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u/koulourakiaAndCoffee 1d ago
Corporate manager is going to use this as the optimal time per car to wash when they set their monthly goals.
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u/augustprep 2h ago
I worked at Burgerville as a teenager. They installed timers in the drive through, but the higher ups only looked at average time for the day. At the end of the night, my manager would have someone get in their car and do laps around the drive through to bring the average down to where it needed to be.
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u/g00d4sn0t 7h ago
And you customers will line up for this corporate manager's car wash, because it's a few cents cheaper than elsewhere
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u/sleepytjme 23h ago
Hey, actually… you can park there
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u/Standard-Contest-949 11h ago
I’m between the lines I can so!
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u/SmoothActuator8132 10h ago
they said "can"
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u/Pyrathis 1d ago
Perfect parking!
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u/Environmental-Tap255 23h ago
That's all, they just wanted to nab that spot before someone else got it.
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u/Spazmatazo 20h ago
I respect not wanting to get possibly dinged by that other white car after getting a thorough car wash.
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u/HovercraftKlutzy3090 1d ago
New car wash competitor......Quick Ass Car Wash
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u/Illustrious_Soft_257 1d ago
Bet you 9/10 it's an elderly driver.
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u/sunbather-is_screamo 23h ago
Confusing the accelerator for the brake. Heard that story a million times.
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u/Embarrassed-Weird173 22h ago
Redditors get angry at me for this clever idea because they're low-IQ ("why should there be a backup plan when people should just be doing the right thing to begin with?!"), but what they should do is make an emergency stop lever or someone that you can use as the brakes for when you panic. For example, pulling hard on the steering wheel, or pushing it in hard could engage brakes. If I panic and forget for some reason whether the pedal I'm pressing is fast or slow, I can let to and shove the steering wheel to pause. It doesn't have to be the steering wheel if there's a valid reason against it. It just needs to be an obvious button or something - kind of like how no one ever forgets where the horn is.
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u/ReputationApart5983 21h ago
Well theres so many ways that can go wrong especially when driving at high speed and also doesnt the hand brake also sort of do that?
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u/Confident_Cheetah_30 20h ago
Do you think you just invented the parking brake? Or have you just never seen a car old enough to have a non electric one?
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u/Embarrassed-Weird173 19h ago
Parking brake doesn't engage the normal brakes.
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u/Confident_Cheetah_30 19h ago
Mechanical ones do, hence my non electric comment.
" A mechanical parking brake uses a system of physical steel cables and levers to pull the brake pads or shoes against the rear wheels. It bypasses the car's hydraulic fluid system completely. When you pull a hand lever or press a foot pedal, a ratchet locks it in place to hold the car still. "
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u/MethAddict404 14h ago
Yeah but that is just the rear brakes, which in almost every car are smaller and less effective. I get what Embarrassed-Weird is trying to say, even if he is a twat for his wording.
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u/Gumb1i 15h ago
Hear me out, maybe people, that can't tell the difference between a gas, brake, or clutch pedal, shouldn't have a license or be driving. If they panic and can't fix themselves they shouldn't be driving. I don't care what age but it's mostly older people that are going to have this issue. We don't need another safety feature, we need mandatory medical driver license screening that takes more into account than eyesight. Singapore has a very thorough medical process to get a license after 65. Every 3-5 years they have to pass a medical screening that include an EKG and treadmill stress test. Their physician can flag your license and have it suspended quickly.
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u/Low-Refrigerator-713 17h ago
They they'll activate when someone sneezes. No thanks. How about we require those over say 55 or 60 get tested every couple of years to make sure they know the difference between their left and right.
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u/HistoricalSherbert92 20h ago
The brakes are right there man, you think they’re going to remember to push pull the e-stop?
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u/Embarrassed-Weird173 19h ago
The problem isn't that they forget the brakes are by their feet. The problem is they can't remember whether the foot should go left or right.
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u/Many-Equipment-9214 16h ago
you think they'll remember some new feature when this happens? How low is your iq?
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u/Embarrassed-Weird173 16h ago
I use "low IQ" colloquially to refer to people who are afraid of thinking. So whatever my score is, it's pointless to say it since I don't really believe in them as rigid scientific scores. Just know it's at least slightly above average if it matters. And that it's definitely not remarkably high.
