On the night of September 4, in Tsuzuki Ward, Yokohama, a car rear-ended another car that was stopped at a red light. The car that caused the collision then reversed roughly 40 meters and struck an 85-year-old male cyclist who was behind it. The man died, and the 55-year-old woman driving the car was arrested at the scene on suspicion of negligent driving resulting in injury. On 5ch (News Express+), users repeatedly questioned why she reversed as far as 40 meters right after the collision, with some suspecting she mixed up the brake and gas pedals and others raising concerns about the licensing system for elderly drivers — though there was pushback against blaming age alone, leaving opinion divided.
Car rear-ends vehicle stopped at a red light, then backs up roughly 40 meters and hits a cyclist — cyclist dies; woman, 55, arrested at the scene on suspicion of negligent driving resulting in injury — Tsuzuki Ward, Yokohama
Published 9/4 (Fri) 23:13
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Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
If the car's not doing what you expect, take your foot off the gas.
She was just trying to skip town, idiot.
If it'd been a manual, she'd have popped the clutch or stalled the engine.
Classic panic pattern — thought she was hitting the brake but floored the gas instead.
https://imgur.com/zRitlwD.gif
And it had finally stopped, too.
I want to see the one where a toy-like car just spins round and round in the intersection.
It had juuust barely managed to stop — why undo that?
Probably panicked and mixed up the brake and gas.
Obviously to make a getaway while she was at it.
She tried to pull away, rolled back on creep speed, and once clear tried to brake but stomped the gas instead.
Sounds like you shouldn't be allowed behind the wheel either lol
Stuff like this really makes you feel how much 5ch's userbase has aged.
That's not normal at all.
Moving the car at all at that point makes her a massive idiot.
She probably backed up a bit to put some distance, then meant to hit the brake but hit the gas instead.
Typical when you're flustered and panicking.
What for?
You need to check your surroundings first — otherwise you might crush someone.
There are seriously a lot of people out there who just aren't cut out to drive.
At this point any idiot can get a license.
Well, if it got harder, people at the bottom would lose their only way to make a living, so there's a case for keeping it easy too.
Can't go against the almighty automakers.
"It won't stop! It won't stop! Why?! Why?!"
"Why?! Aaahh it won't stop!!"
Even in your 50s, if you resign voluntarily you still get severance pay.
Didn't know that? Guess that's what happens when you don't work.
Women really do look at their phones an unusual amount.
Even just walking around town, tons of women are glued to their phones.
That woman truck driver who killed 6 people in that accident recently was also on her phone while driving.
Background and Key Points of This Story
The charge reported is “negligent driving resulting in injury,” but since the cyclist died, this may later be upgraded to “negligent driving resulting in death.” Accidents where a driver reverses sharply right after a collision are typically attributed to mixing up the brake and gas pedals — National Police Agency statistics show pedal-operation errors occur across all age groups, not just among elderly drivers. The thread’s discussion turned toward the licensing system for elderly drivers because of the driver’s age (85), but pushback emerged against pinning the cause on age alone, so it never became a simple generational dispute. There’s also disagreement over whether the 40-meter reversing distance points to a simple pedal mix-up or an attempt to flee the scene — something that can’t be determined from the reporting alone.
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