Summary
A Tesla Cybertruck crashed in Piedmont last November, killing three college students after hitting a cement wall and bursting into flames.
The California Highway Patrol (CHP) attributed the crash to intoxication and high speed but found that the victims likely died from the fire.
Testimony revealed the vehicle’s doors would not open after the crash, preventing rescue attempts. A survivor was pulled out after a bystander broke a window with a tree branch.
The CHP’s investigation into the crash remains ongoing.
For the record a decimeter is about 4 inches. “a few decimeters of metal” is a lot of metal.
Yep small caliber proof for sure
My favorite part of decimeters is 1 inch is 1/4 decimeters. 3 decimeters is foot.
So if it’s like 8 inches. I can just say 2 decimeters
From there you can say 20 centimeters or .2 meters
If something is 12ft it’s 36 decimeters or 3.6 meters
There’s no easy way to turn 8 inches into centimeters other than knowing that 1 inch is about 2.5 centimeters or just estimating in centimeters to begin with.
You could say 8 inches is 2/3 of a foot. 3ft to a meter. So 1 ft is .30 meters. Then it’s 2/3 of a foot, so .30×2/3=.2.
Decimeters are the missing link for Americans to convert
Yards to meters is 1
Feet to meters is 3
Inches to decimeters is 4
Things like a 36 inch doorway, 3 feet, would be 9 decimeters or .9 meters
Common measurements of inches:
12 - 4 Decimeters
18 - 4.5 Decimeters
24 - 8 Decimeters
30 - 9.5 Decimeters
What they would use otherwise would be
.4 meters
.45 meters
.8 meters
.95 meters
Saying the standard doorway is 9 Decimeters is way better than saying .9 meters.
If you rounded to 1 meter. You’re adding 3 1/3 inches. Which is a 10% increase.
A decimeter tape measure would be nice.