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Woman confuses Gas pedal with Brake.
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Why do the wipers always go off in these situations?
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.. it was raining.
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glass
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Men
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Hallelujah
J
Yeah the wipers were on before the collision, you can see them.
D
And everything is wet outside. You see the car splash a puddle before entering the building and make wet tire tracks on the floor inside.
R
“Hmm maybe THIS is the brake?”
B
Followed by “maybe if I press harder it will turn into the brake.”
W
“WHY ISNT THE BRAKE BRAKING?”
W
IIRC in modern cars when the crash sensor ecu is triggered the wiper turns on to help remove debris from the windshield. Probably in case you get into an accident where the car is still moving but you need to maneuver.
J
I think because when there is a collision you get thrown around and it’s not unlikely that your hand will bash the stick upwards, turning the wipers on.
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Wipers were already on
J
So in this case maybe the answer is that it was raining lol
S
I think that is built in on purpose to try and automatically clear any debris from a crash.
M
TIL, i never really thought about it, but it definitely makes sense.
A
Lmao no
S
“Many cars have a built-in emergency system where the ECU (engine control unit) is programmed to activate the windshield wipers at high speed after a severe collision.” Popped up when I googled it. There was even an article saying that many people mistakenly assume the driver’s arm hit the wipers on.
G
I rolled a car once and can confirm that after stopping the car went into a weird reboot sequence where the car put itself in accessory mode (all interior lights turned on, and the full dash lit up, I saw warning lights on the dash I didn’t even know I had lol) and the wipers turned on as well as my four way hazards…. For what it’s worth the air bags never deployed but the crash was a bit atypical as I was sort of rolling across my hood and trunk with the actual cabin of the rolling in the ditch in the side of the road…. there was little damage to either of the bumpers, where the air bags sensors are located
T
It turned off the engine and stopped gas flow to reduce the chance of fire. That’s pretty cool but sorry to hear hope you didn’t get any serious injuries
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Flailing hands panic
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Flailing arms hit the wiper stalk.
C
The actual answer is modern cars have rain sensors and automatically kick on the wipers. The sensors are picking up the glass shards as rain.
B
That’s exactly what I said. Death throes.
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Wipe wipe wipe wipe, don’t believe me just WIPE your ass!
B
That’s just part of the car’s death throes. Don’t worry, it’ll settle down once rigormortis sets in.
B
Full on panic in the interior. Just frantically clawing at everything instead of calmly diagnosing the issue
T
It’s a security feature. If you get into a collision with something and debris fall on the windshield, you need to be able to see outside. One, to know if there is still danger and to see if you can exit your car safely. The radio also normalle start, for the same reason. It help people stay conscious after a crash.
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This does *not* look like she used the wrong pedal. The car held the same speed all the time. So medical condition or she held her focus somewhere else while the car kept rolling at fixed speed. People tend to stomp on the brake pedal if in panic to stop the car. And if m8xing up the pedals, then the car jumps forward. Or stalls.
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That person at the desk jacking around on their phone should be thankful.
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Yes, the car “eating” that desk closer to the wall absorbed most of the energy. Something that would not have happened if the engine had been revving.
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I think you m8xed up your letters there buddy
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Stroke
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She’s a woman
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Electric cars dont stall
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And you assumed my post was about electric only?
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Elderly by any chance?
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Harold.. this isnt country kitchen buffet!
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“Get off the road! Old people driving!”
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Baked with a buttery flaky crust!
K
[I this your card?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIrQ9ilL8aw)
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Or young. The 18 to 24 age group has about twice as many accidents than the elderly. Would be more likely in that category.
G
Different accidents most likely based on driving like an idiot because they still think they’re immortal at that age. Most of the time the people driving into buildings like this are elderly.
A
I feel like there could some statistical bias with there being more young people than really old people.
F
Which still makes this more likely to be a young person. What are you suggesting?
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That if you adjust for population size, who is actually worse?
F
I do not know. That is not what the suggestion was. If they drive less as you suggest and the younger group has more accidents, then the person driving this car was more likely to be young than old. That is all that was being discussed. Not who drives better.
T
Took quite a few of these claim types in the couple decades I worked at a persona lines insurer. Young people have a lot of accidents, true. However, “applied gas instead of brakes” is most definitely something that’s more common with elderly people. More easily confused + reduced reaction time.
T
lol I doubt it. There was no attempt to stop and it didn’t look like they sped up. It was the same speed the whole time. Either this was on purpose or more likely they weren’t paying attention.
D
Why are you getting downvoted. I thought the exact same thing when watching it. When people hit the gas instead of the brake they will push it right to the floor in a panic attempt to stop. That was not uncontrolled acceleration. That was a medical issue or someone on their phone. Edit: parent is no longer being downvoted. I guess the morons have left the chat.
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