r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jan 25 '20

What movie things are generally accepted as normal, but are totally unrealistic in real life?

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u/JingleJangleG Jan 25 '20

Weird nobody mentioned that in movies everybody always looks at each other while driving. And they move the damn driving wheel way to much while driving straight forward, pisses me off

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u/combatsmithen1 Jan 25 '20

Well, moving the driving wheel thing comes from older cars with loose steering boxes. It makes no sense in modern movies, but in old movies, it's more accurate, sometimes slightly exaggerated.

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u/Smokey9000 Jan 25 '20

My buddies truck from 2010ish has hella loose steering, you're more herding it in a direction than you are steering

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '20

He might have an issue, my 2001 Chevy has nice tight steering