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What’s the craziest thing you’ve seen someone driving do? (lemmy.world)

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My kid’s just finished the classroom part of driver education and it prompted a discussion of crazy things we’ve seen other drivers do.

The craziest thing I saw, many years ago now, was I came up behind a guy driving a Ford Ranger pickup and could see through his rear window that he was doing tricep extensions with a dumbbell in his right hand. I was more surprised as I passed to see he was shaving with an electric razor in his left hand. I don’t really know how he was steering.

Kiddo said they were told personal grooming was the fourth leading cause of accidents.

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[-] slothrop@lemmy.ca 45 points 4 months ago

Late '70s, on a winding paved backroad heading into town, a smaller car coming in the opposite direction lost traction (a light, misty rain had just gone through) and rolled twice in a field before landing upright.

My buddy and I quickly pulled over and ran towards the car to make sure everything was alright.

They drove off before we got to them...

[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago

Ok.......I want THAT car!!! Forget airbags, and modern safety standards. This dude rolls his car TWICE and just drives off.

[-] chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz 7 points 4 months ago

...until you get in a collision and the car crumples up and squeezes you out like red toothpaste.

[-] Trigger2_2000@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago

Cars like that don't crumple up, you just bounce around inside till you die

[-] chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz 1 points 4 months ago

Oh they sure do. They really like shoving the steering column through your spine.

https://youtu.be/C_r5UJrxcck

[-] slothrop@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 months ago

Ya, iirc, it was something like a Datsun or Toyota compact car, which were a lot smaller and fragile than today's compacts.

This is one of those events that you chalk up to pure luck.

[-] thallamabond@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Crazy luck, 70s imports in the US were very fragile. buddy lost a wheel and most of his suspension hitting a curb in a cvcc.

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