vfrmedia, 18 days ago

@stefan I'm always a bit cynical when I read reports about folk confusing gas and brake pedals, and I drive a car with an auto 'box myself - (one pedal is physically larger than the other as well as different positions and tactile feel) - i feel a lot of these collisions are caused by sheer impatience and rushing to get into the parking space, or DUI / distraction from mobile phones..

stefan, 18 days ago

@vfrmedia That sounds about right.

failedLyndonLaRouchite, 18 days ago

@stefan

I live in Newton, MA

A few years ago, a car crashed* into a pizzeria, killing iirc 2 people
there are now bollards there

the car was coming down a steepish hill; the road ends in a T at the bottom of the road and the pizzeria was across the street

so one explanation the drive was drunk or lost brakes and just kept going at bottom of hill across the intersection into the pizza shop

stefan, 18 days ago

@failedLyndonLaRouchite That is really awful.