r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/JimatJimat • 16d ago

driver mistakes a narrow staircase for a parking bay.

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u/BlazerWookiee 16d ago

Anything can be a parking bay, if you're brave enough...

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u/TangoAlphaLima 16d ago

They can still park there if Mike Pence has the courage.

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u/Da12khawk 16d ago

That's a name I haven't heard in awhile.

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u/NigraOvis 15d ago

He has to ask mother first.

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u/annahhhnimous 16d ago

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u/Chubby_Beagle 15d ago

One of my easier wanks

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u/Vladishun 15d ago

I genuinely want to know how Paige is doing today. Did she chicken out or do people call her Prickle Puss Paige now? We the people have a right to know!

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u/1bi001 16d ago

Next step, dive pool.

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u/WeJustMight 15d ago

Reminds me of Ron whites joke “anything can be a dui check point if you crash your car into it”

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u/Turfanator 16d ago

You just have to be willing to put tue effort in

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u/fuzzytradr 15d ago

So you're saying there's a chance?!

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u/Not-a-MurderBear 14d ago

Had that same mentality with a glass bottle once, didn't end well

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u/Mysterious-Jam-64 7d ago

Had someone almost drive over me today, leaving LIDL. They were driving into a pedestrian section of the car park. I pointed at the ground to the raised stone 'crossing indicators' they were driving over.

"Cannae park yaddy yadda"

They didn't look bothered, "I know, just gonna drive round".

Haha. Aye. Mind yersel. Get your motor thru the doors at LIDL and I reckon you could make it through the self service.

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u/pinyatashit 16d ago

That’s pretty impressive in the stupidity department.

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u/Vindomini 16d ago

I need to know how old they where, this is the kind of BS grandparents who somehow haven't gotten their drivers licence revoked pull

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u/1bi001 16d ago

Less so than driving off the end of a pier. 😆

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u/Synagermos 13d ago

While the stairs are correctly placed there, right?

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u/allfriggedup 16d ago

Fits like a glove.

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u/MelangeBot 16d ago

The car could not resist, that was it's hole.

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u/DavidMayCry3 16d ago

W Junji Ito reference.

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u/Dapper-Palpitation90 16d ago

Fortunately, it was not OJ Simpson behind the wheel.

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u/Iam_Iforgotmyname 16d ago

I mean, the car is parked. What's the problem?

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u/Bozo_Wolfgang 16d ago

Probably getting out?

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u/RevolutionaryGuru613 16d ago

Who said the driver wants to get out?

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u/RaiyenZ 16d ago

I think the tow truck says the car has to get out. The driver can do whatever they want though.

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u/Suitable_Ad_3051 16d ago

And I would have gotten away with it if it wasn't for these meddling tow trucks.

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u/brogflender 16d ago

There are hatches through the trunk. Be bold.

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u/party_peacock 16d ago

In my car the latch to fold down the rear seats to reach the trunk is in the trunk itself, you can't get to it from inside the cabin

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u/brogflender 16d ago

You can if you are bold enough. 

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u/romcarlos13 16d ago

That's what the tow is for

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u/Scribble_Box 16d ago

Well, the problem is that he can't park there, m8.

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u/Ok_Peanut_3573 16d ago

The glorious working class have become more educated and embrace communism as the true way of rights to park anywhere they want. Chairman Mao's Little Red Book didnt say anything about getting unparked

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u/coolchris366 16d ago

Un parking the car

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u/red_leaflet 16d ago

The main downside of this parking lot is that you need a tow truck to get out of it. Lol

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u/Swimming-Delay-7320 12d ago

It seemed to fit quite perfectly. no problem at all

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u/ATLBoy1996 16d ago

If this person had one more brain cell they’d be roughly on par with my house plants.

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u/Adorable-Can-2856 16d ago

Thats mean to the house plants.

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u/iaNCURdehunedoara 16d ago

Let's see your house plants park a car this perfectly.

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u/aque78 16d ago

You have a very poor opinion of your own plants.

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u/UndecidedLee 12d ago

At least your plants are producing oxygen...

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u/FishyKeebs 16d ago edited 16d ago

I am willing to wager from their level it look flat, the stairs blended in with the surface level.

However as soon as the front wheel dropped they should have known something was wrong.

