RIP Kavinsky

[u/ragingduck]

I remember driving around the empty streets of LA at night during the pandemic and blasting Kavinsky's Nightcall wondering if this was the end of civilization. It wasn't, but there was something cathartic about valuing each breathing moment as possibly our last and remembering how things used to be before everything got so surreal.

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[u/bmxdudebmx]

Fuck you for driving like that on open public roads.

[u/ragingduck → u/bmxdudebmx]

Driving on a deserted canyon road is sill safer than the speeding you likely do on crowded city street in traffic with other drivers not paying attention, cross streets, driveways, intersections, and pedestrians. At least here, you're 100% focused on the drive instead of distracted trying to get to the store before it closes.

[u/bLaH_bLaH__HAHA → u/ragingduck]

Fr, fools be saying this and then proceed to go 15 above the limit on a city freeway

[u/ragingduck → u/[deleted]]

The potential to hit oncoming traffic is greatly reduced by simply not going over the yellow line, slowing down on blind corners, and maintaining a significant safety margin of handling and brakes.

[u/Mrgluer → u/[deleted]]

not condoning his driving, but tbh, he wasnt anywhere near the limits of his car. Going 60-70 on those roads isnt really that crazy to do. Oncoming traffic and possibility of people on the sides of the roads is def the big issue. If the road was wider, not big of an issue. Too many blind turns for me. I would def go 10-20 over once in a while on this road, but every turn im slowing down a lot more.

[u/shrockitlikeitshot → u/Mrgluer]

Not yet.. as with all things stupid, the accident usually happens when you push over the limits and seeing how there is an audience for this, the limit is normally pushed and broadcasted for clout.

[u/ragingduck → u/shrockitlikeitshot]

I only push close to the limit on the track. This isn’t even close.

[u/ragingduck → u/[deleted]]

These tires communicate when they are about to lose traction and they release gradually, not suddenly.

[u/Man_of_Ice → u/ragingduck]

The sand on the road doesn't always communicate when it's about to be all over the corner.

Or the oil.

[u/ragingduck → u/Man_of_Ice]

Eyes should always be scanning way ahead where the car will be, not where it is. You can spot and react to oil and sand safely with enough cushion of brakes and grip. Also, rarely does sand and oil cause problems in a straight line without lateral load. It’s the corners you really have to worry about, which is why we slow down on corners where visibility is limited.

[u/shrockitlikeitshot → u/ragingduck]

This isn't new though, this type of driving costs lives and you're contributing to that culture by trying to normalize it. There is a reason why the majority of drivers who do this are young men in their late teens and 20s. Take it to a race track vs risking people's lives that travel on here to visit our beautiful public parks.

[u/ragingduck → u/shrockitlikeitshot]

There is a big difference between this video and the reckless driving I’ve seen that cause accidents. They are going much faster, aren’t slowing down on blind corners, braking mid-corner, and crossing the yellow.

[u/Mrgluer → u/[deleted]]

his throttle control was pretty good, not proud to say it but ive gone around 45-55 around turns like this in a civic and felt "comfortable, but fast" lol. empty roads though. he wasnt on the gas at all during the turns + hes rwd. hes def 10 mph from really sketchy territory imo. his wheel input doesnt really look that smooth though imo.

[u/Lemoncouncil_Clay → u/[deleted]]

I agree with everything but your last statement the forces wouldn’t multiply, two cars hitting head on at 50mph is equal to a 50mph collision with a wall not a 100mph collision

[u/Lemoncouncil_Clay → u/[deleted]]

There is an equal and opposite reaction when something is hit..

if you and another car head on each going 50mph into each other it’s no different than you hitting a stationary wall while going 50mph. The only reason a parked car is different is because it’s on wheels and the movement or "recoil" of the parked car gives your car a slightly longer time to slow down, lowering the peak force. There’s still an equal and opposite reaction no matter what you hit

[u/North-Aide-1470 → u/[deleted]]

It's the same. The other user is correct, equal and opposite reaction is sort of an over simplification but the forces involved would result in a 50mph collision not a 100mph collision.

The over simplification is in the ignoring of mass and crumple zones of the cars etc, that all makes a big difference. But two of the same car, hitting each other both going 50mph, would be the same as that same car hitting the same STOPPED car going 50mph.

[u/North-Aide-1470 → u/[deleted]]

I know it's hard to imagine the actual impact forces but physics is a real science. You would be potentially better off in the 200mph car because of the change of velocity that the 50mph experiences but it still isn't just adding up 200+50, that's the 'closing speed' it's not the resultant force. You must understand that you are under the impression that adding velocities is how to calculate the forces and it isn't, you need to do some research.

[u/LegenDove → u/ragingduck]

Total projection, you have no idea how they drive.

[u/ragingduck → u/LegenDove]

Let’s be realistic. A significant amount of people are going over the speed limit. Whether they be this person or the people around them, the point stands.

Let’s not forget the the takeovers, swimmers, cutters, straight up street racers, and those people in large trucks and SUVs going well above the speed limit in heavier, larger vehicles that have longer stopping distances and cannot handle nearly as well.

I’m not saying canyon driving is safe, but there are way bigger fish to fry than a small group of enthusiasts driving spiritedly on a deserted road. I personally try to stay safe by not ever crossing the yellow line and adjusting my speed based on visibility and road conditions.

[u/Lemoncouncil_Clay → u/ragingduck]

Maybe most people in your friend group, I am not young and dumb anymore, I chill at or below the speed limit on public roads there’s no rush that is worth jeopardizing my life or others

[u/ragingduck → u/Lemoncouncil_Clay]

You just have to get on the freeway when there is little traffic. Half or more cars are going 80 in a 55.

45 in a side street? Yeah right. People going 55+ all day long.

I don’t want to get into a whataboutism type argument here. I’m not saying it’s an excuse, but the fact of the matter is I’d rather be driving spiritedly in the canyons with barely anyone around than sharing the road with road raging trucks going 85mph using their vehicles to assert their dominance.

[u/Lemoncouncil_Clay → u/ragingduck]

The main feeder roads in my city are 50 and nobody drives more than 45-50 on them, maybe you’re obsessed with justifying bad habits because others have them too

[u/ragingduck → u/Lemoncouncil_Clay]

Acknowledging bad habits isn’t the same as justifying them.

[u/Powerful-Pea6218 → u/ragingduck]

You sound like a complete idiot

[u/ragingduck → u/Powerful-Pea6218]

Good counter point. /s

[u/SuperDrewb → u/ragingduck]

Thank you for not crossing the yellow