VERY very bad crash at Carrs hill - main road from Cork City to Carrigaline

Aint seen any video, and don't want to, but just reading this thread makes you realise what caused this crash.

A woman probably seriously injured, perhaps life changing injuries, all to look at a phone. Think folks, is your life or the life of those in the car with you worth a look at Insta, Facebook, Twitter?

But of course had this been a fatality, it would have been "fly high with the angels" crap all over social media.

Put the phone down and watch the roads!

I'm afraid the jury is soon going to be out on that! Conor Faughnan was only talking to Pat Kenny about digital screens on the dash of cars this week. Those screens where you have to take your eyes off the road to put on a de-mister, or fog lights, climate control, are surely a hazard, at the very least they are a distraction. My sister just bought a Japanese car and there isn't one knob or button, its all touch screen, even to turn on the lights.

I bought my 2nd Dacia Duster last year and am thrilled at how much is still manual on it (2019). I don't want more tech in my car. The main aim when driving is to keep your eyes on the road surely. But phones are an even bigger distraction.

As I said, haven't seen video. I only went on a post here which said the car veered over the white line. I assumed this was her car.

Maybe I picked the description of the incident up wrong? So are you saying the truck was the cause of it?

We were car shopping last year and were put of by a lot of cars because the basic things like climate control and radio volume had to be accessed by selecting from a touchscreen menu. We ended up choosing an older car that had buttons for climate control, although we're still stuck having to use a touch screen to switch radio stations.

Pre set buttons were much safer.

I believe the reason bar makers went all in on big screens as it was a cheaper option than the installation of physical buttons. A quick google just now shows me NCAP will be demanding more physical buttons for the highest safety ratings.

Fully agree with your point regarding dashcams in cars . It should be mandatory but the Insurance Industry are VEHEMENTLY against it across all jurisdictions because of the legal and cost implications.
I watched that video just now on twitter and it’s appalling, that “Audi” veers into the path of the truck driver, the truck driver reacts in a millisecond and pulls to his left avoiding a head on and we know unfortunately what transpires after.
I have a dashcam myself for years, I wouldn’t consider driving a car without it.
I see incidents like this every day on the road as both a motorist and as a cyclist,

Jesus, cycling has gone so dangerous, I peddle weekends and summertime evenings solo and with maybe 2 or 3 clubmates.
EVERY spin has some noteworthy incidents/interaction with motorists, at this stage Id nearly say 90% of them are people looking down on their phones.

There’s absolutely no enforcement of the rules, Gardai are nowhere to be seen , unfortunately the number of people being killed and maimed on our roads is only going one way.

The point is that a health issue can be ruled out for why the Audi was totally unaffected.

Strokes and health attacks have been responsible for fatal crashes, but in this instance the driver crossed over causing a crash.

Knowing what we know about modern distractions what other reason could it be? Swerving to avoid a badger?

Not ALSO, but INSTEAD.

Maybe they had a stroke, heart attack, or diabatic coma - but that is incredibly unlikely. What is much more likely, but not proven of course, is that they became distracted, and now someone innocent is seriously injured.

Have you ever had a debilitating injury? I have, it was temporary, and much milder than most it has to be said, and it was awful. Someone now has to live with much worse, and the driver who caused it will probably get off with a few points after sob story about why they need their car for work.

And we probably never will know I believe they should make the cause of accidents known especially if phone use caused them