History Main / JustKeepDriving

* Egregious example in ''Film/TheDarkKnight'', where a school bus drives through a bank wall during a robbery, and then is driven right back into the middle of a row of school buses without missing a beat.

* {{Bowfinger}} - Jiff Ramsey [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cb5Ka9SqGM is forced]] to run across multiple lanes of traffic to get a shot for a movie. No one stops or slows down. This is an example of '''Robo-Car''' done for comedic effect.

* GIJoeTheRiseOfCobra features an extreme instance of '''I Guess They're Dead''', with dozens of cars destroyed during the Paris chase.

* Done egregiously in the EddieMurphy movie Holy Man. Murphy's character walks across several lanes of high-speed traffic without looking, and without getting hit. It's supposed to make it look like he's so in tune with the world that he doesn't need to worry (or has some kind of protection), but the fact that all the cars ''barely'' miss him and have no reaction at all just makes it look fake, regardless of how good the special effect is.

** Also, in ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros.'' several of the courses involve racers completely oblivious to the fight taking place. Though to be fair, considering the obsticals they usually have to deal with, four fighter trapped on a 2D plane probably doesn't seem to threatening.

* A truck pulls a '''Hit and Run''' on [[BigBad Glory]] in ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer''. Being Glory, she's not really harmed.

* Steve Carrell again gets this treatment in the finale of ''The40YearOldVirgin'' when he crashes his bike and flies through a mobile billboard. Nobody but his love interest even gets out to help him, and the other drivers actually start to honk that he hasn't moved out of the road.

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* [[BackToTheFuture Back to the Future Part II]] - When Doc takes Marty to the future for the first time, no one seems to notice the Delorean that appeared out of nowhere in the middle of a busy "highway" during rush hour traffic. Though they do swerve, you'd think that a car that appears out of nowhere would create more of a stir.

* Egregious example in ''TheDarkKnight'', where a school bus drives through a bank wall during a robbery, and then is driven right back into the middle of a row of school buses without missing a beat.

Or if someone runs/falls/is pushed into traffic. The cars just wizz by without stopping or swerving. At most you'll get a "honk" sound effect put in. Even if they hit someone they just keep on driving.

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* ''TheMatrix'': The second film has a lengthy chase/car fight scene on a highway, that no driver seems to notice. Definitely counts as a (quite literal) robo-car example.

* [[Film/ShootEmUp Shoot Em Up]] - In an example of '''I Guess They're Dead''', Clive Owen runs a car off the road for failing to use a blinker. Did the driver live? Were there kids in the car? Who cares!

* Steve Carrell again gets this treatment in the finale of ''{{The 40 Year Old Virgin}}'' when he crashes his bike and flies through a mobile billboard. Nobody but his love interest even gets out to help him, and the other drivers actually start to honk that he hasn't moved out of the road.

** Also, in ''SuperSmashBros.'' several of the courses involve racers completely oblivious to the fight taking place. Though to be fair, considering the obsticals they usually have to deal with, four fighter trapped on a 2D plane probably doesn't seem to threatening.

* It's well known, and frequently lampshaded by [=NPCs=], that the player character in any GrandTheftAuto game DrivesLikeCrazy - even the name of the series practically insists on it. But if out of interest you try to stick even vaguely to the rules of the road, you'll soon realise ''everyone'' does. They might obey traffic lights, and get out after fender benders to [[BlatantLies exchange insurance details]], but they don't make the slightest effort to stop for crossing pedestrians and their usual response to danger is to take off at top speed.

* {{Bowfinger}} - Jiff Ramsey [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-kW652jdxw is forced]] to run across multiple lanes of traffic to get a shot for a movie. No one stops or slows down. This is an example of '''Robo-Car''' done for comedic effect.

# '''Hit-and-Run''' - An even more egregious version than the one above. In this case one of the cars actually makes contact with the person in the road, but just keeps on going. No attempt to swerve or slam on the breaks. It can range from a sideswipe with a mirror to a full-on direct hit that sends the unlucky individual tumbling over the car. But does the driver get out and see if they are okay? No, they just keep driving like nothing happened. No attempt is ever made to track down this bad driver, and they are never seen, heard from or mentioned again.

# '''I Guess They're Dead''' - In a bit of a turn of events, now it is the main characters who are ignoring the cars. Their huge fight causes massive [[MadeOfExplodium explosions]] and crashes. Deflecting semis with their [[NighInvulnerability Nigh Invulnerable]] bodies. Surely someone must have been killed in the resulting pileup. But we never find out. They aren't the main characters, so what happens to them isn't important.

* The '''Mommy! Mommy!''' variant was played to the letter by the 2008 ''GetSmart'', when Smart is trailing behind a low-flying aircraft in traffic.

* Steve Carrell again gets this treatment in the finale of ''40 Year Old Virgin'' when he crashes his bike and flies through a mobile billboard. Nobody but his love interest even gets out to help him, and the other drivers actually start to honk that he hasn't moved out of the road.

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* In the second Christmas Special of the revived Series/DoctorWho, the Tardis ends up chasing a car. It is an example of the '''Mommy, Mommy''' variant, as a couple kids in the car in front of the Tardis notice, but not their parents. ''Doesn't anyone in the Whoniverse have a '''''rearview mirror?'''''

* The ''MarioKart'' tracks that involve dodging traffic (Toad's Turnpike, Mushroom Bridge/City, Moonview Highway). Sure, don't dodge the multitude of go karts speeding right through the centre of traffic, the various explosions, etc, but in the latter case, they do dodge the boost pads, regardless if someone else gets run over in the process. Possibly would have thought they'd noticed the bombs on wheels going down the road too...

* In the second Christmas Special of the revived DoctorWho, the Tardis ends up chasing a car. It is an example of the '''Mommy, Mommy''' variant, as a couple kids in the car in front of the Tardis notice, but not their parents. ''Doesn't anyone in the Whoniverse have a '''''rearview mirror?'''''

* It's well known, and frequently lampshaded by NPC's, that the player character in any GrandTheftAuto game DrivesLikeCrazy - even the name of the series practically insists on it. But if out of interest you try to stick even vaguely to the rules of the road, you'll soon realise ''everyone'' does. They might obey traffic lights, and get out after fender benders to [[BlatantLies exchange insurance details]], but they don't make the slightest effort to stop for crossing pedestrians and their usual response to danger is to take off at top speed.

# '''Unobservant Driver''' - Unlike Robo-Car, we actually get to see the driver of the unresponsive vehicle. They are usually distracted by some non-driving task like eating or talking on a cellphone and completely miss the amazing action going on right outside their window. However, this doesn?t explain why none of the other cars around them don?t seem to notice.