[Clyde]

A woman tragically killed her husband and herself while backing up her car in an underground parking garage in Ningbo, Zhejiang Province on June 18 as their 6-year-old daughter watched in horror from inside the car.

Qianjiang Evening News reported 41-year-old driver surnamed Lin, who was issued a driver’s license in May, was practicing backing up her Lexus RX270 SUV into a parking space as her husband directed from behind, when she backed up too far and pinned him against the wall.

According to the report, Lin stuck her head out the window upon hearing her husband’s scream, and accelerated in an attempt to move forward. She however forgot to change gears from reverse to drive, which not only killed him instantly but caused her head to get stuck between the car and a wall along the parking space.

Rescue team arrived soon after but Lin died from her sustained injuries in a nearby hospital, said the report. The couple’s 6-year-old daughter saw the entire tragedy unfold from inside the car.

A source surnamed Yang said that Lin had successfully parked in the space once before that day, but her husband asked her to do it again because she needed the practice.

[FretDancer]

Damn...I got nothing for this.

[JoyStick]

wow. crazy as fuck.

[Atilla]

Last time I checked, it's supposed to be the man who drives the car.

[aphelion]

Unfortunate accident. We've all done dumb things behind the wheel. Nothing to see here.

[augen sehen]

I always shake my head when I see someone giving directions to someone reversing from directly behind the car. All it takes is one slipped foot to ruin your day.

Its totally doable, what happened here. When someone panics, they can't think straight.

[bacon]

So the driver was female and asian. No way will this story perpetuate any stereotypes.

[Screwston]

Wow. I'm being 100% serious when I say that women shouldn't be allowed to drive suv's, trucks or any large vehicles. Maybe they should have to take an extremely rigorous driving test to get a special license. For some reason, girls just can't drive for shit and it's a dangerous situation for everyone else on the road when they're in a big tank.

[BortimusPrime]

It's like the Fermi paradox on a smaller scale: once the Chinese reach a level of prosperity and technology where they can all have cars they inevitably wipe themselves out.

[A War You Cannot Win]

Haha wow.

Facepalm indeed.

Sure it sucks two people died while their helpless 6 year old looked on, but this shit is just straight up comical at the same time.

I do think driving tests need to be far more difficult. I've almost been killed by women driving SUVs and not paying attention to their spatial surroundings far more often than by insurgents and extremists in war zones.

[sucio44]

Woman + Asian + SUV = DEATH and DESTRUCTION

[Walderschmidt]

(06-25-2013 08:21 PM)A War You Cannot Win Wrote:  

Haha wow.

Facepalm indeed.

Sure it sucks two people died while their helpless 6 year old looked on, but this shit is just straight up comical at the same time.

I do think driving tests need to be far more difficult. I've almost been killed by women driving SUVs and not paying attention to their spatial surroundings far more often than by insurgents and extremists in war zones.

I wonder how many deaths there are in Saudi Arabia since woman are not allowed to drive there.

Wald

[Suits]

(06-25-2013 08:40 PM)Walderschmidt Wrote:  

(06-25-2013 08:21 PM)A War You Cannot Win Wrote:  

Haha wow.

Facepalm indeed.

Sure it sucks two people died while their helpless 6 year old looked on, but this shit is just straight up comical at the same time.

I do think driving tests need to be far more difficult. I've almost been killed by women driving SUVs and not paying attention to their spatial surroundings far more often than by insurgents and extremists in war zones.

I wonder how many deaths there are in Saudi Arabia since woman are not allowed to drive there.

Wald

Time to break out some statistics.

[anamericaninbangkok]

That's a dumb bitch.

[Therapsid]

(06-25-2013 11:24 PM)Suits Wrote:  

I wonder how many deaths there are in Saudi Arabia since woman are not allowed to drive there.

Wald

A ton. 29 per 100,000 compared to 12 in the U.S. according to the WHO.

Going through the international rankings, some of the unsafest countries are in Sub-Saharan Africa. But the Middle East ranks just as high. So much for drunk driving being the most important cause of road fatalities.

Surprisingly, India and China do not have very high rates.

[scotian]

(06-25-2013 11:36 PM)Therapsid Wrote:  

(06-25-2013 11:24 PM)Suits Wrote:  

I wonder how many deaths there are in Saudi Arabia since woman are not allowed to drive there.

Wald

A ton. 29 per 100,000 compared to 12 in the U.S. according to the WHO.

Going through the international rankings, some of the unsafest countries are in Sub-Saharan Africa. But the Middle East ranks just as high. So much for drunk driving being the most important cause of road fatalities.

Surprisingly, India and China do not have very high rates.

I wonder why they have such high accident rates in Saudi Arabia?

No booze+no sex=really stupid driving

[EisenBarde]

Dude should have known better than to stand directly behind a moving vehicle.

aguas! aguas!

[presidentcarter]

(06-26-2013 01:53 AM)scotian Wrote:  

(06-25-2013 11:36 PM)Therapsid Wrote:  

(06-25-2013 11:24 PM)Suits Wrote:  

I wonder how many deaths there are in Saudi Arabia since woman are not allowed to drive there.

Wald

A ton. 29 per 100,000 compared to 12 in the U.S. according to the WHO.

Going through the international rankings, some of the unsafest countries are in Sub-Saharan Africa. But the Middle East ranks just as high. So much for drunk driving being the most important cause of road fatalities.

Surprisingly, India and China do not have very high rates.

I wonder why they have such high accident rates in Saudi Arabia?

No booze+no sex=really stupid driving

You found the "highlights" video...here's what really goes down (notice some of the same looking cars). Complete idiots. Is there really nothing else to do in the desert? This is worse than a bunch of rednecks going mud bogging and getting run over.

[Handsome Creepy Eel]

I think the first part of the accident is somewhat understandable - it is the second part that is just retarded. Regardless, I don't think this is gender specific. It's just a case of really bad judgement, panic and, of course, standing directly behind a vehicle you are trying to spot.

[Swooper]

Honestly I'm not sure whether to laugh or grimace at this news. Drivers in China are definitely not well-trained. As a default most drivers don't even use a seat-belt. Even though I'm Asian myself, I agree that being female and being Asian is a very bad combo for driving.

[username]

(06-26-2013 01:53 AM)scotian Wrote:  

I'm going to go get a rental car and try this.

[Vicious]

Poor kid. To have to live with seeing your parents die like that. The mother killed their child as well.

[Sp5]

Darwin in action. People who back into perpendicular parking spaces are idiots and pains in the ass.

One of those fundamental divisions among humanity - people who take ten minutes backing into a perpendicular space and blocking a lane, and people who just turn and drive into the space.

Only reason to back in is if you're robbing a bank.

Of course, this does not apply to parallel parking where you have to back into the space - but you have to know how to do that, too.

[void]

shouldn't this lexus (I assume a expensive car) have a park-sensor on the rearside? tell me that this was too much of an investment? darwin-award

[WanderingSoul]

This initially made me laugh, but it is really fucked up and sad actually. Poor kid lost both of her parents.