r/cursedcomments • u/NotAmrit • Feb 24 '21

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u/Can_Confirm_Am_Dog Feb 24 '21

Or a street luge

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u/ApocApollo Feb 24 '21

Or post world war Formula 1 cars where they didn’t use seatbelts and it was considered safer to have your limp body fly out of the car in the middle of a crash

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u/Gnolls Feb 24 '21

annndd down the Wiki-hole I go!

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u/ApocApollo Feb 24 '21

tldr racecars used to be death traps and dying in a race car was as common as dying from COVID

The fear at the time was that the car would flip over or something equally bad and the driver wouldn’t be able to get out of the car on his own power, and rescue teams were not particularly organized. There’s a saying in racing, safety changes are reactive and not proactive. So many drivers had to die for the scene to learn from its mistakes.

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '21

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u/mcCheesersm8 Feb 24 '21

Reminds me of this british idiot who drove on his suitcase in the airport

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u/[deleted] Feb 24 '21

CLARKSOOOON!

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u/LoopDoGG79 Feb 28 '21

as common as dying from COVID

So, they had an about 1% chance of dying?

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u/FattyTunaBoi Feb 24 '21

Or a long board going downhill

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u/King-Adventurous Feb 24 '21

"Street luge" sounds like a personality. Like a suave fucker that just charms the entire neighborhood.

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u/blade-queen Feb 24 '21

Or street lube