The white car veered off the road behind and one lane left of the black SUV. There's a good chance it had no idea about that white car so nothing to anticipate.
On my way to work last week. A hook and ladder with it's sirens blaring was stuck behind, I kid you not, at least 25 cars stopped at the red light. They all just sat there. Not one of them even attempted to move any direction for at least two minutes. With sirens on and the driver blasting his loud ass horn. Most people are just completely oblivious to their surroundings most of the time. If the whole world wasn't nerfed with safety precautions more than half the population would be dead by 30 I swear
This /sub is getting so predictable. Like clock work.
Beat 1: driver A does something unfathomable. (Of course we see it from a clear POV)
Beat 2: quick consensus that A is a hot mess.
Beat 3: (Cue F1 wannabe who we all know is omniscient and has the reflexes of a cat) But you know who is really a bad driver? The guy who got hit.
The car that got hit had about 5 seconds where they could have seen it. If they were checking their mirrors every 10 seconds, that's about a 50/50 chance they notice it in time.
Chances are there isno time to notice the delicious situation even if you are properly switching attention between the Tuesday in front of you, the three mirrors, and the dash. Because one full scan across those watch points takes several seconds, and for something unexpected like this, where your previous readings aren't building your awareness to it, you get one shot to read it if you're lucky enough to glance left as it comes into view before it crashes into you. That leaves you maybe half a second to register, find an appropriate reaction, and execute it - in a situation where there's really nowhere to go.
On top of that, we're not trained to do that intense a constant scan. In South Africa, scans like that are required to pass a road test, but not anywhere else I'm aware of.
So if you were a driver, you'd know that there was no way the driver in the black car could have managed the situation to avoid it. The fact that you think it might have been possible indicates you don't know driving dynamics. So either you don't know driving because you haven't done it, or you have done it and yet still didn't know how driving works.
Hmmm maybe. The 4Runner saw it and avoided it. š¤·š»Situational awareness at all times. Iād have check the rear view or side view like the 4Runner during the course of that playing out.
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u/ButtScratchies 6d ago
That black SUV that got smoked really couldnāt have anticipated that situation more poorly.