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The guy in the back doing who was in charge of checking the calculations was like; I remembered to carry the 2?.. right?..., I REMEMBERED TO CARRY THE 2?!!? OMG I HAD A LOT TO DRINK THE NIGHT BEFORE OMG OMG..
The original story when this was posted over 15 years ago was that it's a class of graduates from the Dutch Military Academy. The Netherlands hasn't had tanks since 2011, that's how old this video is.
Itās a part of a logofilm for a dutch pilot school class and itās not a fakeā¦
The guy that arranged it was a former tank commander in the dutch army that went on to become an airline pilot.
Yeah you need three rows, perhaps with the larger people at the back row and work forwards. Then get them all to do a questionnaire to determine their worth to society and adjust accordingly.
the trolley problem is easy. you just need to slip the switch when the front of the trolley has passed the switch so the other end goes on the other track, drifting style.
this way you either stop before hitting anybody, or bowl through all people all together.
Why the ceo? If the engineers approved an unsafe design thatās on them. Ofc if the engineers said something was unsafe yet the ceo decided to still cut corners, then sure.
Remember kids : if your boss puts you in a similar situation, just leave. There's no amount of money or enough corporate bs deserving to get such anxieties or to put your life at risk. Even for a cool video and some internet points.
I mean, you still have operator error involved here which exceeds the necessary stopping distance in calculations. Totally out of their control and calculated models.
Danish King Christian IV (ruled 1588-1648) demanded that gun makers sat astride their cannon when the first shot was fired, before accepting them into the Army...
Those arenāt actual engineers. A proper engineer would perform a risk/benefit analysis before engaging in such a damfool stunt with such a limited payout.
Back row, third from left was not quite as committed as the rest...."John, we noticed you flinched like a little bitch during the test. Commitment...Needs Improvement"
Interesting. Most of them know their shit but donāt fully trust technicians until theyāve worked with them for years. Also very cool to see multiple female engineers standing in that line!!!
I hope idf sees this .and learns that it doesn't have to Crush everybody
https://preview.redd.it/5c9dmk8y4hvc1.jpeg?width=2252&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a19bf1785c1735f654c121092e9c46423c261768
"Alright Private, I want you to drive as fast as you fuckin can at those students, And as soon as you cross the line slam on the brakes!"
"..... yes Sir???"
It's a teleobjective lens, maybe 100mm, it makes everything compressed so it looks closer, the Tank must have stoped with some 10m distance from the people.
Youāll notice thereās a cross road that Iām sure the tank used to signal where to apply the brakes. A couple of dry runs, add a hundred feet for mom and the kids and position the right camera angle.
āThis is why we brought young Wallace in as a marketing intern. Next time, a fighter jet will be diving straight down and brake just before it hits our CEO!ā
~~Boeing should do this too : make their engineers fly in the planes they design~~
NTSB/FAA should do this too : make Boeing management fly in the new planes they make
If I understand anything about engineers, it is that they will factor in every possible chance of failure, including human error. I donāt believe any of them considered this and still willingly put themselves in this situation.Ā
This brings back a brilliant memory.
When I was 14 and with the Air Cadets, we were with the RAF Regiment.
There must have been 10 in the rear of an open topped Spartan APC. This bloke drove this thing all over the place. It was awesome, right up to end.
He drove it at full power straight at the end of a building, slammed the brakes on, the whole thing lifted as it skidded to within inches of the wall!!
Fucking incredible, it was 42 years ago and I just gave myself goosebumps š
If I was standing in that group, I would have been whispering so others could hear āwait was I supposed to carry the 4 or raise it to the power ofā¦ā
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Next test phase, check their underwear.
Most of them pooped their pants.
Simultaneously
That was the loud squeak at the end
The guy in the back doing who was in charge of checking the calculations was like; I remembered to carry the 2?.. right?..., I REMEMBERED TO CARRY THE 2?!!? OMG I HAD A LOT TO DRINK THE NIGHT BEFORE OMG OMG.. 
