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Yeah, Final Destination would be my first thought (Original Post) Figarosmom Wednesday OP
I have long thought the opening scene in Final Destination 2 should be shown to all drivers. Midnight Writer Wednesday #1
Yeah when that log went through the Figarosmom Wednesday #2
Yep, there are too many cavalier and careless drivers who don't seem to understand the possible consequences. Midnight Writer Wednesday #3
That's for sure.....nt Figarosmom Wednesday #4
I know how this may sound... OldBaldy1701E Thursday #5

Midnight Writer

(24,841 posts)
1. I have long thought the opening scene in Final Destination 2 should be shown to all drivers.
Wed Oct 1, 2025, 06:37 PM
Wednesday

It effectively shows how many little actions happening in the cars around us could lead to a catastrophe.

Figarosmom

(8,951 posts)
2. Yeah when that log went through the
Wed Oct 1, 2025, 06:51 PM
Wednesday

Cops car with his bloody pulp on it was bad. And then all the other crackups to follow. I hate driving freeways to begin with and slways took side roads if possible.

Midnight Writer

(24,841 posts)
3. Yep, there are too many cavalier and careless drivers who don't seem to understand the possible consequences.
Wed Oct 1, 2025, 09:35 PM
Wednesday

Maybe something this graphic will wake them up.

You never know what is going on inside the cars around you. Your car trip can turn bad in a second.

OldBaldy1701E

(9,246 posts)
5. I know how this may sound...
Thu Oct 2, 2025, 10:22 AM
Thursday

But I have to put some of this on the modern mindset that does not allow their kids to ride bikes further than ten feet, as well as those who never got on a motorcycle, or a go-cart one time in their childhood. Not being cushioned and secured while you travel is an important part of understanding the physics of motion. After bouncing off of a few trees and sliding on a few dirt paths (or worse), one learns about Newton and his laws in a practical way, not an esoteric one.

Removing that experience is what creates the indifferent people who end up causing mayhem on the highway, solely because they did not know that a car would slide out of control when they yanked the steering wheel to kid around with their boyfriend. I am sure that believing certain games reflect reality in any way does not help. So the end result is drivers who need to have their ability to drive removed forever, because they just refuse to understand the reality of what a 3000+ lbs. metal object can do when you make it slam into anything at a high speed. (Which is over 15 mph, btw. Any faster, and you will get really hurt when it hits you. So, imagine thinking you will be fine like GTA 6 when you are about to crash into another vehicle because you were going 95 mph and driving like you were in a Mad Max movie. Insane, but how would they know any different?)

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