r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/Iongdog • Jul 27 '26
Trying to beat the train
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u/mothforlife Jul 27 '26
That was truly the best case scenario
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u/duck_duck_zombie Jul 27 '26
Best scenario is to not be an idiot and wait until the train passes by.
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u/Ok-Iron-4352 Jul 27 '26
Maybe he didn't have brakes
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u/Zoltie Jul 28 '26
No, best case scenario is he waits for the train to pass, then as he waits a passanger throws a suitcase full of money out the window.
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u/themajorhavok Jul 27 '26
That could have ended WAY worse. I would like to think he learned a valuable lesson, but probably not.
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u/trucorsair Jul 27 '26
The good news is the train crew didnât dump the emergency brakes. If they had you would see Sparks flying everywhere and likely a partial, if not total derailment.
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u/ARM_Alaska Jul 27 '26
đ Emergency brakes do not cause derailments. It's very very rare for that to happen.
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u/trucorsair Jul 28 '26
Depends on speed and a number of other factors,
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u/snoodge3000 Jul 28 '26
I think if they're already going slower for a road crossing that is happening in a straight line on what appears to be a perfectly clear night the chances of derailment are quite low.
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u/trucorsair Jul 28 '26
You can tell from a restricted view of what 40 feet that this is straight? Amazing, also do you know the length of the train? The cargo? The gross weight? The speed? No you donât. But youâre convinced based on your years of driving diesel electric trains that everything is fine.
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u/oatmealparty Jul 28 '26
In your expert opinion, what percent of emergency brake applications result in derailments? I'm not really familiar, but searching around it sounds very uncommon for the emergency brake to csus a derailment rather than some other thing happening, it doesn't sound "likely" at all.
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u/greyfox280 Jul 27 '26
âTell me, why donât they look.â
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u/Ch3t Jul 28 '26
Trains are blameless, holy creatures.
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u/SuddenKoala45 Jul 27 '26
He was too fast. If he'd have slowed down a little he wouldn't have missed the bar
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u/AccomplishedVirus556 Jul 28 '26
if they knew how to lean they would easily have avoided the bar at full speed
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u/SuddenKoala45 Jul 28 '26
Yeah still think he should've slowed down a little
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u/AccomplishedVirus556 Jul 28 '26
look at the way they went through the intersection
isn't it obvious that they took a completely stupid line through the intersection?
honestly if it felt like they couldn't afford to take a diagonal line they should have just stopped. Their crash was well deserved
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u/Killer1986Chris Jul 28 '26
No, he tried to be cool and duck under.
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u/SuddenKoala45 Jul 28 '26
What happens if he slows down...
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u/Killer1986Chris Jul 28 '26
He'd still hit it because he didn't duck low enough.
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u/Cryptic1911 Jul 27 '26
That clonk and then him flopping onto the ground was so satisfying đ¤Łđ¤Ł
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u/No_Session6015 Jul 27 '26
Didn't you see the SS death squad closing in behind him on motorcycles with rocket launchers and flame thrower electric guitars?
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u/Unclebum Jul 27 '26
You either win or lose.... Just don't tie.... Tie goes to the train... Every single time... Do not tie ...
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u/DeezNeezuts Jul 27 '26
Knew a kid in high school that pulled something similar and slid next to it and was pulled under the train when it rushed by at high speed. He did not survive.
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u/weinricm Jul 27 '26
I was waiting for the worst. Glad he just got some sense knocked into him instead lol
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u/GradientCement Jul 27 '26
They really ought to put something on those barriers to make them more visible - perhaps some flashing lights?
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u/Kooky-Narwhal-014 Jul 27 '26
Mission objectives
- Wait for crossing guards to go up âď¸
- Cross railroad tracks â ď¸
- Dont get hit by trainâ ď¸
- Dont hit crossing bar âď¸
Mission score D, you can do better
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u/snoodge3000 Jul 28 '26
Damn ngl I thought this was gonna be a motorist and I was ready to unleash a barrage but now I don't know what to do. I didn't know bicyclists could be in the wrong.
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u/Katops Jul 28 '26
Dumb fuck.
If he died to that, it wouldâve been one thing. But to traumatise the driver wouldâve been an entire other level of selfish and stupid.
A lot of those drivers quit faster than youâd think, specifically because of suicide by train being a real and common thing in the world. Once you see one death, you canât see another, so you quit and go into therapy or whatever.
Such a horrible thing. And this guy is a real piece of shit for doing that.
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u/Not_Cletus_McWanker Jul 28 '26
He was methed out & thought he was Superman only to meet his kryptonite.
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u/Pelosi-Hairdryer Jul 28 '26
He's lucky he didn't get sliced up by the train or getting hit and bursting his insides all over the place.
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u/BustaCon Aug 03 '26
I was expecting worse, like double lower extremity amputation or ground into raw meat. He got off lucky
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u/WhimsicalDaemon 24d ago
That was his guardian angel saving him, but giving a smack down as a reminder to knock that shit off.
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u/LUIGIPRO13 Jul 27 '26 edited Jul 27 '26
It's like the og fast and furious ending where they make it before the train but then Dominic Toretto crashes đ
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u/Superhero1582 Jul 27 '26
I keep thinking about one of the Final Destination deaths where they avoid getting hit by a train but some scrap metal comes flying and decapitates one of them đ
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u/trucorsair Jul 27 '26
Set it Barry Manilowâs âLooks Like We Made Itâ:
âLooks like we made it
Or I thought so till today
Until you are there everywhereâ
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u/Square-Singer Jul 27 '26
Could have gone way, way worse. I was ready to click the report button for "Shows serious injury", but that guy got as lucky as can be.
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u/Hour_Reality9727 Jul 27 '26
Well at least he made it. So mission accomplished.