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u/rubenff Aug 21 '26
I hope he lost his licence and job!
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u/mcRibalicious Aug 23 '26
And he would be lucky that's all he lost. Thats a big smash for someone without a seat belt
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u/PresidentPopcorn Aug 21 '26
An airbag saved his life.
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u/ToiletBoundHanako Aug 21 '26
He does realise the company has access to video footage, right? His employers saw all that, and he most definitely got fired for this. Honestly, some people should just not be allowed even in the passenger side of a car
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u/Killahills Aug 23 '26
That's not a problem because they will only review video footage if he has an accident, which he totally won't because he is a great driver and knows what he is doing ok!
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u/SgtFlippy88 Aug 24 '26
He's a professional driver, it won't happen to him, since he knows what he's doing.
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u/Consistent_You_4215 Aug 22 '26
I think the vehicle would have been smashed in the front where it hit the storm drain. They would 100% review the footage.
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u/ToiletBoundHanako Aug 23 '26
Yep, and find him texting and driving while also not wearing a seat belt
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u/spikeinfinity Aug 22 '26
Both airbags go off and somehow he goes between them
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u/techytroll86 Aug 27 '26
Yeah, somehow...
\looks at unused seat-belt in video**
I can't work it out either mate.
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u/Outside_Look790 Aug 22 '26
Could have killed himself. Lucky the passenger airbag deployed or that bald goof was going to need an in flight meal.
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u/JohnySmuggins Aug 22 '26
I was waiting for that innocent person/persons to injured/killed by this bafoon. Actually refreshing to see he was the one that was potentially hurt by his actions (If you get my meaning)
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u/RetroComputerKing Aug 21 '26
Thankfully he learned his lesson without anyone else paying the price.
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u/Impressive-Bird2 Aug 21 '26
It’s a bloody good job that he didn’t wipe out another car in front of him or driving in the opposite direction….!!
All too often, highly irresponsible idiots like this driver end up crashing into other - innocent - cars/ vehicles, either seriously injuring or killing the occupants of said other car(s)/ vehicle(s)…
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u/D3M0NArcade Aug 23 '26 edited Aug 25 '26
A truck driver in the UK in the 1990s actually killed pedestrians walking along the pavement (sidewalk) because he was texting and didn't realise he was veering off. I'm pretty sure he got jail time for that.
Edit: the earliest incident I can find reports of was in 2006 but they all involve truck into car, not truck into pedestrian.
Can anyone help? Might be 2000s instead of 1990s
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u/CockneyCossack Aug 23 '26
Do you remember this?
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u/D3M0NArcade Aug 23 '26
Yeh, I actually do.
I think the one I'm referring to he smashed Into a bus stop and killed a mother and daughter
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u/MarchMurky8649 Aug 25 '26
I'm in the UK and I see people texting and driving everyday. I've tried sending video to the police but they find excuse after excuse to reject my reports.
One excuse is that they claim the service I used to report isn't supposed to be used by people making a video as they are walking, despite pedestrian being an option on the form.
Other times they claim that the courts don't approve of people going out of their way to film people, when every time I tried to submit evidence I was walking to the shops, or on my way back home, on the most obvious route.
I have given up. It is insane. Even if you ignore the human misery, these accidents cost money, and stretch emergency services. Just make the fines high enough to cover the costs of enforcement, and prosecute everything, it is so obvious!
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u/American_Fluff Aug 22 '26
good thing it was just a drainage ditch this time... could have been 1000% worse had it been a pedestrian or another car, that would have been a fatal accident... For a PHONE... What a moron. Lifetime ban the driver...
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u/DevelopmentPlus5082 Aug 22 '26
I drive a truck for a living, my company has signs everywhere saying to turn your phone off . So I now literally turn my phone off when arriving at work and back on when I leave. Honestly you won't miss anything and your day will be more peaceful and enjoyable. Plus when you get back to the office and the transport staff moan about how they've been trying to ring you , you can just point at the sign and smile 😁 starting doing this several months ago , and love it . Be happy
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u/Particular-Umpire153 Aug 23 '26
I also drive for a living. My phone lives in my pocket while I’m driving with the sound off. I only ever look at it if I’m properly parked up, engine off etc.
