• Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee
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      6 months ago

      Handing out driving licences like they were sweets instead of actually testing people’s ability to drive, maybe?

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        6 months ago

        This is often the issue. Not in this case though. He had his license for 24 years, while driving from the south of Germany to the Netherlands back and forth twice a month. He never had an accident before.

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      6 months ago

      I think the tree didn’t give way when it should have and damaged it a bit, hard to tell though

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      6 months ago

      Probably turned off traction control and floored it. EVs have some pretty solid acceleration and weight a bit more than their ICE counterparts.

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        6 months ago

        Nope, he drove 80km/h with traction control, but lost consciousness somehow. No lines on the road (out in the German countryside) so no line assist. Car went straight when there was a very mild turn, so he drove off the road, into some uphill ridge whi h launched him, woke up when flying through the air after which he landed in a bunch of trees. This is where he landed. He luckily only had 4 broken ribs.