Spamda Almost Died Today...

SpPANDA · Post by **SpPANDA** » Mon Nov 04, 2002 11:17 pm

trythil wrote:This is precisely why you don't follow so closely behind the guy in front of you, and/or don't panic if something like a tire blowout happens.

Smooth move.

klinky · Post by **klinky** » Mon Nov 04, 2002 11:19 pm

trythil wrote:This is precisely why you don't follow so closely behind the guy in front of you, and/or don't panic if something like a tire blowout happens.

Smooth move.

Yes he can somehow prevent a car from the other lane suffering a blow out and slamming into him. Cars are never packed like sardines on a freeway. People never panic either.

Has loonix broken your mind or something?

~klinky

SpPANDA · Post by **SpPANDA** » Mon Nov 04, 2002 11:32 pm

IM ALIVE!

stormybaka · Post by **stormybaka** » Mon Nov 04, 2002 11:39 pm

Oh a what! nnnnooooo!
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Now I really am crying...
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Honda Civic...
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You should see Civic...(The one I used to own I guess) I want a 92 next and the one I had was a 97.

trythil · Post by **trythil** » Tue Nov 05, 2002 12:52 am

klinky wrote:
trythil wrote:This is precisely why you don't follow so closely behind the guy in front of you, and/or don't panic if something like a tire blowout happens.

Smooth move.

Yes he can somehow prevent a car from the other lane suffering a blow out and slamming into him. Cars are never packed like sardines on a freeway. People never panic either.

Has loonix broken your mind or something?

~klinky

No. I've been in this situation before, and I did not wreck the shit out of my car, so I don't have sympathy.

He can't prevent a blowout. What he CAN do, however, is NOT get himself into such a situation in which he's stuck in between four other cars. It's really not that hard -- just slow the hell down so the cars in front and next to you aren't 20 feet away.

If somebody wants to pass you, well, fine, let him pass you. Like it's really that much of a problem.

If you want to make the argument that going faster gets you there faster on a crowded road, I'll call your argument bullshit. If you go faster, you end up having to brake more often lest you get into a collision with somebody else, which just makes you lose time.

stormybaka · Post by **stormybaka** » Tue Nov 05, 2002 12:58 am

Hey trythil or tryhard, you were not there and I was not there.
So you can't quite make a judgement on the incident.

FirestormXIII · Post by **FirestormXIII** » Tue Nov 05, 2002 1:04 am

Oy ve, as if he had so much control over the what the other guy was doing.

You weren't there, you don't know if Spamda was keeping a safe distance and the other fool happened to be trying to pass him when his tire blew out. People do on occasion come within 20 feet of each other when driving, it's unavoidable.

trythil · Post by **trythil** » Tue Nov 05, 2002 1:11 am

stormybaka wrote:Hey trythil or tryhard, you were not there and I was not there.
So you can't quite make a judgement on the incident.

Why not?

Is that what you'd say if the assignment of fault in an auto accident didn't come out in your favor? "Well, Your Honor, you and the police weren't there when it happened, so you can't quite make a judgment on the incident"?

Oh, sure, the police report will contain details about what the scene -looked- like after the accident, witness reports, etc., but if, say, Spamda got into a wreck because Some Jackass was thinking about having one of his concubines between his legs, you think that's going to go on the record?

I'll make my judgment. It, of course, does not hold the same weight as a judge's decision, but it's still mine. If it's not sympathetic, then let me be damned for it.

Garylisk · Post by **Garylisk** » Tue Nov 05, 2002 1:22 am

It looks to me like the guy whose tire blew out slammed into the back end of Panda's card, causing his card to spin, facing to the right, thus causing himself to be propelled to the right. You are saying that this is due to Panda's careless driving? Sounds to me like an act of god. Big deal. You can't blame this kind of accident on any sort of bad driving. It's all about the fact that they guy whose tire blew out went out of control and slammed into the back right fender of Panda's car. It has nothing to do with how good or bad Panda was driving, Jesus Christ!

Now, if I were in the situation, I would have hit my brakes, probably causing muych worse damage when the car in the next lane slammed into me. I imagine Panda tried to regain some form of control, which appearently didn't happen. By the time he had spun into the second lane, the shoulder was the best possible option until the police came. I mean, if something happens, you're supposed to pull over and contact the authorities, it's just common sense. This way you and any other involved parties can trade insurance information and phone numbers.

I'll say it again, this was not Panda's fault! It probably happened really fast! Are you saying that you can think that fast when going 60 miles an hour or faster with traffic around you, no less a semi two lanes over? I bet you can't! If you can, why aren't you driving professionally?

trythil · Post by **trythil** » Tue Nov 05, 2002 1:29 am

Alright then, I'll admit defeat; it's pretty easy to see how this probably isn't his fault. Taunt me all you like.

This isn't my thread to bitch in, anyway.