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I actually believe this is a real story
I believe it. A childhood friend of mine had totaled like 7 (very cheap) cars by the time he turned 25.
After a particularly brutal crash, he was diagnosed with epilepsy after having an absence seizure in the presence of an ER nurse.
Hasn't wrecked since.
Are you saying he drives better with epilepsy or that he hasn't driven since?
He got medicated
I still don't have an answer to either of my questions though!
Medication meaning the epilepsy is now effectively treated and he hasn't had a seizure since.
If it isn't a real story, there are plenty of real stories like it. There are just a disgusting number of people who are reckless drivers.
Almost no one in the town I live in uses their turn signals. It's infuriating. I can't tell you the number of times I've almost rear-ended someone who suddenly slam on their breaks in the middle of an intersection and turn off. I also live in a subdivision with no sidewalks and a speed limit of 25 mph. People are regularly walking their dogs and kids are everywhere. I see people flying down the curvy subdivision roads doing at least 50.
I'm amazed I haven't heard about anyone getting killed.
A lot of it is also people who know they shouldn't drive but have no other choice. In the vast, vast, vast majority of the US, if you don't have a car you can't even go to the store or get a job.
This is my partner. Has epilepsy, but no family, money, or insurance.
Ironically since they can only get part time work with flexible hours, they're stuck in customer service, meaning when their hours get cut they have to doordash to make rent.
Worst part is if you did rear end them in that situation, you're the guilty party for insurance etc.
Exactly. It both pisses me off and terrifies me every single time. And it happens at least once almost every time I drive. I honestly don't understand it. I've never been in a place where so many people refuse to use turn signals.
Many people need a near death experience to teach them respect for the mass and energy involved in driving.
I had a bad crash over a decade ago where somebody ran into me at low-ish speeds. It was head on though, and it was more than enough for me to remember for life. I wasn’t a bad driver or anything before that though.
the best way to teach people how mass and inertia works in a car, is to put them in the passenger seat, get up to highway speeds, and then send the brake pedal to the floor.
They won't be able to breathe.
There are the “Worst driver” TV shows. There are some real head cases in there.
I can believe this is not sarcasm