Am I the only one that assumes the wife was driving? OP was asleep on the passenger seat, was woken by their wife for the milestone and took the picture?
For the sake of symmetry, I would've liked to see her step it up by 10 or 15 MPH, get in another 85. It is a good, crisp photo though. Can't fault that.
It's a pointless phrase that is most often used on the internet.
It is used to whore for attention, because if someone is asking whether or not they are the only one, they should already know that the answer is "no," yet proceeds to ask anyway. Thus, "am I the only one" disguises a statement of opinion as a question.
I mean, she was definitely using her phone while driving at 70mph. Does it really matter whether or not she was taking a pic or sending a text? It's still incredibly dangerous.
I feel like a lot of people have never done a long road trip where you're driving hundreds of miles through the night. Taking your phone out and snapping a pic isn't a huge deal IMO. I certainly don't pull over to change my radio and taking a picture is arguably easier than that.
I would argue it is harder and more dangerous. With the phone you need to unlock it, select camera app, then make sure it focuses (which doesn't work that great at night, you have to look at the screen, tap on the area you want to focus), second thing is that due to low light conditions to avoid blurring you need to be perfectly still (which is hard to do in a moving car, especially if you are driving), this makes you check the picture then retry, then check again etc.
You likely could spend even a minute looking at the screen to make sure you got a good picture. Each time you switch your eyes need to adjust their focus which also takes a second, but that it is insignificant to the rest.
BTW: even changing the radio station takes enough attention to cause accidents (that's why they started adding controls on the wheel), but taking a picture (especially at night) is way more dangerous.
To be fair, I just press the power button twice and it automatically opens the camera app. I wouldn't even have to look to take this picture. That said, I don't use my phone while driving because that shit is dangerous no matter what.
I have Sony Xperia phone which has a physical dedicated camera button, that doubles as a shutter button once camera is activated. Despite of that, no matter how much I tried I failed to take a legible picture of back of my neck (I needed it to be sharp so I could send it to my doctor) and after many tries (even with using a mirror) I gave up and had someone to do it for me.
It is really hard to take a sharp picture of something close without looking, especially with low light conditions.
On my phone I double tap the power button to launch the camera, then use the volume buttons to snap a pic. Doesn't require me to look away from the road. Framing isn't always right, but it's 100% doable without taking your eyes off the road
do you really think you have to pay extremely vigilant attention every single second of the drive? do you think anyone does this besides the dorks that always comment this on these posts?
To be fair, I think texting while stationary at a red light is a tad different than trying to take a photo at a whopping 70mph (check the speedometer).
Maybe in the 1970s. Any modern car worth owning will be way more reliable than that if you change your oil regularly.
We have a 2004 F-150 with 565,000 miles on the original engine and it's still running great. We had to get a new transmission at 240k, and I think that's the only repair it's needed over about $200.00
I got multiple SAABs (Pre GM/1991 or older) to over 1,000,000 miles. Got one to 1,500,000. Never quite hit the golden 2,000,000 mile mark though. Plenty of other people did though. Volvo even has a couple cars that made it to 2,000,000. Don't know of any other brands that will make it that far. Maybe some unicorn of a Honda or Toyota.
Mine got angry at me for taking my picture, but she was talking about her dead dad at the time. (I didn't say a word, just pulled out my camera and snapped the picture).
For context, they were astranged and she was relieved he died.
Nah, there's several comments saying the same thing. Texting and driving is dangerous, yes. Taking a pic that takes literally no concentration for a few seconds on a long stretch of interstate at night, not very risky. I can almost guarantee the same people whining have fiddled with their phones to change songs/podcasts/audiobooks/GPS for a few seconds at some point in city traffic.
Also going 69 MPH? Nice.
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Am I the only one that assumes the wife was driving? OP was asleep on the passenger seat, was woken by their wife for the milestone and took the picture?
Yeah, it's literally in the title.
which means she took this picture while driving 110 km/h
Literally no, read it again: OP
Wife didn't need to take the picture, she woke OP to take the picture
if op is the one who took the picture then there's no problem indeed, my bad
Technically, nowhere it says she woke OP up.
She just remembered how important this was to OP to the point of either waking OP up and let take a pic, or take a pic on her own.
We will never know...
For the sake of symmetry, I would've liked to see her step it up by 10 or 15 MPH, get in another 85. It is a good, crisp photo though. Can't fault that.
i swear people on the internet have never driven a car before. you get used to the speed after like 10 seconds
that doesn't mean you can just take your hands off the wheel to take a picture
it only takes one hand
and all of your attention
"am I the only one" is such a garbage statement. Overused attention seeking hyperbole.
I came to Lemmy to avoid this Reddit shit
Huh? It's a very commonly-used English expression, nothing remotely related to Reddit
It's a pointless phrase that is most often used on the internet.
It is used to whore for attention, because if someone is asking whether or not they are the only one, they should already know that the answer is "no," yet proceeds to ask anyway. Thus, "am I the only one" disguises a statement of opinion as a question.
Am I the only one who came to Lemmy for more of that shit?
