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People have been crushed and killed just when their stopped car starts moving because it wasn't parked in gear or with their parking brake engaged. Speed being
by spike021 5y ago
People have been crushed and killed just when their stopped car starts moving because it wasn't parked in gear or with their parking brake engaged.
Speed being "slow" or "fast" here is unrelated.
- toufka 5y agoOf course speed is related to safety. See page 2 for the actual data: https://www.littlerock.gov/media/2484/the-relation-between-speed-and-crashes.pdf https://www.littlerock.gov/media/2484/the-relation-between-s...
- spike021 5y agoMy point, however, was that the parent poster didn't seem to think so.
- stooliepidgin 5y agoAnton Yelchin
- spike021 5y agoExactly who I was thinking of as a well-known example.