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* Subverted in ''[[The Descent (film)|The Descent]]'', in which {{spoiler|Sarah's husband holds her gaze for a few seconds too long, drifts into the oncoming lane and crashes into a car coming the other way.}}
** Similarly subverted in "The Blind Side", in which {{spoiler|Michael becomes distracted by SJ while they dance and sing in Michael's truck. Michael does not notice a truck backing out into the street, and the trucks collide.}}
* The very concept of
* Kyle Reese in ''The [[Terminator]]'' spends half of the LA car chase yelling exposition in Sarah's face, and the other half driving on sidewalks, into oncoming traffic, screeching to stops, standing up in the driver's seat to fire a gun back over the roof of the car ... although you could argue that since he came from his particular future insane driving is justified for him.
** Subversion, since most of the exposition was given while the car was parked, the rest of the time he looked at the road and didn't bother with anything other than driving and/or shooting.
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* This caused Dick and Mary to crash once on ''[[3rd Rock from the Sun]]''.
* [[Real Life]]: Ken and Curt, from the fourth season of ''[[Canada's Worst Driver|Canadas Worst Driver]]'', have this cited as among their worst problems. And Scott from Season Six was often called "Hollywood" as an insult by his nominator, who eventually cancelled Scotts insurance. In other words, Scott was kicked off the show by his own
* [[Truth in Television]]: During the Alfa Romeo Challenge on ''[[Top Gear]]'', Jeremy Clarkson demonstrates just how loose the steering is on Hammond's 2.0 Spyder, wiggling the wheel 30 degrees each way, and the front wheels shown on camera are not moving at all. He then Lampshades it by saying: "You can drive this car through an [[Eagle Land|American]] movie!"
* On ''[[NCIS]]'' Gibbs drives without looking at the road while speeding and heading toward oncoming traffic, much to the terror of his team members. He's never had an accident.
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** In "The Witch in the Wardrobe", this trope is subverted when Hodgins looks at Angela's camera while driving and ends up swerving into the next lane.
* ''[[White Collar]]'': Lampshaded. Peter had a tendency to lecture Neal while driving and take his eyes off the road, leading to several almost crashes.
* ''[[The Comeback]],'' starring Lisa Kudrow. Kudrow's character Valerie Cherish is driving along, and then looks in the backseat to talk to her director, Jane, only to have Jane say, "Could you please keep your eyes on the road." Mostly because Jane was in the car during Valerie's previous foray into
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* Many Ford F150s suffered from having incredibly loose steering at the center. Rack and pinion steering is a very important invention.
** It's not necessarily the steering itself. Older Ford trucks used something they called "Twin-I-Beam" front suspension (AKA swing axles), which meant that the wheel camber varied constantly as the suspension flexed going over bumps and irregularities in the road. The result was poor handling even by truck standards.
* It should be noted that the faster the vehicle is moving, the less you need to turn the wheel in order to turn the vehicle. Therefore, any instance of someone turning the steering wheel more than 90 degrees when they "missed their turn" at high speed is an example of
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