No, not putting it in the Youtube thread as there's a lot more to unpack here than the usual.
Here's the vid:
Interested to hear peoples' opinions on this. People on the Merc forums are defending the guy saying he did nothing wrong. Others are saying that the VW driver is to blame, whereas loads of people are blaming the SMART for her crap parking, which may not have been intentional as some are saying that she also started sliding and that was the safest option which certainly holds water.
For me it's rather simple: This incident, and many like it, are the result of cars being so safe nowadays. People don't have as many brown-trouser moments as we did in ye' olde' days of yore as cars are stuffed with safety nets, so when things get precarious, people think that their car will save them when in reality no amount of electrickery can stop rubber sliding on ice like this. People continue their driving and this is what happens.
What do you do to stop it then? Personally, this would never happen to me because I learned these lessons the hard way by a) delivering pizzas on a moped in these conditions as a kid, b) tearing half the front subframe off a works' van by thinking I could outsmart mother nature in an antique car and c) being sent on an ice-driving course as a result, which was quite possibly the best lesson I've ever had in a car.
Any other takes?
Here's the vid:
Interested to hear peoples' opinions on this. People on the Merc forums are defending the guy saying he did nothing wrong. Others are saying that the VW driver is to blame, whereas loads of people are blaming the SMART for her crap parking, which may not have been intentional as some are saying that she also started sliding and that was the safest option which certainly holds water.
For me it's rather simple: This incident, and many like it, are the result of cars being so safe nowadays. People don't have as many brown-trouser moments as we did in ye' olde' days of yore as cars are stuffed with safety nets, so when things get precarious, people think that their car will save them when in reality no amount of electrickery can stop rubber sliding on ice like this. People continue their driving and this is what happens.
What do you do to stop it then? Personally, this would never happen to me because I learned these lessons the hard way by a) delivering pizzas on a moped in these conditions as a kid, b) tearing half the front subframe off a works' van by thinking I could outsmart mother nature in an antique car and c) being sent on an ice-driving course as a result, which was quite possibly the best lesson I've ever had in a car.
Any other takes?
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