On a steep hill it should roll almost instantly. How not notice the car rolling. Also why would you put in neutral, that
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chopperman — 9 years ago(June 20, 2016 02:38 AM)
people slip up. there are only so many hours in the damn day so you are in a rush, you live in a crowded city with far too many people you have to get your damn mail and probably get to your next damn appointment because you are an in-demand actor who may not be one day so you can't screw that up so you cut corners where you shouldn't and you end up paying the price. life is far too hard. for everybody.
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dinkywinky123 — 9 years ago(June 20, 2016 03:15 AM)
It's most likely a tragic accident. If you leave a vehicle on a steep incline there's a small chance it can roll backwards so you have to be ultra careful to make sure the handbrake/parking brake is on.
I parked my former car and forgot to put the handbrake on. It rolled down the street and hit a lamp post. Thankfully it didn't hit an incoming car!
The strange thing is the road was fairly flat but the car still rolled back. I know from bitter experience what happens if you leave a car roll back. It's just tragic this guy was in the path of his vehicle. -
varietycomedy — 9 years ago(June 20, 2016 05:55 AM)
Sounds fishy to me
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generalnotsew6501 — 9 years ago(June 21, 2016 09:13 PM)
I seriously hope you are not insinuating any foul play. You would have to be paranoid schizophrenic or have an incredibly low IQ to think that. It doesn't take much to think about how ridiculously unlikely that would be. Not to mention next to impossible. There are about 1,000 easier ways to off someone. This would be something straight out of a Hitman video game.
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Mattfinbell — 9 years ago(June 20, 2016 07:41 AM)
sometimes its too fast to react
nankrom
There's easier ways to go, even using a car
so you want your last moments to be suffocating and not being able to breath
hey_o
When learning to drive, I was taught that when you park your car on any steep slope, turn the front wheels slightly to the side before turning off your vehicle or selecting parking brakes. So if the vehicles starts rolling by itself, it will instantly turn to one of the sides.
good suggestion too bad its not taught in drivers ed
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time_oddishe — 9 years ago(June 20, 2016 07:22 PM)
Maybe he got out to check a problem with the jeep on the back end i.e tires exhaust. Car started to roll he seen this had to run for the gate to try jump over it as from what i seen the drive way is small enough and the jeep sounded pretty massive so only wada0y was over the Gate ran to the gate was to slow and the jeep crushed him.
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dgcasey — 9 years ago(June 21, 2016 06:04 PM)
I'm guessing he stopped his car to check the mail, got out and went to the mailbox and didn't notice the car rolling towards him until it pinned him up against the mailbox. Way too many people looking for sinister reasons that this occurred. Just a simple mistake that Anton made and it cost him his life. That's too bad because I liked him. Always hoped he would do some more Odd Thomas movies.
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Darkwalker173 — 9 years ago(June 21, 2016 03:30 PM)
The Jeep he had had a known problem, the gear shift, when put into Park, would sometimes actually be in Neutral instead, or so I read.
Also, a vehicle doesn't necessarily start rolling in an instant if it is on a slight slope, and hardly makes any noise, so if he had his back to it, it could've conceivably hit him without Yelchin noticing it at all.
For people who have commented that maybe it was suicide, I hope they weren't serious, as that's ridiculous.
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tarisayl — 9 years ago(June 22, 2016 07:43 AM)
Thank you! I was about to type pretty much the same thing when I came across your comment. I also love that people immediately point to drugs or alcohol too. Why can't this just be a freak accident and nothing more?
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generalnotsew6501 — 9 years ago(June 21, 2016 09:03 PM)
He was probably doing what most people would do when checking the mail. Standing there sifting through it to see what is useful and what is junk. Everyone checks what they got standing right by the mailbox. And as far as the neutral thing apparently it was a huge issue with that car. A lot of people didn't realize it was not in neutral. That is why it was being recalled.