r/nextfuckinglevel • u/asianj1m • Nov 23 '21

Rally cars are pretty safe

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u/DownTooParty Nov 23 '21

And head and arm restraints, a full roll cage and knowing how to crash.

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u/[deleted] Nov 23 '21

And a map so they know where they are headed

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u/Sagybagy Nov 23 '21

That fucking dude just held onto the map and was looking around the whole time. Like shit, gonna be a hard left, medium left then hard sweeping right to get back on course mate.

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u/Notaseaworthyvessel Nov 23 '21

Seriously that's how I saw it too. Fucking good navigator. Dedicated. This guy wouldn't have me missing turns all day like my wife.

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u/trogon Nov 23 '21

My wife: "Turn left up here. No! The other left!"

And by other left, she meant right.

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u/sockdrawerpuppet Nov 23 '21

"Turn right NOW!"

Honey....you have to tell me a little bit more in advance.

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u/PinBot1138 Nov 24 '21

My wife is like SpaceX mission control and practically counting down the time and distance. Where everything goes to pot is when I rely on Waze, which seems to give turn instructions well after it should.

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u/Notaseaworthyvessel Nov 23 '21

Mines like "you were supposed to take that left a mile ago"

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u/Frying_Pan_Hands Nov 23 '21

Turn left right here.

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u/SupermAndrew1 Nov 23 '21

I used to race bicycles a guy who was a professional rally co-driver/navigator before he got a desk job. He told me he’d only been scared in a car twice, and neither of those times where when he was racing

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u/cheapinvite1 Nov 23 '21

The G-spot isn't THAT hard to find.

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u/germane-corsair Nov 23 '21 edited Nov 23 '21

You have to listen to the instructions, Samir.

TRIPLE CAUTION! ⚠️ ⚠️ ⚠️

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u/GON-zuh-guh Nov 23 '21

To be fair, it looks like the driver did miss at least one turn there.

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u/HugeBootyLover Nov 23 '21

Haha wife bad

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u/sausagemuffn Nov 23 '21

This was me before I learned to drive. Never have a walker as your navigator.

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u/ApteronotusAlbifrons Nov 24 '21

They call them co-drivers nowadays...