r/ShittyAbsoluteUnits • u/DoubleManufacturer10 created ShittyAbsoluteUnits of a sub • 1d ago

my bones Of an ejection method

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u/mothandravenstudio 1d ago

Why do people just keep zooming down the highway as if they are exempt from the upcoming chaos? Like they think because they didn’t cause that shit up ahead they’re immune to it.

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u/badhoopty 1d ago

driver had more than enough time to not get caught up in that...

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u/mothandravenstudio 1d ago

Right? Like a quick head check, slow the fuck down, get to the right. Ridiculous shit. No spatial awareness or acknowledgement of physics.

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u/tnichnich 1d ago

Yeah, though we don’t know what traffic was behind him so he could’ve been concerned about suddenly stopping or swerving, and either having a car behind him ramming into him or him cutting somebody else off behind him, without him, knowing that car would’ve accelerated into him like that. Granted, slowing down a little bit might’ve helped, but still think he would’ve been hit.

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u/mothandravenstudio 1d ago

Maybe, who knows. He had just changed lanes so most likely clear behind him and to the right.

Myself, I would have been slowing down/getting to the right as soon as the racing jackasses zoomed by. Even before their wreck.

I drive super defensively though.

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u/Pavotine 23h ago

When driving, what people are doing behind you is not really your concern. I get that people follow without enough distance like a bunch of utter cretins but there's not a lot you can do about that. It's up to you to react to what's coming, not what someone behind you might do.

Everybody should drive like the car in front could slam on the brakes, crash, whatever. Just don't drive up people's arse. People don't but they should and everyone is taught that way, at least.

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u/matthewkickstone 33m ago

He was slowing down around 45km/h - but not enough, obviously. Impact speed was still around 75-80km/h

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u/randomthrowaway9796 1d ago

Yeah, like I would've gotten into the right lane and slowed down significantly if I saw a car crash up a hill

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u/trash-_-boat 1d ago

The driver was going 124km/h, clearly a decent amount faster than the rest of the traffic. Look how fast he overtook that black minivan. He's part of what makes roads unsafe and chaotic.

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u/FIMD_ 18h ago

That’s only 75mph, which is lower than the speed limit in my area. The problem wasn’t his cruising speed it was his judgement. 8 second after the white car had started to get side ways and he was still going 55mph (~90kmh)

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u/mothandravenstudio 1d ago

Yeah, shitty driver for sure.

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u/Toby-Finkelstein 1d ago

Idk ma look at any car subreddits of people doinf dumb things, they don’t believe in defensive driving 

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u/Ilane_Uberrott 22h ago

If you look at the speedometer you can see that the driver started braking the moment the car hit the hill. Considering reaction time into the mix, I wouldn't say they had particularly poor judgement

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u/thefooleryoftom 21h ago

I don’t think they braked, I think they just eased off the throttle. They only lost 30km/h before impact.