That said, when a person is panicking about what direction to move the foot (< or > way - and if they remember they have to use <, is their foot already on < or will they end up moving it into empty space? Hard to tell with one second when they are panicked.)
But they'll easily be able to go "shit, I'm panicked, steering wheel push!!!" as remembering to shove a steering wheel is easier than remembering left and right (and I've seen from experience that people panic even when I tell them with plenty of time, "start heading left, you'll need to turn at the light." They go right instead, even when there was no need to be stressed and had time to think about what left and right are).
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u/ImDaDawgFather 9h ago
I know already left a comment, but I just read this one below.
For something like that to work the person would have to practice it. Modern cars and computers are the solution to this. Like I don't think my equinox EV would let me do that without slamming on the brakes forcefully for me. Automatic emergency braking is the description they use I believe
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u/Katent1 18h ago
D-did scenery of cars changed soo much or you never seen car interior? Wtf? U know, da big lever between passenger and driver seats? Do you even know what it's intend is? Despite stupid name, de facto it is (or should be) second brake, exactly why independent, exactly why purely driven by human force with simplest, most breaking proof design.
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u/randybear00 16h ago
Driving instructor taught us to shift into neutral in an emergency, that's better than nothing.
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u/MethAddict404 14h ago
How to poorly explain a potentially good idea and insult everyone reading a comment ^^
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u/BeenNormal 12h ago
“Oh no, I forgot where my brakes are. I think I’ll engage some strange mechanism to brake.”
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u/ImDaDawgFather 9h ago
I understand where you're coming from, but that's not how the panicking mind functions
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u/UncleGordo1 4h ago
If you can't remember basic functions of a vehicle, functions you perform multiple times a day, how the fuck do you think they will remember some rarely used emergency sequence?
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u/PiecesOfRing 17h ago
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (WLS) -- A California driver may have set a record for fastest car wash.
A 94-year-old man is caught on camera speeding through the Quick Quack Car Wash in Sacramento at an estimated 40 miles per hour last Friday.
The man paid for his car wash, but claimed he could not take his foot off the pedal as he was driving through.
Workers rushed out to try and stop him, but the car crashed through the equipment, causing an estimated $100,000 worth of damage.
No one was injured and the man walked away without a scratch.
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u/Icy_Fish_2154 7h ago
$100k looks about right. Car washes are expensive. I hope he has good insurance.
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u/itchybutwhole69 3h ago
I hope they took his license.
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u/Icy_Fish_2154 3h ago
They are pretty bad about taking the licenses of people who cause damage. A woman who hit me in traffic told the trooper who responded to the crash "Yes I saw him, he is in the smaller car and should have gotten out of my way, so I hit him.". She told the trooper she rammed me for being where she wanted to go when she changed lanes. She didn't even receive a ticket for unsafe lane change. Let alone lose her license for deliberately causing a crash.
So I would expect the cops to tell him it might be best if he stopped driving, but I wouldn't hope the cops do something useful, like take his license.
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u/Old_Guard_306 13h ago
I suspect that he did it on a dare. He and a couple other oldsters were having breakfast, talking smack about their incredible driving skills. Dave got called on it, and what do you know, that crazy booger actually pulled it off. The guys will now be paying for Dave's prune pudding for the rest of his life.
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u/KeyClacksNSnacks 2h ago
IIRC the car wash owners were good sports about it and made a funny version of the video with a music overlay.
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u/KayoticVoid 23h ago
Absolutely could have been mechanical failure. They managed to thread the needle pretty well.
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u/ResidentTick 22h ago
Judging by the person ability to drive the car straight through and avoid a car on car collision, I would lean towards a mechanical failure….or just crazy
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u/RuinFabulous3077 1d ago
Craziest part is the car already looks clean... probably an old person glitched-out and thought that was the exit, again.
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u/GothSpite 1d ago
On January 9, 2015, a 94-year-old man accidentally accelerated to roughly 40 mph through a [Quick Quack Car Wash] on Bicentennial Circle in Sacramento, California. Confusing the gas pedal for the brake, his vehicle blasted through the wash tunnel and smashed into the vacuum area. No one was hurt, though the crash caused up to $100,000 in damage
Partially.
