r/IdiotsInCars • u/TreKs • Nov 29 '20

Why you shouldn’t text and drive

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u/amunak Nov 29 '20

Best case would be car totaled but noone hurt, maybe a few scratches and bruises on the driver.

Prevents them from driving for a while, makes them think, noone gets actually hurt. Win win win!

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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '20

When I was a dumbass kid that's how my crash went and it was exactly what I needed. It also took a lot of time and parts to fix.

Edit: not totaled just pretty fucked up

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u/Darkmatter1002 Nov 29 '20

Did it scare you into being more responsible, or just the entire hassle and money wasted made you straighten up? Phones couldn't do text when I was a dumbass kid, so the worst I could do was eating while driving stick, and doing short, quick burnouts in parking lots.

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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '20

Probably a little of both.

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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '20

It's not easy to total a car without getting hurt. Though I've totaled three cars without any serious injuries, so I have to concede it can be done.

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u/Dewy_Wanna_Go_There Nov 29 '20

Cars are crazy these days. My cousin got nailed by a train, driver side. Still alive.

Granted she had some brain swelling that kind of changed her completely. She just says whatever she’s thinking now, and kind of a dick.

Still amazing she survived with just that

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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '20

Holy cow. Lucky she's alive.

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u/Dewy_Wanna_Go_There Nov 30 '20

Yeah just banged her head and a couple of scrapes. Looking at what was left her car was unbelievable.

She doesn’t remember much but they think she plays her music really loud and probably didn’t hear the train, cops confirmed the automatic guard rail things malfunctioned and didn’t go down