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[SkiDork]

Those people just got out of the way

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2011/09/15/mxp-car-into-shop.hln?hpt=hp_t2

 

[Glenn]

Holy crap! Close call for the girl on crutches!

 

[TheBEast]

How does one keep their foot on the gas while doing all of that??!! Man!!

 

[Glenn]

How does one keep their foot on the gas while doing all of that??!! Man!!

Pedal confusion. They they think they're on the brake, so they just stand on it. Happened recently with a lot of the Toyota crashes. Before that, it waw the Audi 5000 in the 1980's.

 

[SkiDork]

she was smoking the tires after she hit the wall. Dug a trench in the floor

 

[andrec10]

This lady was 85. This again brings up the question about older drivers taking road tests every so often. Can you imagine if she killed someone. She could have!

 

[bvibert]

This lady was 85. This again brings up the question about older drivers taking road tests every so often. Can you imagine if she killed someone. She could have!

She easily could have. I think mandatory testing after a certain age is a good idea (though I've seen plenty of people that should be tested every year regardless of age). It shouldn't take an incident like this to determine that this lady shouldn't have been behind the wheel of a car.

 

[bigbog]

This lady was 85. This again brings up the question about older drivers taking road tests every so often. Can you imagine if she killed someone. She could have!

..Yeah, like every year!

 

[Geoff]

..Yeah, like every year!

..starting at age 17. I don't think most adult drivers could pass a drivers exam.

 

[wa-loaf]

Pedal confusion. They they think they're on the brake, so they just stand on it. Happened recently with a lot of the Toyota crashes. Before that, it waw the Audi 5000 in the 1980's.

Saw something like this on 93 north out of Boston. Traffic came to sudden slowdown and an older lady slammed on her brakes (full-on smoking tires) and then for some reason stomped the accelerator veered off to the left (gas still on full) bounced off the median guardrail and charged back across the highway (4 lanes) bouncing off right guardrail before coming to rest again in the middle of the road. Absolutely astounding that she didn't hit anyone with all the traffic.

 

[ctenidae]

..starting at age 17. I don't think most adult drivers could pass a drivers exam.

Especially if it covers such things as left lane useage, 4 way stop sign rotation, or what to do if a traffic light isn't operating.

 

[bvibert]

Especially if it covers such things as left lane useage, 4 way stop sign rotation, or what to do if a traffic light isn't operating.

+1

 

[ctenidae]

+1

Switched my MA license to CT this weekend. I was joking wih teh testing examiners about whether there's a question about 4-way stop signs, and they both got nervous because they werent' sure what teh rules were. And they admitted that runnung red lights is a huge problem.

 

[bvibert]

Switched my MA license to CT this weekend. I was joking wih teh testing examiners about whether there's a question about 4-way stop signs, and they both got nervous because they werent' sure what teh rules were. And they admitted that runnung red lights is a huge problem.

Yay CT!!! :roll: Pretty awesome when the examiners don't even know...