Oh here are all my people, way down here in the comments. Right on, man. No doubt, if semi-trucks possibly making a dick turn to cross traffic left me completely with no options, I'd have been decapitated by a trailer many times over, because I'm like a highlander, except with a detachable head.

Reading this comment: Like, when you are at a huge party and realize you don’t know anyone there, but do notice someone who you never really met but you two have seen each other because you’re in overlapping circles of friends and like give that “Hey, my people!” nod and recognition.

Here’s the Google Map overhead of the scene where the incident took place. he truck was headed west and the car was headed east. The truck turned from the west bound lane onto 140th. The car was in the slow lane and hit the trailer of the truck. Contrary to the article saying that it's possible the truck could have…

I would kind of think of it as cruise control. A chance to rest my arms/shoulders. I think that's just this stage and that eventually there will be ones that do it in a way where you can go all out, like you're looking forward to. This is all out of my league anyway. Cruise control is still a luxury to me and for…

I think it’s not the technology but the reliance on it, as you say. I’m just not sure we agree on where that reliance begins and ends. In the case of this car, I see no problem with it the same way I have no problem using my cruise control in situations that, most people say, don’t merit using it. The difference is…

I don’t know man, I use cruise control religiously. Like even in 30 mile per hour zones and passengers often make jokes about it. I like to take my eyes of my speedometer and relax my legs. At the same time, I’ve never cruised into a crowd of people or a car that’s stopped in front of me. I also note my speed limit…

I felt cruel starring your earlier comment and appreciate this second chance to acknowledge your sense of humor.

Here’s an overview of the scene. The truck was making a left turn heading South. The car was in the right lane heading east and went underneath the trailer. How fast do you think the truck was going to have gotten the cab completely across the road? Maybe 15 mph at the most. So how long was the 18-wheeler in front of…

Thanks. I was feeling like I was the only one who has driven in rural or industrial areas. By the sound of the rattles here, I should have slammed into dozens of semi trailers by this point. It's kind of a dick move by the semi driver, sometimes, but I also am just thinking, "Yeah his vehicle is slow as hell and he…

Maybe but maybe in the same way a brick wall would kill someone who ran into it. If the car was in the right lane and went under the trailer, the car's driver had a whole lot of time to see what was about to happen. Unless this is some kind of super rocket semi truck, it isn't exactly like it quickly pulled out in…

The only thing that rattles me when seeing "student driver" cars on the road is the feeling that I'm going to pass and the instructor will point at me and tell the student, "Don't drive like that!"

I don't know man, the car was in the right lane and the truck was far enough into the turn that the car went under the trailer. Trucks pulling trailers aren't exactly super fast moving. I'd hate to guesstimate, but how long do you think the driver had to notice the truck pulling a trailer? 10 seconds maybe? I'm…

Thanks for explaining something about the sensors. I also think there is something to be said of the fact that the car was in the outmost lane and struck underneath the trailer. This means that this truck was already in front of the car for a fairly long time (long enough for a driver to react) before the collision. I…

I’m looking at the Google Maps overview of the scene and I think it could go either way depending on how far out the truck was. It’s been successfully argued that, in similar incidents, the driver going straight was at the most fault because they could have stopped but made no attempt to do so. The car may not have…

This person doesn’t want to have a discussion. I agreed with many of their points under the notion that American employers, in general, have pretty skewed views on employees lives outside of work. Yet they’ve only managed to respond to me based on some “invisible enemy” type talking-points that kind-of-sort-of-maybe…

Seriously? Now I have to rethink how many other times in my life I wasn’t at all exaggerating!

Scary. I remembering on I-75, I think around Tampa circa early-2000s/late-90s a teacher was killed on the road when a couple kids dropped a piece of concrete off an overpass. I can’t wrap my head around why people do stuff like this repeatedly. Having been a kid, I understand perhaps curiosity, but when I was maybe 12…

Being on top does not necessitate someone being on the bottom. If that's your thing, more power to you, but it doesn't need to be like that and still work. It's possible for people to be equal and for both to be getting the most they can in life.

What I’ve read about this guy makes it seem like he’d have a hard time buying a gun on the black market. He couldn’t even make gay guys not feel uptight and nervous. I’m not sure of the notion I keep hearing that implies that the black gun market is just as easy as buying a bass amp on Craig’s List. I’m not speaking…