Driving gently pays off
09-08-18, 06:25 PM
#46
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Driving fast pays off...hear me out lol. Note: We all drive "aggressive". I have 4 friends that have been in accidents the past 1.5 years.
Friend #1 had 2 accidents. A FedEx truck hit him in traffic and the other he was doing 30 mph and a car made a u turn and they collided.
Friend #2 doing 60 on highway, road was wet ( not raining) and he hydroplaned hit the barrier.
Friend #3 going around a off ramp doing 40 mph and back tire blew out, slid off the road and into the grass. Broke 2 wheels.
Friend #4 was at a stand still and a car back into him.
All these accidents and they were going slow. So the theory is, drive fast and never get into an accident.
obviously not being serious lol.
Friend #1 had 2 accidents. A FedEx truck hit him in traffic and the other he was doing 30 mph and a car made a u turn and they collided.
Friend #2 doing 60 on highway, road was wet ( not raining) and he hydroplaned hit the barrier.
Friend #3 going around a off ramp doing 40 mph and back tire blew out, slid off the road and into the grass. Broke 2 wheels.
Friend #4 was at a stand still and a car back into him.
All these accidents and they were going slow. So the theory is, drive fast and never get into an accident.
obviously not being serious lol.
09-09-18, 09:42 AM
#48
Scratching the car
How lucky he got there.
I don't want anything edge, sharp on my car, so no key fob will be on my car, but i did put my goggles on top of the trunk after mowing the lawn 2 times back to back (in 2 weeks) and crushed on the street. SMH... I am on my third pair now.
I don't want anything edge, sharp on my car, so no key fob will be on my car, but i did put my goggles on top of the trunk after mowing the lawn 2 times back to back (in 2 weeks) and crushed on the street. SMH... I am on my third pair now.
09-09-18, 04:29 PM
#49
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Thread Starter
Of course, different vehicles handle and absurd those crash forces in different ways, which is why the NHTSA and IIHS conduct the crash-tests with dummies. At the same speed and same impact, on the same object, you could have different results from different vehicles.
09-09-18, 04:34 PM
#50
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Because its not as simple as that. You aren't driving in a vacuum the only person on the road. Of course your chances of being injured go up the faster you're going, but your chances of being in an accident in general go down the more closely you travel to the 85th percentile speed on a roadway.
So if you are on a highway going 55 and the 85th percentile speed is 75, you have a greater likelihood of being in an accident in general than if you were going 75.
So if you are on a highway going 55 and the 85th percentile speed is 75, you have a greater likelihood of being in an accident in general than if you were going 75.
09-09-18, 04:37 PM
#51
Lexus Fanatic
Because its not as simple as that. You aren't driving in a vacuum the only person on the road. Of course your chances of being injured go up the faster you're going, but your chances of being in an accident in general go down the more closely you travel to the 85th percentile speed on a roadway.
So if you are on a highway going 55 and the 85th percentile speed is 75, you have a greater likelihood of being in an accident in general than if you were going 75.
So if you are on a highway going 55 and the 85th percentile speed is 75, you have a greater likelihood of being in an accident in general than if you were going 75.
09-09-18, 04:38 PM
#52
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Agreed, but its the truth though. mmarshall's "I don't know why so many drivers have a hard time accepting that fact", the reason being is that from a practical real world standpoint it isn't true, because most accidents don't involve one car running into a pole, they involve one or more cars running into each other.
09-09-18, 04:44 PM
#53
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Agreed, but its the truth though. mmarshall's "I don't know why so many drivers have a hard time accepting that fact", the reason being is that from a practical real world standpoint it isn't true, because most accidents don't involve one car running into a pole, they involve one or more cars running into each other.
09-09-18, 05:07 PM
#54
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Thread Starter
Agreed, but its the truth though. mmarshall's "I don't know why so many drivers have a hard time accepting that fact", the reason being is that from a practical real world standpoint it isn't true, because most accidents don't involve one car running into a pole, they involve one or more cars running into each other.
An excellent example is on the mountainous part of I-64 from VA into WV, which is a route that I know you travel regularly. That stretch of I-64 is notorious for major pile-ups, in low-visibility conditions, when dozens of vehicles add to the pile-up because they see it too late and can't stop in time because they are going too fast.
09-09-18, 05:18 PM
#55
Lexus Fanatic
Simplistic thinking on what isn't a simple set of variables.
09-10-18, 10:32 AM
#56
Lexus Fanatic
I dunno, it's a delicate topic but imho religion doesn't have anything to do with the key fob, at least my point of view is such. Just physics.
Reminds me of when I had a g/f from VT back in the day, we would get off 87N for route 149. Everybody who skis Killington and lives to the south, like NYC/NJ knows this exit in the Lake George area. There's a fair amount of traffic so I had to get on it to make a left out of those shoppes, and there is this clinking sound all over the place. I say what the **** is that? She goes oh no, I left my change purse on the roof. I have no idea how we could be this stupid, but we attempted to pick up as many quarters as we could. Thinking back, even if it were say $15, based on the amount of traffic, let it go. I guess no miracles for us that day. Then again she was 23 and I was 25, so I guess money was tight.
Things remain on the roof, things fall off the roof, what you gonna do?
Reminds me of when I had a g/f from VT back in the day, we would get off 87N for route 149. Everybody who skis Killington and lives to the south, like NYC/NJ knows this exit in the Lake George area. There's a fair amount of traffic so I had to get on it to make a left out of those shoppes, and there is this clinking sound all over the place. I say what the **** is that? She goes oh no, I left my change purse on the roof. I have no idea how we could be this stupid, but we attempted to pick up as many quarters as we could. Thinking back, even if it were say $15, based on the amount of traffic, let it go. I guess no miracles for us that day. Then again she was 23 and I was 25, so I guess money was tight.
Things remain on the roof, things fall off the roof, what you gonna do?
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