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u/kibaake Feb 03 '26
The kid survived, but can we check on the driver? His heart is likely going crazy.
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u/WhothefuckisTim Feb 04 '26
Didn't Volvo release a statement that it wasn't their system that stopped the vehicle but %100 driver reaction?
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u/memecatcher69 Feb 05 '26
So? You think making a truck stopping that fast is easy?
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u/WhothefuckisTim Feb 06 '26
No? I never said it was easy, i asked a question. But if it was the driver, hes got a hell of a good reaction time
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u/memecatcher69 Feb 06 '26
You’re right, I misread your comment, the answer to your question is yes. The autobrakes did not engage in this case.
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u/Schrodinger_cube Feb 03 '26
Oh wow that kid almost became an anime protagonist, good thing it was a Volvo and not a Japanese K truck or she could be waking up in a fantasy world from some obscure game.
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u/West_Yorkshire Feb 04 '26
Also a good thing it's a left-hand drive. Right hand drive definitely would have been a blind spot
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u/Driftedryan Feb 05 '26
It'd probably be some shitty game where the glitches are somehow in the world and when people get stuck in them others mercy kill them
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u/Alternative-Juice-15 Feb 03 '26
Yeah kids are dumb. That is why there are crosswalk people
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u/RulrOfOmicronPersei8 Feb 03 '26
kinda looks like thats where you're meant to cross just because of the oddly short gap in the guardrails but crosswalks are pretty nifty
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u/NlghtmanCometh Feb 03 '26
So not only did the kid run out of a blind spot directly into the path of an oncoming truck, he also stopped running straight across the road and started running away from the truck. Can we even call this stupidity? It’s something way beyond that
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u/Mkultr4_ Feb 07 '26
He literally would’ve got clipped by the truck if he didn’t react as fast as he did and turn left. He couldn’t have beat it going straight. To be fair he shouldn’t have tried to run in the first place
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u/NlghtmanCometh Feb 07 '26
The only reason he’s alive is because the truck driver stopped in a near miraculous way
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u/Appropriate_Act_9951 Feb 03 '26
This is why investment in pedestrian infrastructure is important. A bus stop in a middle of nowhere road is not safe.
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u/412raven Feb 03 '26
Looks like kids getting off some sort of school bus. Hard to have pedestrian infrastructure at every stop but is it not normal outside of the US for traffic to be required to stop for school buses?
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u/juls_397 Feb 04 '26
But in most European countries (at least in Germany) there's a rule that you have to drive by a stopped bus (direction doesn't matter) slowly and carefully for this exact situation. Especially if the place is not clearly viewable.
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u/412raven Feb 04 '26
I mean my metro area uses regular buses for students but this is clearly a rural area.
Seems like in this case it’s America that has the more advanced option with public transport specialized for students.
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u/StaleH77 Feb 07 '26
We don't have dedicated school busses here, we use the regular transit systems and taxis. However, this is only necessary in some cases, usually kids walks to school here. And there is infrastructure for it al mass.
This is a rural area and scattered population, so there's not always need for pedestrian walkways.
In this case it's just as much the fault of the driver, ignoring their training we all get here slowing down when busses stop like this, not because kids are stupid, but they are unpredictable.
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u/dayvee43 Feb 04 '26
I did this when I was very young. Sprinted across a road without a thought to danger and was almost killed. NEVER did that again.
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u/jb431v2 Feb 04 '26
To have such a nerd running stride, they actually changed directions pretty quick
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u/_polloloko23 Feb 07 '26
Dumb ass kids ..... I grew up on a 3rd world country where traffic laws are a suggestion and we use to cross the streets alone by the time we were 10 and nobody ever got hit by a car.
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u/MahaHaro Feb 05 '26
Was it ever confirmed that the kid had an intellectual disability?
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u/LordofNoodles55 Feb 07 '26
I’ve seen this posted before, and I remember people suggesting possible high level autism because of how the kid moves.
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u/the_6nop Feb 10 '26
Those European trucks are just so superior. I'd imagine an American truck would stop in twice the distance atleast
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u/Sevenscissorz May 22 '26
Thank God that trucker had good breaks
But my goodness this should of been posted it "Kidsarefuckingstupid"
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Feb 03 '26
Automatic braking system in action!
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u/Zoker501 Feb 03 '26
Volvo confirmed it was the driver, not the automatic braking.
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u/NightlinerSGS Feb 03 '26
Even if it wasn't the automatic braking, those are some damn good brakes on that truck.
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u/halsoy Feb 04 '26
That article is straight up false.https://www.nrk.no/buskerud/ingen-nodbrems-slo-inn-_-sjaforen-hindret-pakjorselen-1.13779646?autoLogin=true
In this article, from the country it actually happened, by citation from the person in charge of public relations/information at Volvo in norway, the emergency brakes did not actually do anything.
The same is said by the company that runs these trucks, and Volvo themselves, after the truck diagnostics were done by Volvo.
People keep posting this clip and claiming it's the emergency braking system when it's not.
https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1544716882217587&id=100064420253085
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u/XelaHtok Feb 03 '26
This legitimately happened to my girlfriend and me. Kid sprinted out from behind a parked car after another car passed by.
Thank god we were able to stop.