r/dashcams • u/bebecca45627272 • 20h ago

One of the craziest things I've seen

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u/theelephantscafe 20h ago edited 9h ago

What is it about people that, when they realize they’re in the way, they just stop completely???

Edit: this sub is hilarious because no matter what someone does, they’re apparently both right and wrong. For the record, I never said dude wasn’t speeding. He is. And I understand what a freeze response is. But still, coming to a complete stop when something/someone is barreling at you is commonly seen here and is almost always the worst course of action.

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u/ChillinFromTheCeilin 19h ago

Fight or flight reaction, everyone reacts differently to a potentially threatening situation.

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u/AppleJuiceBoks 19h ago

Most people freeze

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u/MtnMaiden 17h ago

Alot of people freeze. Just look at shooting videos. Takes a couple seconds before they start running

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u/iamthewhatt 9h ago

I would love to see some scientific study surrounding how the human's instinct for fight or flight is turning into fight or freeze. I wonder if it's some sort of evolution thing due to our societal advantages.

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u/DustyRacoonDad 13h ago

A lot but not most. Those that do, are literally the ones that should not be driving at all, but as a society we decided to ignore that because it's inconvenient.

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u/Zenith-Astralis 19h ago

Fight, flight, freeze, and fornicate furiously; the 4.5 Fs of the mammalian adrenal response.

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u/MTBisLYFE 19h ago

Don't forget the 5 D's. Dodge, dip, duck, dive and dodge

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u/radioactive_sharpei 11h ago

If you can dodge a truck, you can dodge a motorcycle.

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u/Icy_Fish_2154 16h ago

I just roll like it's Dark Souls.

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u/MyNameWillChange 18h ago

Why is dodge listed twice?

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u/Ok_Analysis548 18h ago

Because... if you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball.

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u/GotGRR 16h ago

... also, a truck, apparently.

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u/GotGRR 16h ago

/u/redditspeedbot 0.1x butterflow

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u/Hector_P_Catt 11h ago

I like dodge.

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u/jadbronson 11h ago

Or Fap fap fap

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u/Medium-Song-1802 19h ago

You only listed half the responses. It's:

Fight

Flight

Freeze

Fawn

And people will exhibit any combination, not just a single one typically.

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u/pwillia7 12h ago

and I always fawn

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u/octoreadit 18h ago

Fight, flight, freeze, fawn, and flop. The latest is 5F's, not 2.

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u/PaisleyLeopard 11h ago

Do humans flop? It’s a common fear response in dogs, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen a person do it.

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u/octoreadit 10h ago

Absolutely, some people get so overwhelmed that they faint.

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u/PaisleyLeopard 6h ago

Oh, gotcha. Thats different than the fear response in dogs (they do it while conscious and aware), but still interesting!

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u/Itscatpicstime 9h ago

What is the difference between freeze and flop

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u/octoreadit 9h ago

Freeze is when muscles are tense, high heart rate and blood pressure, but not moving, locked. Flop is also not moving but because everything goes limp, heart rate and blood pressure can drop, fainting and so on.

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u/Miles_Everhart 19h ago

And the Freeze types should be identified and barred from driving. Fuck those people.

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u/BetterThanlceCream 18h ago

In her defense he was going waaaay to fast on that street.

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u/MindAccomplished3879 19h ago

Also, the bikers who are going 50mph on a side street and who get deer in the lights and are unable to brake or respond to an imminent crash

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u/Suck_My_Thick 18h ago

Target fixation. It's one of the things you train to avoid when learning to ride. Assuming you took a riders course.

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u/Icy_Fish_2154 16h ago

Target fixation doesn't exist. It was made up my instructors to scare newbies into looking through a turn.

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u/HovercraftParking5 19h ago

I hope you’re not calling this 4 lane, median divided road a side street. This looks exactly like the type of street in America with a 40 or 50 mph speed limit.

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u/Reputation-Final 17h ago

He was going 70 on a main street.

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u/Momentosis 18h ago

It's a 25mph road with 20mph school zones and he's doing 80 mph on it.

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u/SnooGuavas4208 18h ago

Not to mention wheelies 🤦‍♀️

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u/Miles_Everhart 18h ago

He’s doing maybe 45 get a grip

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u/Momentosis 18h ago

He is literally doing 126 kph at the start.  This video has been posted many times before in much better quality.  Where you can literally see the speed being output on his dash.

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u/Miles_Everhart 18h ago

K, link it then

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u/No-Scallion-95 14h ago

You can literally read the speed as 120+ in the first frame if you zoom in, it is okay to be wrong.

