Simple physics.

[crazylegs]

Dear idiot in a ford fiesta.

I am driving a 3 ton vehicle. Your vehicle weighs in at around a ton. If you pull out infront of me while I am travelling faster than you and we collide you will lose.

Bonus points for not seing a vehicle with green and yellow battenburg markings, with a bright yellow bonnet that has Ambulance on the front of it.

Berk.

[Magpie]

Hey, they had excellent sense of what vehicle to cut off. The ambulance would be right there when they needed it.

[Falor]

Yes, but did crazylegs have a Jaws-of-Life on board to be able to reach Mr. Fiesta after turning his Ford into an accordian?

[protege]

People do some stupid things when it comes to large vehicles. I've seen people pull out in front of buses. And yes, I've seen what happens when they get hit. Ever see an Accord end up on its side? I've seen people attempt to cross over the tracks ahead of oncoming trains. The aftermath of a pickup getting hit...and then tossed into a building...isn't pretty

With all the awareness programs--Operation Lifesaver, for example--there's really no excuse for this crap. Other than someone's stupidity or being in a hurry.

[crazylegs]

People do some stupid things when it comes to large vehicles. I've seen people pull out in front of buses. And yes, I've seen what happens when they get hit.

I was first on scene to a bus v. small car, very low speed collision. 14 ton against 1 (and a bit) - you always know who's going to win on that one. Luckily the chump who pulled that stunt walked away, any faster a collision and we would have been picking bits of him up for a little while.

[Salted Grump]

My dad used to work in EMR (Energy, Mines and Resources) Canada back when he was in his 30's. He had a good view of a pair of OC Transpo Busses T-bone in the middle of an intersection.

Both drivers were okay, and they were otherwise empty, but it took 2 lanes of traffic to tow the 'arm' of the T away; there was, according to my dad, a Forty-degree bend in the middle of the bus.

And both busses had accelerated from a standing start (driver error, yadda, yadda yadda). Imagine what would happen if some derp decided to cut in front of one of the twenty-ton articulated ones at highway speed.

[ravevolution]

You know what Ford Fiesta means in Spanish? Not what you think


It means piece of shit car

[crazylegs]

You know what Ford Fiesta means in Spanish? Not what you think


It means piece of shit car

Quite.

Especially the age of the thing where the crumple zone is your face.

[Chromatix]

Not quite as bad as Nova. In some languages it reads as No Va, or "doesn't go".

Were any cars named Fuego by ny chance?

[MaseMan]

Not quite as bad as Nova. In some languages it reads as No Va, or "doesn't go".

That's a very old urban legend. Check it out on snopes.com if you want to enlighten yourself.

[protege]

Were any cars named Fuego by ny chance?

Yep, Renault...which wasn't content with foisting the "Le Car" on civilization...couldn't resist naming their sport coupe the Fuego. Appropriate, since they did tend to fry because of cooling problems. Of course, if you find that amusing...the Encore was even more so. Why? Well, the "second act" was Renault selling American Motors) to Chrysler, and then leaving the US market for good

[Mytical]

One of the things that amuse me is how people drive around semis. People...

1) Semis do NOT stop on a dime. If they are going a good speed, it takes them awhile to come to a stop. By the time they do, you will be a grease stain.

2) Your vehicle weighs a fraction of a semi. If you are in a wreck with a semi, you will lose. If you are in a semi, and hit another semi..both lose.

3) If you are behind a semi, and right on it's bumper..and it stops..you will LOSE. The driver can not see you, see rule two about your size and the semi's size.

4) They can be the best driver in the universe, but once momentum gets ahold of that semi..they can only do so much. You cause them to jackknife, and more people will lose. Probably you also.

5) They drive LONG hours, do not tempt fate..give them the proper distance.

[wolfie]

3) If you are behind a semi, and right on it's bumper..and it stops..you will LOSE. The driver can not see you, see rule two about your size and the semi's size.

Not only can the driver not see the tailgater, but the "billboard" means the tailgater can't see what's going on ahead, so the truck's brake lights are their first sign that something's wrong. The tailgater could spend the rest of their life trying to get their foot from the accelerator to the brake.

[Mytical]

<snip>The tailgater could spend the rest of their life trying to get their foot from the accelerator to the brake.

Yes, the entire fraction of seconds they have left of it. Unfortunately, people just do not understand this. Its as if they think the semi drivers can bend time and space..oh wait..just remembered where I am..some probably DO think that. SC's + Roads = Scary thought.

[Shalom]

Could be worse, people have demanded to know why the train didn't go around them.