Tuesday 29 December 2009

Ain't That Global Warming A Bitch? (4)


More freezing weather on its way, I see. So be prepared and consider your options early. Do you stay in the car ... or bail?




9 comments:

Screaming Banshee said...

This has started a major debate in the office. Would we jump and chance getting run over by our car (sounds like Brian Harvey) or do we go down with the ship :-)

That video scared the shit out of me. Still not sure what I would do though.

Good find DP

Mark Wadsworth said...

@ SB, stay in the car, of course. A collision at less than 20 mph isn't going to hurt you.

Dick Puddlecote said...

Depends what was round the corner, MW. The urge to jump would exponentially increase the longer the hill, I imagine.

Screaming Banshee said...

I think I would only jump out if there was a river coming towards me.

Oldrightie said...

Cracking video. Encapsulates the state of The UK to a tee. Fuck everybody else, look after yourself. That combined with a driving ability of dubious skill.

Oldrightie said...

Sorry, should have answered the question.Stay and continue attempting some form of control and look for a grassy/mud or reasonable obstacle, to halt the car.

von Spreuth. said...

Would have helped if the stupid cunt had steered INTO the skid instead of OUT of it.

banned said...

That was probably a cul de sac so the only thing you might bump into would be another car or some shrubbery so I'd stay in the car. Different if we were headed for a cliff though, or a petrol station.

Wrinkled Weasel said...

Whoever was driving shouldn't.

Apart from the steering, already mentioned, the idiot locked the wheels. Even without ABS you can do cadence braking and control the skid a bit more. If there was a bad hill round the corner, the best bet would have been to deliberately crash into one of the parked cars - hell, that was going to happen anyway. How thick do you have to be?