Just like people dying in T-bone or head-on collisions. Not to mention rollovers and other crashes.
Each of them carries the chance of fatality.
It’s unpredictable, which is why we can’t eliminate fatalities entirely.
My most recent point is that even the fatalities from being rear-ended are significantly reduced from even 10-15 years ago. Making the small (but still too high) probability of a fatality from that type of crash, smaller (but still too high).
Therefore, the most likely outcome from such an incident would be the destruction of property, not loss of life.
Which is the original point I was being pedantic about. The original comment was that stopping and not driving wouldn’t kill anyone, and the reply that kicked off this insane tangent, was that the people behind might.
And I’m staying, no, they won’t die (it is statistically very unlikely).
You’d kill less people that way
I’m not sure the people driving behind me would agree
They’ll survive. Their cars might not…
Nobody will die , so I’m not sure what you’re saying.
Rear-ending someone at highway speed is pretty fucking dangerous to everyone involved
Is this the only argument?
Because while that’s dangerous, modern safety standards in vehicles mean the probability of mortality in these situations is substantially reduced.
My point is that people won’t die, not that it’s a good thing to do.
People die from being rear-ended or rear-ending someone all the time though
It happens, yes.
Just like people dying in T-bone or head-on collisions. Not to mention rollovers and other crashes.
Each of them carries the chance of fatality.
It’s unpredictable, which is why we can’t eliminate fatalities entirely.
My most recent point is that even the fatalities from being rear-ended are significantly reduced from even 10-15 years ago. Making the small (but still too high) probability of a fatality from that type of crash, smaller (but still too high).
Therefore, the most likely outcome from such an incident would be the destruction of property, not loss of life.
Which is the original point I was being pedantic about. The original comment was that stopping and not driving wouldn’t kill anyone, and the reply that kicked off this insane tangent, was that the people behind might.
And I’m staying, no, they won’t die (it is statistically very unlikely).
Edit to include original context:
But it’s rear-ending either way though, when you think about it lok
There would still be less dead people.
should’ve had following distance.
Indeed. However, it won’t do you much good if you’re being blinded by the light and can’t see.
I’m sorry your eyes suck. Why should that be a death sentence for me?
My eyes suck by… having someone drive close behind me…?
If the sun is in front of you than your mirrors are just fine. You can pull off safely.
When I posted these I was having a moment. I’m going to doctors a lot because I had… well a mental breakdown.
I apologize for my aggressiveness and stopped replying to a lot of people because I regret my comments.
However I’m replying to this because in this comment I feel you are wrong. Your other comments were basically right.
This one however is obvious. If you can’t see out the front you can easily see out the back.
Again this time I’m saying it in good faith and not angry like I was the other night.
There are safe ways to do what I was saying that I didn’t articulate well.