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Originally Posted by Chris Craft
Glad she was not hurt. I wonder what caused it.... That is something that would happen to me.  ( |
yes, glad no one was hurt.
This fire is obviously a result of speed. The snowmobile was going so fast that friction generated enough heat to ignite a little gas spilled while fueling. This would not have happened if they had been going slower. At safe reasonable speeds the coefficient of friction over the ice is very small and there is no problem. Go very fast and it heats up.
I get scared when I'm on the ice walking on a plowed path listening to the engine noises. All of a sudden I hear the loud veroom of snowmobiles getting louder and approaching fast. Can they see me over the plow berm? Will they turn in time to avoid hitting me or my party? They can't hear me over the noise of their excessively loud toys. They are a threat to us and our families and there ought to be a law.
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