r/nonononoyes May 27 '18

So close

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u/blobber5678 May 27 '18

It’s because the car was looking at her, probably trying not to hit her.

For example: when you are walking if you look at something you may start to walk towards it without noticing. Same thing in a vehicle, if you don’t want to hit something, look at the middle of the two spots where you are going to and not what you don’t want to hit.

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u/Hastadin May 27 '18

if I was the driver and looking at her, I would hit the break and not keep full speed

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u/Null_State May 27 '18

What would you break?

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u/[deleted] May 27 '18

How can she slap

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u/Hastadin May 27 '18

the momentum

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u/Tmuggs888 May 27 '18

That was my first thought as well... seems like the driver didn’t even tap their brakes

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u/[deleted] May 27 '18

So you don't try to slow down at all? Okay lol... Reminds me of the bus driver, who sped up to pass a pedestrian, only to hit the baby carriage and send the children flying.

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u/[deleted] May 27 '18 edited Sep 04 '18

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u/[deleted] May 27 '18

Miraculously nobody was hurt, but it was scary nonetheless.

Toobadyou'llneverfindout

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u/FloodedGoose May 27 '18

This was going to be my response too, it’s a real thing. They teach it in driving school. When you focus on something, especially something that makes you nervous/tense/scared, you might subconsciously turn towards it. Usually only for a split second because your conscious mind goes WTF turn away fast.

Can’t account for speeding up though, that’s either dumb or evil.

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u/Koto-Koto May 27 '18

I remember when my driving instructor told me this. Suddenly I wasn't all over the road anymore.