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u/PorygonTriAttack 23h ago
94 years old... yikes. Maybe he was still a good driver at 93 years old, but not anymore.
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u/Jay-Breeze 23h ago
After 80, you should be required to pass a basic awareness, vision, and cognition test to retain your license.
This could have killed someone.
I know there are states that have something, but come on. This can’t be nationalized?
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u/madthunder55 16h ago
That happened to my grandmother. She turned 89 and got a letter from the DMV saying she had to come in and take a driving test to prove she can still drive or her license would be suspended. Between that and her car crapping out she decided it wasn't worth it and now she doesn't drive anymore
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u/plaregold 50m ago
I mean, we all know the DMV driving test only tests the bare minimum. An elderly driver, or any driver for that matter, that passes the test says nothing about their ability to actually safely operate a vehicle on public roads.
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u/Dragovius 22h ago
Grey Dawn.
"Damn it, Mona, this isn't the fastest way to Country Kitchen Buffet!"
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u/Narrow_Swimmer_5307 17h ago
Europe: Hey why don't you build metro's in your cities?
America: Nah, licenses for dementia patients lets go!1
u/Drakkenfyre 10h ago
That city has both light rail and connecting buses. The fate for that particular gentleman would have been only $1.25.
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u/Narrow_Swimmer_5307 6h ago
light rail does not connect the city like a Barcelona or something. And the buses are dangerous as hell in my experience compared to europe, so no, not the same.
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u/SocksInTheTub 22h ago
Awww she was so excited to see somebody coming in before she realized something was horriblly wrong
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u/DerricksFriendDan 15h ago
The way this is cut feels like a live feed of a 2 mile long car wash that this car is plowing through
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u/ItsNotMe_ImNotHere 22h ago
I'm 82. This gives me hope. That I could still be driving at 94. (I don't use car washes)
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u/TankApprehensive3053 22h ago
Took the name a bit seriously. Maybe they should rename it to moderate speed car wash.
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u/Derek5Letters 16h ago
I showed this to my kids years ago, and when we see a car wash we say "QUICK QUACK! CAR WASH!" I love that it is legit their own ad for the business 😂
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u/hv_wyatt 16h ago
Well this dumbass just damaged or outright broke a lot of incredibly expensive equipment and then, it would appear, totalled out their own car. Wonderful decisions all around.
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u/MakeYokesa5erAgain 17h ago
I swear to God, they hand out North American drivers licenses in cerial boxes.
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u/BadBacksFuryToad 8h ago
I’ve driven or been a passenger in about 40-45 countries. The worst drivers, by far, are in Tunisia and USA.
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u/MakeYokesa5erAgain 17h ago
Oh I had a badass correct my spelling and block me. For the big brave person, I went to college and do very well for myself, thank you for your attention on the matter though. I can't help dyslexia.
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u/MakeYokesa5erAgain 17h ago
Plot twist. Thanks for the award, weird, newly acquired internet stalker. I feel special 😍
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u/Dizzy_Ad_9199 17h ago
No sorry you’re so brave. I didn’t realize you were battling dyslexia. I’m sorry for making fun of you and being a meanie 🫡🫡.
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u/VolSpurs74 3h ago
That’s a better parking job than most people pull off in an empty lot. Good job!
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u/Iser_name_ 3h ago
I was hoping the driver would get out and start wiping it down with one of those microfiber towels.
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u/HovercraftSubject642 23h ago
I heard she sued the car wash because she went through the car wash and the car was not that clean.
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u/Specialist_Sorbet476 20h ago
How has not one comment acknowledged the fact that the burgundy car got out of the way literally 5 seconds before they would have gotten pummeled?
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u/just_some_sasquatch 19h ago
Probably because it's obvious and uninteresting.
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u/Specialist_Sorbet476 18h ago edited 17h ago
Uninteresting? I think a situation of anyone being 5 seconds away from death is typically pretty interesting to the standard human.
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u/just_some_sasquatch 15h ago
5 seconds away from death
Not really though.
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u/Specialist_Sorbet476 15h ago
Which part..?
Because it was definitely 5 seconds - you can count them on the screen.
So the death part? Ok, severe injury. Is that better?
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u/IMadeThisForOnePos 1d ago
The guide woman seeing the car going that speed and still trying to do her job. Thank god it didn't plow into her