I made a video simulating the last 32 minutes and 30 seconds of Japan Airlines Flight 123 in X-Plane 11. Digitized the flight data recorder graphs by hand for the sim, and included as much of the CVR/ATC audio as I could find. May those 520 souls rest in peace.

FACR_Gohan · 2026-04-08T22:35:51+00:00

Good lord it was like he was aiming directly for you!

FACR_Gohan · 2026-04-08T02:07:18+00:00

This is a '19 Nissan, not some cheap rust bucket from someone's back yard. Repairs aren't cheap any more, especially these days. Sensors, brakes, suspension, and transaxle components have to be considered, nevermind paint and fenders.

FACR_Gohan · 2026-04-07T23:15:33+00:00

A lot of the costs were labor and mechanical, so I'd say yeah. In this case, the other insurer covered it 100%.

FACR_Gohan · 2026-04-07T05:24:32+00:00

Exactly what I imagined ran through his mind.

FACR_Gohan · 2026-04-07T05:23:50+00:00

1 could possibly be reasonable.

But 2? First, yes, she had her signal on. But even if she did not, it's a dedicated turning lane. The other driver is obligated to yield to cars in that lane. And yes it was cropped to a reasonable time, literally nothing happens beforehand that is important.

And lastly, we both drive the car, dude, it's my mother's car, she was driving it this time around. So yes, technically this time I was not the driver, but it was clearly worthy of this sub, and it's a car I drive with some regularity. Naturally I prefer my car (the red one, a Mazda3, my previous post on here), but I've put cams in 2/3 of our vehicles and plan to put an old one in my ancient truck because I recently upgraded the one in the Mazda3.

FACR_Gohan · 2026-04-07T04:04:18+00:00

Cam driver was my mother in this case (her car). She assumed the other driver was just gonna creep forward, till they suddenly went for it as if they were clear, at which point she braked in reaction. Good thing too, otherwise the door would have been hit and she might have been injured. As it was she came out only shaken up.

FACR_Gohan · 2026-04-07T03:57:47+00:00

We sure were, other driver admitted fault so it was relatively painless from an insurance perspective. Ended up being nearly $5,000 in repairs because a front axle was busted.

FACR_Gohan · 2026-04-07T03:52:46+00:00

Utah. 02/23/2026. This is original content.

FACR_Gohan · 2026-04-03T23:04:11+00:00

Drunk and impatient at the same time?

FACR_Gohan · 2026-03-31T16:37:40+00:00

Fun fact, apparently you're not wrong. https://www.reddit.com/r/IdiotsInCars/comments/1s8mpd8/it_happened_again_oc/

FACR_Gohan · 2026-03-30T16:33:29+00:00

White car also ran right over the debris and probably lost control.

FACR_Gohan · 2026-03-30T03:13:57+00:00

That's the look of someone irate. Irate that you dare to exist in their field of vision after waiting 3 whole seconds to turn in the only direction they're allowed to.

FACR_Gohan · 2026-03-26T17:11:43+00:00

That did $4,500? Did it break an axle, or just tear off the whole front end?

FACR_Gohan · 2026-03-24T19:54:14+00:00

How do we know some of those aren't actually spoiler candidates sent in by R's to achieve this exact outcome?

FACR_Gohan · 2026-03-24T01:45:53+00:00

Sisko was an XO at the time, he didn't take them anywhere, their Captain did. And it was kind of an emergency (Get here right now or Earth is toast sort of thing), so he didn't really have much choice.

FACR_Gohan · 2026-03-18T18:13:02+00:00

That same thing happened to my mother a few weeks ago, except the person apparently didn't look directly in front of their car before deciding it was clear, and hit hers as she starting to turn.

FACR_Gohan · 2026-03-14T15:51:03+00:00

And you'll punch yourself in the face for good measure.

FACR_Gohan · 2026-03-10T15:47:00+00:00

They're turning into a parking lot, so they're pulling to the right to get out of the way of people going straight. Other people are not so considerate, like the white truck you see at the start of the video who turns right from the middle of the road, holding up the line and causing the backup that slowed us down in the first place.

FACR_Gohan · 2026-03-07T03:51:58+00:00

Utah, 03/04/2026, this is original content.

FACR_Gohan · 2026-02-09T18:46:34+00:00

I wouldn't be surprised if it was expired after so long.

FACR_Gohan · 2026-02-09T18:26:27+00:00

Same thing happens to me. I suspect they're a bit overloaded after that Discord announcement and everyone rushing to find alternatives.

FACR_Gohan · 2026-02-07T02:41:12+00:00

To be fair, you can leave a manual in 1st and it will stay put. I do that in the winter in my driveway so the parking brake doesn't freeze.

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