Wednesday, July 18, 2012

MOVIE CLICHES ... CARS AND DRIVING

 

  • Movie cars have all excellent brakes and can come to a full stop from 80 MPH (with loud screeches, even on dirt roads) in 20 ft.
  • There's never an annoying wind disturbing the coiffures of convertible passengers.
  • There are no stop signs in movie land. Wherever you have to drive, no matter how close or far away it is, you never have to stop before you get there.
  • Film cars do not have inside rear-view mirrors. Most of them do, however, have an approximately  1" grey spot on the inside of the windshield where the mirror would normally mount.
  • Film cars never start the first time when you're running away from the bad guy.
  • If there is a large bump in a downhill road, speeding cars will always fly over them and hit the ground in shower of sparks. An interior view will then show the reaction of the passengers at the moment of impact. They will not be injured, even if they are not wearing safety belts. No tire damage, broken axles, or suspension failures will occur as a result of the impact. The car will then execute a sharp left turn at the bottom of the hill. Losing a hubcap at this point will be optional.
  • Any time you see a really nice, snazzy foreign car or a great old car like a 65 mustang, you know it's going to be smashed into a million pieces.

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