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Originally Posted by Minacious
He said he was stopped and all you had to do was stop - but you didn't, you hit him.
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This is absolutely sickening for me to watch because seeing the vid I am speculating the guy did it on purpose :shock: Like others have said I dont know what the heck he thought he was doing but I am so glad there is some recorded evidence of this prick. He should be seeing some time inside for this.
+1 for helmetcams... I've been cut up a few times before or seen people do some REALLY stupid shit on the roads and thought, yeah I wish I was recording this.
I am glad to hear your friend is relatively ok, Min, very sorry to hear this though
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Originally Posted by MartijnGizmo
Wow, good thing she was wearing the cam!
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Originally Posted by Ghostbat
I also wonder what the f--k the civic-driver was doing. Either really poor brake balance in his car or he was doing a handbrake turn. Very strange.
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Maybe he pulled the e-brake, as in 'emergency-brake'. People should learn it's a parking-brake, you use it for parking, not when you have to do an emergency-stop! |
Thats the trouble, over here it is called emergency brake. I have never seen a US driver use the handbrake on a hill or at lights before pulling away. They seem to use the footbrake and balance the clutch, whereas in the UK we get taught to use the handbrake in these scenarios. We also get taught to use the hardbrake when the car is parked, whereas most US people put it in 'P' (auto) or in 1st gear (manual) with no parking brake.
I think the US use the footbrake 99% of the time because most cars are automatics where of course you do use the footbrake on hills and at lights.
Thus, all points to the handbrake never being used normally in driving.
I stand to be corrected by any US people, this is just my experience vs. UK 'habits' when it comes to the handbrake.
Regardless, prickchops didnt need to use the hand/parking/emergency brake in this scenario... :x