"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
05/24/2020 at 15:45 • Filed to: None
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"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
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10 passengers in a 2002 Ford Explorer. Only driver was wearing a seatbelt, all 9 other occupants ejected. Police believe excessive speed and a blown tire is to blame.
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Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire
> ttyymmnn
05/24/2020 at 15:52 |
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People are fucking lunatics. I saw this video last night, I urge you to not watch it. Just read the article.
facw
> ttyymmnn
05/24/2020 at 16:01 |
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So I know it was tried once and failed, but I’m totally in favor of cars that refuse to go into gear unless occupied seats are buckled.
In any event, most overloaded car I’ve ever been in is a Honda Accord sedan with 9 college students. Was a local, low speed trip though, so I’m pretty sure doing New York to Baltimore with 6 in the same car was considerably worse. Safety-wise.
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> ttyymmnn
05/24/2020 at 16:03 |
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I can testify that 7 kids in such an Explorer is a tight fit. Why would they fit 3 more in the cargo area? Just plain stupid. Make two trips. It’s not worth it.
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ttyymmnn
> facw
05/24/2020 at 16:09 |
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The 82 Rabbit I drove as a kid wouldn’t start if the belts weren’t buckled. I think it was successfully argued that it constituted a safety issue.
farscythe - makin da cawfee!
> ttyymmnn
05/24/2020 at 16:09 |
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jeez...10 in one car.....
the only time i ever got close to that was when i was 19 ish... managed to cram 7 in a pug 106 to hotbox it.....that was in a parking lot tho
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ttyymmnn
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05/24/2020 at 16:10 |
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I don’t know the circumstances of the drive, but it may well have been a whole family on a long drive, so two trips weren’t possible. That certainly happens a lot here in TX.
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> ttyymmnn
05/24/2020 at 16:11 |
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Maybe you’re right, but the risk is unacceptable on a long trip. Rent or borrow another car if you are going to go on such a trip.
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ttyymmnn
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05/24/2020 at 16:16 |
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A different station reported that the family was driving from San Antonio to Austin for a family gathering.
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> ttyymmnn
05/24/2020 at 16:18 |
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Horrible how some weren’t even to see their extended family again after the lockdown. Probably that would have been the first time in months.
Grindintosecond
> ttyymmnn
05/24/2020 at 16:19 |
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Police didn't cite complete idiocy as well?
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ttyymmnn
> Grindintosecond
05/24/2020 at 16:21 |
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Two dead family members, they probably don’t need a ticket on to p of that.
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facw
> ttyymmnn
05/24/2020 at 16:22 |
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It was made mandatory in ‘73 and repealed in ‘74 because people loathed it. I’m not sure if this is because they were unreliable, or just because a shocking number of people didn’t wear seat belts back then. I suspect failures would have been annoying, but I suspect the latter far the overriding factor, given that this was a policy designed to make people do something they didn’t want to.
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Grindintosecond
> ttyymmnn
05/24/2020 at 16:23 |
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Its not a ticket. It’s a moron certification card
dumpsterfire!
> ttyymmnn
05/24/2020 at 16:26 |
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Oh great, now there are going to be a bunch of lawsuits from Ford Explorers having tire failure and killing people. Oh, nevermind.
Seriously , so sad that the kids pay the price of adult neglect/stupidity.
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ttyymmnn
> facw
05/24/2020 at 16:26 |
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That old Rabbit also had passive restraints, which people also hated. I found them completely innocuous. In fact, the belt connected to the door, and you could use it to pull the door closed.
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> ttyymmnn
05/24/2020 at 16:27 |
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My grandma had one of these, we could do six up in the regular seats and four kids in the rear fold down troop seats. These people needed a van.
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ttyymmnn
> 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
05/24/2020 at 16:36 |
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And probably nobody in your grandma’s day wore a seatbelt.
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> 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
05/24/2020 at 16:45 |
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Woah where is that kid’s face that the mom is holding in the top right?
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> ttyymmnn
05/24/2020 at 17:08 |
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I do remember seatbelts in the back, my mom would make us use them in any car. The funny thing is when my grandma drove my cousin and I somewhere, just the two of us, we would be like ten feet from my grandma.
gmanmtb
> Grindintosecond
05/24/2020 at 17:55 |
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At that point I hope lesson learned
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ttyymmnn
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05/24/2020 at 18:00 |
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If you open the photo in another tab/window, and then look closely, you’ll see that he is looking up, and you see the shadow under his chin.
ranwhenparked
> 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°)
05/24/2020 at 18:06 |
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To be fair, an old station wagon was a lot less susceptible to flipping over than an early ‘00s Explorer.
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ranwhenparked
> facw
05/24/2020 at 18:08 |
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Both. People didn’t like having to buckle their belt if they were just shuffling cars around in the driveway, or if they wanted to lean further out the window for backing up, plus the sensor s were too sensitive, throwing your briefcase on the passenger seat could trigger it. Also, of course, seatbelt usage remained pretty low, especially for those of a certain age, well into the 1980s, if not a bit longer.
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> ttyymmnn
05/24/2020 at 18:49 |
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Looks more like a plague doctor mask to me. Why does his nose turn into a snake slithering down his back?
Urambo Tauro
> facw
05/24/2020 at 20:41 |
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I’m totally in favor of cars that refuse to go into gear unless occupied seats are buckled.
Yeah, I think I like that version better than having it disable the starter circuit. It’s nice to let the engine run a bit, even if only for a few seconds for the idle to settle down before heading out, and buckling up after starting t he engine gives you something to do for a few seconds.
Especially in cold weather! Man I’d hate to have to buckle up and start the car, only to unbuckle again to clear the snow off...