Investigating the effects of automobile traffic on common comestibles

by Mike Merrill and Josh Berezin

Project

Under cover of darkness, we placed various food objects in the path of vehicles on SW Columbia Avenue, Portland, Oregon, and observed the effects. Typical estimated vehicle speed was approximately 45 mph, in violation of the posted 30-mph speed limit.

At this time we have pictures and brief descriptions of the results of the experiment. You can view them through the links below. Watch out Kryotech!

• Vegetables
  • Pickle
  • Tomato
  • Green Pepper
  • Carrot
• Fruits
  • Kiwi
  • Banana
• Fats and Oils
  • Crisco sticks
  • Cheese slices
• Starches
  • Pasta with marinara
  • Peanuts

Equipment

• One Yashica T4 35mm camera with built-in flash
• One roll 35mm Fuji Super HQ 100 speed film
• Fred Meyer ExpressStop one hour film processing

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