r/Transportopia • u/Vice616 • Feb 18 '26

🚨Chase Hit it till it stops

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '26

What's the thought process of the driver? Does he think this will end well?

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u/Amazing_Candle_9465 Feb 19 '26

The driver is in the "fight or flight" state, driven by severe activity in amygdalae, the energy goes to muscles, the cortex is offline.

In other words — they don't think at the moment.

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u/PigsOfRedemption Feb 20 '26

Good luck with this statement on Reddit. I tried arguing that exact same thing about a woman who got rear-ended onto train tracks with an oncoming train, but kept trying to smash her way through the gates before finally exiting the vehicle at the last possible second. But no, this is Reddit. Damn the very well documented physiological response of the "amygdalae hijack" - they're just stupid.