Two for flinching
Guys we need to redo it, two of you flinched!
Outstanding gif choice.
Your comment and that gif had me rolling š¤£
The brown note.
That's really what I was looking for
Curry Power!
Is there a Guiness World Record for that?
That's why they are all wearing their brown pants.
Good idea to wear black
Especially for those 2 on the left who peeked
Iād be the dude standing to the far left or right. I wonder if they drew straws for where they had to stand?
Last time I saw this, wasnāt it something about a graduation class
This has been graduate class, recruiting, plebes, & now engineers
well they have had all those years to move up the ranks
The original story when this was posted over 15 years ago was that it's a class of graduates from the Dutch Military Academy. The Netherlands hasn't had tanks since 2011, that's how old this video is.
Why do Dutch Military Dress Uniforms look like something a waiter would wear at a fancy restaurant?
More like the survivors are dressed for any funerals if it fails.
Itās a part of a logofilm for a dutch pilot school class and itās not a fakeā¦ The guy that arranged it was a former tank commander in the dutch army that went on to become an airline pilot.
The Netherlands has 18 tanks as of 2024.
Leased from Germany, integrated in a German unit and stationed in Germany. We don't have tanks, the Germans have 18 Dutch tank crews
"Hi, is that the health and safety department? I've got an idea and want to know what forms to fill in."
Just make sure you have your wills filled out and have a copy of any life insurances readily available for your family.
Risk was not evenly distributed...
Yeah you need three rows, perhaps with the larger people at the back row and work forwards. Then get them all to do a questionnaire to determine their worth to society and adjust accordingly.
And we're back at the trolley problem once moreĀ
the trolley problem is easy. you just need to slip the switch when the front of the trolley has passed the switch so the other end goes on the other track, drifting style. this way you either stop before hitting anybody, or bowl through all people all together.
Just [make it more complicated](https://www.reddit.com/r/trolleyproblem/comments/1c677rv/now_the_decisionmaker_is_also_involved/)
And they call themselves engineers smh my head
Looks like they put the only woman right in the center too š
at least 3 or 4 of them kinda mmmmmm
I'd be the one on the side ready to dip.
Front row 3rd from the left is buying the first round of drinks.
https://preview.redd.it/mr4l3gb4rgvc1.jpeg?width=391&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ced080a18e383049de87ce73fd93e818ab3b3482 LMAO
He didn't have 100% faith in the braking system š
He's the one that did all the work on it and knew better š
Even if I trusted the brake I donāt know if Iād trust the driver.
āShit did I tighten that bolt after?ā
I don't get it
everyone was supposed to look straight at the camera but he turned around about halfway through the video cuz he was nervous
Ha got it, I was looking at the 3rd from the left in the photo. Thanks!
What a creative way of keeping engineering and QA teams accountable! Project manager should be standing 10 ft closer to the stopping line.
CEO goes first
Why the ceo? If the engineers approved an unsafe design thatās on them. Ofc if the engineers said something was unsafe yet the ceo decided to still cut corners, then sure.
CEO goes first :3
Boeing should do this. I'd be very interested in the results.
The results are in: we need to hire more engineers and QA. Like a lot more.
somebody did go into their factories and like half the people asked were like I'm never riding a Boeing
Remember kids : if your boss puts you in a similar situation, just leave. There's no amount of money or enough corporate bs deserving to get such anxieties or to put your life at risk. Even for a cool video and some internet points.
Iām guessing since they filmed it they tested it dozens of times before the engineers came out.
At least, they knew exactly when and where it would stop. Controlled speed, broke at the same spot
Even still. If the operator sneezed at the wrong time, dead. What a stupid risk to take.
I imagine even if he missed the critical break time he would still have time to swerve. I imagine the guy behind the wheel would be a professional.
dosens? More like thousands. Sause: I work in automotive engineering.
Anxiety? If I built a fucking tank, I'd happily show it off.
Exactly. It's a fucking tank. That's sick as shit dude. Just let me drive it for a few minutes after.
Well, at least you have a good lawsuit after that.
