r/dashcams • u/wronghoIe • 18h ago

Flipping your car at 5 mph

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u/MaleficentPapaya4768 16h ago

That’s absolutely the “I’m falling” instinct. The top part of your brain doesn’t usually have time to interrupt the lizard/monkey level reflexes in this sort of situation.

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u/dyslexicAlphabet 16h ago

thats what i hate about his situation when i think about it i just imagine myself doing the same thing. gives me that funny feeling that doesn't feel good w/e its called.

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u/Its-ther-apist 15h ago

Sympathy pains? Second hand embarrassment?

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u/disktoaster 15h ago

An underappreciated mechanic is also that your head is remarkably heavy and tends to try to pull your upper body ahead during slow falls. He might have felt, physically, like he was about to go through the window and be way worse off. It does feel that way in the kind of slow rollover that happens while offroading. Not that I'm speaking from experience... 🤐

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u/Aurora_Uplinks 10h ago

apathy helps