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Originally Posted by Bukiya
Yup, it sure did. I joined just so I can get some words in. Of course I applaud you for having the balls in coming forward, and you do seem genuinely sincere. I'm just sharing what I want to say, like I said, it might be harsh. I'm obviously a car enthusiast myself, you obviously are too, but to be enthusiastic, you still have to drive responsibly. Well, like I said, it seems like you got your sh!t together, so it's good because I've seen/known a fair share of crappy drivers, and it just pisses me off so much as to how the hell do these guys even get a drivers license. You may not fall into that group from what I read, but what happened just hit a nerve for me because I sure in hell don't want my friend or kid being the passenger or even near your car when that happened.
Consider myself lucky that I haven't done anything like that? PUL-EASE.  Luck had nothing to do with me thinking things through before doing something stupid. Even if I wanted to do something stupid in my car back in highschool or something, I couldn't because my car was a POS.
So the whole point of the video is...even if they are going at 200km (124 mph), they got 7 rolls in. Not very scientific, but divide those together, and you get 1 roll/17.7mph. So I'm just saying, it not impossible if you rolled your car at least once if you didn't hit the telephone pole and instead clipped a curb or something. The telephone pole may have been your saving grace. |
You've seriously never tried anything stupid in your car before? I give you mad props for that. Even my dad, who is the most responsible person I've ever met, admitted to doing some really stupid things with his car when he was younger. You are a rare case indeed.
To answer your question about how crappy drivers get their licenses, it's primarily due to the way we treat driving here in the US. Most people view driving as a right instead of a privelege, and our penalties for doing stupid things with our cars are insanely more lax than in some other countries. The thing that gets me the most is the steady increase in the amount of distracted drivers I tend to see around me. I swear every third person is on a cell phone or putting on makeup or doing anything BUT watching the road in front of them. It pisses me off to no end. But then there's people like me who aren't distracted but STILL do stupid shit with their cars. A perfect driver is hard to find it seems. Just be happy that this driver will be thinking twice about doing something stupid and reckless in his car again.