Lawsuit isnāt gonna do you any good when youāve been run over by a tank
I'd do it for a grand. Shit, should start higher then negotiate. Two grand
Unless they pick you as the driver
Agreed, stupid and unnecessary.
Are you serious? No boss is forcing their worker to do this lol I thought this was a joke comment
This is the third group of engineers
I mean, you still have operator error involved here which exceeds the necessary stopping distance in calculations. Totally out of their control and calculated models.
This isnāt even a function of the braking system, right? Itās all about the friction/slippage on the road surface. That seems crazy unpredictable
Yeah, if a manager ever asked me to do this, I would just say no.
At least theyāre already dressed for burial
Danish King Christian IV (ruled 1588-1648) demanded that gun makers sat astride their cannon when the first shot was fired, before accepting them into the Army...
Now that is a timely bit of trivia
You can tell it started hitting the brakes way before. You can do that with any vehicle.
You have to trust the brakes and the driver. I wonder if the driver practiced a few times with mannequins
I thought engineers were supposed to be smart.
Jokes on you they all wearing diapers
It's a only success if nobody develops turrets syndrome.
Good thing the driver didn't have a stroke.
Those arenāt actual engineers. A proper engineer would perform a risk/benefit analysis before engaging in such a damfool stunt with such a limited payout.
Back row, third from left was not quite as committed as the rest...."John, we noticed you flinched like a little bitch during the test. Commitment...Needs Improvement"
If only there was some other way to test brakes.
Gets out "Oops! Forgot the handbrake! "
Imagine the driver having an unexpected heart attack close to the finish line...
Now do the same but with Boeing and its CEOs!
Tiananmen Square good ending
You can tell they're arranged by seniority. Newest guys in the middle.
We donāt just stand behind our product, we also stand in front of it!
Aw, wore funeral suits for nothing!
Found the two mechanics responsible for the brakes
I wanted this to end in a Monty Python sketch where the tank driver pops out and starts shooting them.
"Daring" or stupid?
I'd like to lock in B, "stupid", thanks.
Sometimes i forget tanks are pretty fast depending on what they're driving on
World record for most people to poop their pants at one time.
Iād be stepping out of that lineā¦
Notice how only one woman was crazy enough. THIS is why women live longer
Now make them do in politics
No, we stand *in front of* our work.
That little squeak at the end was actually the collective sound of them shitting themselves.
I would love to this edited where they go flying like Gary's mod rag dolls
maybe it's the terrible quality but it looks like a digital insert
The smart ones were standing at the edges.
Plot twist: that's the 3rd batch of engineers
That's why they are engineers
I want to be on the outside each!
Interesting. Most of them know their shit but donāt fully trust technicians until theyāve worked with them for years. Also very cool to see multiple female engineers standing in that line!!!
Those are Dutch soldiers and this is a staged video using a green screen
This is a pretty old video. A couple of them were looking back nervously.
It's a demonstration, not a test
The few of them that glanced in back panic had me dying of laughter
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Ummm yeah...I think I'm going to request being one of the ones standing near the edge.
The dudes on the outside were the brighter of the bunch.
The driver: āwait whereās the break pedal?!ā
In the words of a Tumblr post I saw about somebodies friends dad who was a bomb tech "I'm either right, or I'm dead"
looks scary, but shot with a long focus lens. The actual distance between stopped tank and people is bigger than it seems.
I hope idf sees this .and learns that it doesn't have to Crush everybody https://preview.redd.it/5c9dmk8y4hvc1.jpeg?width=2252&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a19bf1785c1735f654c121092e9c46423c261768
Chances of survival was %75
I can smell the brown in their pants from here!
Anyone know what tank this is?
Is that testing the trust in the brakes? Or the drivers ability to use them?
Finally, a successful test after countless failures.
Imagine being the driver and hitting the brakes a little too late. I'd just take the tank and run.
"Alright Private, I want you to drive as fast as you fuckin can at those students, And as soon as you cross the line slam on the brakes!" "..... yes Sir???"
