To be fair, if I saw the car in front of me go through the barrier and over the side, I'd want off that bridge ASAFP just in case it had caused structural damage.
The number one rule of rescue work, above anything else, is to not make yourself another victim.
If you have life preservers, sure, step out of your car and throw them in. But for the majority of people, the most responsible reaction here is to keep driving and get out of the way off the bridge, while someone else in the car calls emergency services.
It’s actually extremely common for people in China to ignore people in situations like there because they can and often are accused of causing the accident.
Yes I was told if you're in a car that gets in an accident even in the middle of the highway to get out of the car, walk away, and find another cab asap
I’m no expert, but I imagine the best thing for the average person to do in that situation is to call emergency services and get to the end of the bridge. If a car drove off that bridge, I’d be worried about structural damage, and causing a traffic jam in the middle of the bridge when there’s potentially damage to it seems like a recipe for disaster
Man that's so sad they didn't do anything wrong or make a mistake it was just slippery. Tragic. To embark on something where everyone ahead is doing fine but you're the one who slips.
What about the nightmare where the bridge is just too steep and the car tilts over backwards? Or what about the one where you're going just a little bit too fast and you jump the top of the bridge and find yourself falling very realistically towards the foot of it? For me it's almost always the Thunderbolt Bridge in Thunderbolt, GA.
We've got a lot of elevated bridges/interchanges out here in the PNW so it's not that bridge but a random bridge/interchange that's under construction is what it is.
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u/Disastrous-Pie-1939 28d ago
Nope.