Artem,
Sorry that I got this off track with the hand position thing. The airbag going off while she was honking during impact probably focused a lot of energy on her wrist. You are right, she should have been panic braking and trying to avoid. I recently had someone run a red, actually two vehicles. I braked and laid into the horn and still managed to avoid them, but I was just starting from a stop. It was not an overly demanding stop, but it probably looked like one with suspension rocking front to back.
Astro,
FWIW, they taught me to keep my thumbs resting on the steering wheel, not hooking it to avoid thumb damage. That and not driving with one hand at 12, unless I wanted to smack myself in the face. I try to be good, but have always wondered if that was an old wives tale.
Artem, you paid for them but the bank had a lien, meaning that they paid for them? Sounds complicated.
Originally Posted By: Astro14
Back on topic - that looks like a nasty crash. While even a minor injury is cause for concern, it looks like the Civic did exactly what it was designed to do: sacrifice itself to protect the people inside.
For that, I would be grateful.
And I'll try to keep my hands at the 10 and 2 as the designers intended...
Sorry that I got this off track with the hand position thing. The airbag going off while she was honking during impact probably focused a lot of energy on her wrist. You are right, she should have been panic braking and trying to avoid. I recently had someone run a red, actually two vehicles. I braked and laid into the horn and still managed to avoid them, but I was just starting from a stop. It was not an overly demanding stop, but it probably looked like one with suspension rocking front to back.
Astro,
FWIW, they taught me to keep my thumbs resting on the steering wheel, not hooking it to avoid thumb damage. That and not driving with one hand at 12, unless I wanted to smack myself in the face. I try to be good, but have always wondered if that was an old wives tale.
Artem, you paid for them but the bank had a lien, meaning that they paid for them? Sounds complicated.
Originally Posted By: Astro14
Back on topic - that looks like a nasty crash. While even a minor injury is cause for concern, it looks like the Civic did exactly what it was designed to do: sacrifice itself to protect the people inside.
For that, I would be grateful.
And I'll try to keep my hands at the 10 and 2 as the designers intended...
