MythBusters

Do not try what you're about to see at home.

We're what you call experts.

On this gripping episode of Mythbusters...

Adam and Jamie spin out...

I can feel the breeze.

in a double bill about dangerous driving.

Freaking hell, that's hilarious!

First, is it true that some types of shoe...

Seriously, stop laughing!

make you worse behind the wheel.

Then, Adam's bladder is under pressure...

Okay, I can't even tell you

how badly I have to pee right now.

as the guys test if being about to burst

is as bad as being boozed-up.

That was bad, @#$%…….

Meanwhile, Tory, Kari and Grant are stuck,

tackling two tall tales about super adhesive.

This glue is incredible!

Can the superb glue

really turn a room upside down?

We'll be like rock stars!

And then, in a full-on head-on crash...

That is a headache!

Could this ultimate sticky stuff

really stand in for our seat belt?

Who are the mythbusters?

Adam Savage...

I got the chicken!

and Jamie Hyneman.

Between them, more than 30 years of special-effects experience.

Together with Grant Imahara...

Save yourselves!

Kari Byron...

That was awesome!

and Tory Belleci.

We're gonna die!

They don't just tell the myths,

they put them to the test.

At first, buckle up,

cause the mythbusters are going to hit the road.

That sounds like fun.

What's the first one?

I'll give you a hint.

How does that fit in?

Well, the myth is that there are certain types of shoewear

so poorly designed for driving that

they make you into a dangerous driver.

You don't actually think I'm going to wear those, do you?

In fact, I do.

I thought you would respond that way,

but I got something that will make you feel better.

What's that? - Our second story,

which is that driving with an extremely full bladder

is supposed to be just as bad as driving while drunk.

And how's that gonna make me feel better?

Because I am gonna be the test subject.

Okay, that does actually make me feel better.

I thought it might.

So, it is a duo of driving myths.

Could it really be possible that

driving under the influence of a full bladder

is just as bad as driving when you're drunk?

But first up,

could it be true that certain types of footwear

will turn you into a hazard on the highway?

Well, supposing you do actually manage

to get me in a pair of those,

how do you propose we test them.

Why don't we do it like this,

we each wear a strange piece of footwear

with our foot all the way down on the accelerator.

Then we time how long it takes

to get from the accelerator all the way to the brake.

We pick the three worst shoes and test those

on a closed course under extreme conditions.

That works.

So the guys will put their best foot forward

with six shoe types

that already look dodgy to drive in.

Flip flops, high heels,

wedges, platform shoes,

elevator boots, and snow boots.

We're gonna choose the three worst,

the three that will affect your driving the most,

and we're gonna do that in small scale here in the shop

by putting on each pair of shoes,

and getting in the car while it's stationary,

and timing how long it takes us to move the foot

from all the way down on the accelerator

to all the way down on the brake.

The idea is that

the more a shoe slows a driver's response time,

the worse a driver that person will be.

All right!

So the guys are waiting for some reaction time tests.

Cool.

Here is how it's gonna work.

When that sign turns from green to red,

a timer starts.

I'll be sitting in the car

with my foot on the accelerator pedal.

The moment I see that timer start,

my goal is as fast as possible to get my foot

off the accelerator and onto the brake

which stops the timer.

And that's our reaction time.

Indeed.

And the three pairs that cause the slowest reaction times

will make it through to the real world road test.

What's first?

Flip flops. I like flip flops.

Well, there's entire states where people wear these 24/7

like Florida and Hawaii.

Who knows how dangerous it is to drive there?

As their name suggests,

flip flops are hardly precision footwear

which Adam discovers.

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To eliminate any little performance glitches,

the guys will both test each pair of shoes.

0.55, the gentleman is fast.

Then, average their results,

to sort the shoes in reaction time order.

High heels.

They may hurt.

But nothing makes my calves look better.

They have chosen footwear from every walk of life...

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whether it's high style heels...

I think production came up with a story

just so they can see me in these shoes.

extreme elevations...

I feel like I'm able to actually walk

a lot faster in them.

It's probably an illusion.

I can feel the breeze.

even the Arctic circle.

All right, bunny boots.

Ready when you are.

I got my foot stuck behind the brake.

And after a full day of testing...

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the mythbusters have all the reaction time data...

0.53. He is in the zone!

and embarrassing flashbacks...

Those are fabulous.

they could ever need.

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What have we got?

Well, it is actually really close,

the three worst ones were snow boots,

high heels, and wedges.

Those are the three we're gonna be testing on the road.

I'll be darned.

High heels, wedges, and bunny boots.

The values that we got from these boots

are quite close to each other.

But this was a controlled test in the shop.

Out of the field

when we're doing sophisticated driving maneuvers,

the difference might be much greater.

I would put my money on the bunny boots

as giving us the most amount of trouble on the road.

Coming up, Kari, Tory and Grant

have themselves a sticky situation.

Now, ever since we started testing duct tape myths

and doing all things duct tape,

all the fans want us to test another substance.

You mean super adhesive.

Exactly. They think it's so amazing

that it can do all these crazy things.

All right, so, like what?

Super adhesive seat belt,

and the old classic, upside down room.

Dude, sounds like it could get messy.

Super adhesive is the perfect glue

when you're hanging out for a quick fix.

But can super adhesive really let you turn a room upside down

or stick you safely to your seat

if you have a car crash?

You know, these all sound great,

but first, I'd like to know what we are up against.

Yeah, the fans got some pretty outlandish claims.

Before we dive in,

I'd like to do some tests,

see, like how much mass can it carry.

All right, sounds good to me.

With science on the menu,

Tory muscles together a rig

designed to see how strong the super adhesive really is.

So, I built this oversized barbell

that can take up to a thousand pounds

that we can lift with our forklift.

It is a heavy duty rig,

especially when you hear what it is up against.

All right, so this first test is just one drop, right?

One tiny little drop.

Somehow I thought it would be a bigger drop.

Yeah.