schizoidman@lemm.ee to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoOil tanker and cargo vessel collide in North Seawww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square15linkfedilinkarrow-up197arrow-down11
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minus-squareSomethingBlack@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoI completely understand that neither would be very nimble but I’d expect with how large I’m sure both ships are (an assumption, I know) they shouldn’t need to be nimble to be able to avoid a collision if they’re so visible
minus-squareNighed@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoTheir size makes them very hard to turn too, so you can see them a while off, but that doesn’t help if it takes Kms to stop. It also only helps if there is someone actually looking out of the window…
I completely understand that neither would be very nimble but I’d expect with how large I’m sure both ships are (an assumption, I know) they shouldn’t need to be nimble to be able to avoid a collision if they’re so visible
Their size makes them very hard to turn too, so you can see them a while off, but that doesn’t help if it takes Kms to stop.
It also only helps if there is someone actually looking out of the window…