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People hit stationary cars all the time. In the UK there are about 9,000 such accidents per year. It’s extremely common. Someone in the US crashed into a stati
by cwhiz 6y ago
People hit stationary cars all the time. In the UK there are about 9,000 such accidents per year. It’s extremely common.
Someone in the US crashed into a stationary car during the time it took for me to write this up. It happens all the time. It’s not news. Not unless it was a Tesla.
- brokenmachine 6y agoStationary cars maybe. Stationary cop cars with their warning lights on, not so much. Personally, I'd hope a Tesla with "autopilot" would be able to avoid such an obvious obstacle.
- cwhiz 6y agoIt happens way more often than you would think. There is an even a named phenomenon about how people naturally drift toward stationary objects. It's called "target fixation."