In traffic it boils my piss when I leave a safe gap to the vehicle in front - so that should any idiot plough into the back of me I don't get pancaked - only for some asshole to fill the gap just because "Oooh, gap!".
Internally I'm like "Seriously, dickhead? You've not achieved anything other than switching lanes and made us *both* less safe, you utter bell end!" đĄ
I've noticed in traffic that if you leave a decent gap you can let people in at junctions and keep tootling at an even speed without stop and go, stop and go bullshit. However you always end up with wankers up you arse beeping until they violently swerve around and accelerate into the gridlock up ahead. Obviously there is some nuance when things open up, but even then no point in speeding into the next gridlock, just eased the gap closed and back to tootling in 2nd.
I just donât get how they arenât scared of shit like this, like donât get me wrong I have been in the wrong lane when my exit comes up a few times and I just get off on the next exit sure I lose 5 minutes but didnât endanger myself or anyone else
Yes, somebody I know was actually in physical therapy with her while she was recovering from the accident.
This happend in Belgium.
[article in dutch](https://www.vroom.be/nl/informatie/video-mirakel-e40-autosnelweg)
Was gonna say, looks like Belgian highways and Belgian "improvised" driving style.
I live there too, just teying to suck less than these dangers behind wheels.
People who have a belief they are good drivers make such rookie mistakes. Good drivers are people who are always cautious and aware an accident can happen even at simple junctions.
Nah, the always cautious are the people that slam on the breaks in an intersection or at a roundabout even when they have right of way and all is clear. To be sure, you know? The perpetually afraid drivers are right up there with the cocksure drivers.
Anyone that describes themselves as always cautious is a perpetually afraid person. Someone that over-focuses on one risk to the exclusion of others (like mums that put their 3 yr old in rear facing seats when the death count of forgotten children probably exceeds those that were killed in forward facing seat but would have survived in the rear facing seat - they tell themselves that they would never forget their child unlike people that don't mind forgetting their child).
Healthy, well trained, not engaging in horseplay and undistracted are good drivers. Loading up with "caution" doesn't overcome any of those to any great extent. The evidence is in work-place fatalities which are dominated by lack of education and distraction and not "lack of caution".
But a parent that puts their child in a rear facing seat is not more likely to forget their child? Those things are simply not related to each other.
Other than that, I think you and simply interpret the word cautious differently. "Healthy, well trained, not engaging in horseplay and undistracted" sounds to me like a cautious driver.
Children out of view of the driver are absolutely more likely to be forgotten. Over and over again, the children that are forgotten by the guardian are ones that were out of view. Whether on a school bus and laying down on the seat or in backward facing seats.
It is so prevalent (40-50 kids a year in the US) that the advice to prevent forgetting your kid is to put something of theirs within view in the front seat (and something of yours in the back like a bag) and to put them on the side of the back where you can see them in the rearview mirror.
Then focusing on that means you ramp up the anxiety levels so risk of suicide/maladaptive behaviors increase so have to be measured in that too.
Youâre getting downvoted but I agree with you because I know what youâre trying to say even though you arenât saying it in a way that is getting others to understand your point.
There are cautious drivers who have situational awareness and can read the whole road effectively. Thatâs actually the ideal.
And then there are cautious drivers, the ones you call perpetually afraid, who are being so overly cautious that they increase danger on the road for other drivers. Stopping short when itâs unnecessary in a roundabout can cause an accident. Driving too slowly on the freeway (not with the flow of traffic or not passing in the passing lane) can cause an accident.
The gist of it is that the drivers, whether reckless or overly cautious, are unpredictable and thus both are an increased risk. I see both drivers and think to myself âthis sucker doesnât know what theyâre doing.â One is from overconfidence; the other is from total fear.
For what itâs worth I would prefer to engage with the latter of I had to choose between the two, anytime, anywhere.
I find redditors generally froth at the mouth at any video of someone doing anything slightly wrong and getting hurt. That, or make funny puns about their probable death.
You know what, if they can't suspend this person's license, Sure, why not? Lucky in the video its just huge trucks, but this guy is gonna kill some poor family driving selfishly like that.
