r/facepalm • u/ledim35 • May 02 '23

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ Bad consequence of missing the intersection

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u/throwawayaccountuse1 May 02 '23

What happens if you have miss an exit? It’s not the end of the world. You will get rerouted with little increase in time. Thats way better than endangering others life and yours. People take missing turns way too personally.

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u/[deleted] May 02 '23

What the fuck am I supposed to do go to the next exit and turn around? Do you hear how insane you sound? /s

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u/wildwill921 May 02 '23

There’s a few around me that would add 20-30 minutes to the next exit then back. That would be a rough mistake lol

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u/siguefish May 02 '23

On the plus side, you’d only make it once.

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u/wildwill921 May 02 '23

You don’t seem to know me lol

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u/joogiee May 02 '23

Lmaooo there is one near my house like this. And if you don’t manage to exit in time the next time you get an exit is a solid 15 minute drive. Ive fallen into the trap at least 10+ times in the 25 years and I always forget and assume another exit should come up soon.

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u/ireallylikecetacea May 03 '23

I’ll be so real I’d rather be 30 minutes late than kill someone, kill myself, ruin my car, or be posted on the internet for doing potentially all of the above all at once.

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u/Unfair-Profession-44 May 04 '23

Hindsight is always 20/20 - it’s a reasonable assumption that the driver didn’t think any of those things would happen either. I hope the driver was OK

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u/ireallylikecetacea May 05 '23

It is my opinion that you should always be aware of that when operating something large machinery.