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Le Mans Master
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Who will die ?
Friends,
Hypothical situation
Its a late Sunday afternoon and weather has been hot and sunny
all day. You are just returning from the beach and you and that
special one are talking about what you are planning to do tomorrow.
The road is a two lane with wide shoulders and straight.
Your feeling relaxed with light traffic and driving with one hand (the
left). No ones head of you and you allow the speedo to creap up to
95 mph.
You notice 3 people standing on the right shoulder one has a red
shirt on , one of the individuels is close to the road and you allow
your vette to drift toward the center line. You stare at the red shirt.
The howl of the air horn brings your eyes back into focus in front of
you.
A semi is crossing the center line in front of you!
WHAT DO YOU DO NOW---
Thanks for your answers
Road Pilot
Hypothical situation
Its a late Sunday afternoon and weather has been hot and sunny
all day. You are just returning from the beach and you and that
special one are talking about what you are planning to do tomorrow.
The road is a two lane with wide shoulders and straight.
Your feeling relaxed with light traffic and driving with one hand (the
left). No ones head of you and you allow the speedo to creap up to
95 mph.
You notice 3 people standing on the right shoulder one has a red
shirt on , one of the individuels is close to the road and you allow
your vette to drift toward the center line. You stare at the red shirt.
The howl of the air horn brings your eyes back into focus in front of
you.
A semi is crossing the center line in front of you!
WHAT DO YOU DO NOW---
Thanks for your answers
Road Pilot
Melting Slicks
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well you hit the guy in the red because being that hes wearing all red hes probably part of some gang so its better to kill the gang member and have only light damage to the vette intead of total the vette and you and your special one die with it.
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Assuming there's no drivable terrain on the right that's not blocked by a person: Look left at the open road/shoulder, steer left (don't jerk the wheel), keep your eyes only on drivable terrain (left road/shoulder), lift gas, no heavy braking, let truck pass on right. If there's no time, move right, any other result is preferable to a head on.
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Pull the Emergency Brake..
Wait...Disable Active Handling/Traction... 1...2..3....4....5
ok.. Pull the Emergency Brake and Do 360 spins like a Ninja Star right by the Semi and Person!!
Then Enable it and tell your Girlfriend how normal that procedure is in a Vette!
Wait...Disable Active Handling/Traction... 1...2..3....4....5
ok.. Pull the Emergency Brake and Do 360 spins like a Ninja Star right by the Semi and Person!!
Then Enable it and tell your Girlfriend how normal that procedure is in a Vette!
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Le Mans Master
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It's only a hypothetical question. Not wierd.
I'm a retired trucker and folks in my profession are always asking
" what if ". We have a cardinal rule ( that I broke once ) " Never
leave the highway ", leave the road and you will probably be killed
by your own truck!
Road Pilot
I'm a retired trucker and folks in my profession are always asking
" what if ". We have a cardinal rule ( that I broke once ) " Never
leave the highway ", leave the road and you will probably be killed
by your own truck!
Road Pilot
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From: Tampa Bay, Go BUCS!!!Go Rays!!!Go Lightning!!!
St. Jude Donor '12-'13-'14
It's only a hypothetical question. Not wierd.
I'm a retired trucker and folks in my profession are always asking
" what if ". We have a cardinal rule ( that I broke once ) " Never
leave the highway ", leave the road and you will probably be killed
by your own truck!
Road Pilot
I'm a retired trucker and folks in my profession are always asking
" what if ". We have a cardinal rule ( that I broke once ) " Never
leave the highway ", leave the road and you will probably be killed
by your own truck!
Road Pilot
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you post did not specify from which direction the the oncoming truck was crossing the center line.... or the distance between you. Both are critical missing pieces of information.
You also specify that your Corvette is drifting toward the center line, but do not mention that it has corssed it.
It is hard for me to comprehend that a professionally trained truck driver would veer across the center line into the oncoming lane to avoid a collision. The Vette will fare much worse and the truck driver should have moved as far to the right as it was safe to do without leaving the road, while he was using maximum safe braking.
I therefore assume the following
1. I have not crossed the line
2. The oncoming truck is returning to his side having completed a pass.
3. The people are on the side of the road on the shoulder as specified
My couse of action would be to brake and steer my car immediately, but under control to avoid fishtailing and aim for the wide flat shoulder and drive my vehicle under control between the truck and the 3 poeple on the shoulder.
You also specify that your Corvette is drifting toward the center line, but do not mention that it has corssed it.
It is hard for me to comprehend that a professionally trained truck driver would veer across the center line into the oncoming lane to avoid a collision. The Vette will fare much worse and the truck driver should have moved as far to the right as it was safe to do without leaving the road, while he was using maximum safe braking.
I therefore assume the following
1. I have not crossed the line
2. The oncoming truck is returning to his side having completed a pass.
3. The people are on the side of the road on the shoulder as specified
My couse of action would be to brake and steer my car immediately, but under control to avoid fishtailing and aim for the wide flat shoulder and drive my vehicle under control between the truck and the 3 poeple on the shoulder.
