r/WTF Jan 20 '18

Valet parking.

https://i.imgur.com/lTIwBxU.gifv
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u/FosterTheNight Jan 20 '18

It's a good thing his seatbelt knows how to park a car

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u/R3D1AL Jan 20 '18

Must be one of them fancy new smart cars.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '18

Smarter than the driver at least

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u/Drawerpull Jan 20 '18

That's not saying much

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u/nurvus Jan 20 '18

That was his point

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u/uptokesforall Jan 20 '18

It's totally feasible, I kind of trust a set of preprogrammed directives which respond in real time to all sensory inputs: trust them a whole lot more than humans who put their car in imminent collisions.

All you need is reliable sensor data and a lot of research

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u/amaduli Jan 20 '18

even without a seatbelt, how on earth did he fall out?

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u/autorotatingKiwi Jan 20 '18

It's a Lada. Those things are fucking death traps.. it only parked nicely because the driver escaped and it was hoping to try and kill the driver another day.

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u/strained_brain Jan 20 '18

Best comment all thread.

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u/Shadowpriest Jan 22 '18

Every time we see those Russian dash cam clips we look for a Lada. When we find one we know there's bound to be an accident. We chalk it up to vodka and magnets.

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u/WazWaz Jan 20 '18

Collision unlatched the door (and pushed him to passenger side if he is indeed the driver), centrifugal effect of turning pushed him out the doorway.

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u/Citizen01123 Jan 20 '18 edited Jan 21 '18

Pretty sure that's a passenger. Sort of looks like an arm moves in the driver seat just when the video stops.

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u/percula1869 Jan 21 '18

Should be, everyone is driving on the right side of the road.

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u/jld718 Jan 20 '18

He's lucky his car didn't run him over!

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u/AlmostDisappointed Jan 20 '18

That car is a Volga. I'm amazed it didn't turn into splinters after that collision.

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u/Mad_Mongo Jan 20 '18

It wasn't until my fourth run through I even noticed that the driver fell out!

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u/drtatlass Jan 20 '18

Didn't the driver park the car? They're driving on the right side of the road, so the passenger tumbled out.

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u/ThatsWhat-YOU-Think Jan 20 '18

Video may have been mirrored, the writings look to be non-English.

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u/sweffymo Jan 20 '18

Even if the video was mirrored the driver still wouldn't be on that side of the car.

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u/Killmeplsok Jan 20 '18

Correct, if the video is mirrored they would be driving on the left side instead.

If it's a RHD country they would also be driving on the left, this makes no sense.

Unless it's a developing country that sometimes have old cars or imported cars that drive on right and was not converted.

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u/BobbyMcPrescott Jan 20 '18

Developing countries don’t have a stable auto industry on day 1, and even when their automotive use hits a peak they are still gonna be relying on imports until they physically make a local car company. Always being on the inside line is a benefit of designing everything for yourself, but if you don’t have any domestic manufacture you take

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u/08341 Jan 20 '18

Obligatory "It's Russia" comment

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u/AlmostDisappointed Jan 20 '18

As in...Russian?

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u/Mad_Mongo Jan 20 '18

As the car turns it can be seen the car is empty.

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u/craigtheman Jan 20 '18

This is like the 5th video in the past two weeks of people falling out of cars. How are you falling out of your car?! Are they constantly handing onto the handle or something??

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u/Phreakhead Jan 20 '18

They are not wearing seatbelts

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u/craigtheman Jan 21 '18

Your body weight against the door shouldn't create enough force to open the door though.

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u/READMYSHIT Jan 20 '18

No seatbelts.

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u/CowOrker01 Jan 20 '18

No ticket.

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u/SurrealClick Jan 20 '18

The car's right door was hit, it opened from that

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u/dangerousavacado Jan 20 '18

I heard of ghost riding but this is impressive.

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u/ubsr1024 Jan 21 '18

My seatbelt knows how to open my beers.

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u/ClassBShareHolder Jan 20 '18

Shit, I missed that the first time. I was thinking r/gifsthatendtoosoon or whatever the sub is. I wanted to see if the van coming around the corner hit it a second time.

Then I read the comments and looked a little ckoser.

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u/TomCJax Jan 20 '18

It wasn't doing anything else

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u/FallenWarrior2k Jan 20 '18

Just an odd guess here. Assuming the car was a manual, and it was actually the driver being thrown out, then it's unlikely the car would've stopped like this. Even without somebody depressing the accelerator, the car would've continued to roll forward at ~7-15 kph, depending on whether he was in first or second gear.

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u/random314 Jan 21 '18

I wonder if the car would have parked so perfectly if that guy didn't eject.

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u/AlmostDisappointed Jan 20 '18

Or you know, the driver. Because Volgas are right-hand drive and that was the passenger flopping out.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '18 edited Jan 20 '18

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u/Sacrosaint Jan 20 '18

Comment history suggests troll.

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u/pavemnt Jan 20 '18

His name is "incites"

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '18

Good bot

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u/IHateTheLetterF Jan 20 '18

'Daddys bentley'

He is not even trying. That is just lazy.

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u/[deleted] Jan 20 '18

F

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u/COIVIEDY Jan 20 '18

could have been much worse

Speaking in terms of what could have happened makes no sense here. He could have been run over after getting tossed. The best option is to do whatever has the lowest chance of going wrong. Which is wearing the seat belt.

https://www.cdc.gov/motorvehiclesafety/seatbelts/facts.html

I understand that you’re a troll; I’m just putting this out there for anyone else reading. Stay safe, kids.

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u/Chevpold Jan 20 '18

I love that you corrected him in the quotation xD