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Title: Close Call 01-21-2021 Post by: S21FOLGORE on January 14, 2021, 09:45:00 AM https://youtu.be/lQYX-c5Vjx0
Watching dash-cam footage, it is pretty obvious the driver was on the phone / texting / something like that. Dash-cam : Mobius Horn(s) : PIAA 85112 (500Hz + 600Hz) and Wolo Bad Boy Title: Re: Close Call 01-21-2021 Post by: Duck-Stew on January 14, 2021, 09:08:36 PM :o :o :o :o
Title: Re: Close Call 01-21-2021 Post by: Howie on January 14, 2021, 09:41:50 PM Seems like every day in the Big Apple
Title: Re: Close Call 01-21-2021 Post by: stopintime on January 15, 2021, 01:19:48 AM I feel for you, but at the same time it's one of those easy-to-avoid situations.
Title: Re: Close Call 01-21-2021 Post by: koko64 on January 15, 2021, 04:34:26 AM Seems like every day in the Big Apple Here too. Standard of driving is terrible. Title: Re: Close Call 01-21-2021 Post by: Monsterlover on January 16, 2021, 08:31:34 PM Wow 😳
Title: Re: Close Call 01-21-2021 Post by: 1.21GW on January 16, 2021, 09:39:39 PM I see all this as a race of technology...
The mobile-phone-social-media-notifications-navigation-system-hi-tech-dashboard is advancing to distract us and kill us. The lane-change-sensors-emergency-braking-system-self-driving-AI is advancing to save us. So far, I think the former is winning. Maybe my grandkids will live to see the latter win. Anyway, glad you made it out alive, S21FOLGORE. [thumbsup] Title: Re: Close Call 01-21-2021 Post by: Howie on January 16, 2021, 10:19:14 PM The safety tech is problematic too. If I wasn't paying attention I would have hit a bicycle rider who ran a red light. Twice my car braked for something that wasn't there. Since my car has a manual transmission it stalled. Could have been hit in the rear. Typically blind spot is about 25% off when it comes to bicycles and motorcycles. Some idiots look at the warning instead of the mirror. I turned my lane assist off. Even when these systems work better (and they will) the driver must pay attention. The driver is the only one who has true IZ_ logic.
I do use navigation, I think less distracting than trying to read chicken scratch directions stuck to your dash somewhere. I will pick up a phone call hands free if it might be important. Read a text or send a text? Never! |