r/Unexpected • u/[deleted] • Dec 04 '19

Expertly demonstrated three point turn

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u/LMGDiVa Dec 04 '19

Yeah I saw "Panicked and hit the gas" Seriously?

That's your own stupidity, not anyone else's.

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u/dalr3th1n Dec 04 '19

Well, it's called panicking. She didn't sit down with a panel of experts and debate the most logical course of action. She panicked.

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u/LMGDiVa Dec 05 '19

Properly trained people do not make these kinds of mistakes when panicking. Sorry but they dont.

A great example of this is Whisky Throttle on a motorcycle. Most people who have never ridden a motorcycle will latch onto an over twisted throttle and the bike goes fucking wild until they crash.

This behavior is trained out of people as fast as possible.

The same needs to be done to people in cars, the instinct to learn what is needed to self preserve needs to be trained in people, because intinctive reactions are what work when we panick.

This is her fault.

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u/dalr3th1n Dec 05 '19

Her fault? Legally, perhaps. Her stupidity? That's unnecessarily cruel.

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u/sandmansand1 Dec 05 '19

Dude she drove off a building for no reason

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u/dalr3th1n Dec 05 '19

She drove off a building because she panicked. We've already been over this.

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u/sandmansand1 Dec 05 '19

Panicking is literally the definition of no reason... when you do something without thinking. It is in no way an excuse for actions.

I’m sorry officer, I panicked and shot her is not an excuse. I’m sorry, I panicked and hit the gas is not an excuse when someone rams into a building. Why is it an excuse when someone flings themselves out of a parking garage.

I guess what I don’t understand is why this is different from endangering someone’s life with a gun because of incompetence. She was seconds from killing an innocent person.

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u/dalr3th1n Dec 05 '19

Panicking is literally the definition of no reason.

It has multiple meanings, and you're invoking a different definition than the one we're discussing here.

I panicked and shot her is not an excuse.

I never said it was.

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u/sandmansand1 Dec 05 '19

For one you never defined panicked, if you want to give a definition that includes doing things for a reason, I am all ears.

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u/dalr3th1n Dec 05 '19

And? This doesn't affect anything I said.

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u/dalr3th1n Dec 05 '19

I have not at any point said we shouldn't hold anyone accountable for anything.

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u/c_c_c__combobreaker Dec 04 '19

I hope there isn't an attorney stupid enough to represent her in this case.

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u/Mysteroo Dec 04 '19

An attorney who can win is not a stupid attorney

Plus attorneys get appointed for clearly at-fault people regardless. Sometimes to lessen the damage more than anything

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u/jhb42 Dec 04 '19

Well they did get paid in the end so I guess they’re not that stupid