Was this crash avoidable (by the victim)??

[anonymous-user]

This crash has been making front page news:

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I'm interested to see if anyone could come up with a scenario where the victim could have avoided, or even mitigated the outcome?

(i don't want to turn this into another bashing thread, it should be so we can learn something from these tragic events)


As far as i can tell, the only way to mitigate the severity would have been for the victim to have braked hard, immediately the first car cut across his path, using Reg's "where one goes, others are bound to follow rule?

[anonymous-user]

Reg Local said:

I've watched this one a few times and asked myself the same question.

Having just finished reading your rater good "How not to crash" book, i thought you might have considered this incident!

As i said, they actual incident unfolds too fast for any meaningful reaction, and swerving or turning opens up the possibility of a side impact, rather than a frontal, and in that case, car vs Disco4, there is a very very strong chance it would have been fatal.


The bit of advice that seems to fit is the one i mentioned, the "where on idiot goes, another is bound to follow" bit of advice! There IS time after the first car swerves across the road for the victim to brake, or reposition, but considering the rarity of this kind of event (more usually caused by someone falling asleep at the wheel (or having some form of medical incident (stroke, seizure etc)) i'm simply not sure if it would be sensibly or practically possible to consider during everyday driving?