I just came here for the same kind of shit on the same 3rd party shit I've been using over thousands of shits.
I hate people that text and drive. Pull over.
Wife took a picture, there is no texting and driving
I mean, she was definitely using her phone while driving at 70mph. Does it really matter whether or not she was taking a pic or sending a text? It's still incredibly dangerous.
No, it was all safe. She took the picture from the passenger seat while OP was sleeping.
I feel like a lot of people have never done a long road trip where you're driving hundreds of miles through the night. Taking your phone out and snapping a pic isn't a huge deal IMO. I certainly don't pull over to change my radio and taking a picture is arguably easier than that.
edit: with
I would argue it is harder and more dangerous. With the phone you need to unlock it, select camera app, then make sure it focuses (which doesn't work that great at night, you have to look at the screen, tap on the area you want to focus), second thing is that due to low light conditions to avoid blurring you need to be perfectly still (which is hard to do in a moving car, especially if you are driving), this makes you check the picture then retry, then check again etc.
You likely could spend even a minute looking at the screen to make sure you got a good picture. Each time you switch your eyes need to adjust their focus which also takes a second, but that it is insignificant to the rest.
BTW: even changing the radio station takes enough attention to cause accidents (that's why they started adding controls on the wheel), but taking a picture (especially at night) is way more dangerous.
To be fair, I just press the power button twice and it automatically opens the camera app. I wouldn't even have to look to take this picture. That said, I don't use my phone while driving because that shit is dangerous no matter what.
I have Sony Xperia phone which has a physical dedicated camera button, that doubles as a shutter button once camera is activated. Despite of that, no matter how much I tried I failed to take a legible picture of back of my neck (I needed it to be sharp so I could send it to my doctor) and after many tries (even with using a mirror) I gave up and had someone to do it for me.
It is really hard to take a sharp picture of something close without looking, especially with low light conditions.
On my phone I double tap the power button to launch the camera, then use the volume buttons to snap a pic. Doesn't require me to look away from the road. Framing isn't always right, but it's 100% doable without taking your eyes off the road
Must've been one of those new self driving cars lol
do you really think you have to pay extremely vigilant attention every single second of the drive? do you think anyone does this besides the dorks that always comment this on these posts?
To be fair, I think texting while stationary at a red light is a tad different than trying to take a photo at a whopping 70mph (check the speedometer).
What are you smoking? Dude’s wife was driving at 70 mph and capturing this “milestone” …
Reckless af. Very easily could have lost control or read ended a family just traveling to their destination
Literally never. I value my life and those of others around me.
glad she slowed down to 70mph before taking the pic
If you look closer, you’ll see she’s doing 69.
oh, that would be unsafe on the road
Honestly it's hard to pull off in bucket seats as well.
70 mph so 110kmh. Basically standing from a German perspective. :)
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Wide open eyes
The maintenance gets tough after 80,000 miles. She's a good wife for letting you know the good days are done.
Maybe in the 1970s. Any modern car worth owning will be way more reliable than that if you change your oil regularly.
We have a 2004 F-150 with 565,000 miles on the original engine and it's still running great. We had to get a new transmission at 240k, and I think that's the only repair it's needed over about $200.00
Lol it was just a joke trying to pretend that the post wasn't because the odometer says BOOBS
Cries in new englandish
How about 180k?
I got multiple SAABs (Pre GM/1991 or older) to over 1,000,000 miles. Got one to 1,500,000. Never quite hit the golden 2,000,000 mile mark though. Plenty of other people did though. Volvo even has a couple cars that made it to 2,000,000. Don't know of any other brands that will make it that far. Maybe some unicorn of a Honda or Toyota.
That's insane. My Subaru is approaching 200k which I thought was pretty good.
Yeah, I used to joke that I bought them at 100,000 miles cause the previous owner just broke it in for me.
Mine got angry at me for taking my picture, but she was talking about her dead dad at the time. (I didn't say a word, just pulled out my camera and snapped the picture).
For context, they were astranged and she was relieved he died.
insert advice from random r/relationshipadvice user recommending you divorce and immediately go no contact
Hit a lawer, delete the gym. Get a facebook.
And that seemed like the best time for a selfie to you?
Where did I say anything about a selfie?
I read "me taking my picture" as a selfie. My bad.
What car is this dashboard from?
My 2011 Nissan Sentra had this exact dashboard.
Despite the awful CVT I still love that car
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If it ain't foggy at night: turn off your fog lights. They're blinding oncoming traffic.
Boobs
Nah, there's several comments saying the same thing. Texting and driving is dangerous, yes. Taking a pic that takes literally no concentration for a few seconds on a long stretch of interstate at night, not very risky. I can almost guarantee the same people whining have fiddled with their phones to change songs/podcasts/audiobooks/GPS for a few seconds at some point in city traffic.
You don't even need to look. Every smartphone will open the native camera app if you double tap the power button, while the screen is off.
bro that is fucking stupid. Driving at 70 mph on a highway and capturing the “80085” milestone 💀💀
Ah yes, dangerous driving by idiots who don't care if they kill people.
Classic.