Fast or slow in the rain?

This Christmas did not turn white either. Although we are now threatened by the cold, we still have to reckon with more rain. He who goes to work by car does not face the inconveniences of the rain as much as he who walks or rides a bicycle.

Everyone has been cycling or walking already in the rain and there is also the sight of the rain either making us retreat to a covered space or getting home as soon as possible.

Have you ever wondered why we speed it up when it starts to rain? Do we get better soaked when we roll into the thunderstorm, walk in, or when we move on at a calm pace?

If you have already thought about this very important question, we will now answer it. We adorn with a different pen because a mathematician has calculated whether it is worth accelerating our pace in the rain. This seems to have interested others as well, so a mathematician, notably David Bell, calculated whether it was worth switching to a seizure rate in the rain.

Result
We instinctively connect even when it is raining, but we start to hurry even more when it rains. According to Bell, this is effective, that is, we get less soaked if we accelerate our pace when the rain falls in front of us or vertically.

The situation is different when the rain is coming from behind and the wind is also blowing. In this case, we soak less when we approach the speed of the wind. Of course, we don't have any devices to measure this, so it is probably the instincts, the cold, the rain that makes us get home as soon as possible.

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(Source: marmalade.co.hu | pictures: pixabay.com)