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Originally Posted by flipper35
A few days ago there was a bit of a pileup near Neenah, WI. 130 cars piled up because no one will slow down when the roads are slick. I am guessing with all the aids today people don't pay attention and expect the car to defy the laws of physics and save them.
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Yep. So many car safety aides make everyone feel invincible and like a race driver. But as Scotty said long ago, You cannot defy the laws of physics.
I vividly remember back in the 70s driving along at night, in my 914 in HEAVY rain at 45 to 50 MPH in the bad old days of the 55 MPH national speed limit. The interstate was covered in water and it was hard to see. Some moron flew past me in a 1970s Cadillac at 70 or more. They got a few hundred feet in front in front of me and I saw his headlights, taillights and round and around he went and vanished off the side of the road into a field. I pulled over to look, noted the mile marker and drove on ahead to the nearest gas station and called the highway patrol. I reported the location and suggest they send a tow truck. I was sure he was stuck in deep mud. I was not going to get myself and my car all wet and muddy by checking on the idiot. The professional are paid to do that.
That was long before ABS, traction control and all the other nannies. He was just a idiot that did thought his fancy Caddy made him invincible. He was wrong.