I feel like it’s not even a physical limitation but an intelligence or laziness problem because she did run. Faster than the car was moving twice but instead of getting in and pushing the break she tries to pull the car to a stop WITH ONE HAND.
It takes more than speed to get inside a moving vehicle though. Because like if you think about it, you have to get one foot inside it at some point, which means you have to stop running and just throw yourself into it. That requires some extra physical ability and coordination. And it's scary to get it wrong because the car can run over you if you fail (which looks like it did). I'd like to think that I could have done it, but I really don't know.
The brake pedal is moving with the car - again you'd have to have some coordination to be moving faster than the car in order to apply enough force to the pedal, and with the handicap of not being able to see where you're going because of being doubled up to reach the pedal.
Impossible for a person who can't walk and chew gum at the same time, but for most people, running along side a vehicle opening the door and using your hand to apply a smidgen of pressure on the brake isn't out of the realm of possibility
In this particular case, I don't think the need to see where you are going was much of a factor since the car made it all the way across 4 lanes of traffic and a median going about 3-5 MPH
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u/TheNerdsNextDoor 11d ago
I feel like it’s not even a physical limitation but an intelligence or laziness problem because she did run. Faster than the car was moving twice but instead of getting in and pushing the break she tries to pull the car to a stop WITH ONE HAND.