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you do realise that most people slow down for blind curves for exactly this reason, right? pre-empt potential dangers and adjust driving accordingly. if you’re
by dijksterhuis 1y ago
you do realise that most people slow down for blind curves for exactly this reason, right?
pre-empt potential dangers and adjust driving accordingly. if you’re concerned that you might have to act due to an unseen/unknown danger — then slow down.
it shouldn’t be necessary to swerve out when driving except as a choice of absolute last resort (ie something/someone jumped in front of you inside braking distance and you’ve got no other safe option, in which case you’re probably fucked anyway).
- raincole 1y ago> you do realise that most people slow down for blind curves for exactly this reason, right? The parent commenter sounds exactly like one of those who don't slow down for blind curves.
- dgfitz 1y agoYou can take a blind curve at 15 miles an hour and not have time to avoid debris in the road. Use some critical thinking.
- beAbU 1y agoAt 15mph most cars should be able to stop on a dime, no?
- dijksterhuis 1y agoextrapolating a little, 15mph is ~<10m Speed | Thinking + braking distance | Stopping distance 20mph | 6m + 6m | 12m (40 feet) 30mph | 9m + 14m | 23m (75 feet) 40mph | 12m + 24m | 36m (118 feet) 50mph | 15m + 38m | 53m (174 feet) 60mph | 18m + 55m | 73m (240 feet) 70mph | 21m + 75m | 96m (315 feet) > https://www.theaa.com/breakdown-cover/advice/stopping-distances https://www.theaa.com/breakdown-cover/advice/stopping-distan... note that the braking distances are not for modern cars with advancements in braking tech etc.
- dgfitz 1y agoIf you’d meet me halfway on this, it’s not some bizarro-world scenario. It really isn’t.
- dijksterhuis 1y agothen 15 mph is probably too fast for that blind curve as it was not possible to see the danger. it’s fairly simple logic.