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I don’t die in a car accident every day by a few inches. I’m totally serious. This is true for most every car trip. You trust yourself and the idiot in the oth
by robotresearcher 8y ago
I don’t die in a car accident every day by a few inches.
I’m totally serious. This is true for most every car trip. You trust yourself and the idiot in the other lane with your life every single day. It’s amazing how well cars protect us these days when we crash them. I’m excited about having them avoid the crashes.
- ben_w 8y agoI suspect you’re both writing about different inches. For my own example I offer an experience from my teenage years where a bus passed me with only one inch to spare from scraping that handlebar while on my other side there was an uneven slatted wooden fence with 1-1.5 inches to spare before it hit that handlebar. (Bicycle, not motor).
- simonebrunozzi 8y agoYes, we are. I was referring to a really scary (and very rare) occurrence.
- robotresearcher 8y agoI understand that but was pointing out how close to doom we are very frequently in traffic. Cars avoid head on collisions by single digit feet at relative speeds of 100kph, controlled by barely-trained, tired and distracted people and this is totally normal. Get just a bit closer and it’s totally terrifying.
- ben_w 8y agoSingle digits feet is normal. When I wrote “one inch” I wasn’t exaggerating.
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