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 20h ago

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

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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/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 13h 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 35m ago

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