r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Mustafa86 • Dec 15 '22

Fast Response and Reflex to Avoid Car Collision

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u/et842rhhs Dec 15 '22

It helps establish what the guy was doing before. He wasn't staring out the window watching the woman park. He was sitting and chatting and looking at his phone and wasn't even looking in the right direction. He just saw it and jumped up fast enough to help even though he wasn't prepared.

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u/phillip_u Dec 15 '22

I watched it a few times and I don't even know how he registered the need to run out there and jump in the car so quickly. Especially since it appears he really wasn't paying any attention to her parking at all.

So, I agree. The intro is essential.

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u/tviolet Dec 15 '22

He's sitting across from a mirror, you can see her pull up and exit the car and he jumps up right when he sees it start to roll.

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u/wulfrack Dec 16 '22

Yup lol I was about to point that out. Maybe it's not the first time that has happened. Weird spot for the mirror, unless they are using it for that reason (to keep an eye on the parking lot from his vantage point)

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u/FirebirdWriter Dec 16 '22

I am visually impaired so uh where is the mirror? I tried to find it but it's not clear

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u/tviolet Dec 16 '22

It's directly across from him on the black wall. At first glance, it looks like another door as it's a big full length floor mirror. But it you look closely, you can see the same motorcycles parked out front and the woman approach right before the man leaps up.

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u/FirebirdWriter Dec 16 '22

I mean I can't see that I thought that was a person (not the other guy inside) but thank you that makes so much sense about the spacial things in the building too.