# Ax the person who's never going to ride in a car again

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ax-the-person-whos-never-going-to-ride-in-a-car-again/694557>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 1, 2014, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ax-the-person-whos-never-going-to-ride-in-a-car-again/694557 "2014-08-01T04:55:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ax-the-person-whos-never-going-to-ride-in-a-car-again/694557/61 "2014-08-06T00:17:32Z")

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> [@GusNSpot](#):
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> Just cause 50,000 French men do it does not make it right. 😛

Here’s the thing. You’re complaining about how the reporter got everything wrong, but when confronted with multiple unambiguous sources showing that one of the errors is yours, rather than saying, “Oops, learned something new today!” your response is to double down on your mistake, refusing to admit you could be wrong about it.

The effect of this double-down isn’t to make your case look stronger. On the contrary, it casts everything else you say into doubt, because everything else you say is the word of someone who doesn’t learn from his own mistakes.

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ax-the-person-whos-never-going-to-ride-in-a-car-again/694557/62 "2014-08-06T00:23:02Z")

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> [@eschereal](#):
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> The article says $200 fine. Seems pretty light to some of us.

Maybe it was 400 and he went halves with the passenger..

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**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2014, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ax-the-person-whos-never-going-to-ride-in-a-car-again/694557/63 "2014-08-06T00:26:34Z")

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> [@eschereal](#):
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> The article says $200 fine. Seems pretty light to some of us.

That’s before the insurance company and the ambulance chaser get through with him.

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**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ax-the-person-whos-never-going-to-ride-in-a-car-again/694557/64 "2014-08-07T02:06:33Z")

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> [@running\_coach](#):
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> Maybe it was 400 and he went halves with the passenger…

He almost halved the passenger.

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