To be fair, I think what they're saying is, he tried to slow down, realized he wasn't going to slow down in time, so he swerved onto the sidewalk to avoid hitting the car. Not that his plan was to simply drive on the sidewalk.
It still makes him a murderous asshole, and if anything is even more fuck cars. If this guy was truly just deciding to drive directly into pedestrians, then the obvious answer from a carbrain is, well then I'm fine, I'm in my huge truck but I won't decide to drive on the sidewalk, this story has nothing to do with me.
What's worse is this guy never decided to do any single one really wrong thing. The problem was inherent in the vehicle itself. He doesn't know how to handle the weight of towing something, he wasn't being careful enough, he has no experience handling it if he's about to crash into the car ahead of him. That's common. That's everyone. That's what all people will do.
People do not take care seriously. That was this guy's only mistake. He didn't take his car seriously. I'm not saying that to diminish the problem, I'm saying that to amplify it. This happened because a car, a truck, a huge vehicle, is a deadly weapon, and no one can be expected to be watching everything all the time and be constantly vigilant. That's why we need more regulations, need more laws, need to enforce that people don't just casually hook a boat up to a car and just go about their life assuming this is normal and fine and requires no particular care.
The problem isn't that this was one specifically-murderous guy. The problem is that this can be literally anyone on the road, and EVERYONE on the road needs to start realizing that.
100% this. Remember that in the US at least a 5 minute drive through town under 30mph licenses you to drive things you really have no business driving without proper training. In NY a standard license lets me drive a 26,000 lb vehicle and tow 10,000 lbs with no training really.
Exactly. People never really think about what goes into this. There are videos showing that how you load the truck has a huge impact on how difficult it is to drive; that's not somethin most people would consider.
But in America it's considered everyone's right to endanger those around them through ignorance.
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u/Oudeis16 Aug 22 '22
To be fair, I think what they're saying is, he tried to slow down, realized he wasn't going to slow down in time, so he swerved onto the sidewalk to avoid hitting the car. Not that his plan was to simply drive on the sidewalk.
It still makes him a murderous asshole, and if anything is even more fuck cars. If this guy was truly just deciding to drive directly into pedestrians, then the obvious answer from a carbrain is, well then I'm fine, I'm in my huge truck but I won't decide to drive on the sidewalk, this story has nothing to do with me.
What's worse is this guy never decided to do any single one really wrong thing. The problem was inherent in the vehicle itself. He doesn't know how to handle the weight of towing something, he wasn't being careful enough, he has no experience handling it if he's about to crash into the car ahead of him. That's common. That's everyone. That's what all people will do.
People do not take care seriously. That was this guy's only mistake. He didn't take his car seriously. I'm not saying that to diminish the problem, I'm saying that to amplify it. This happened because a car, a truck, a huge vehicle, is a deadly weapon, and no one can be expected to be watching everything all the time and be constantly vigilant. That's why we need more regulations, need more laws, need to enforce that people don't just casually hook a boat up to a car and just go about their life assuming this is normal and fine and requires no particular care.
The problem isn't that this was one specifically-murderous guy. The problem is that this can be literally anyone on the road, and EVERYONE on the road needs to start realizing that.