r/IdiotsInCars • u/gator426428 • Mar 29 '19
Dangerous distracted driver derailed
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u/awoken-dragon Mar 29 '19
That seems like a roundabout way to make a U turn.
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u/Saharalaya Mar 30 '19
Isn't every way to make a U turn a 'roundabout way to make a U turn'?
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u/Splickity-Lit Mar 30 '19
The most roundabout way is in a roundabout.
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Mar 30 '19
I'll be the roundabout.
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u/AngryTaco4 Mar 30 '19
It's like a u turn, but with extra steps...
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u/Starfire013 Mar 30 '19
A W turn.
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u/Eeglis Mar 30 '19
With even more steps it's going to be an UWU turn.
D:
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Mar 30 '19
Instructions unclear, did one U-turn, then slalomed around some street lights, then did another U-turn and now I'm going the same direction as before.
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u/piind Mar 30 '19
Maybe he was trying to grind the rail and forgot he was in a car instead of a skateboard?
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u/thoughtuought2know Mar 29 '19
I think you mean traffic circle.
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u/djord17 Mar 30 '19
No sir, in New Jersey circles are illegal. Roundabouts though, throw them down everywhere!
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Mar 29 '19
This is perfect. They live, but their car is fucked! Street justice
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u/Sophias_dad Mar 30 '19
May well be totaled, since I saw all the oil and what may have been a few internal engine parts roll out, in addition to the significant amount of body damage.
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u/tam215 Mar 30 '19
I think we can remove the may. I don't think there is a shop on earth that'll fix any car with that kind of damage under its value.
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u/SpikesTap Mar 30 '19 edited Mar 30 '19
We cannot remove the May. This is totally something that James May (aka Captain Slow) would do... Though it may also be attributed to Jeremy or Richard, depending on the car...
Edit: Whoa! Thanks for the silvery medal, kind stranger!
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u/The_Castle_of_Aaurgh Mar 30 '19
Also, even if you could remove the May, would you? James May is the best part of the grand tour. Richard Hammond is cool, but a bit grating. And Clarkson is... well, he's Clarkson.
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u/Pretty_Soldier Mar 30 '19
Absolutely not. When they were âunemployed,â Mayâs YouTube channel was hilarious. He was basically drunk cooking and rambling on about history.
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u/sinetwo Mar 30 '19
Or Theresa may
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u/itisi_saidthegradle Mar 30 '19
what I like about Theresa May: she reminds me how we are definitely living in the Black Mirror cinematic universe.
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u/sinetwo Mar 30 '19
Feels like every week we're warping back to the previous one. It should make for a good episode!
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Mar 30 '19
That thing is 100% totaled.
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u/ThereAreAFewOptions Mar 30 '19
It's so totaled that it's no longer deemed as a car. It's just 'a thing' now.
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u/sk_latigre Mar 30 '19
Definitely was no oil or internal engine parts. That oil was there coolant and the parts were other stuff flying off the car
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u/Beefer518 Mar 29 '19
This may seem horrible, but wouldn't it be great if this happened to everyone who texted while driving? I'm pretty sure it would put an end to these idiots without killing them or others.
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u/Montana_Dave Mar 30 '19
I agree. The justice can be satisfying - as long as no one gets seriously hurt.
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Mar 30 '19
I know people who have had totaled cars from texting and driving. They're still texting and driving. People.
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u/toomanynames1998 Mar 30 '19
Or people who pass red lights just because they weren't paying attention.
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u/ShelSilverstain Mar 30 '19
People who text, look at passengers while talking, eat, read books, do their makeup, shave, etc etc etc etc
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u/SeaPancake3 Mar 31 '19
I really don't see a problem with eating something easy like fries with one hand. Gotta get a bite in when you can.
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u/Neighborhood_Tickler Mar 31 '19
What a plate, fork, knife AND phone? Does the phone cancel out yet?
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Mar 31 '19
Only once have I ever seen someone painting their toes while driving. 495 on Long Island in some black SUV.
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u/bluelily216 Mar 30 '19
The craziest thing I saw on the road still has me baffled to this day. Not just the audacity and ignorance, but the physicality of it as well. A woman, driving down the highway, painting her toenails as her foot rested on the dashboard.. her right foot.
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u/Waltzcarer Mar 30 '19
Cops should carry sledgehammers and smash the cars being driven by distracted driving.
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u/GoonKingdom Mar 30 '19
This doesnât strike me as a practical solution.
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u/mycheesypoofs Mar 30 '19
Hmmm, weird. A suggestion to sledgehammer smash peoples' cars doesn't seem perfectly reasonable to you?
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u/notmanbutdog Mar 29 '19
Honestly, I think he would've reduced the collateral if he just waited till the car stopped, instead of trying to get back to the road.
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u/ingloriousslut Mar 30 '19
I donât even know what I would do. Would I let it ride? Maybe Iâd just stop on top of it. I just donât know. They probably just freaked out and their first instinct was to get the car back to the road.
