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People drive into buildings all the time. Like it's actually like over a hundred per day sort of thing in the US. Happens really frequently here in Canada as we

People drive into buildings all the time. Like it's actually like over a hundred per day sort of thing in the US. Happens really frequently here in Canada as well. If you include stuff like stop signs, light poles, mailboxes, and fences its probably in the several thousands. Fixed object collisions are super common.

thelastgallon 1y ago
Even animals (with significantly smaller brains) know how to avoid stationary structures (and even moving things that are trying to eat them!). Where are ya'll from that people are running into stationary structures all the time? If people have an epidemic of running into stationary things, wouldn't there be a 100x problem of them running into moving things - like cars, trucks, trains, airplanes? Regardless, why is it okay for people to run into any stationary structure but not okay for people to run into structures that hold solar panels? Or is there some effort to remove ALL stationary structures because of this problem?
- Starman_Jones 1y ago
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thelastgallon 1y ago
Probably ya'll need to update the driver's license exam. First, in the written exam, include rules against hitting stationary structures, and quiz them on it before issuing the learner's permit. Then also test for it during the road test. If they can't avoid a stationary structure, perhaps fail them? In the US, this is not a problem unless you are drunk. When you are driving drunk, you are violating the law anyway.
- fragmede 1y ago
  We don't know the state of the multiple drivers to cause these posts, or for the drivers to run into the corresponding posts, but they're a) in the US (Atlanta, Oakland, and Brookfield, CT) and b) it sounds like it's happened more than a few times. https://old.reddit.com/r/cars/comments/myfroy/today_the_14th_notable_accident_in_12_years/ https://old.reddit.com/r/cars/comments/myfroy/today_the_14th... https://old.reddit.com/r/HomeImprovement/comments/5da1w1/best_way_to_stop_cars_from_running_into_the_front/ https://old.reddit.com/r/HomeImprovement/comments/5da1w1/bes... https://i95rock.com/how-to-avoid-a-car-crash-as-you-approach-the-newtown-flagpole/ https://i95rock.com/how-to-avoid-a-car-crash-as-you-approach...
  - thelastgallon 1y ago
    > it's happened more than a few times. There are 2.75 - 4 billion buildings on this planet. Something will happen a few times or more than few times. Sometimes asteroids hit the planet and most species go extinct.

thelastgallon 1y ago

Even animals (with significantly smaller brains) know how to avoid stationary structures (and even moving things that are trying to eat them!). Where are ya'll from that people are running into stationary structures all the time? If people have an epidemic of running into stationary things, wouldn't there be a 100x problem of them running into moving things - like cars, trucks, trains, airplanes? Regardless, why is it okay for people to run into any stationary structure but not okay for people to run into structures that hold solar panels? Or is there some effort to remove ALL stationary structures because of this problem?

Starman_Jones 1y ago
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thelastgallon 1y ago

Probably ya'll need to update the driver's license exam. First, in the written exam, include rules against hitting stationary structures, and quiz them on it before issuing the learner's permit. Then also test for it during the road test. If they can't avoid a stationary structure, perhaps fail them? In the US, this is not a problem unless you are drunk. When you are driving drunk, you are violating the law anyway.

fragmede 1y ago
We don't know the state of the multiple drivers to cause these posts, or for the drivers to run into the corresponding posts, but they're a) in the US (Atlanta, Oakland, and Brookfield, CT) and b) it sounds like it's happened more than a few times. https://old.reddit.com/r/cars/comments/myfroy/today_the_14th_notable_accident_in_12_years/ https://old.reddit.com/r/cars/comments/myfroy/today_the_14th... https://old.reddit.com/r/HomeImprovement/comments/5da1w1/best_way_to_stop_cars_from_running_into_the_front/ https://old.reddit.com/r/HomeImprovement/comments/5da1w1/bes... https://i95rock.com/how-to-avoid-a-car-crash-as-you-approach-the-newtown-flagpole/ https://i95rock.com/how-to-avoid-a-car-crash-as-you-approach...
- thelastgallon 1y ago
  > it's happened more than a few times. There are 2.75 - 4 billion buildings on this planet. Something will happen a few times or more than few times. Sometimes asteroids hit the planet and most species go extinct.