The study of a radiator

[Avocet]

To catch a pro crash for casher, you just have to look for the prep stage because they are not suicidal.

I've never caught one. I've always managed to miss them...

 

[DiyNutJob]

I've never caught one. I've always managed to miss them...

Well, I am an infrequent driver, and still I managed to run into one. Your chances are not good.

 

[Avocet]

Well, I am an infrequent driver, and still I managed to run into one. Your chances are not good.

Have you ever heard the old saying: "practice makes perfect"?

 

[Odds]

That's got to be the longest-winded, most conceited way ever, of saying "I drove into the back of someone"...

One of the funniest reasons i heard was "the man didn't know which way to turn so i had to hit him."

 

[Mottie]

I am a long standing and very experienced driver.

I am an infrequent driver, and still I managed to run into one.

Hmmm. Make your mind up.

 

[DiyNutJob]

Hmmm. Make your mind up.

I used to drive, don't need to now.

 

[DiyNutJob]

One of the funniest reasons i heard was "the man didn't know which way to turn so i had to hit him."

I heard a funnier one: I asked why did you stop 5 car lengths from the junction? He said I saw a car coming. There was no other car, just him and me.

 

[DiyNutJob]

Have you ever heard the old saying: "practice makes perfect"?

No amount of practice will save you from a questionable ABS that was fed the cheapest fluid.

 

[Avocet]

No amount of practice will save you from a questionable ABS that was fed the cheapest fluid.

Sage advice...

...from the guy whose ABS broke...

 

[Brigadier]

It's an "industrial process". The steps are well defined, and invariant

And yet you still walked (or more correctly, drove) straight into the trap

 

[Brigadier]

One of the funniest reasons i heard was "the man didn't know which way to turn so i had to hit him."

"The guy was all over the road. I had to swerve a number of times before I hit him."

 

[DiyNutJob]

And yet you still walked (or more correctly, drove) straight into the trap

Of course I did. How was I to know it was a trap? You think I am a mind reader or something? My thorough assessment of the process and the entities involved were conducted after the event. Immediately after the event, I gamed out all possibilities and there was no escape from the trap.

The trap is set before a junction so that people have a natural expectation of the car ahead breaking. The reaction time needed to assess breaking to dead stop would have taken a couple of seconds. By then, it's too late. Also they might have messed with the lights. So, all you have to work with is closing of the distance.

 

[Mottie]

Of course I did. How was I to know it was a trap? You think I am a mind reader or something? My thorough assessment of the process and the entities involved were conducted after the event. Immediately after the event, I gamed out all possibilities and there was no escape from the trap.

The trap is set before a junction so that people have a natural expectation of the car ahead breaking. The reaction time needed to assess breaking to dead stop would have taken a couple of seconds. By then, it's too late. Also they might have messed with the lights. So, all you have to work with is closing of the distance.

So what you are saying is that if a child ran out 10 metres in front of your car near a junction you’d hit them if they weren’t wearing stop lights? I think I’d only hit them if I was going too fast for the road conditions, not paying attention and/or had slow reactions. Same with a crash for cash incident.

 

[DiyNutJob]

So what you are saying is that if a child ran out 10 metres in front of your car near a junction you’d hit them if they weren’t wearing stop lights? I think I’d only hit them if I was going too fast for the road conditions, not paying attention and/or had slow reactions. Same with a crash for cash incident.

Yes, I would definite hit them if a child or animal jump in front of the car. This is how people often die. You can see the bouquets and condolence notes in many places.

I could quite easily make you rear end my car if I choose. But then insurance will accuse me of dangerous driving and pretend no child or animal is ahead of me.

 

[Mottie]

Yes, I would definite hit them if a child or animal jump in front of the car.

Then you drive too fast with no awareness and shouldn’t be on the road.