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[–] Zombie@feddit.uk 254 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

The initial investigation indicates that the pickup driver was following the bus too closely,

Nothing to do with too close, there's plenty of distance. They just didn't stop.

[–] IWW4@lemmy.zip 152 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Yeah. The driver of the truck wasn't paying attention.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 98 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] freebee@sh.itjust.works 24 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

And was driving a ridiculously oversized fragile ego compensation vehicle

[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I mean, you can drive a ridiculously oversized fragile ego compensation vehicle and also keep under the speed limit, watch out and brake on time

[–] freebee@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

If you crash (and people tend to do that quite often in cars), the damage is bigger with a bigger vehicle. If you don't need it to move big things ,a smaller vehicle is better for everyone.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 18 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah didn't even attempt to swerve

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 55 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

There's was an Olympics swimming pool worth of distance between them. The driver was clearly playing with their phone, not looking out the windscreen.

[–] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Huh, I've never heard "Olympics swimming pool" used to measure something that isn't liquid. Isn't the proper freedom unit of length measured in "football fields"?

[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

As an American who is bad at sportzball and has no interest in it, it only recently dawned on me that the reason so many people use yards to estimate distances is because of football, and possibly shooting ranges, which I also have no interest in.

[–] bss03@infosec.pub 3 points 2 weeks ago

How about a compromise? You use the metric system, km in specific; BUT, you get to call them "clicks" so you sound like you are in the military?

(j/k I'm also American and I only use km for running distances, not driving distances.)

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 30 points 2 weeks ago

Sounds like they need to fire their investigators.

[–] Hux@lemmy.ml 22 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

When your intake valves are clogged with lunchables and protractors, yeah…you’re too close.

[–] tyler@programming.dev 9 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Protractors? That must be a typo, right?

[–] Hux@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

You never used protractors in math class?

[–] tyler@programming.dev 3 points 2 weeks ago

I did not understand at all what you were saying. Now I do

[–] Schmoo@slrpnk.net 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Why does every "initial investigation" made into literally anything always come to the most shockingly, obviously wrong conclusion. Did they not have this video?

[–] Leviathan@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

In a terminally car-centric society, the idea that drivers are inherently stupid and unsafe and that most people should be using public transport so they can look at their phones as much as they obviously want to is blasphemy. So they always come up with the story that leaves the driver with the least amount of fault and no real repercussions; was he using his phone and totally distracted? No! He was following too closely and the bus slammed on its brakes! Totally unavoidable accident where no one needs to be slapped on the wrist or have their licence taken away.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

He’s was following too closely fir not paying attention