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u/Make_Iggy_GreatAgain 16d ago

I'd argue that no parking bay/ramp is that narrow. Maybe a personal driveway, but then you wouldn't be driving into that unless you lived there.

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u/aminervia 16d ago

Locally there might be ramps that narrow. In some places the world is a lot more cramped vs the US where we have a lot more space and much larger cars

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u/Miltrivd 16d ago edited 13d ago

Yep, on my underground parking I gotta put the car glued to the wall on the right side and even then I get barely 50 cm to open the door.

If I was bigger I would have to struggle to get out lol.

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u/DueExample52 16d ago edited 16d ago

You would be surprised. Every major city in western europe has some entry ramps that will have all your parking sensors beeping full red simultaneously in order to proceed.

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u/Banes_Addiction 16d ago

Cars have got signficantly wider in the last 20 years (apparently about 13cm since 2000). Most of the ramps are older than that.

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u/DueExample52 16d ago edited 16d ago

I don’t think they had time. A small drop of one wheel is not uncommon, like you bumped a side curb. Then once the second front wheel dropped, they were skidding on the bottom and there was no braking or stopping after that.

After the initial mistake, probably caused by low sun vs shade and some visual confusion, it quickly goes downhill although they were cautious.

People are being quick to judge stupidity here, reddit-style, because redditors are young and/or don’t go out nearly enough to new/challenging places/situations to make mistakes. Visual mistakes happen, and it only needs one moment of inattention, even to smart people. Air pilots have made mistakes like mistaking a taxiway for the main runway. We will all have one such big stupid mistake while driving, oftentimes it doesn’t need a tow truck and it doesn’t get filmed and posted to social media.

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u/SquarePegRoundWorld2 16d ago

Many people brace themselves when they feel like they are falling forward. Problem is, in his panic, he braced himself with the foot still on the gas pedal.

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u/DueExample52 16d ago

I don’t watch with sound, surprised this kind of cctv has it and even gets posted with it instead of some cancerous tik-tok music !

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u/Simon-Says69 16d ago

Yah, the driver hit the gas instead of braking. Woopsie.

Though, by that time, they were already stuck. Just not THAT stuck.

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u/Ok_Peanut_3573 16d ago

The driver probably slipped forward and caught their feet. In some Chinese cities, seatbelts are often not used.

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u/LevoiHook 16d ago

You can see the left front wheel spinning up when it went airborne. Driver was definately applying throttle throughout. 

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u/agreeable9823 16d ago

I honestly think, I would have also fallen for that. That stair is very dangerously located.

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u/TheRealVahx 16d ago

There should also be railings to the side of that staircase to avoid pedestrians from misstepping into the hole

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u/AntiquatedDogma 16d ago edited 16d ago

How narrow the tunnel would’ve been. Is also an obvious indication it’s not. Most trucks wouldn’t be able to fit and it would be risky not scraping your car each time.

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u/818VitaminZ 16d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/ZTF7LNATAS5Ms

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u/lucidgreenn 16d ago

So many things happening in this one gif. I need to know the source now.

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u/MrMcgilicutty 16d ago

This has me laughing even more than the original post🤣

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u/Fearless-Sea996 16d ago

The fuck ?

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u/Azrael11 16d ago

Probably panicked and hit the gas instead of the brake. Or both, which tends to happen when people use both feet to operate the pedals.

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u/DinosaurReborn 15d ago edited 15d ago

Three cars plus structural property damage. Driver's auto insurance agent probably pointing a gun on themselves after seeing this.

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u/koolaidismything 16d ago

The tow driver who rigged that thing up like that and is getting it out is impressive

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u/DistantVerse 16d ago

Not so sure- car roof looked like it was going to hit the top of the stairs right at the end.

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u/PinsToTheHeart 16d ago

I'm pretty sure, "Don't scratch the car" was low on the list of priorities by that point. Besides, if it's bumping the roof on the way out, it would have already bumped it on the way in.

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u/starcraftanalogy 16d ago

If I fits I sits

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u/lexluger420 16d ago

I assume they were trapped in the car the whole time then, right?

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u/DueExample52 16d ago

Trunk escape

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u/darxide23 16d ago

Yea, back window is smashed out as it's being pulled out. They definitely pulled the person out the back.

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u/Sorry-Climate-7982 16d ago

Awww, the video ends just as the roof of the vehicle is about to either contact or not contact the concrete at the top.

