Rear ended.. again??

Ooooooh, shiny object... BANG!

People are stupid and have short attention spans.

 

One factor: increasingly distracting controls: ventilation, navigation etcetera. I really miss tactile, physical knobs and sliders, let you keep your eyes on the road.

 

eye phones.

 

you don't have to be google to get rear ended, but i have to wonder what the reaction time is, man vs machine.

 

I can recall doing a moderately quick stop for a red, then looking in the rear view mirror, seeing a fish-tailing Harley just a-coming: I let off the brake, rolled across the (empty) crosswalk and a few feet into the intersection, affording them (two) swerve-room to run the red light. Got the finger from the passenger.

 

Dashcam.

Bob Wilson

 

what is the mpg on the google self driving prius?
I know I beat the cruise control mpg almost every time on the same route

 

Came off a 55MPH section of road to a stop light in a non-Prius. I knew the light was there so was slowing but not braking till late. I came to a stop10 feet behind the car in front of me. I was the sixth car stopped in my lane at the light. I'm in the left of 2 lanes. All of a sudden I see a 20 foot panel truck behind me, sliding along in the median on my left, stopping several car lengths in front of me. Probably late braking if at all while in my lane. The young gal behind him probably got no brake light warning, couldn't see the stop light for the height of the truck and slid right into me.

Stuff happens.

 

"Hey, look at that car ahead of us, funny thing over the roof, no driver?"... CRASH....

 

Google may want to remove the "brake check" programming from their ride.

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All these rear endings probably mean the cars are not showing brake lights soon enough. I would try that. Google can probably modify the cars to directly turn on and off brake lights and see if that stops it.

Being a great driver doesn't mean that other guy won't hit you, but I have a friend that anticipates lights too well and kept getting rear ended - yes I consider that it was partially his fault. All only car damage no injuries and the other peoples insurance, but it sucks to get in a car accident.

 

on the other hand, my half blind 94 year old father slams the brakes on at the last second all the time, and gets rear ended on a regular basis.

 

i don't think he's with the program enough to try that. he drives a sebring hard top convertible. i think he's been rear ended 4 times. trunk doesn't close right, and the roof mechanics are screwed up. insurance refuses to pay, claiming the damage was from the first accident, and that was 5 or 6 years ago when the car was almost new.

 

Still, he is a liability for others on the road...............

 

no question. but who is the greater liability, him for stopping at the last second for a lady pushing a baby through a crosswalk, or the girl in the jeep who rear ended him while talking/texting/tailgating?

 

Relatives on my mom's side of the family become particularly bad drivers when they age, yet they consider the car part of freedom, and it is hard to fight with someone that thinks you are taking their freedom away. Self driving cars would be a great comfort for these relatives. When I was a little boy we used to count how many people my grandfather almost hit. Pretty sad. When I was 14, he totaled his car in an accident (I think he was in his late 70s then), luckily no one was hurt, but it was enough to let my parents, aunts, and uncles to convince him not to get another car.

I'm sure your dad is much safer than those other things, but wouldn't it be nice if we had more protective cars that would help him brake safer.