New research suggests riders and city planners need to make changes to keep people safe.

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    29 days ago

    ‘I didn’t ride the bike that fast but I couldn’t stop it from hitting the pole.’

    Target fixation with a side of panic inaction. Also, they could stop it from hitting the pole. They didn’t stop it from hitting the pole. Take some responsibility for your actions.

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      27 days ago

      It has the same energy as “my accelerator got stuck and I couldn’t stop my car”. There are ways to stop the car, you just didn’t do any of them.

        • Norah - She/They@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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          27 days ago

          The only difference between park and neutral, as they both disengage the torque converter, is a small pin called a “parking pawl”. It’s basically not capable of stopping a vehicle. Your best bet is always the parking brake. I refuse to own a car without a physical one, they should be mandated as a safety item honestly.

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            26 days ago

            Then I’ll slam it into reverse. Idgaf I’m doing everything I can to stop my car even if that means it’s completely destroyed.

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              26 days ago

              Yeah, this is probably the better idea. If the brakes are still working but are being overwhelmed by a stuck throttle, neutral also works. If that doesn’t, you can turn the engine off as well, though modern cars use vacuum-assisted brakes, so they’re going to be a lot heavier to use once the engine isn’t running.

              However, what I will say is that people genuinely underestimate how a panic-inducing situation will affect them. This is why every single time you fly they go over the safety information, and you should pay attention to it. The number of people that have gotten stuck in a wrecked plane because they’re looking for the seatbelt buckle on the side like a car, rather than the middle, is insane. Same for those that inflate their lifejacket inside the plane and them can’t swim down to an exit.

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          25 days ago

          I would to except I don’t think I can get past neutral if the car is moving. But neutral will still stop you but at the expense of the engine instead of the trans.

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              19 days ago

              Assuming that you are accelerating uncontrollably because the throttle is stuck open for some reason putting it in neutral doesn’t fix that issue. It just stops the car from accelerating (i.e. fixes the symptom but not the disease). So the engine remains going full tilt, redlines, and blows itself up.

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      27 days ago

      I didn’t ride the bike that fast but i couldn’t stop it drom hitting the pole.

      Sounds like someone who was going to fast would say.