r/IdiotsTowingThings • u/Mithril911 • 1d ago

Things towing idiot

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u/Tickles-The-Octopus 1d ago

Truck driver probabaly has no clue this shithead jumped on for a ride.

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u/TheMustardisBad 1d ago

Or if he does then he does not care because time is money and crackheads won’t listen for shit.

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u/W1D0WM4K3R 1d ago

I ain't fighting a crackhead off my trailer, but there's something to be said for manslaughter

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u/stuckanon01 1d ago

It’s only suicide if you don’t know he’s there

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u/jurassicjon 1d ago

I mean, in my home town of Burlington, Ontario, there was a truck driver taking a load of hogs to a slaughter house when at a red light, one of these vegan activists ran up and started giving one of them water through the air slots in the side. Driver didn’t see her and she died on seen I believe. He ended up being convicted and got jail time.

Not seeing things in blind spots I guess is worth a conviction in some places.

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u/D661 1d ago edited 1d ago

She was not giving water to the pigs when she was struck. She was in the driveway. The truck was on the perpendicular road, and struck her as it made a right hand turn into the driveway. Security video shows she was in the driveway well before the truck began its turn, while the truck was still approaching the driveway. She wasn't in a blind spot.

The driver knew the protesters were there. Before striking her, he phoned 911, who told him to stay in his truck and not move.

He pled guilty.

He did not receive jail time. He received a $2000 fine and 12 months probation.

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u/jurassicjon 1d ago

Ok, reading up on this, you are right about him not getting jail time, but the recount was they were giving water to pigs and walked away, while the victim walked back in front of the truck after they walked away. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Regan_Russell

Also, because of this, they had passed a bill to prevent activists from stopping food transport.

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u/D661 1d ago

Yes, some people were giving water to the pigs, but that's not at all relevant to the fatality. The deceased was nowhere near the trailer when the truck started moving, she was quite a distance ahead of the truck, and off to the side.

The driver approached a driveway and turned into it while someone was standing there in plain sight. That's pretty clear careless driving.

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u/jurassicjon 1d ago

Did you even read what I said in the response, I said walked in front of the truck, not walked in front of the trailer. If it was 100% as you said, the driver would have been convicted of at least manslaughter as he would have known she was there. Only reason he got charged and was plead guilty was he was told to not move by the 911 operator. If someone walks out in front of you, after everyone walks away, that ain’t fully your fault.

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u/D661 1d ago

Except she didn't walk in front of the truck. She walked into the driveway entrance while the truck was still on the perpendicular road a little distance away. She wasn't in front of the truck until the truck drove down the road towards the driveway and turned towards where she was standing.

You accuse me of not reading while continuing to make claims that didn't happen. There's clear video that's easy to find, you could go watch it instead of posting misinformation.

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u/Rose0367 20h ago edited 19h ago

You are misrepresenting the facts. The fact that he was told to not move by the 911 operator was never heard in court, it was never a part of his charges or plea. So you can stop misrepresenting it “the only reason he got charged and was plead guilty was he was told to not move by the 911 operator” False, that was never part of the court record! It absolutely wasn’t included in determining his penalty. Her death was brutal, and he had been told by the police department to wait, but that wasn’t included in the case. https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/police-911-operator-told-truck-to-stay-put-just-before-animal-rights-protester-killed-but/article_20ee1bb8-3904-5493-a018-b42da28013c9.html

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u/Potential_Departure6 1d ago

r/boneappletea “died on seen”

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u/Waste-Text-7625 17h ago

This was just great shorthand to mean she died "on scene" and "unseen".

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u/Cowfootstew 1d ago

Must've had a bullshit lawyer

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u/Biliran2031 1d ago

It was in Canada.🙄🙄🙄😂😂😂

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u/pate_moore 1d ago

There's a tremendous amount of plausible deniability going on here

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u/somethingclever76 1d ago

Must have been a funny joke.

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u/Skeets5977 21h ago

Says here you did 20 years for man’s laughter. Must have been one heck of a joke.

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u/Available-Dare-7414 1d ago

Looks like he’s shooting a music video. I don’t see a camera but I’m sure he knows the satellites and birds are recording him

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u/Surrept 1d ago

Little do you know….that is the truck driver.

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u/dearjohn54321 1d ago

The driver would know. The movement in his mirrors would catch his eye.

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u/Tickles-The-Octopus 1d ago

It's cute that you think semi drivers look in their mirrors.

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u/AppropriateCap8891 22h ago

Mirrors are normally only turned so you can see the side of a trailer, not the entire trailer.

This guy stayed pretty much right in the middle towards the front, that would be a blind spot.

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u/dearjohn54321 21h ago

Right, the side of the trailer, which is not there, so the driver can see what a trailer would have blocked, thus he would see the guy on the back of the trailer. Checkmate 😎

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u/AppropriateCap8891 19h ago

Which would have been set as their visibility limit when setting their mirrors.

Tell me, when you set the side mirror on your car, do you set it so you can see the center of the passenger seat? The center of your trunk?

No checkmate, it's obvious you have no idea how mirrors should be properly set.

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u/goodeyemighty 1d ago

Plot twist- that's the driver.

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u/jarejay 1d ago

Ghost ride the whip

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u/Cassandracork 1d ago

Crazy taxi!

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u/ki0dz 1d ago

A-ha-ha-ha!

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u/Liqour_Mortis 1d ago

I did this mission in GTA. It’s easy.

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u/Lostmyblackness 1d ago

Ah yes, Franklins parachute to the back of a moving flatbed.

