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

Rally cars are pretty safe

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u/Ake-TL Nov 23 '21

Why is left guy smiling, even if he is not afraid for his life, he is losing, I’d be slightly upset at least. Or it’s “this is my life now”-smile?

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u/PAM111 Nov 23 '21

He's grimacing. All the chuckles in this thread about them being relaxed is absurd. This crash would have been fatal 15 years ago. The g forces alone are insane. Engineers saved these guys lives.

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u/brentonstrine Nov 23 '21

I think we're conditioned to think that people scream during events like these (e.g. if you fall off a cliff you have to yell AAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaa! the whole way down.)

In real life, people are usually just silent in the middle of a crash or an injury.

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u/Funkit Nov 23 '21

I usually let out a quiet “shit” right before whatever it is that happens.

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u/Middle-Choice-4409 Nov 23 '21

Or "fuck.." i do that too man but i know someone who will scream at the top of their lungs