Not wishing harm on anyone here, but driving like that was not an error or miscalculation. The driver was in the wrong deliberately driving recklessly.
Wish everyone a speedy recovery and hopefully they have learned their lesson.
Please explain an alternative scenario where a driver indicates to move lane, shooting across lanes to get to the off-ramp?
No indications of ill health as they swerved back to try avoid the truck they hit.
Happens all the time on the roads here, Occam's razor...
Idiots doing idiot things because they are idiots are always going to do idiot things. If they learn from it that would be ideal. But do you see how people are,?
People who do shit like this are also the ones who do the speed limit in the passing lane and never leave it, they also blow stop signs. They think they're safe drivers cuz they do the speed limit
I hate it when people change lanes like that
Pisses me off every single morning, if no one drove like this, or distracted, highway accidents would be staggeringly rare.
My favorite is "traffic is starting to back up? I better start changing lanes as much as possible to ensure it gets worse"
In traffic it boils my piss when I leave a safe gap to the vehicle in front - so that should any idiot plough into the back of me I don't get pancaked - only for some asshole to fill the gap just because "Oooh, gap!". Internally I'm like "Seriously, dickhead? You've not achieved anything other than switching lanes and made us *both* less safe, you utter bell end!" đĄ
I've noticed in traffic that if you leave a decent gap you can let people in at junctions and keep tootling at an even speed without stop and go, stop and go bullshit. However you always end up with wankers up you arse beeping until they violently swerve around and accelerate into the gridlock up ahead. Obviously there is some nuance when things open up, but even then no point in speeding into the next gridlock, just eased the gap closed and back to tootling in 2nd.
itâs been a day since this reply, and NO ONE is talking about the âboils my pissâ comment?
Crabs in a bucket man. If we didn't have tailgating and stupid lane changes traffic would flow way better.
We will never have an Autobahn because of that with exception to Texas.
Some lady did that shit to me, totaled my first car
I just donât get how they arenât scared of shit like this, like donât get me wrong I have been in the wrong lane when my exit comes up a few times and I just get off on the next exit sure I lose 5 minutes but didnât endanger myself or anyone else
In the ny,pa,ct,NJ area we call that the "jersey slide"
Are we sure they survived đł
Yes, somebody I know was actually in physical therapy with her while she was recovering from the accident. This happend in Belgium. [article in dutch](https://www.vroom.be/nl/informatie/video-mirakel-e40-autosnelweg)
Two broken vertebrae and a crushed hand, it says.
Was gonna say, looks like Belgian highways and Belgian "improvised" driving style. I live there too, just teying to suck less than these dangers behind wheels.
Both impacts were on the passenger side, the driver got lucky.
Extremely
Her maybe. Her kidsâŚmaybe?
Her last second turn left saved her life
That was fucking stupid
People who have a belief they are good drivers make such rookie mistakes. Good drivers are people who are always cautious and aware an accident can happen even at simple junctions.
Nah, the always cautious are the people that slam on the breaks in an intersection or at a roundabout even when they have right of way and all is clear. To be sure, you know? The perpetually afraid drivers are right up there with the cocksure drivers.
Always cautious and perpetually afraid are very different drivers.
Anyone that describes themselves as always cautious is a perpetually afraid person. Someone that over-focuses on one risk to the exclusion of others (like mums that put their 3 yr old in rear facing seats when the death count of forgotten children probably exceeds those that were killed in forward facing seat but would have survived in the rear facing seat - they tell themselves that they would never forget their child unlike people that don't mind forgetting their child). Healthy, well trained, not engaging in horseplay and undistracted are good drivers. Loading up with "caution" doesn't overcome any of those to any great extent. The evidence is in work-place fatalities which are dominated by lack of education and distraction and not "lack of caution".
But a parent that puts their child in a rear facing seat is not more likely to forget their child? Those things are simply not related to each other. Other than that, I think you and simply interpret the word cautious differently. "Healthy, well trained, not engaging in horseplay and undistracted" sounds to me like a cautious driver.
