Mace1647545504 Posted November 3, 2021 Report Share Posted November 3, 2021 This is a tragedy but what does it say about the safety of a corvette: https://www.yahoo.com/sports/police-say-henry-ruggs-iii-was-driving-156-mph-this-wasnt-an-accident-it-was-an-inevitability-174854802.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unfunnyryan Posted November 4, 2021 Report Share Posted November 4, 2021 Later articles said he was recorded at 156 up until the crash. Not an excuse by any means, but it could have been far more fatal. Guessing that data is from the corvettes internal recorder? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeitgeist57 Posted November 4, 2021 Report Share Posted November 4, 2021 Can't believe the TMZ video I just saw where the C8 still had the engine idling with the front end totally smashed after the crash. I was surprised there wasn't an inertial cut-off switch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruizin01 Posted November 5, 2021 Report Share Posted November 5, 2021 Can't believe the TMZ video I just saw where the C8 still had the engine idling with the front end totally smashed after the crash. I was surprised there wasn't an inertial cut-off switch. I didn't see the video but that's ridiculous if it doesn't have a pyrotechnic to disconnect the engine +12v power in an accident. On a similar note, did anyone see the pictures of the Tesla Plaid flying into the ROOF of the house and killing that woman and her dog? I think it was on Jalopnik. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trouble Maker Posted November 5, 2021 Report Share Posted November 5, 2021 We have this impression here that US license is super easy to get, but other countries are much harder, and often more expensive. My experience in Japan is that this is true. However the thought I just had was that in Japan, and many other countries, they have tiered license based on motorcycle engine size. This tiering at least in Japan doesn't exist for cars, and at least the test that I took as someone 'transferring' a license was more about you following a procedure rather than real actual driving skill. So still someone in Japan can get a license without too much real skill**, and given enough money buy something just as fast as the highest tiered motorcycle. Here it's even worse, most licensing test are kind of a joke. We are in a different situation where in many places in the US to exist in society you have to be able to drive*, so I get why we don't put such high barriers to auto licensing. Situations like this make me wonder if just anyone with enough money should be able to buy a super or hyper car, or even just a relatively high powered sports car. How would anyone here feel about tiered auto license levels? *Side note, this is part of why I'm a huge fan of designing cities and society more generally around or adapting to multi-modal transportation that gives people the choice and ability to pick how they want to get places. I could probably write walls of text unpacking a ton of the rest of above on other levels, but I think you all get what I'm trying to get at. **To be fair I didn't know anyone with any cars like this, so there may be other barriers I'm unaware of. I did have a group member with the higher tier motorcycle license and a BMW1000RR and we had some good conversations about it's (lack of) usability there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1Quik7 Posted November 5, 2021 Report Share Posted November 5, 2021 I don't think this is a good measure of safety, anyone should know that a drunk idiot almost always survives the crash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otis Nice Posted November 5, 2021 Report Share Posted November 5, 2021 How would anyone here feel about tiered auto license levels? I don't know how I feel because I've never thought about it but I know I don't like the fact that your single asterisk was after the double. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trouble Maker Posted November 5, 2021 Report Share Posted November 5, 2021 ....but I know I don't like the fact that your single asterisk was after the double. They just told me they don't like you either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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