Motor vehicles / cars crashing into buildings

upscaled using AI

Oh wow, didn't know that was a thing!

Yet another amazing use of AI!

/s

Nor did I until I read that Reddit thread. But it sort of makes sense, particularly the roof tiles bit. The moiré in the Low Res image has confused the upscaling to change the direction of the tiles it seems. Not a fan of AI images one bit.

The moiré

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When the tiles catch your eye as they skew from the sky, that's a moiré

Lol

I had a bit of a moment once when, driving a unfamiliar HGV, my foot came off the clutch too quick and the thing went forward suddenly. I was quick to go for the brake but for a second or two nothing was happening. In my panic I was jamming my foot against a lip on the back of the bulkhead.

If you emergency stop in a manual car you have to depress the clutch as well, or else the engine stalls

Unless your car doesn't have ABS, which granted most do. Then you need to press the brake and only use the clutch at the last moment to stop the stalling.

Last night in Homerton High Street, quite late, a driver seemed to have hit this building (or come to a stop just short of it), seemingly after bouncing off another car that was also damaged and sat nearby:

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.5484615,-0.0432388,3a,75y,280.52h,94.78t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sZ79vbupeuS8Vf5EisHIUcQ!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DZ79vbupeuS8Vf5EisHIUcQ%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D243.55142%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu

It happened before I got there, so I didn't see it, but that's what it looked like from the aftermath. The police were just arriving when I passed.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crgy4xdlj17o

It seems that before this horrible murder and sword rampage, the suspect crashed his van into a house. He was apparently injured when that happened, including through his airbag deploying. No doubt more will be known soon.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/apr/30/detectives-urgently-investigating-what-led-to-mans-sword-rampage

RIP the poor boy, no way to imagine what his family must be going through.

"His wounds, some at least caused by an airbag deploying,"
Is that how they're supposed to work?
RIP young lad.

In this case he wasn’t injured enough.

It happens. It's pretty common to find blood on a deployed airbag. However, the injuries caused by an deployed airbag are invariably less severe then those you'd get from headbutting an unprotected steering wheel or other similarly unforgiving part of a car.

It's the same with seatbelts. If you're in a heavy crash, the chances are you'll get bruising from your seatbelt. However, it's better than the alternative.

Posted by WillMelling a while back:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cedx­97j7g0go

https://www.lfgss.com/comments/17363715/

Big crash into a building in the ERC Rally Islas Canarias round today. Fortunately driver and co-driver fine. Car was not.

https://youtu.be/-Q6NKo0qvvs

Driver arrested now. Probably get 2 years suspended sentence

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/jun/26/wimbledon-school-crash-driver-will-not-face-prosecution-says-cps

Because there is nothing to suggest the driver could have done anything to predict or prevent this tragedy

There is lots of evidence the manufacturer could have done something to prevent this tragedy by not building such an unnecessary powerful vehicle so I look forward to the CPS bringing charges against them.

Where to start on this one, ok if she had an epileptic fit and lost control. If she was piloting a normal family sized hatchback those kids would still be alive, it was her choice to buy a 3 tonne Sports Utility Vehicle despite living in Wimbledon.

Unfortunately I would put money on the fact that she’s had fits before and not declared them. That’s just what people do until it’s too late and they’ve been caught out. They’re not fit to drive and would have their license revoked.

Hopefully she won't be allowed to drive ever again but I doubt it.

According to BBC Radio 4 news the female driver has surrendered her driving license. She is unable to (re-?) apply for a driving license until 12 months have passed since her most recent epilectic episode.

I also don't understand - my van has automatic collision detection stuff on it that slams the brakes on if it thinks you're going to hit something at low speeds. It is considerably less expensive that a Land Rover.

Your van fails on two modern necessities: 1. The 0-60 acceleration that is essential for 20mph speed limits. 2. It is not a status symbol.

Yes, I've seen lots of people commenting how ludicrously big SUVs where you can't actually see a child stood in front of them because they are so high are actually safer because they have lots of sensors and collision detectors.

https://www.standard.co.uk/news/london/bus-crash-scaffolding-maida-vale-harrow-road-london-b1171116.html

Here:

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@51.522924,-0.1945287,3a,75y,77.02h,87.97t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sVTFsWk9IdAwmbqo_W-i10Q!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3DVTFsWk9IdAwmbqo_W-i10Q%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.share%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26yaw%3D77.01655785643176%26pitch%3D2.032262426856974%26thumbfov%3D90!7i16384!8i8192?coh=205410&entry=ttu