Can a Car Really Leap Into a Speeding Truck? 🚗 🤔

Added: 2026-05-16

[00:00:00]Have you ever seen the show from the early 80s called Knight Rider? Do you remember how that car came in for repairs?

[00:00:05]>> Yeah, he drove it right up into the back of a big rig. [music] >> At speed.

[00:00:08]>> To test this myth, Adam and Jamie bought an expensive sports car and built a ramp inside a moving truck to see if the car could actually drive in at high speed.

[00:00:17]>> There's still a lot [music] that can go wrong. Just why we've done a bunch of safety procedures to make this the safest possible. One, we've got to add a roll cage into this car. Two, we've added a five-point safety harness.

[00:00:27]>> This is it, test time. But just as they get underway, it starts rain, making the road and ramp slick. Adam accelerates, approaching his target speed.

[00:00:36]>> 55 right now. And when he's close enough, [music] Mike gives him the cue.

[00:00:40]>> Okay, let's go for it.

[00:00:43]Look at that.

[00:00:45]Good job.

[00:00:46]That worked beautifully. That was a cinch.

[00:00:49]>> The Knight Rider ramp drive-up?

[00:00:50]>> It works, confirmed. [music]