I know this is a old post, but I wants to say something. That women just said after the accitent I happy that I still alive, But she beter would say is, I hopes I never do that again.
About a month ago, there was a 193 car pileup on Interstate-94 in Michigan. It was caused by a blizzard. Because no one could see very far in front of them, many didn't have enough time to stop or get out of the way, and well, you know, they crashed into the back of each other. Cars, SUVs, 18 Wheelers too. There is some video of it, just search "150 car pileup, Michigan I-94". But be aware, it is pretty disturbing, no gore that you can see. But the sound of the cars/trucks hitting was enough to make my spine shiver. Fortunately/unfortunately, there was only 1 death from all that mess.
Yeah, I was there. Not involved, luckily the storm broke just enough for me to see obstacles in my way to slow and stop. It was one of the longest days of my life.
It is called the lake effect fog, it unfortunately followed the blizzard and created whiteout conditions in just seconds. You literally had no time to react before you slam into the guy you can't see slowing down in front of you. The fog was only there for like 2 minutes before it faded it was at that point I came upon the wrecks. Sadly there was no avoiding this accident.
Yeah, there are some things that are just unavoidable. But, as long as you are actually paying attention to the road, your speed, other conditions, etc., you can typically avoid certain outcomes. This is one thing that ETS 2 has taught me well haha. I'll be driving along and I will check my phone, next thing I know, I'm running off the road, rear ending someone, or I miss my exit. But, better in a video game than real life.
Tsk, don't text and drive.
@Moose - I'd recommend a windscreen mount. When I get a car I'll be buying one as I'll use my cell for GPS but I'll also be buying it with a bluetooth earpiece and downloading the free Android app "Car Dashdroid" and it will read your texts through the earpiece and you can respond via speaking. Totally handsfree, until you need to change a song but then again car stereo's ain't handsfree as standard.
But yes, I'm also heavily against using a phone while driving. IMO you can control a car well enough as long as you're looking at the road at all times with both your hands available to control the car. If you're holding a phone you're doing neither, dash mounts and bluetooth headsets although they'll still distract, just not as much and I'd rather have my texts read out than to anticipate whether it's serious or not.
Nobody is a perfect driver, I even see cab drivers and police (the supposed "professional drivers") acting like twonks.
but I pointed to my dash cam and he sobered quickly, apologized to me and let me go.
That just makes my blood boil - he obviously knew he was wrong yet because he wears a badge he was still going to sit on his high horse. What a douche.
That's the thing, not every police officer is out to get you. However it is very easy to think that because the minority of dumbasses screw up the reputation for everyone else. Car insurance for example, they'll charge me twice the worth of my car (when I buy one) because of how the rest of my age group drives. Facepalm every time :PYeah, that seems really sketchy. But also, thank you for not jumping to conclusions and thinking that EVERY police officer is a douche.
That's the thing, not every police officer is out to get you. However it is very easy to think that because the minority of dumbasses screw up the reputation for everyone else. Car insurance for example, they'll charge me twice the worth of my car (when I buy one) because of how the rest of my age group drives. Facepalm every time :p