“It’s like the banked corner of a luge.”
It is not true, as many have surmised, that cop-sized adults travel down slides necessarily faster than children by dint of their weight. Children and adults should theoretically descend the slide at similar speeds.
Generally, lower ratios of friction will allow people to move faster, said Michael Gilchrist, a professor of mechanical engineering at University College Dublin in Ireland.So the officer’s uniform, which appeared to be composed of synthetic fabric, may have made his journey down the metal slide super slippery, Allain noted to HuffPost. Or he could have somehow stumbled onto the slide with his back to the entrance, Gilchrist suggested.The slide design may well be to blame.
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