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Plenty of people spin out without hitting anything.

If a car is 5 meters from a wall going at 80mph straight into it, the car will 100% crash into a wall.

No ice conditions needed.

The example with icy conditions though is that once your car noticeably lost traction you know perfectly well you are no longer in control and that there's nothing you can do to save yourself rather than betting on getting lucky.

You should probably click through the link before trying to extend the metaphor.

Does it explain why someone would say their car crashed without it having crashed

It explains why you should try to learn anything about a subject before trying to comment on it.

Jesus I need to stop expecting better from this website.

It doesn't inspire confidence that you refuse to make comments that can stand up logically without adding a context dump link. Hard pass

>It doesn't inspire confidence that you think my aggressive misreading of your statement matters less than your ability to back it up empirically that I don't know how to read

Oh how will I ever live with myself

>I need to stop expecting better from adult /g/

You are correct, but technology generally necessitates an almost ideological commitment to optimism. Therefore I blame the subject matter instead of myself.

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