Max Verstappen is being investigated by the French police. - eviltoast
  • krimson@feddit.nl
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    1 year ago

    Wow, 19mph over the speed limit. Reckless driving indeed. Hogging the left lane is what all the french do themselves, Max was just adapting.

    Still not a smart thing to do when you have a friend who uploads it lol.

    • fiah@discuss.tchncs.de
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      1 year ago

      also wearing hearing protection because of how loud the car is, is not the same as wearing headphones. Assuming that headphones are illegal because they reduce situational awareness, wearing hearing protection in this situation should be commended because it should increase situational awareness. Like wearing earplugs on a motorcycle, without them you get deaf and tired in no time at highway speeds

  • ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    19 over? Those are rookie numbers! In Dallas there would be some guy in a pickup tailgating him.

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      1 year ago

      I’m legitimately shocked that people care about this. It’s not like he was going 120mph in a 60.

  • Chup@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    I just watched the video on Youtube:

    He is not hugging the left lane, there is a car seen on the right, that he and the other traffic in front of him on the left lane, are passing.

    The headphones are only partially visible and only on one ear. Due to the noise level inside, it could be argued to be hearing protection or maybe a headphone on one ear for voice navigation instructions. Not sure what the French law exactly prohibits there.

    The speeding is according to the cars own speedometer. Most of us learned during driving school that a lorry must have calibrated speed but cars don’t. They all show too much, as they can’t show too little. It’s inaccurate by design. How inaccurate? We don’t know.

    So besides a not named person complaining, I don’t think there is not much going to happen. At least the press can get some clicks, Max can say sorry into cameras and in a few days, the French police can release a statement that are glad he sees his wrongdoing and they now stopped their investigation.

    • mannycalavera@feddit.uk
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      1 year ago

      The speeding is according to the cars own speedometer. Most of us learned during driving school that a lorry must have calibrated speed but cars don’t. They all show too much, as they can’t show too little. It’s inaccurate by design. How inaccurate? We don’t know.

      LOL wut? 🤣🤣🤣🥸

      TIL speedometers in cars don’t have to be accurate apparently. 🤷

      • Chup@feddit.de
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        1 year ago

        A speedometer is on the technical side a rev meter. As you can change rim and tyre size (e.g. summer and winter tyres), the whole circumference changes, leading to different speeds that the car can’t measure. So with summer and winter it shows the same speed but in reality, you’re going different speeds.

        As typically by law, the speedometer is not allowed to show too slow, it’s showing by design too fast. So that even after changing tyre size, it will still not accidentally show too little speed. It’s necessary due to the measuring method with unknown variables.

        Lorries typically have a trip recorder for speed and rest periods. Their speedometer is usually calibrated, which is also why people often think they are speeding when comparing to their own car’s speedometer. But it’s the car showing the wrong number.

  • FiskFisk33@startrek.website
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    1 year ago

    It would be hilarious if he spent the second half of the season in jail, but still won the drivers title.

    now that would be one for the history books!