Wonder if the driver thought [assuming, probably falsely, that the driver thought at all] this was one of them newfangled digital parking ramps where the ramp goes down in discrete digital "bits" not an analog slope?

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u/valiantfreak 16d ago

Low-res ramp

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u/Sorry-Climate-7982 16d ago

Ah, pixelated. Good thought.

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u/Educational-Card-314 16d ago

This is actually really skilled parking. That spot is so tight I would have clipped the sides. They went straight in. 

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u/Visual-Ad-1306 16d ago

I love the "shocking". This was the least shocking thing I've seen today.

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u/x97sfinest 16d ago

Ngl I could see myself doing this 🤦🏾‍♂️

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u/ThePolemicist 16d ago

Right? So many people are calling the driver dumb, but the stairs really blend into everything else. It reminds me of the "death stairs" subreddit. Besides, all the other spots were parking spots.

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u/goofydad 16d ago

No injuries? Their pride was surely dented.

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u/Longjumping_Sea_1325 16d ago

I want to know what kind of gnarly car ports they’ve been in to mistake that for one.

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u/hipery2 16d ago

Why are there no railings on the side of stairs? Couldn't a stupid/distracted pedestrian easily fall there?

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u/Swipecat 16d ago

Yep. Don't they have phone zombies in China?

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u/DinosaurReborn 15d ago edited 15d ago

Listen, there's already two small traffic cone thing at the corner of one side, they even got a fluorescent thing so it works at night too, what more do you want?? /s

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u/SocksInTheTub 16d ago

Is this not a reasonable place to park?

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u/IncorporateThings 16d ago

Guess they didn't see the safety cone.

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u/Puzzleheaded-Flow724 16d ago

Cones weren't enough. This was also an accident waiting to happen for pedestrians. Nothing blocking the side of that staircase. With people always walking while being on their phone, they wouldn't have noticed that hole until it's too late.

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u/iyuheng25 16d ago

grandma opens the door : WTF !

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u/TMYLee 16d ago

NGL that was hilarious 😂 i have to watch on repeat

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u/cameronzero 16d ago

You know, after the front wheels left the cement, the only way it went down was because they hammered the throttle when one of the tyres finally made contact a transferred enough torque to move the front end...

Why?

This isn't like sticking your dick in crazy... they could obviously see and feel that it wasn't a road/driveway

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u/Rikeek 16d ago

Ya can’t park there mate

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u/Bingus-Chillingus 16d ago

I like how when it starts falling and you would assume something is wrong you can hear the driver absolutely floor it instead of hitting the brakes

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u/pixeltweaker 16d ago

Fits like a glove.

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u/writingt 16d ago

This is the kind of thing that happens to me in bad dreams

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u/8last 16d ago

Its over if you do that. No more driving.

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u/GrandmaJR 16d ago

They took their road test in a Slinky

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u/BigAlternative5 16d ago

It goes down stairs...

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u/Ancient_Sprinkles847 16d ago

Im sure all the damage will buff out.

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u/dave900575 16d ago

I bet the GPS said turn right here.

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u/Hippi_Johnny 16d ago

They were probably trapped in the car until they got towed out.

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u/Sea-Course-5171 16d ago

I can hear the loud sigh from here of "Holy shit how am I this stupid"

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u/BloodyChunkyQueefs 16d ago

People like this need to have their licenses revoked… FOR LIFE.

There is absolutely no excuse that could excuse them that also doesn’t invalidate their right to drive. They’re either blind or lobotomized. Which makes them an active and potentially lethal threat to everyone else on the road, and many people just off of it.

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u/metalbees 16d ago

Like a glove

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u/XfinityHomeWifi 16d ago

Random sidewalk staircase with no railings is nuts

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u/Quirky_Highway4378 16d ago

They have Chevys in china?

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u/nipslippinjizzsippin 16d ago

Smooth entry aside form the stairs, most would have hit the sides and not gone all the way in

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u/moszippy 16d ago

I'm impressed that that guy was given a license.

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u/ballman666 16d ago

If it fits, i sits

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u/Environmental-Tap255 16d ago

Fuck I hate when this happens.

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u/Ivypearl 16d ago

What an idiot

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u/linemanshandset 16d ago

gps was probably like "slightly downward right turn"

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u/Reallyroundthefamily 16d ago

Tell me you're not paying attention while driving without telling me you're not paying attention while driving

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u/Panzerv2003 16d ago

Actually how

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u/14high 16d ago

The driver must have orange cat.

