And another bad driver will not be looking at the road and plow into multiple people.
Here’s a source from People magazine.
Drivers involved in the crash suffered bumps and bruises but no life-threatening injuries, [Fox 8] reported. Their vehicles were extensively damaged.
Did they seriously just drive off after that?!?!
I watched someone drive off after hitting a cyclist and breaking his arm. Driver even stopped for a moment to look, then sped off.
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They usually do
Overconfidence is a huge problem, but man so is under confidence. People who freeze up will cause bad things.
Cammers Fault…
“My job here is done! Farewell fellow travelers!” – Idiot in car
I especially enjoy this comment with that Buc-ee’s logo as your avatar
Tbf a stopped car in the middle of the road on a sunny fucking day also shouldn’t cause a collision, either. Guy in the grey van fucked up worse than anyone but they’ll be blaming the stopped car instead of their own inattentive driving
Guy in the gray van was blocked in on at least one side, possibly both.
No. The moron in the first car fucked up the worst; NONE of that would’ve happened without that dork stopping.
There’s a minimum speed on highways because it is dangerous to slow below that limit, the stopping distance for 70mph is around 240 feet and 2.5 sec for perception & reaction.
Yeah, but cars do break down. I once had all the transmission fluid in my car drain out while doing 65 or so on a highway. A mechanic failed to replace the drain plug properly, and suddenly the car started shaking violently. I was lucky to coast off to the breakdown lane before coming to a stop.
And I’ve seen things like improperly secured ladders and chairs fall onto the highway as well. Nothing like having cars suddenly swerving in front of you to avoid those sorts of hazards.
While true, cars that breakdown don’t come to a complete stop, generally. You should put your hazards and roll to the shoulder. That’s not always possible, of course. But if a vehicle is clearly disabled, you wouldn’t stop behind it waiting for it to move out of the way, which is what happened here as well.
Right, zoning out for a second is definitely way worse than selfishly illegally stopping like that /s
One is illegal and the other isn’t, for good reason. Willful mistake versus moment of distraction
They might’ve stopped for a legal, non-selfish reason too. A health emergency can happen anytime. It’s the drivers responsibility to not zone out and look ahead.
This would legally be the fault of the stopper. But yeah maybe. Just seems doubtful the way they clearly seem intent on turning
Psst, there’s a third possibility if you think critically.
! Both are wrong.
No shit?
For my kids, I stressed that while knowing your way around is critical, it’s also beneficial to always use GPS because it will always calculate a new route. Just miss any turn or exit and it will get you there either way minimal impact
I missed my exit once and it was like 15 minutes before the next one to turn around but that’s better than killing someone.
The Florida turnpike did that shit. Last free exit (that I wanted) was unmarked (absolutely no signage). The next (legal) turnaround was 10 miles and tolled.
tolled
So sorry you live in a place like that
Florida is a freedum state after all. Can’t have them commie taxes pay for things like public infrastructure and shit.
It’s pretty infrequent that roads go on after an exit to 150km uninterrupted highway or some other reason to behave this way.
These people are maddening.
They tend not to have a good command of the accelerator pedal’s capabilities to boot. There were a few opportunities for the problem driver to get going.
There might be a couple stretches in Ohio, but this isn’t one. There’s a spotin Massachusetts that’s like 60 miles round trip if you miss the exit, and it’s a tiny state!
That’s great ODOT put out a psa not to do this. Could they put one out about people swerving into the exit lane way after the exit.
Why didn’t they just take people’s licenses when they do something like this?
Because we live in corporate dictatorships and fossil fuel corpos made everything car-centric. Now we have to allow the negligent and incompetent to drive or else we’ll damage “the economy”.
This is true, but it’s more than the economy. While driving is a privilege, we’ve created a world where living without it is incredibly difficult and in some cases impossible. While it could hurt the economy it also starts to become a cruel and unusual punishment, even though it shouldn’t be it is due to the car centric environment society has created.
At least they had their turn signal on 😆
Absolutely the most terrifying aspect of driving on the Interstate.
I get that being in this situation sucks, but at least pull into the exit divider and throw your hazards on, jeez.
Just take the next fucking exit and turn around.
not sure turning around on the highway is safe. might be better to take the next exit and find another road.
and yes i’m being a smart ass.
