Really Boring Stuff Only III: Resurrection

[haraldo]

2025 starting off pretty hairy. The wife had just left for work and was sitting at a red light. Nobody can really tell us what was going on with the guy who caused it. He was either trying to run the light or made some sort of mistake, but he was at a high rate of speed, hit the car next to her and pushed it into her car, then flipped and rolled a few times into a chain link fence at a construction site. The two occupants were extracted and sent to the hospital. This is a very busy intersection where you enter the freeway and people frequently run that red for some crazy reason, but whatever the reason, it is going to be a pretty costly error for this guy.

The first car he hit was clearly totaled, bumper off, right suspension completely snapped. Our car just had the bumper split in half, but that was amazingly the only damage. It was a hard enough hit that it moved her car sideways though, so she and the other driver both have whiplash. Her X-ray is clean, so it is just soreness.

INSANELY scary

 

[j_garcia]

Very sorry to hear but great that it went welll....

Maybe some explanation to why police over here in Norway has insane fines on mobile use in phone ($1000)

There was an idiot on the phone while driving through the scene yesterday, RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE POLICE. They got on the speaker and told them "GET OFF THE PHONE, you're going to cause another accident." But they did not pull them over, because traffic was bad due to the accident.

 

[panteragstk]

A few years ago, I was stopped at an intersection on red light. I happened to glance in my rear-view mirror and saw a car approaching from behind, that didn't appear to be slowing down. When it looked like he wasn't going to stop, I looked left quickly* and gunned it into the intersection. Simultaneously, I heard screeching tires as the driver finally clued in and slammed on the brakes. His car came to stop precisely where my car had been sitting a couple of seconds prior.

It was a "T"-intersection, so I only needed to look one way.

My Grandfather told me a story where he was sitting at a red light while it was snowing and the ground was covered in ice as well. He said he looked behind him and could tell the person wasn't going to be able to stop in time. He also noticed he wasn't going to be able to get out of the way in time, so he just got out of the car and walked to the curb just in time for the person to rear end him and send his car flying through the intersection.

Luckily it was just those two cars, but geeze. People have got to pay better attention.

 

[haraldo]

Looking forward to test outboard amps, I got one and waiting for one more soon ...

Really boring that the plate amps dies in my subwoofers

It is too noisy ..... I thought maybe the fans would be temperature controlled, but they are not ... maybe to put in a very closed rack ... this is serious power at an affordable price and it does its job, but those fans

 

[haraldo]

Is there anyone having any Trinnov´s here?

I got one and got to say.....yeah.... insanely expensive but it is magic and I love, love, love it ... INSANE
IMHO, definitely worth the price

if there is some interest ... new thread?

 

[haraldo]

There was an idiot on the phone while driving through the scene yesterday, RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE POLICE. They got on the speaker and told them "GET OFF THE PHONE, you're going to cause another accident." But they did not pull them over, because traffic was bad due to the accident.

Asking ChatGPT: how many car fatalities are there in USA due to mobile phone usage

ChatGPT said:
In the United States, distracted driving, including activities like talking or texting on a mobile phone, is a significant contributor to motor vehicle fatalities. In 2022, 3,308 people were killed in crashes involving distracted drivers.
source: NHTSA
(Specific data on fatalities directly attributed to mobile phone use in 2023 is not available.)

While comprehensive data specifically isolating mobile phone use from other forms of distraction is limited, earlier statistics provide some insight. In 2018, 385 fatalities were directly linked to texting while driving.

source: simplyinsurance.com

This suggests that mobile phone use remains a notable factor in road safety concerns.

 

[haraldo]

Going "crazy" with acoustic treatments testing now

Taking out first reflections, 2" Rockfon industrial, covered with molton fabric.
Behind speakers, 2" Rockfon panels, to be covered with molton fabric.... soon
Front wall, all 2" Rockfon industrial, and in front, acoustic panels from Art Novion, Portugal
Self made, custom bass traps, the front covered with acoustic panels from Art Novion, Portugal
Covering front of TV to take out first reflections of TV, art acoustic panels from Sounds of Science, Sweden

does it make a difference? heck.... YES, YES. YES, YES

Testing here with Duntech PCL-15
Also there are some Sonus Faber Guarneri Evolution
4 Audio Physic Subwoofers .... tons of amplification madness, and mode ....

Going haywire here now ....

 

[haraldo]

I hardly use google search anymore ... I ask ChatGPT and in 95% of the cases, I get an exceedingly accurate answer that google search is nowhere close to......

And there is a ChatGPT app for your phone .... this is insane

 

[haraldo]

Is there anyone else in here? ..... 6 in a row