Mythbusters- Right Turn Only MiniMyth

[TheManiteeHD]

its legal to turn "right on red" in most states in the US so you dont have to sit and wait at stoplights to turn left. also, you are turning into the nearest lane when you turn right, and you turn into the farest lane when you turn left

[13098519]

This is bullshit because you still have to yield to cars on some right hand turns. Secondly the only reason they saved 2lbs of fuel is because they coasted that whole hill instead of a portion of it like in the first run.

And the only way you can accurately test this myth is if you do it at the same time and same day which they did not. There could of been less traffic. Also they used a fuckin delivery truck, of course that shit is gonna waste gas on start ups.

[minime123iscool]

In america, the smaller turn is turning right so you use less fuel.

[TheAlexagius]

feul cell?

[sergiovalle21]

how is that possible?! I will like mythbusters give us more to the answer!!

[isilder]

This is just impossible to believe, the amount of fuel different is just too much .

they've made some mistake.

The science is that idling burns fuel and stopping and starting burns fuel, but the right hand route took longer and they still had to stop at red lights while going straight... still, the difference in the fuel usage is just way too much to beleive.

[Fpockets]

it doesnt make sense!!! how does a shorter left hand rout use more gas than a longer right hand route?

[kirbyy]

kari please make love to me

[Scrial]

Ehm, I'm no american so maybe theres the flaw, but have you guys over there ever heard that you can turn off the engine while you're waiting at a traffic light? -.-

[MrJoBilly]

@steveecker

They tried it in an episode so i got my answer but thanks

[MrJoBilly]

I dont have a mythbuster account so I try to ask here. Can starch and water stop a bullet?

[steveecker]

@MrJoBilly anything can stop a bullet given a sufficient mass. It needs to equal or exceed the opposing force of the bullet to stop it. You need mass + acceleration to cancel the forces out.

[Mooseboy240]

press f5 to skip add

[sailorenlil]

Well, this assumes that you can do right turns absolutely anytime even on a stop/red signal. Where I live though, there are a few places where right turns can be prohibited on a stoplight (you will see signs that say "No Right Turn On Red Signal").

[Tenac1ous]

I liked the part where they didn't explain "why". 

[italianrlm11]

0:01

[The2moons15]

wow

[pyrosys]

They ie: ups, fed exp, do this because making right turns only reduces the chances of accidents when compared to crossing an intersection making a left turn. Considering the low acceleration of the vehicles in question and also their size. I think mythbusters as with so many other "myths" have their facts wrong....

[youyoujimmy]

old episode

[alexy527]

we dont even have cars in africa

[transformerpro]

... this mite be fake... it even says "MINIMYTH". i call BS.

[kingx989]

@transformerpro Nope, it's real. Look up UPS eliminates left hand turns on google.

[Bandtx]

@transformerpro its called minimyth because its a small myth that doesn't take the amount of time that the full myths take to prove

[eMCeeShyGuy]

Whats the science behind it

[KZN02]

@eMCeeShyGuy Efficiency?

[awesome220]

@eMCeeShyGuy The gas combusts to make the energy to power a car.

[RevolvrGCF]

@eMCeeShyGuy yeah this one was pretty stupid. there could have been more hills, more stop and go traffic on one route then the other and they didn't even mention that.

[CH100490]

@eMCeeShyGuy maybe right turns are a shorter distance.

[thelamb777]

@eMCeeShyGuy I know, why didn't they explicate WHY...What's happening mechanically?

[seberusnet]

@eMCeeShyGuy In California it is legal to make right turns on a red light if there is no incoming traffic. Additionally not all intersections have dedicated left turn signals, so you have to wait until all incoming traffic clears before you can proceed. A running engine burns fuel even when the vehicle is not moving. Less waiting, less fuel spent.

[rmiller415]

@eMCeeShyGuy When an object is in motion it doesn't have to overcome as much friction as it would from stopping. Making left hand turns means more stopping and to get back up to speed you'd expend more fuel. Since you're much more likely to stop completely at a left turn and to then sit and idle for a time, you'll generally expend more energy moving your vehicle.

[comradebashu]

@eMCeeShyGuy i would bet it has more to do with the fact that left hand turns typically involve stopping before completing the turn even on a green light, thus since the right hand route has more consistent motion it would use less fuel since the car doesn't need to waste energy speeding back up, no science to prove this but seems right lol

[SiMclarenNFS]

@eMCeeShyGuy Its about the fuel pump... When you do left corners, the fuel goes to the right, where the pump is... More fuel on the pump, more fuel going to engine and more fuel being wasted...

[ihatedisney666]

what happened to the two guys that USED to host this shit?

[awesome220]

@ihatedisney666 One posted pics of his anus.

[llwang]

I can't understand why this saves gas. It takes longer time and travels a longer distance. Where is the saving coming from?

[bibliophilicwoman]

@llwang - when turning left most people will use more gas when accelerating so they can clear an intersection so this causes the use of more fuel, also idle time is a factor if you have to wait long periods for a left arrow. right turns can be made on red in most cases, & not as much acceleration is required/used.

[awesome220]

@llwang idling and accelatoring eats gasoline right right up, seen?

[agnostos1000]

Nice myth, but pretty old!

[NegativeNumbers427]

Cool...

Does it work on my bike?

[freddy692000]

hey can some explain why the F*** turning only tight saves gas?

[guitar2adam]

@freddy692000 In USA we drive on the right side of the road. so we spend more time waiting at stoplights, etc when we want to turn left

[freddy692000]

@guitar2adam uuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhh so this doesnt aply to my country because u always have to w8 to turn right or left because the roads are narrow and there arent special lanes to turn right or left so...

[awesome220]

@freddy692000 Turning tight has nothing to do with it.

[freddy692000]

@awesome220 i said turning right not tight

[awesome220]

@freddy692000 You said tight, you fuckin' idiot. Learn to type and read.

[winngedgirl]

@awesome220

its a typo everyone does it

[Jonez69]

Fuck these ads, they don't even sell that product in Finland -,-

[weoweyowiowe]

@Jonez69 press f5 as soon as it pops up, works like a charm!!

[BrandonC3]

@weoweyowiowe No it doesn't. Just download adblock for Chrome or Firefox. That works like a charm. None of these stupid "tricks".

[14sJakeB190]

They want you to go to another country to buy it.

[NhanInk]

this was aired long time ago

[9b5as]

Wasn't this on previous episode?

[trevorb9]

@9b5as yep it was!!