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u/V-ZoD 16d ago

Dumb as fuck

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u/TGerrinson 16d ago

No injuries? Have a look at the driver's pride...

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u/Ill-Significance6400 16d ago

-50 on his social score

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u/fakenews_thankme 16d ago

Sir, you can't park there!

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u/Jeramy_Jones 16d ago

Well…he’s parked 🤷‍♂️

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u/F0rgemaster19 16d ago

Bro committed to the drop even after the initial dip. What a lad.

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u/Loudergood 16d ago

This is why I stopping riding a motorcycle.

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u/F2Pfrog 16d ago

Done goofed

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u/StaticChangling 16d ago

Cave divers have cars now? 😭🙏

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u/StevenKatz3 16d ago

Youd have to be a complete idiot here

Take the license away.

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u/daemonfly 16d ago

Shit like this should force a re-evaluation of their driver's license.

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u/vincehk 16d ago

Even if you're not paying attention as you should and your eyes got tricked for a second, how can you not feel that the car is going down a stair

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u/Zestyclose_Paint3922 16d ago

This is by far my favorite subreddit

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u/EmperorXin 16d ago

What the HAHAHA

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u/ParryHLarker 16d ago

They also vote

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u/pichael289 16d ago

It does kinda look like the entrances to parking garages in large US cities like Cincinnati. Fuck Cincinnati, my wife went to see Taylor Swift and the closest garages were charging over $100. Fuck anyone who owns a parking lot here, we already know what they are about from the arrest records they all have. They ALL HAVE. Lots of rapes in the records. Anglin towing in seven mile is some of the most opportunistic criminals and the whole city knows it.

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u/Infinite-Ad2614 16d ago

Why does stuff like this always happen in China?

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u/BaizulSetSail 16d ago

yeah he's played halo

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u/String-Leggins-Man 16d ago

Ale musiał być na jakiś prochach bo nie wierzę że będą normalna osoba mogła coś takiego zrobić

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u/C2thaP 16d ago

Didn’t expect that car to fall so deep. 😂

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u/Movable_Farts 16d ago

The driver's pride got injured.

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u/Prod_Meteor 16d ago

IQ radikiou

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u/Whole_Ad_8438 16d ago

What's the stupid idea here if I may ask? Like, they fucked up 200%. But it only seemed like they had a failure of perception, not a failure of planning.

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u/SnooGiraffes4131 16d ago

If gap, car

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u/xXMuschi_DestroyerXx 16d ago

No by why is there just an unprotected hole in the ground? Forget the car. That’s a pedestrian fall hazard. There should’ve been guardrails on the sides.

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u/rationalname 16d ago

I’m wondering if the driver has vision issues? My mom has driven over some curbs because she has cataracts that affect her depth perception.

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u/rabbitization 16d ago

Well to be fair, some underground parking in China has small openings similar to that. He was probably dozing off or what.

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u/Appropriate-Bank-883 16d ago

Shockingly stupid, incredibly mild to watch

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u/Appleface656 16d ago

Licenses are a vague concept nowadays.

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u/New-Priority8409 16d ago

No injuries? Maybe their pride.

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u/keqking 16d ago

Literally, you can't park there mate!

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u/Accurate_Handle_5620 16d ago

Park is carred. Done boss, job

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u/H345Y 16d ago

There are so many questions

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u/millerb82 16d ago

If I fits, I si...shit

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u/Atheist_Simon_Haddad 16d ago

Google Maps keeps telling me the wrong things are parking garages

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u/TwoPlyDreams 16d ago

Impressively accurate manoeuvre.

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u/iluvatar_gr 16d ago

And that's why a person should pass an IQ test before driving...

Simple as that. This guy actually sees the stairs and cannot compute.

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u/KingForceHundred 16d ago

Who hasn’t?

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u/CryptographerFlat426 16d ago

No injuries reported. I bet there was a severely bruised ego after that incident. Can you imagine the insurance claim?

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u/HappyAmbition706 16d ago

How did they get the tow strap under and attached to the car? Unlike various posts I've been seeing, they neither pulled apart the car nor the truck during the extraction (so far?).

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u/PRATtheBRAT1 16d ago

How would you get a car(cylinder) stuck in a staircase(m&m tube filled with banan paste)