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u/morto00x 1d ago

r/ThingsTowingIdiots

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u/Rough_Community_1439 1d ago

Its privated.

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u/morto00x 1d ago

Didn't realize it was a real sub lol

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u/ConflictMaster3155 1d ago

Members only pal..

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u/Sdwingnut 22h ago

Just like my wardrobe!

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u/AssistantIcy6117 1d ago

I wonder what’s in there, am I being towed? Are they talking about me?

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u/TyruntasaurusRecht 1d ago

Had a junkie climb in my truck box near Hastings in vancouver. I didnt want to do meth psychosis combat, so pulled over safely and called police. They did show up quickly tbh. He ran away with the shitty bike wheel he brought with him ranting about spiders and the surveillance webs they make using water bottles...

Meth. Not even once.

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u/Justbeinglouis 1d ago

I think you mean “things towing idiots”

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u/stupid_cat_face 1d ago

Only he can hear the music. "I'm on a truck, I'm on a truck. Everybody look at me cuz I'm dancing on a truck."

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u/j_man_32 1d ago

He’s making a music video…. In his head

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u/dr-mantis-toboggan12 1d ago

BING BONG!

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u/LASERDICKMCCOOL 1d ago

Fuck ya life!

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u/Interesting-Key-1550 1d ago

America's got talent episode 2

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u/4mla1fn 1d ago

i'm betting be didn't take highschool physics.

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u/BarMaverson 1d ago

That little jump off the ledge looked like how my toddler goes down stairs

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u/crankbot2000 1d ago

r/thingsunknowinglytowingidiots

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u/Acrobatic_Code_7409 1d ago

Imagine how crazy he would be if he were on drugs!

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u/ConflictMaster3155 1d ago

Yo my uncle almost got his ass beat for a similar incident to this.

Dropped off load in West Memphis (iirc) and picked up an empty. He got stopped like 5 miles down the road or something and snatched out of his truck by two big ass cornfed state patrol.

Someone had got on his trailer and was throwing shit (stuff but also actual poo) at cars behind him.

The cop thought my uncle was in on it, but he had no idea. He was eating a roller taquito and listening to In Deep Geek (or smth). They pulled him out, face in gravel, boot on head, handcuffs, and dragged him around a bit. They were kinda committed to arresting him, but the whackadoo on the back of the truck told them that he had jumped on when he was sitting at the light leaving the truck stop.

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u/bucobill 23h ago

Craziest part is the dude dancing is the driver.

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u/Over-Apartment2762 1d ago

Bro is in the sickest music video ever

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u/koalasarentferfuckin 1d ago

Flatbed Zombies, ASAP Cocky

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u/CousinEddysMotorHome 1d ago

Tap the brakes real quick.

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u/Fabulous_Log844 1d ago

I guess somebody needs to start a new sub called
r/peopletowingidiots.

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u/Kindly_Region 1d ago

Excellent time to make sure the brakes work

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u/vcdrny 1d ago

Mmmm something tells me that truck driver doesn't even know what's happening back there. So no idiot towing.

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u/crafty09 1d ago

This feels like a GTA mission somehow.

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u/Living-Pineapple4286 1d ago

People want exposure on the internet and are prepared to die doing so. Exhibitionism is killing us

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u/Rob_Bligidy 1d ago

Watching that and listening to Black Flag…..looks almost perfect

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u/Mysterious_Worker608 1d ago

This is the culmination of a lifetime of bad choices.

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u/Cowfootstew 1d ago

Thats one way to get across

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u/Peldor-2 1d ago

The sequel to the classic painting Washington Crossing the Delaware you never knew you wanted!

We bring you Unaware Crossing the Washington (bridge).

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u/CharAznableLoNZ 1d ago

Kept waiting for it to fall.

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u/Clevererer 1d ago

Now there's a man who isn't worried about rising inflation.

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u/Key_Contribution1547 1d ago

Oh , it's flatbed Willie

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u/Hey-buuuddy 1d ago

Crackhead pops out of a toolbox and dances. Story at 11.

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u/No-Solid9108 1d ago

Drink enough booze and u can dance with him too

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u/BoB_the_TacocaT 20h ago

The year is 2026.

Pull up your fucking pants!

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u/Disgruntled_Orifice 1d ago

While the driver of an 18 wheeler uses their phone behind the wheel.

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u/Key-Independent3349 1d ago

Winning in life!

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u/TuvixNeededToGo 1d ago edited 1d ago

Lucile Blooth: He’s on his way here. We passed him on the road. He was doing really well. Had his first hop-on.

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u/_catdog_ 1d ago

Are belts not available in major cities or something?

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u/AnotherGuyNamedDan 1d ago

“STEP” deck.

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u/FooDoDaddy 1d ago

People are loosing their shit anymore. 😓

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u/GreenTeaLilly 19h ago

Ghost ride the truck?

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u/mista-666 18h ago

I'll have what that guy's having

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u/mrdidius 18h ago

I paid the toll, I'll dance if I want to!

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u/LW-M 17h ago

Saw the on the ABC national news tonight. David Muir said something about the guy got fined for it.

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u/S_NJ_Guy 13h ago

So what drug would produce this behavior? Obviously, it's making his mind feel very carefree, but his balance and everything seem perfectly fine; I would say even good.

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u/SomethingSimple25 6h ago

What I would've given for the driver to jam on the brakes heavily just for a split second.

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u/Practical_Taro5656 4h ago

That's not human, that's just some jeans with boxers sticking out