• CaptDust@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      21 days

      “If you no longer go for a gap that exists, you are no longer a racing driver” - Ayrton Senna

      Flatbed was going too slow and SUV is late for a hair cut

    • pdxfed@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21 days

      They had a short amount of space to pass (unsafely) before it went back down to 1 lane and think of the inconvenience. They are so fucking lucky they don’t have manslaughter of that pedestrian on their record—oniy because it happened to be someone walking who was fast and paying attention–exactly because of how dangerous it is to be a pedestrian.

    • BradleyUffner@lemmy.worldEnglish
      20 days

      Looks like he started trying to pass the truck before it entered the frame, then had to swerve back to the left to avoid the incoming car, clipped the corner of the truck, and the rest is on camera.

  • Drusas@fedia.io
    21 days

    lol at that driver pulling a PIT maneuver on themselves.

    • arrow74@lemmy.zipEnglish
      20 days

      Technically the driver’s insurance, but it would take a lawyer. Ultimately they would be responsible though

    • Trainguyrom@reddthat.comEnglish
      20 days

      Basically he can make a claim on the driver’s insurance, although I have a feeling the insurance might try to get out of paying for the pedestrian’s shopping since that’s kinda hard to prove the loss on and slightly nonstandard

  • uservoid1@lemmy.worldEnglish
    20 days

    The couple in the background: None of our business, Keep on walking.

      • dracc@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        12 days

        At least react to the loud as fuck crash that happened 5 feet away from them? They keep walking the exact same pace, seemingly unphazed.

    • myyass@lemmy.worldEnglish
      19 days

      Truck-kun was the villain in this isekai. A new sub-genera was created that day.

  • Damarus@feddit.orgEnglish
    20 days

    The driver wasn’t even wearing a seatbelt, airbags aren’t activating.

    • Actionschnils@feddit.orgEnglish
      20 days

      As far as I know, they arent depending on each other. The energy of the crash just wasnt enough I assume.

      • Damarus@feddit.orgEnglish
        20 days

        I just went by what I heard when writing that comment. Apparently it depends on the car, so I can’t say for sure. I would’ve assumed the impact(s) and roll were strong enough to trigger emergency systems. Whiplash is a bitch.

      • f314@lemmy.worldEnglish
        20 days

        While I think you’re right, I would really like to have side airbags go off in a roll like that 😅 This car might not have had them, though.

  • Hanrahan@slrpnk.netEnglish
    20 days

    are those cars parked all over the sidewalk and ol mate has to walk on the road ?

    • Speiser0@feddit.orgEnglish
      20 days

      No, those are parking lots. The car left the road. Also the pedestrian doesn’t look old to me.

        • Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.worldEnglish
          19 days

          Looks like a different kind of parking spot, note that it’s directly in front of a space where a car isn’t parked. If I had to guess the clear space is an entryway of some kind that is being kept clear by shifing the parking space out (probably just shouldn’t have one at all, but maybe there are parking minimums). If you look to the other side of the street you can see similarly parked cars with walls to their side, so it can’t be intended as a sidewalk there.

  • UnequalExchange@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21 days

    which is why you shoulfd always walk facing oncoming traffic.

    ALSO I only vote for violent anarchistic or communistic candidates who want to destroy car-centric infrastructure.

      • rustydrd@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        20 days

        If traffic goes both ways, you are supposed to walk sideways in a crab-like manner.

      • UnequalExchange@lemmy.worldEnglish
        20 days

        …OMG i just realized youre right! …WTF!?

        Who designed that stroad? They WANT to kill pedestrians at this point I refuse to believe otherwise!

          • UnequalExchange@lemmy.worldEnglish
            20 days

            shhhh! . Dont tell the humans yet! The Martians’ plans must come to fruition first! Hail Zo’txttgtqoa!

          • UnequalExchange@lemmy.worldEnglish
            18 days

            In my opinion there should always be a ‘barrier’ between the cars’ roads and the pedestrians’ / bicyclists’ sidewalk. A steel fence that can stop a speeding car would be nice but Id also accept one of those rectangular patches of grass surrounded by concrete .

      • UnequalExchange@lemmy.worldEnglish
        19 days

        nah. The USSR existed as a state obviously, but if you talk to ANY communist worth their mettle they will tell you that communism can only exist in an stateless world. There is nothing wrong with using states in order to bring about a transition phase where states are increasingly no longer existing by the end of the transition. Now, I do Admit that this thing I just talked about is a hard thing to do today and even in the past since most humans today are STILL choosing to be nationalistic shit-for-brains but people need to understamd that oppression will always exist as long as nationalism is also allowed to exist. Once humanity smartens the fuck up, for once, and realizes that we have no need for any forms of oppresion , things will be VERY different.

        …uh…if humanity doesnt blow itself up with nukes first.

        I have no idea what humanity plans on doing with its future at this point based on the people I talk to IRL and the news. So Im just waiting for either the nukes or a world without oppression…

    • Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.worldEnglish
      19 days

      That rule only applies when there is no sidewalk available, which there very clearly is here. If you are in the sidewalk you can go whichever direction you prefer.

  • chewypoops@lemmy.worldEnglish
    20 days

    Y’all, this is AI slop. Look at how the car fucking leaps into the air. It makes no sense at all.