Watch: Man critical after BMW smashes into lane divider in Cape Town

[My_King]

People want their freedoms taken away. Just wondering when those people will understand what it means. It starts with that monitoring if you are doing 60KM/h

 

[acidrain]

The problem comes in at reaction time. If an idiot overtakes someone at 1KM/h faster going into your lane and you are doing 140 vs 320, you are going to have a bad time. Imagine the idiot is 50 meters in front of you. 2 different scenarios will play out.

Think you lost yourself in what I was saying. I am purely and only commenting on your post regarding the emotion of "freaking out" whilst driving at high speeds and how that emotion can vary depending on the car you are in.

I can freak out on a motorcycle doing even 120kph. Doesn't mean I'm going to freak out in a car doing 120kph. Anyways it's really irrelevant to this thread.

 

[dlk001]

People want their freedoms taken away. Just wondering when those people will understand what it means. It starts with that monitoring if you are doing 60KM/h

Like the Discovery Insurance driver behavior tracking system

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

Anybody know how the watch is doing?

It's all gone quiet since we starting talking kak and gone off topic

 

[My_King]

I've experienced the same problem with Adaptive Cruise Control, Lane Departure Technology in my car. It will keep a safe following distance between my car and the car in front. That means enough distance for someone to sneak onto that space and my car will firmly apply brakes, causing the cars behind me (who do not keep a safe following distance) to panic. In a scenario where this level of autonomy exists with humans who do crazy things, it can become a nightmare.

Exactly. I am one who advocates for faster speeds, but one have to be realistic here. Too many idiots on the roads.
There is a point where too fast is WAYYYY TOOO FAST.

I`m also sure the same people keeping to 120KM/h is the same people that will moan when people do 120KM/h on the highways if the law ever changes to 100KM/h for freeways.

 

[vigras rojara]

Anybody know how the watch is doing?

I've been wondering that this whole thread actually. I hope it wasn't an Omega. I like Omegas.

 

[Pitbull]

Looking his FB profile now, two small kids and a beautiful wife. Why the fark would one risk leaving them to their own by racing cars on public roads?

I get that one can die by a normal accident, or get killed in a robbery and all that. Why go and do stupid shyte risking their happiness?

I myself got rid of my bike because of my wife and kids.... I just don't understand it...

 

[Arksun]

Sums up the mentality behind these races quite well.

 

[noxibox]

I know, but it's like the pirate code, more of a suggestion.

I do not see anything that says "keep in the left most lane unless overtaking"

It's not a legal requirement in South Africa. In some European countries you'll get fined for sitting in the left lane when not overtaking or not moving over for faster vehicles even if you were overtaking.

 

[thestaggy]

Sums up the mentality behind these races quite well.

TL;DR version: Videos implicate us in illegal activities and we won't be able to scam insurance companies or the RAF.

 

[My_King]

Sums up the mentality behind these races quite well.

Thats messed up. Really messed up. The more evidence the better.

 

[rietrot]

Do a little mind-experiment (if you are capable of that) and think about the consequences of such a scenario.

Forcing everyone to stick to the speed limit? I don't see a problem, you obviously have a superior mind. People shouldn't be exceeding the speed limit anyway.

 

[TysonRoux]

Sums up the mentality behind these races quite well.

What a bunch of idiots.

"racing fraternity is a brotherhood" - conveniently left out the word "illegal" - The "illegal street racing fraternity are a bunch of hoodlums".

Using their names on social media promoting tampering of evidence, obstruction of justice and insurance fraud.

 

[SauRoNZA]

Sums up the mentality behind these races quite well.

And I bet the very same oke has loads of posts complaining about the crime and corruption in this country...

 

[SauRoNZA]

Looking his FB profile now, two small kids and a beautiful wife. Why the fark would one risk leaving them to their own by racing cars on public roads?

The answer is obvious, he never ever even remotely considered that something could go wrong and that someone might get hurt.

That M3 is floating on motherfucking clouds bru.

 

[SauRoNZA]

Using their names on social media promoting tampering of evidence, obstruction of justice and insurance fraud.

Yup clearly didn't learn that putting **** on social media gets you in hot water.

Now it will hopefully just get hotter.

 

[My_King]

That M3 is floating on motherfucking clouds bru.

 

[Pitbull]

The answer is obvious, he never ever even remotely considered that something could go wrong and that someone might get hurt.

That M3 is floating on motherfucking clouds bru.

But he should have known what he's doing is dangerous and how it could affect his family. At some point he surely should have considered the possibility of actually getting injured, disabled or died.

 

[noxibox]

I've experienced the same problem with Adaptive Cruise Control, Lane Departure Technology in my car. It will keep a safe following distance between my car and the car in front. That means enough distance for someone to sneak onto that space and my car will firmly apply brakes, causing the cars behind me (who do not keep a safe following distance) to panic. In a scenario where this level of autonomy exists with humans who do crazy things, it can become a nightmare.

Sounds like both a design limitation and people following too close. It is a tricky problem to solve, because out of necessity people will need to move into gaps. It would be impossible to navigate motorways otherwise.

Like the Discovery Insurance driver behavior tracking system

I don't want some app with unknown, and given the company in question, probably questionable, parameters. Of course they'll claim it is based on science, but in their other areas of business they play fast and loose with science.

 

[SauRoNZA]

Been done already... we did that back in 2012, I did some development on that for a well-known tracking company.
Got all the info via OBD-2 and CAN

Oh I'm fully aware it exists as I sold the very systems that do it.

I simply meant it was a much more feasible solution than reading speed signs with cameras.