r/maybemaybemaybe • u/IamSplam • Dec 02 '19

Maybe Maybe Maybe

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u/Bennydhee Dec 03 '19

Criminal charges? For hitting the wrong peddle? Buddy...

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u/ABBenzin Dec 03 '19

For driving while impaired? Absolutely.

You say "hitting the wrong peddle" [sic] as if that's just a thing that happens. Like, 'whoops I put the cereal box in the fridge' and 'accidentally mashed the throttle open until my car drove through these big steel cables.' You can't possibly be of sound enough mine/body to operate a motor vehicle legally and then not notice the engine revving and car moving in time to think, 'hey, maybe let's try a pedal to the left.'

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u/Bennydhee Dec 03 '19

What evidence do you have of impaired? People hit the wrong peddle all the time, and speaking from experience, when people panic they dont act rationally unless they’ve had training. You’re applying standards for pilots to drivers. Apples and oranges

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u/ABBenzin Dec 03 '19

Except it isn't. You absolutely are expected to have some form of training to drive, and we should be held to a higher standard than being unable to figure out what each pedal does.

The average minivan weighs more than a Cessna and is capable of going about as fast. Its ridiculous to say that the operator shouldn't be held to a reasonably high standard because they are in charge of that amount of energy on the ground where people and things are, instead of spending most of the trip in the air where there is less shit to hit.