Looks like it might be India? It used to be that everyone had them folded in because they would get snapped off in traffic. Also the noise from horns is loud AF. Still not great, but context matters.
If so then actually I think this might be the safest driver in India.
Meanwhile OP seems to be driving with their seatbelt off because it’s out of focus frame left
I think(well sure) that is passenger side, because driver is on the right. And so this picture would have to be taken from outside the driver side to catch the seatbelt.
I don’t care about the earphones. May as well say the deaf can’t drive.
Yea, earphones aren’t going to make a difference, or maybe you shouldn’t drive with a radio on? Or that the sound deadening in the car doesn’t already block most of the sound outside the car.
Not only is it illegal in several countries, it is also proven to negatively impact attention and reaction times.
Here’s the problem: if we gave a shit about safety, we’d get pretty close to banning cars.
This is like complaining that the internal walls of the titanic should have been a few centimeters higher.
Not at all. But ok.
There’s a number of things that I strongly believe should result in an automatic short term suspension, because the driver clearly has no fucking clue what they’re doing. Driving without lights lights off at night (I don’t give a shit about your auto lights, turn them on manually because it’s not working) and driving with folded mirrors are two of the items. Failing to clear snow off glass is another.
Driving with two earphones in is a problem. They simply do a better job of blocking ambient sound than the car speakers. People get mad ad pedestrians or cyclists who don’t hav situational awareness because of their headphones; drivers have a greater responsibility because of the size of their vehicle.
Driving without lights lights off at night
I had a cop cite me for turning my bright-ass bicycle light off at night while riding on a quiet, lit sidewalk at 2am.
That is entirely different than grandma getting in a black car and driving on a pitch black night, or a white car leaving their lights off during heavy rain and doing 20 below in the left hand lane.
driving with folded mirrors
I have had drivers who forgot to leave room at a stoplight fold their mirror to let me and the dozen other motorcycles by at a light.
Anything that is likely to have nuance can’t have zero-tolerance policies or you’re subjecting a bunch of people to disproportionate to unjust punishment.
If you were close enough to a car on a motorcycle that they had to fold their mirror in then you were too close and there was no room.
Usually there is enough room. The cagers are just scared I’ll clip the mirror.
Mind you I don’t live in the US and the lanes are much narrower on average, also people don’t have guns.
At long light cycles I will duck and weave between lanes and around mirrors as much as necessary to reach the front. As is legal in my state.
Its vietnam, being inches from cars and other bikes happens every single time you go somewhere, whether by bike or walking. If I had blocked everyone behind me, I would have created a dangerous situation.
It was a really snowy day.
Their entire car was covered with snow, except for an eyeslit the size of a business envelope for the driver to look out of.
Crazy people in giant metal boxes.
Years ago I used to live relatively close to a car wash. During the winter months I would pay for a monthly subscription to the car wash. On cold mornings with heavy snowfall I would clear enough of my car to see both wing mirrors, out part of the back windshield, and part of the front windshield, enough that, being very vigilant, I had a good sense of my surroundings. I’d then drive directly to the car wash, which would clear the rest of my car for me while I stayed in the nice warm car.
I stand by this practice, but I was more attentive than usual in my driving on those mornings.
My driver was on a heavily used street, with no way to see out the back or side.
Yeah that’s irresponsible.
I want some of that weet corn
She’s preoccupied with the thought of picking up a delicious weet cornb.
Side note about driver awareness: I see a lot of cars on the road with rear windows so dirty that they’re virtually opaque. The cars clearly have wipers and washers. I can only assume these drivers never check their mirrors. Baffling.
Rear windows serve no useful purpose. You need to look at what’s in front, not what’s behind
Upvoting because I’m assuming that was sarcasm :)
POV is in a car taking a picture of someone else in a car.
This picture looks like it was taken in India.
LOL.
There’s loads of places where people drive with mirrors tucked in so motorbikes don’t clip them when they drive past while you’re waiting at the lights.
Headphones? Who cares.
What’s with the sun visor? Looks like a partially deflated helium balloon to me.
Looks like she put a plastic bag over the visor
Some kind of a tissue bah attached to it?
Some of them are made out of leather-like material which degrades overtime.
There sure are a lot of people in this thread willing to defend driving distracted for a fuckcars thread. I honestly can’t describe how fucking sick I am of “it’s okay when I do it” entitlement and I had hoped that the people here were above that.
I dont use headphones while driving but I’m not okay with whats going on in this thread. No one runs around maliciously with their mirror tucked to be an asshole.
Instead of taking a picture of someone without their knowledge (which looks like it was taken from a car on the road funnily enough and no one is ripping on the photographer), it would have been even easier to honk and let her know her mirror is closed.
And then taking the next step and positing it online so people could make fun of her is even worse.
Everyone occasionally has a day. Be a human and try and treat others with the respect you would like to have too.
probably still safer than the average super insulated modern vehicle with blinding headlights, massive blind spots, and a cockpit lit up like an airport so the driver’s night vision is ruined
The best example of ignorance yet. Like nothing outside of their car exists!
