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Daidraco

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I understand where Vuuxo Vuuxo is coming from, though. It takes roughly 9-12 seconds for that, roughly, year model of Ford Explorer (looks like mid trim). Not only that, but the amount of distance needed to get to that speed, and the quite obvious red light that can be seen for quite a distance beforehand - they can say "Oh, she just confused the brake" all they want, but she clearly wasnt paying attention to the road ahead. Just too many factors working against her for it to be a mistaken pedal. REGARDLESS - they should have taken her license for either infraction at that age. I know how awful it is to be without a license because of my own DUI fuckup - but at 80+ years old, you shouldnt be in a bind where your entire life crumbles if you dont have a license.
 
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Vuuxo said:
To go from say 35 to 95 is a 60mph increase that would take 6 to 10 seconds of hard acceleration and HUNDREDS of feet of clear road. The more realistic picture is she mistook the gas for brake and hit them doing roughly 50 to 55. Even that's being generous.
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I believe the speed limit should be the age of the driver. So maybe she did too and was driving 83 mph.

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Vuuxo said:
I call bullshit as well. Your average passenger vehicle takes 15 to 30 seconds to go from 0 to 100. Assuming you're already doing 35 in a 35. At 35 you're already covering 50ft per second. Meaning at your typical stop light distance, you'll reach the car in front of you in about 1/2 to 1 second.

To go from say 35 to 95 is a 60mph increase that would take 6 to 10 seconds of hard acceleration and HUNDREDS of feet of clear road. The more realistic picture is she mistook the gas for brake and hit them doing roughly 50 to 55. Even that's being generous.

Keep in mind that 5+ thousand lbs of metal and glass hitting stationary metal and glass at even 40mph will look catastrophic.
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It looks like the arguing is over panic mode, but the bullshit part is the 95mph, not that someone can panic and hit the gas. The gif doesn't look very fast to me. Not going to math out speed/car lengths or anything, but maybe 45-50? At 95, that collision looks VERY different imo. Granny probably just had the cruise control set to the speed limit and took a little nap.
 
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Daidraco said:
I understand where Vuuxo Vuuxo is coming from, though. It takes roughly 9-12 seconds for that, roughly, year model of Ford Explorer (looks like mid trim). Not only that, but the amount of distance needed to get to that speed, and the quite obvious red light that can be seen for quite a distance beforehand - they can say "Oh, she just confused the brake" all they want, but she clearly wasnt paying attention to the road ahead. Just too many factors working against her for it to be a mistaken pedal. REGARDLESS - they should have taken her license for either infraction at that age. I know how awful it is to be without a license because of my own DUI fuckup - but at 80+ years old, you shouldnt be in a bind where your entire life crumbles if you dont have a license.
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I'd guess that unless she was doing it illegally her insurance would go up so much she would be forced to stop driving.

EDIT: I was very glad to hear here in NV they no longer allow you to renew your DL via email/website but make you come in and at least take the signs test again- every year.
 
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Kajiimagi said:
I'd guess that unless she was doing it illegally her insurance would go up so much she would be forced to stop driving.

EDIT: I was very glad to hear here in NV they no longer allow you to renew your DL via email/website but make you come in and at least take the signs test again- every year.
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Is this just for people over a certain age or applies to anyone with a license? The test part.
 
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Elderly brain fail aside, I feel like people need to play a bit more in their cars to reduce the chance of going into NPC panic mode. Fuck around in a snowy parking lot with your handbrake if you have one. Figure out how it slides / handles in snow.

Those murder scenes where they cut the brake lines also make no sense to me. Calm down, put it in low gear, you have an E-brake. I can't fathom how someone can panic and just keep the gas floored for half a minute.

That said, decades ago at work we had a girl from NY City who never learned to drive, so someone tried teaching her. She had her go start the car, but it was a stick shift. She panicked and absolutely drove through the entire lower apartment building.

(Hmm I'm starting to see a pattern when it comes to shitty driving that we aren't allowed to talk about lol )
 
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RobXIII said:
Elderly brain fail aside, I feel like people need to play a bit more in their cars to reduce the chance of going into NPC panic mode. Fuck around in a snowy parking lot with your handbrake if you have one. Figure out how it slides / handles in snow.

Those murder scenes where they cut the brake lines also make no sense to me. Calm down, put it in low gear, you have an E-brake. I can't fathom how someone can panic and just keep the gas floored for half a minute.

That said, decades ago at work we had a girl from NY City who never learned to drive, so someone tried teaching her. She had her go start the car, but it was a stick shift. She panicked and absolutely drove through the entire lower apartment building.

(Hmm I'm starting to see a pattern when it comes to shitty driving that we aren't allowed to talk about lol )
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also, those movies always fail to show how much you will naturally use your breaks in a fairly slow environment in almost 99% of your driving situations - where even just backing out of a parking spot or driveway would indicate to you a failure.
 
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