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This is a normal post No matter how smart we think we are, when surprised by a threat coming towards us
we still do the automatic thing and run away directly opposite it's direction, not the perpendicular, which would have been the sensible thing to do.
 (I helped save b3ta! ..wil, Mon 19 Jul 2010, 19:19, Reply)
This is a normal post I think perhaps you're not conversant with circuit layout
Armco to your left, wire fence to your right. Where do you run, toward the car, or away from it?
 (I helped save b3ta! Pew Pew Pew! Lasers! wannabe Gong Farmer, Mon 19 Jul 2010, 19:25, Reply)
This is a normal post grow a pair
and run towards it!
 (I helped save b3ta! Dr Drink, Mon 19 Jul 2010, 19:28, Reply)
This is a normal post For
SPARTAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
 (I helped save b3ta! Gooddeed89, Mon 19 Jul 2010, 19:41, Reply)
This is a normal post And punch it out of the air.

(SomeLousyBum Why where you bought it?!, Mon 19 Jul 2010, 22:10, Reply)
This is a normal post Ah true,
toward it then?
 (I helped save b3ta! ..wil, Mon 19 Jul 2010, 21:24, Reply)
This is a normal post ashally, that's incorrect.
For something like a falling tree, perpendicular would be correct, but for something like a flipping car, away from is better. The reason being that with every impact on the floor, there's a chance the car will lose it's forward momentum. By running away from it you increase the distance it must travel to reach you, and increase the chances it will stop before hitting you.

Of course, the people running from the car were not actually thinking this - they were thinking "FUKFUKFUKFUKFUKFUKFUK"
 (I helped save b3ta! Damocles wants no part of your debauchery, Mon 19 Jul 2010, 20:03, Reply)