# Classic GMC pickup truck hit by train - in forest **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [November 24, 2023, 5:38am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/classic-gmc-pickup-truck-hit-by-train-in-forest/193908 "2023-11-24T05:38:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2023, 7:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/classic-gmc-pickup-truck-hit-by-train-in-forest/193908/21 "2023-11-25T19:37:59Z")
> [@davesmopar](#): > > I agree, and CHiPs (70/80’s TV show) had all kinds of crashes and almost every episode had a roll over/flip after/while flying through the air… lol Almost every episode started with Ponch and Jon chasing someone, then a crash happens, the car being chased gets away. Show was known for bloopers. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2023, 9:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/classic-gmc-pickup-truck-hit-by-train-in-forest/193908/22 "2023-11-25T21:51:32Z")
It reminds me of one of my favorite minimum information Car Talk Puzzlers. IIRC the way it goes is two hikers decide to take a chance on a shortcut through a train tunnel. At 40% of the way through they hear a train approaching fast, from behind. One runs toward the train, the other runs the other way, toward the end of the tunnel, both run at 15 mph. Both just barely make it out each side, before being hit. How fast is the train moving? ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2023, 10:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/classic-gmc-pickup-truck-hit-by-train-in-forest/193908/23 "2023-11-25T22:38:35Z")
> [@George\_San\_Jose1](#): > > One runs toward the train, the other runs the other way Seems to me the one running TOWARD the train deserves a Darwin award 😜 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/3X/e/e/ee3fb2cae7857de5c34de4642aa3365854303b2f.png) ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2023, 10:56pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/classic-gmc-pickup-truck-hit-by-train-in-forest/193908/24 "2023-11-25T22:56:20Z")
Just to clarify, did they both get hit or did they make without getting hit? My English teacher wife wants to know. The speed of the train is unimportant except to engineers… then we don’t know the speed of the runners either. In my experience some run faster than others. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2023, 11:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/classic-gmc-pickup-truck-hit-by-train-in-forest/193908/25 "2023-11-25T23:05:43Z")
They both run the same speed, 15 mph. The motivation for one deciding to run toward the train is b/c there’s less distance to that end of the tunnel , further distance to cover to run to the other end. Both runner barely make it, they reach their respective ends of the tunnel at the exact time the train reaches the same places. The train obviously reaches the near end first, and the far end later of course. The puzzle is to figure out the train’s speed without knowing the length of the tunnel. . Ray’s hint; There’s a complicated way involving numerous equations, and a very easy way. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2023, 11:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/classic-gmc-pickup-truck-hit-by-train-in-forest/193908/26 "2023-11-25T23:09:15Z")
Unrealistic. No two are going to run at the same speed. Whenever I’ve been in that situation the question is whether to keep on running or to slow down for the sake of the slower kid. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2023, 11:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/classic-gmc-pickup-truck-hit-by-train-in-forest/193908/27 "2023-11-25T23:13:50Z")
Slow down? This is America, every man for himself! … lol … ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2023, 11:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/classic-gmc-pickup-truck-hit-by-train-in-forest/193908/28 "2023-11-25T23:17:12Z")
I’ve run down railroad tracks before. Sometimes though laughing so hard, tough to hit full speed. Then again we were still faster than that old man chasing us. ---
**Author:** ![Renegade](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Renegade](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Renegade)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2023, 11:18pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/classic-gmc-pickup-truck-hit-by-train-in-forest/193908/29 "2023-11-25T23:18:35Z")
> [@bing](#): > > In my experience some run faster than others. This is true. > [@bing](#): > > Whenever I’ve been in that situation the question is whether to keep on running or to slow down for the sake of the slower kid. If you are running you need to run faster. :from say bear or lion you need to run faster.than the other kid. 😀 ---
**Author:** ![It\_s-Me](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/it_s-me/32/12660_2.png) [@It\_s-Me](https://community.cartalk.com/u/It_s-Me)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2023, 11:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/classic-gmc-pickup-truck-hit-by-train-in-forest/193908/30 "2023-11-25T23:37:11Z")
> [@bing](#): > > Just to clarify, did they both get hit or did they make without getting hit? My English teacher wife wants to know. The speed of the train is unimportant except to engineers… then we don’t know the speed of the runners either. In my experience some run faster than others. We do know the speed of the boys. It’s just simple math Both boys run at same speed 15 mph Boy 1 exits tunnel just in the nick of time Boy 1 ran 40% of tunnel, meaning Boy 2 ran 40% of tunnel, reaching 80% at time train enters tunnel Boy 2 has 20% to go, train has 100% to go Boy 2 exits tunnel just in the nick of time Meaning train is going 5 times faster than boy 2 Boy runs 15 mph so train must be going ? ---
**Author:** ![TwinTurbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@TwinTurbo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TwinTurbo)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2023, 11:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/classic-gmc-pickup-truck-hit-by-train-in-forest/193908/31 "2023-11-25T23:43:34Z")
75 mph? The shorter runner made it out covering 40% of the length. So the longer runner made it 40% the other way before the train entered the tunnel. The longer runner has to cover the remaining 20% of the tunnel before the train completes the entire length. 15 / .2 = X / 1 75 = X ? If I’m right, where’s my ceegar, if not nevermind 😀 ? ---
**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2023, 12:25am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/classic-gmc-pickup-truck-hit-by-train-in-forest/193908/32 "2023-11-26T00:25:48Z")
If being chased by a zombie, a gator, cocaine bear, or whatever, I just have to run faster than you. ---
**Author:** ![TwinTurbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@TwinTurbo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TwinTurbo)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2023, 1:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/classic-gmc-pickup-truck-hit-by-train-in-forest/193908/33 "2023-11-26T13:28:34Z")
I have it on good authority that zombies and cocaine bears don’t stop chasing after they get the first one. Works good with gators though…so better be aware of your surroundings 😀 p.s. don’t hide in the shed with the chainsaws and other sharp implements… 😀 ---
**Author:** ![TheWonderful90s](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/thewonderful90s/32/29584_2.png) [@TheWonderful90s](https://community.cartalk.com/u/TheWonderful90s)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2023, 5:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/classic-gmc-pickup-truck-hit-by-train-in-forest/193908/34 "2023-11-26T17:05:28Z")
Here is a real example of a FAKE youtube video: [https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/youtuber-who-deliberately-crashed-his-plane-and-hid-wreckage-pleads-guilty/ar-AA1b64oJ?OCID=ansmsnnews11](https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/youtuber-who-deliberately-crashed-his-plane-and-hid-wreckage-pleads-guilty/ar-AA1b64oJ?OCID=ansmsnnews11) [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/classic-gmc-pickup-truck-hit-by-train-in-forest/193908.md?page=1)