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The faster you drive the less likely you are to be hit from the side by someone who has no intention to give way.
Entirely unashamed anti car propaganda, and the more the better.
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I’ve rewatched the video just now. How long would you say, in the video, the black car appears before impact? I’m going to guess 1/10 of a second. What would you say?
mauvais
on reddit or something
About a second, and that's with the constrained perspective of the camera (although tbf the A-pillar might hinder visibility as much as any side view helps it). The "thinking distance" time in the Highway Code is 0.7 seconds, FWIW.
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
No it's not a couple of seconds, on the dashcam she only comes into view only after it clocked over at 18.14.26, and they hit at the very point it clocks to 18.14.27, so just under a second, which is thinking time.
If he had been going couple of mph less, as you suggested, even if had slammed on the brakes, he couldn't have stopped in time, the accident wouldn't have been avoided, because she clearly doesn't brake, she would have piled into the side of his car, in fact she would most probably have crashed into the driver's door.
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
How about from when it actually comes into view & impact?
Which comes back to the point of treating every side road driver as non-compliant.
(mauvais “Some accidents you can't avoid entirely through anything other than unreasonable caution”)
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Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
He would have needed to be going faster for her to hit his driver's door. Slower, he's got enough space there to do something. He has anyway but he just cruises straight on into her. And he doesn't have to stop to avoid the collision, just slow down.
Cruises.. 1/5 of a second.
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
That's from going over the stop line. You see the black car well before that and he has enough time to be on the brakes. If he'd been going slower as he'd approached the "crossroad" he'd have had more. He should have done better.
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mojo pixy
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Here we can see how long the approaching car is visible for - and this is without turning the head to look out of the right window.
IMO there's enough space to stop in time (~6m needed to stop, at 20mph)
But .. that's for a driver paying attention. This individual was clearly not.
IMO there's enough space to stop in time (~6m needed to stop, at 20mph)
But .. that's for a driver paying attention. This individual was clearly not.
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Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
Christ you lot can argue black is white! The car that didn't stop at the give way lines is in the wrong, end of.
Had the camera car been going at a proper lick then it would have been long gone before the transgression took place, so look and learn and never dip below 50 on roads like that, it's for safety.
Had the camera car been going at a proper lick then it would have been long gone before the transgression took place, so look and learn and never dip below 50 on roads like that, it's for safety.
MickiQ
In My Defence I was left Unsupervised
I think we all agree that Blunt needs to step up and take his share of responsibility for this crash
mauvais
on reddit or something
Yep. You can slow YT clips down to 0.25x in the ordinary settings, and the time from visible to collision in that is 3.6 seconds, which I make to be 0.9 in dog years.
sleaterkinney
Well-Known Member
She makes no attempt to stop at the while line, or am I missing something?
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
D'oh.
I'll give you that, that'll teach me for replying when my concentration was actually on dealing with a bloody IT support ticket.
magneze
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That's right. Frankly she's lucky to have hit a car rather than killed a cyclist or pedestrian.
two sheds
Least noticed poster 2007
No wonder there are so many crashes when you can't even pay attention when studying driving habitsD'oh.
I'll give you that, that'll teach me for replying when my concentration was actually on dealing with a bloody IT support ticket.
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
teuchter
je suis teuchter
Yes - look at the replies on the last page of the thread. People are saying the driver didn't do anything wrong, because they are driving at a speed that would be ok if no other driver does something wrong like come out of a side road without looking. The only safe way to drive down the street is to do so at a speed where you can stop in time for any possible event. It might be this other car suddenly appearing or it might be an innocent child suddenly appearing. The act of driving with this attitude necessarily puts people at risk of death. So, they get in their car, probably listen to something even more bland than James blunt, and set off in the knowledge they are doing something the that could kill people even though they don't need to. We can argue whether it's technically murder but why not just say murder to get a reaction from the petrolheads? It passes the time and potentially they spend time arguing on here instead of going out murdering people in their cars.not manslaughter - they actually go out and plan to do it?
mauvais
on reddit or something
I'm actually arguing the toss on this whilst driving so if anything the joke's on you.
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
Ftfy
Doodler
You're quite nice when you smile
Masses of parked cars can really uglify a street.
Bahnhof Strasse
Met up with Hannah Courtoy a week next Tuesday
tbf seeing as how easily you can get bashed by an inattentive fuckwit makes me think that a Marauder makes for an idea vehicle for the city streets.
T & P
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I think it's the only way forward. Seeing as we have already established speed bumps are badly designed and cause all cars smaller than a Chelsea tractor to slow down to a crawl for each one and accelerate again, creating extra pollution and noise, I think the smallest sensible size for cities nowadays for both safety and public health reasons is a Range Rover-type vehicle. No need to slow down for bumps + extra protection from idiots
maomao
普費斯
Do they only lock from the outside then?extra protection from idiots