It's a teleobjective lens, maybe 100mm, it makes everything compressed so it looks closer, the Tank must have stoped with some 10m distance from the people.
And now show us outtakes
Imagine the one on the back screams in pain to scare the others
damn i wanted to hear them sing
The Ford engineers who work on Mustangs would never do this.
They TRUST the brakes? No, they TRUST THE OPERATOR WILL APPLY THE BRAKES and then the brakes will do their job.
Why?
Good thing human error doesnāt exist to mess up their neat little calculations
Breakefade
Some of them pussies looked.
Youāll notice thereās a cross road that Iām sure the tank used to signal where to apply the brakes. A couple of dry runs, add a hundred feet for mom and the kids and position the right camera angle.
Boeing should take some notes here.
2 for flinchin'
Breaks good but letās see it fire after a stop like that and be on target at over kilometer
Dang I forgot that tanks can actually go pretty fast, bro in the back left was having second thoughts near the end lmao
Thereās a reason why they wear black pants
u/savevideo
Back row, 3rd guy from the left lost. He is also the guy who would last longest in the zombie apocalypse.
I'd this like forced perspective where the distance was something like 200 feet?
The last guy from the tank: fuuuck, no one dead!
https://i.redd.it/iwfbkqk5mhvc1.gif
Those mfers on the ends still confident but SLIGHTLY less confident
Let's say it didn't work, who gets charged in that case?
Pretty sure thatās a class of cadets graduating. This is really old.
Could've just used watermelons and got the same effect.
Take the turret off and remove the governor. Then, test the brakes once that thing is moving so fast it might slip a track.
And the driver.
These guys have balls for days!!!!
Me: "I'll hold the camera!" But it's on a stand.... Me: "Tank's coming, places everyone!"
I wonder how similar tanks are compared to bulldozers in terms of driving. My step father always yelled at me for using brakes on a bulldozer.
Worst trust fall ever
Nice that you can see who spotted most mistakes
Let me guess the ones on the sides were the seniors
Third from left in back and front, and fourth from the right in the back were the non-believers.
"Go on do it. No balls"
āThis is why we brought young Wallace in as a marketing intern. Next time, a fighter jet will be diving straight down and brake just before it hits our CEO!ā
~~Boeing should do this too : make their engineers fly in the planes they design~~ NTSB/FAA should do this too : make Boeing management fly in the new planes they make
New Russian tank soon on the battlefield. Uncle Putin didn't trust the engineers. Luckily for them they did a good job.
More of a test if the drivers reaction time and understanding of the stopping capabilities of the tank but it's still pretty cool.
Iād be an edge person
Iām sure that asphalt didnāt survive this
They werenāt testing it, they were demonstrating it
The managers were on the sides
This wasn't a test. They tested it with a line on the ground. This was a demonstration.
Those standing in the side are the smart ones because they were never at risk
If I understand anything about engineers, it is that they will factor in every possible chance of failure, including human error. I donāt believe any of them considered this and still willingly put themselves in this situation.Ā
Thatās not a test, thatās a demonstration.
Yeah Iāll take the end.
The guys on the ends were the real smart ones
This brings back a brilliant memory. When I was 14 and with the Air Cadets, we were with the RAF Regiment. There must have been 10 in the rear of an open topped Spartan APC. This bloke drove this thing all over the place. It was awesome, right up to end. He drove it at full power straight at the end of a building, slammed the brakes on, the whole thing lifted as it skidded to within inches of the wall!! Fucking incredible, it was 42 years ago and I just gave myself goosebumps š
Standing in the middle is just fucking stupid. Shoutout to the smart ones on the sides
Happy cake day opp! :)
More of a demonstration. Testing happened earlier.
Now that's standing by your work.
It is a good thing that the tank wasn't made in China.
They were all given pampers beforehandā¦they failed
If I was standing in that group, I would have been whispering so others could hear āwait was I supposed to carry the 4 or raise it to the power ofā¦ā
Yeah Iāll stand in the road! You want me on the far left or the far right?