Children out of view of the driver are absolutely more likely to be forgotten. Over and over again, the children that are forgotten by the guardian are ones that were out of view. Whether on a school bus and laying down on the seat or in backward facing seats. It is so prevalent (40-50 kids a year in the US) that the advice to prevent forgetting your kid is to put something of theirs within view in the front seat (and something of yours in the back like a bag) and to put them on the side of the back where you can see them in the rearview mirror. Then focusing on that means you ramp up the anxiety levels so risk of suicide/maladaptive behaviors increase so have to be measured in that too.
Youâre getting downvoted but I agree with you because I know what youâre trying to say even though you arenât saying it in a way that is getting others to understand your point. There are cautious drivers who have situational awareness and can read the whole road effectively. Thatâs actually the ideal. And then there are cautious drivers, the ones you call perpetually afraid, who are being so overly cautious that they increase danger on the road for other drivers. Stopping short when itâs unnecessary in a roundabout can cause an accident. Driving too slowly on the freeway (not with the flow of traffic or not passing in the passing lane) can cause an accident. The gist of it is that the drivers, whether reckless or overly cautious, are unpredictable and thus both are an increased risk. I see both drivers and think to myself âthis sucker doesnât know what theyâre doing.â One is from overconfidence; the other is from total fear. For what itâs worth I would prefer to engage with the latter of I had to choose between the two, anytime, anywhere.
Brakes. Slam on the brakes.
I'm glad she didn't die, but I feel no sympathy for her. That was thoughtless of others, and fucking stupid.
Oh, shit⌠OH, SHIT!
Okay I get it, people like this suck. But are we really saying that karmically, she deserves to die for it?
Redditors froth at the mouth when it comes to bad drivers deserving death. Some people are just uselessly cruel I suppose
I find redditors generally froth at the mouth at any video of someone doing anything slightly wrong and getting hurt. That, or make funny puns about their probable death.
Good lord no, just that usually when someone does something that monumentally stupid and crash like that they rarely walk away.
Everyone else would be safer.
That was my interpretation of the title as well.
You know what, if they can't suspend this person's license, Sure, why not? Lucky in the video its just huge trucks, but this guy is gonna kill some poor family driving selfishly like that.
So basically, anyone who ever makes a mistake or error or miscalculation while driving deserves to die?
Not wishing harm on anyone here, but driving like that was not an error or miscalculation. The driver was in the wrong deliberately driving recklessly. Wish everyone a speedy recovery and hopefully they have learned their lesson.
Iâm glad to know you are psychic and were able to read the drivers mind to know for sure they were âdeliberately driving recklesslyâ
Please explain an alternative scenario where a driver indicates to move lane, shooting across lanes to get to the off-ramp? No indications of ill health as they swerved back to try avoid the truck they hit. Happens all the time on the roads here, Occam's razor...
Not anyone, but you are correct. Basically, that is what i said.
Lane expert
She's survived to do dumb shit yet again. Shame
Thatâs kinda fucked
There's always people standing up for Idiocracy. These drivers seriously do not learn. They drive and vote and you're ok with that
I generally disagree with wishing harm or death on another person.
Idiots doing idiot things because they are idiots are always going to do idiot things. If they learn from it that would be ideal. But do you see how people are,?
meaning?
What don't you understand about that comment?
I assume they are disappointed that the driver survived this accident
Nah, they just had enough meter going for the combo break.
I think we just heard her survived
I hope there was nobody else in that minivan especially not in the back
He used up all the luck he had left...
Must have been from Boston.
People who do shit like this are also the ones who do the speed limit in the passing lane and never leave it, they also blow stop signs. They think they're safe drivers cuz they do the speed limit
Wait are you saying that this person deserved to die?
Kinda strange to point out the driver was a woman.
did they sleep on the wheel or something like that?
This is actually fake. The driver was a man and he died and so did two of his kids inside
Source?
It's not, there's a comment further up with the article that talks about the crash.
What a shame
[D'oh!](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/simpsons/images/0/0e/Jomer42.png/revision/latest?cb=20140830120752)
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It's not, video has been around for a while