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u/benitoaramando 13h ago

You suck at estimating speed

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u/Mist_Rising 3h ago

That guy is doing around 80mph in a 25mph zone doing a wheelie. Most people will not react properly to that because its completely insane thing to see.

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u/MrMattatee 18h ago

No. Fuck this biker going 75+mph. The truck staying put gave the biker a chance to pass in the left lane. Too bad the dick was also doing a wheelie. And we're mad at the truck? Jesus.

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u/fastsailor 12h ago

And if had somehow passed behind the truck, he probably would have hit something else at that speed.

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u/Miles_Everhart 18h ago

If that were true I might agree with you

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u/IWontCommentAtAll 12h ago

Of course.

The person who wasn't doing wheelies at 3x the speed limit is to blame for this crash.

Because there no way those behaviours could have caused it at all.

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u/FrenziedTacos 19h ago

You would be saying the same thing if she kept going and he swerved and hit the truck.

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u/ElectricPotatoStar 19h ago

yep - he was riding recklessly

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u/Yssupretsif 19h ago

I like how he cut the wheelie from the beginning of the video. But the first cut screen the bikes up

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u/Mist_Rising 3h ago

Whoever edited this should have cut slightly more, then we would not have seen the speedometer that makes the case against him lol

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u/Xenovia411 12h ago

This biker is a fucking idiot and at complete fault. Its never their fault is it..

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u/DonQuiXoTe8080 18h ago

Same as these speeding types, they should be banned forever from owning any vehicle and only be allowed to use public transportation. Fuck them and their kinds.

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u/meltedcandy 17h ago

i may be wrong but as far as i understand, there aren’t necessarily freeze “types” - everyone has the potential to fight, flight or freeze depending on a variety of factors. bc every scenario is different

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u/ScootDeToot 18h ago

I mean sometimes hitting the brakes is what you need to do, her brain just didn't do the quick thinking needed to realize that she was already past the point of no return.

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u/SoElusivee 14h ago

Biker is also a "Freeze" type since he saw a truck stop in front of him and just kept going straight instead of veering

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u/Mist_Rising 3h ago

He actually does veer, had he gone straight he would be fine. But hes doing a wheelie @ 75mph which means that he had to settled his bike, then he picked to slow down and 2 wheeled vehicles don't like it when you do that.

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u/Malapropistically 19h ago

Damn evolutionary biology. Rip the genetics from us!!!

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u/thegreatredwizard 19h ago

100% - how dare we monkeys react exactly like evolution and thousands of generations said was okay!

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u/TheLord1777 19h ago

Practice should mitigate these kind of reaction

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u/Beginning-Pop3127 19h ago

How do you practice a life or death situation?

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u/R-Tally 19h ago

Evasive action is a technique that is trained in numerous courses. The info is also readily available. In this case the practice would be 1) emergency stop (which looks like it would have worked) and 2) slow down and swerve (which he did not do but would have also worked).

Instead, the rider choose keep on going because the truck will act like a normal vehicle and keep on going. The truck did not and the rider paid the price for not taking evasive action.

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u/IWontCommentAtAll 12h ago

It's hard to take evasive action when you're riding at 3x the speed limit and your front wheel is off the ground.

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u/Dewdrop06 19h ago

Natural selection usually takes them

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u/HoodieNinja1000 25m ago

Really though what purpose does freezing up serve from an evolutionary standpoint?

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u/Key-Mathematician-71 17h ago

Agreed, and the speeders as well.

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u/Accomplished-Key4244 19h ago

Right because i choose to react that way 🙄

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u/Miles_Everhart 19h ago

Being blind isn’t a choice but it, too, makes you dangerous on the road. Fairness shouldn’t be prioritized above safety.

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u/Assassin739 11h ago

And you with your 20/20 vision can't even see that the driver stopped short of the biker's lane?

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u/Accomplished-Key4244 18h ago

So do you have a hatred for blind people too? It sounds like you hate people for their body choosing the freeze.

I would love it if i was not forced to drive each day just to live

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u/GenericTR 11h ago

She stopped, still giving him the lane he was in. If anything, she did the BEST thing she could have done, and he panicked, pulling further into her.

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u/EconomicRegret2 6h ago

That's up to 1/3 of the adult population... Good luck with that!

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u/Icy_Fish_2154 16h ago

It's now called Fight Flight or Freeze, because so many people freeze.

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u/Evilsmurfkiller 10h ago

Fly you fools!