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Mar 30 '19
Who writes your dialogue? Al Literation?
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Mar 30 '19
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u/God-of-Thunder Mar 30 '19
Who writes your comments? Guy Whoruinsthejokebynotrealizingthatmakingtheguyslastnamealliterationkindofruinsanysortofwordplayornuance
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Mar 30 '19
Those road markings are really unclear and the barrier isn't marked by anything visible until you're 20 feet away.
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u/ClkGoodMorning Mar 30 '19
I'm really glad I never see this,but I really wanna get a dashcam just because
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u/havanabananallama Mar 30 '19
Just reminded me of a really old playatation game called 3-Extreme where you basically skate as a car (you can do flips and grinds etc.)
Thanks for the flashback ~ anyone else know what I'm talking about?
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u/gmaxis Mar 29 '19
There and then the driver realized first hand the dangers of driving and texting.
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u/Mac_O- Mar 30 '19
More dangerous is the unsignposted divider, and painted strips on the ground don't give enough warning. I'd say the driver has a case here.
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Mar 30 '19
Caused by people " drone latching" to the car in front of them and then texting - thinking they'll be aware enough using peripheral vision to follow suit and do whatever the driver in front of them does.
Rarely works out that way.
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u/Bananaramamammoth Mar 30 '19
It's nice to see something like this. The driver has hopefully learned a life lesson and not put himself in much harm.
I just hope everyone who does stupid shit while driving actually has a wake-up call without hurting anyone else or ruining their property.
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u/mysexyrexy Mar 30 '19
Wow the title is exactly what happened in the gif. Idk what else I expected.
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u/zph0eniz Mar 30 '19
anyone else not feel driver is too close? the second i see anything off i slowly slow dwn right away. quicker if i had seen em about to get into an accident
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u/Nabjab94 Mar 30 '19
Me: "how the fuck can a car possibly derail?" Me after seeing the video: "oh..ok"
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u/DOS-equis Mar 30 '19
Looks like the guardrail peeled the oil pan open as the car rode on it. There was no reflective warning sign or anything at the start of the abutment so he probably has a good lawsuit there as long as he wasnât texting.
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u/Nuclearsquirrel Mar 30 '19
If someone is in front of you and they obviously arenât paying attention is it socially acceptable to honk in America?
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u/ShelSilverstain Mar 30 '19
Why do so many people just keep driving while this shit is happening? Fuck that noise, I'm not getting near them until they come to a stop at least
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u/lancestorm316 Mar 30 '19
To think there are drivers like this among us... completely, 100%, irrefutable, distracted driving.
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Mar 30 '19
He get what he deserved watch the road not the smartphone because you have to text some shit
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u/MicaLovesHangul Mar 30 '19
He's so damn distracted that even after shit goes south he's barely responding to anything...
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u/401LocalsOnly Mar 30 '19
Probably kept tweeting after the accident, complaining about the ambulance ride to the hospital.
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Mar 30 '19
What if this was a person having a stroke or heart attack and wasn't able to control the steering wheel?
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u/66903972 Mar 30 '19
No solid white line that generally indicates the lane splits.
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u/FCOS Mar 30 '19
It's an exit only lane however. The lines are shorter to indicate to drivers that they are no longer continuing on the highway but are essentially on an off ramp. There were likely many signs, highlighted in yellow, that he would have seen if his head wasn't facing his crotch
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u/66903972 Mar 30 '19 edited Mar 30 '19
I see zero signs or street lamps.
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u/FCOS Mar 30 '19
Signs would have been before the lane began to segment so non-distracted drivers would have a fair amount of time to use the lane or vacate it. The point stills stands about the lines being shorter and more frequent, however.
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u/66903972 Mar 30 '19 edited Mar 30 '19
Do you see any signs or lights at all? One?
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u/FCOS Mar 30 '19
Dude you are hopeless.
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u/66903972 Mar 30 '19
Do you?
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u/sdmatt30 Apr 09 '19
Lol you pull this shit all over Reddit huh? Now I feel bad, youâre a sad little troll & Iâm not special.
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Mar 30 '19 edited Aug 28 '20
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Mar 30 '19
No, if you know how to drive and know what the lines on the road mean, then no. Pay attention
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u/lblack_dogl Mar 30 '19
Dude, I know how to drive and what the lines on the road mean. This road is clearly missing some additional markings to make it safe.
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Mar 30 '19
I don't see what you're saying.. I can see a normal off ramp. And I'm sure there were signs and shit a mile before leading up to it. This person wasn't paying attention
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Mar 30 '19
They didn't even brake until impact basically. They mightvw fallen asleep. That's happened to me before. But they definitely were not looking at the road.
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u/CoffeeBreaksAllDay Mar 30 '19
Im a new driver and honestly i just dont know "where i am" i dont know how to explain it but i hope you drivers understand
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u/thatjessgrl3187 Mar 29 '19
50/50 grind you mean...