• rockSlayer@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Just a tip, if you’re ever caught in a situation like this, don’t chase after or cling to your car, and get the fuck out of the street.

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      11 months ago

      Ugh, in the news here a few years ago, they showed a video of a lady jumping out of her car so she wouldn’t be in it when it slid into another car. The news anchor advised people to stay inside of your car. It’s a cage. You’re safer inside that cage than lying in the road.

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        I feel like people forget that the conditions are like that for everyone and not just themselves, so they think it’s ok to mill around the scene while waiting for emergency services. It’s a terrible idea to do so, and it’s absolutely safer in the car. If for one reason or another you have to exit the vehicle, get far away from the scene; like at least across the ditch or far into someone’s lawn

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        11 months ago

        Being in the car for a low speed collision wouldn’t be fun, but it’s better than being a bonus target in the middle of a game of car billiards

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    11 months ago

    The person in blue clinging to the car who had to be yanked away… How do these people make it this far in life?

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    Nah these are “all-season” tires. People who use summer tires switch them out for winters when the snow drops

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      11 months ago

      There’s definitely a good layer of ice under there, given how that SUV at the start was moving after it got hit.

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    11 months ago

    My Subaru could probably handle those roads… but it can’t handle the IDIOTS ON THE ROADS! :-P \s

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      11 months ago

      People are lazy 🤷.

      Back in the day, we didn’t have winter/summer tires, just regular (all season) ones. Everyone knew, snow falls, you put on chains and drive at 20km/h.