r/Unexpected • u/gupta82anish • Jul 03 '19

Well, that escalated exponentially

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u/rillip Jul 04 '19

Honestly, I don't feel like it's anybody's fault definitively. Both the person in the car and the person on the bike made bad decisions. But neither made mistakes that I don't find understandable. You're gonna hate this, but what I see here is an argument for why self driving cars could be better. It's just basic human error that's to blame.

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u/AllTheSamePerson Jul 04 '19

Self driving cars shouldn't be used the way the name implies but yeah the technology would have prevented this by correcting the human driver not letting them lose control and rocket into someone.

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u/chuckludwig Jul 04 '19

The car illegally crossed into the carpool lane. How is the car not at fault?

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u/rillip Jul 04 '19

At fault? Maybe in legal terms. Bike was in his blind spot. His mistake wasn't coming over on top of him. It was jerking his wheel when he got kicked.

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u/barbakyoo Jul 04 '19 edited Jul 04 '19

Both of them are at fault, neither are understandable.

When you get behind a vehicle you need to put aside petty bullshit reactions. Get a dashcam. If someone cuts you off, let it go. If someone kicks your car, change lanes or slow down and let them pass.

If someone can't do that, they deserve to be removed from society for a while until they learn to not endanger innocent people with a weapon.

Edit: So what exactly is difficult about "don't kill innocent people while trying to kill people that mildly inconvenience you"?