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Stay the fuck away from the n00b drivers!

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Orethrius:
This isn't worthy of The Moron Zone, and you know it.  Just because he wants to share some idiot-driver photos with us?  I've got news for you, I did shit like that AFTER FIVE YEARS EXPERIENCE.  How do you think that makes me feel, that you think he's gonna go right out and crash his auto when he first gets it?  You'd think his linking a blog were a crime, unprecedented even.

solemnwarning:
actually i made this thread because i got a lift from a n00b driver, there was a car at the end of the street that had stopped before we even got onto the street and somehow she missed the car even though it was there for at least half a min before we hit -_-

btw, are is the front bumper supposed to go flying across the street when you crash? :\

H_TeXMeX_H:
Depends on the speed of collision ... you can do a little collision physics and find out ...

Equate momentums:

mass(car) x velocity(car) = mass(bumper) x velocity(bumper)

you can solve for velocity(bumper)

velocity(bumper) = (mass(car) x velocity(car)) / mass(bumper)

make sure units are consistent ... this is assuming the car transferred all its momentum to the bumper ... it's a good approximation ... not like we need accuracy here


By the way ... I was in a car 'accident' 7 days ago ... my car slid into the concrete barrier during the rain at about 65 mph (I think my tires were to blame, they are made for dry weather ... I've slid out at slower speeds like 40 mph on sand) ... luckily I'm not dead :D ... but my car is :( ... this is my first crash after 5 years of driving ... I can tell you it ended in the best possible outcome other than not sliding at all, it could have been much worse as there was heavy traffic about ... I'll drive more carefully and slower next time, although I was within the speed limit.

Aloone_Jonez:
You were probably going too fast for the road conditions.

I admit I am a n00b driver, I passed my test about 3 years ago but I only started driving last summer, it was weird getting behind the wheel again, I'd almost forgotten how to drive so I had to re-teach myself. Now although I've been driving since August I'm not very good because I don't drive very often as I share the car with my sister and I have a motorbike to get me to work and back and believe me I can't afford to have an accident at 65mph.

hm_murdock:
I've been driving for 10 years in April. I've owned two cars... the first one retired because I wore it out (925,043 miles on a 1987 Accord and it was still in good working order). It'll take you about four to six years to figure out your "style". I'm one of the guys who gets a Honda, slides the seat waaay back, sets the seatback straight up, lowers the wheel all the way down, and goes total badass on it, doing kickass things like obeying the speed limit, paying attention to the road, not talking on stupid ass phones, driving a fuel efficient vehicle, and being all-round better and on a moral high ground above the other shitstains on the road.

Yes... I'm that dude who got in your way by taking advantage of the fact that you're a shitty driver with an unmaneuverable vehicle, then insulted you more by acting like you weren't there and NOT flipping you off.

If you're really unlucky, I threw an empty coke bottle at you.

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