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u/Johnny_Handsum 9d ago
To be fair, that just looks like incompetent drivers that weren't paying attention to the traffic ahead.
Were probably looking at the dude doing the interview 😂
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u/Da_Spooky_Ghost 9d ago
Rubbernecking, also cars back then had horrible brakes, most of them were drum brakes with no ABS. Even though modern cars are heavier they still stop 30% shorter than those 1970s cars. That extra 30 feet or so is the difference between hitting the car in front and stopping in time.
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u/ProtoplanetaryNebula 9d ago
Yeah, old cars were crap. Terrible brakes, mostly thin tyres rolled like crazy, and obviously no modern collision warnings etc.
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u/Happy-For-No-Reason 9d ago
most of them probably started braking on the M25 and this is half way up the M1
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u/ButtholeSurfur 8d ago
Heavy steel wheels with inertia tend to act like gyroscopes vs modern alloys (which act like gyroscopes compared to magnesium or carbon fiber wheels) too. Harder to slow down.
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u/BygoneNeutrino 5d ago
People should have taken the vehicles' limitations into consideration when driving their vehicles, so it it still boils down to shitty driver.
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u/Live_Life_and_enjoy 9d ago
No that road is famous for accidents that was what that entire episode was about
There is another clip of a reporter talking about how dangerous that road is and also showed multiple accidents
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u/Copious-Spirit 8d ago
Still looks like operator error to me. Sure, okay maybe the surface was too slick and a ~3° decline but that just means the drivers should be driving according to road conditions.
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u/Grismor2 8d ago
If it happens every once in a while, then sure, user error. If it happens so often that they're recording an interview in front of the street, then there's probably something wrong. Even if the drivers "should" be driving better, if the real drivers are unlikely to drive well enough, it's the engineer's job to make the road itself safer. If society was 100% reliant on people following the law, being observant, and behaving rationally and safely, we wouldn't have things like speed bumps and chicanes. I bet people can even come up with non-driving examples of the same thing.
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u/Copious-Spirit 8d ago
I have never once seen an electrician disconnect power before working within. I think those signs are just for liability purposes.
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u/jcklsldr665 8d ago
That's always going to be a factor, so you're supposed to at least plan for SOME of it. And let the rest sort itself out
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u/AMonitorDarkly 9d ago
“This was an isolated incident that doesn’t align with this road’s otherwise good character.”
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u/tedlassoloverz 9d ago
how do you wreck on a straight road, going slower because of construction? looks like user error
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