheels can make significant damage to rims and tires since potholes have "sharp" edges. Speed bumps on the other hand have rounded edges so in theory there won't be any significant damage to the rims and tires is speed is adequate...
A simple explanation is that with enough speed, the wheel does not have time to descend deep into the whole, effectively making it shallower, whereas the wheels have to clear the full height of the bump all the time.
One thing I noticed is that on the potholes you made, They stand a bit higher than the ground itself, thus damaging the car. Some other guy made a video on beamng with huge gaps on the pavement and the damage wanst that great as seen in this video. Cool work anyway.
You do know, that speedbumps are for... slowing wehicles down, while potholes are ineffective for this purpose above a certain speed. You do know that, right?
I mean it’s kind of an unfair test as speeding over a speed bump will almost ALWAYS damage your car and going the same speed over a pothole with do near to no damage at all however if you was to get driving at a much slower speed then you’d find the results will most likely be different
Yes, and the whole point of a speed bump is to be drivable at the designed speed, but potentially dangerous and damaging when you exceed that design specification. Pot holes are usually only a few inches deep, at most, as they're usually holes in the blacktop down to the underlying concrete. Probably not that great for the tires and suspension, but since it's below the axle, it should be a bit easier as you go faster.
Well pot holes are generally just a nuisance but speed bumps are a huge headache. The speed bump are often made larger then needed so people don't just fly over them, but often the only reasonable way to safely pass speed bumps is to completely slow down.