Just because I know threshold braking...
Aug. 27th, 2005 01:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
wolfwings...does not mean the gal behind me does. That was the last thought I had, almost literally. "Oh shit... I had to max-brake there and barely made it... BRACE! *WHAM*crinzt*"
Eclipse is now about 3 inches more compact, and has a face like the hunchback of Notre Dame.
Northbound on the 405, number 1 lane, sudden slowdown. And I mean to the point I realized, "I don't have time to blink my brakelights to warn the person behind me. I have to actually slam on the brakes and try not to spin out," sudden.
I stopped with around a foot to spare. And as my car was settling back on it's rear wheels again... it got lifted up and forward so the passenger-side headlight got shoved back about a foot into the car by the driver-side rear bumper of the car in front of me.
The gal behind me had a face covered in blood, as was her shirt, and full airbag deployment in the front of the car with the front of her car shortered by about... 2 feet, by comparison to the 3-4 inches my rear bumper got crunched. Now it's all up to the insurance companies, which'll be akward since both she and I are AAA members and have AAA insurance.
But this proves that I can tell if I can stop in time. And that that has no bearing on if the person behind me can.
Eclipse is now about 3 inches more compact, and has a face like the hunchback of Notre Dame.
Northbound on the 405, number 1 lane, sudden slowdown. And I mean to the point I realized, "I don't have time to blink my brakelights to warn the person behind me. I have to actually slam on the brakes and try not to spin out," sudden.
I stopped with around a foot to spare. And as my car was settling back on it's rear wheels again... it got lifted up and forward so the passenger-side headlight got shoved back about a foot into the car by the driver-side rear bumper of the car in front of me.
The gal behind me had a face covered in blood, as was her shirt, and full airbag deployment in the front of the car with the front of her car shortered by about... 2 feet, by comparison to the 3-4 inches my rear bumper got crunched. Now it's all up to the insurance companies, which'll be akward since both she and I are AAA members and have AAA insurance.
But this proves that I can tell if I can stop in time. And that that has no bearing on if the person behind me can.
My 'good luck' will probably be...
Date: 2005-08-27 10:35 pm (UTC)And neither me nor my mom have had good luck with car longevity through our lives. She's gone through no less than five cars that I personally remember over the last two decades, and more beyond that. And now I've gone through 2 myself.
Re: My 'good luck' will probably be...
Date: 2005-08-28 04:44 am (UTC)*LionHUG*