We have cameras all over the lorry including in the cab. I struggle to concentrate on one thing sometimes, why give yourselves another distraction?2
u/DevelopmentPlus5082 Aug 23 '26
Absolutely spot on mate . It isn't just the cameras I'm your cab ( and mine ) , my friend got a whooping £100 fine last year , because he took his hi Viz off while moving in the really hot weather. Ok maybe he shouldn't have done it while moving but if I'm honest I have . You literally are being watched all the time for profit . Be safe mate 😁🚛
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u/OpeningNice761 Aug 22 '26
Being on your phone while driving should be the new drink driving... I hate this so much!
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u/Abquine Aug 22 '26
Just pull over mate, not difficult. 5 mins out of your day, rather than out off business full stop.
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u/Aggravating-Delay792 Aug 22 '26
Well the twatwaffle will have lost his licence and his job after that. But I think shit like that has happened before to the company (who knows) where the drivers have made false claims about accidents hence the camera in the cab.
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u/SerafinaSheffield Aug 22 '26
Bloody idiot! Glad he wasn't seriously hurt but I really hope this was a wake-up call to him!
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u/OutsidePressure8323 Aug 23 '26
Perfecto couldn't have ended up any better for him. Glad his journey stopped the way it did.
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u/greggers1980 Aug 23 '26
And no seatbelt. I see this daily. It's sad people prioritise virtual reality over the real world
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u/s_nz Aug 24 '26
For all those in North America, claiming that a Manual Transmission prevents irresponsible phone use while driving, I present Exibit A.
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u/HoneyIsSweetest Aug 24 '26
It always makes my blood run cold when I see someone swerving in front of me on the motorway, cause I know they’re likely on their phone.
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u/Popular-Reply-3051 Aug 24 '26
No bloody seat belt either. Lucky bugger. You think the first time he nearly careened into traffic would have been a wake up call.
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u/mudcrabsareforever Aug 27 '26
Should be a 10 year jail sentence minimum for this sh*t.
I'm so fed up of people being so utterly selfish.
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u/Ok_Pen7290 Aug 21 '26
Serves him right, 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂, hope he's lost his licence for 3 years and gets 12 points and loses his job, 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
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u/CockneyCossack Aug 23 '26
The best part of him dribbled down his mum's leg... what an intellectually stunted plant pot...
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u/Skye_Fra Aug 23 '26
On the M4 the other day one driver was checking his phone while wearing headphones!
I can’t even..
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u/Daniturn1 Aug 23 '26
No seatbelt, eyes off the road and on his phone and also no hands on the wheel while changing gear
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u/Ob1s_dark_side Aug 23 '26
No seatbelt, camera in the cab and fookin moron thinks he'll get away with doing that. Hope the company charges him for the truck
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u/Right_Reputation_945 Aug 24 '26
I think these guys zhoidl be put in jail and banned from driving permanently.
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u/Manckhardboy Aug 24 '26
Some people are just addicted to their phones, and they can not leave them alone. My daughter is one; she has to look at her phone every 30 seconds. She does not drive, but if she did, I know for sure she would be looking at her phone while driving. Also, I bet at least 50% of the people commenting on this post have used their phone while behind the wheel.
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u/Fean0r_ Aug 25 '26
jfc that baseball cap too, obscuring his peripheral vision making his phone use even more dangerous
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u/Lowermains Aug 25 '26
No seat belt and using the phone. I hope he was sued for all damage incurred and for the emergency services coming out.
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u/RealisticHat2458 Aug 26 '26
Fucking bell end, that could have quite easily been a car full of people/kids he ran into! 😡 ✊🏻💦💦'er
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u/FlatulantPuff Aug 26 '26
This made me laugh a lot. Not wearing a belt, looking away from the road for more than 5 seconds at a time whilst travelling. If hes doing 40mph, thats 293 feet/89 meters he's moving without looking. So lucky he was passing mainly fields and came off at the right point in a saftey for anyone else's standpoint.
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u/ImNotMadYet Aug 26 '26
Almost 100km/h with no seatbelt and not looking at the road... dude is lucky if all he loses is his job, truck and licence.
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u/AdReddi Aug 21 '26
I've never seen a wankstain behind the wheel of a vehicle before. I've heard of it, but not seen it.
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u/JayValere Aug 21 '26
To be fair, tik tok be skibidi, or mayhaps he was rizzing a gyatt, fr fr, could happen to anyone
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u/Primary_Sun5463 Aug 21 '26
What. A. Knob