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Originally Posted by anxiety
But are you guys saying you as a driver when making a left turn, you don't scan the oncoming traffic? You can't judge if someone is driving faster than normal traffic? There was only one other car in the same direction, so his vision did not get blocked.
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You underestimate what you can see and expect when an object is approaching at 140km/h, especially if you're not ready for it. It's no different when you are changing lane and you check your side mirrors and shoulder check. You see nothing, and within a split second, something suddenly
IS there because of how fast of a rate it's travelling.
When you're making a left turn, you're scanning the immediate area around the intersection, and maybe 6-7 car lengths around the incoming traffic, possibly making note of any incoming cars within a block away, with the assumption most cars are travelling 60km/h or so, give or take.. If a car is coming at you at 140km/h, you'll probably need to be scanning 3-4 blocks away from the intersection which is not expected, as it's not expected to have a car coming at you at those kind of speeds.
The Audi simply was way too far to be factored in for the left turn (if Dr. Hui had even noticed it), and next thing you know, the car reached the intersection due to it's excessive speed.
The Audi being silver (instead of like a red or yellow colour) obviously didn't help. But tbh, I doubt Dr. Hui even saw it.