WTF happened to safe following distances? : idiotsincars

[–] codapine@lemm.ee 32 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Just when you think it's over.

[–] SrElsewhere@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

Good time for people exit their wrecked cars and stand around in in the middle of a highway. /s

[–] csm10495@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 years ago

Holy shit. That was not expected.

[–] Sleuth@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

Apparently inline videos are a thing now? I lost motivation to post because having to leave the webpage every time was annoying. The community didn’t completely die thanks to /u/banned@sh.itjust.works (thanks again), but I'm back and I’ll keep posting a least once a day.

[–] Bender_Rodriguez@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

It’s funny, before I watched the video I thought to myself, “Here in Houston we haven’t had safe following distances in decades.”

Watches video. Ah, Houston. 👌

Bonus points for a truck with spools 😂

[–] GutterPunch@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Its not just me right? Every driver in that video was doing something stupid and careless? Filmer, truck driver, car that said fuck it and kept driving after collision, entrance/exit lane cars that were fluttering brakes or driving off the white lines? This can't be what highways in Texas are like all the time.

[–] Solemn@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 years ago

... until the semi came along this is exactly my normal commute looks like every day in Texas. If anything the traffic was looking great and fairly controlled compared to normal. I'm used to having to pass 1-3 3+ car accidents each way on my commute every day.

[–] Xyloph@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago

Looks like everyone just gave up driving at this precise moment

[–] Gullible@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The completely stopped truck in front, why didn’t they just continue driving and merge?

[–] Solemn@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago

They would have to be at least a tiny bit aware of their surroundings and have a reaction time under 30 seconds for that to be a possibility. Difficult to do when your face is buried in your phone like everyone else down here.

[+] argh_another_username@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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[–] SuperSleuth@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Im not sure how Memmy works or what it looks like, but on Jerboa you should see a link symbol like this by the post information.

See if you can find something similar, or if there is a link you can click on.

[–] AeroBlue@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

The og link doesn’t work not sure if it’s just Memmy, but the other posted link works fine

[–] EyesEyesBaby@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

If only he paid attention to the other cars around him and acted accordingly.

[–] Krakatoacoo@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

hot damn

[–] SubsAndDubs@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Wow, just wow!

[–] malloc@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Link is broken for me. Is there a mirror link?

iOS/Safari

[–] SuperSleuth@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Added link in post body.

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