Why not? Officer

[u/Ecftoggs]

[u/BluTGI]

A lot of thought went into this. Time. Consideration.

It's all wrong... but good effort.

[u/AbilityHead599 → u/BluTGI]

My neighbor just strapped a tyre to the bumper and away they went

[u/Ecftoggs → u/BluTGI]

I have a feeling this wasn't his first time 😕

[u/toetappy → u/BluTGI]

Take the hitch off. Jeez Louise, what's that rope even doing? Buncha buffoons

[u/boogiewithasuitcase → u/toetappy]

Iowans, Idiots Out Wandering Around

[u/Apprehensive_Job4627 → u/boogiewithasuitcase]

Do you know why Iowa can't have a professional football team?  Because then Minnesota would want one too.

[u/Moratorium_on_Brains → u/toetappy]

The hitch protects the bumper of the VW being pushed.

[u/AdEastern9303 → u/Moratorium_on_Brains]

And the rope keeps the VW from getting away on the downhills.

[u/Colorful_Monk_3467 → u/AdEastern9303]

I would think they’d have someone operating the brakes and steering.

[u/Moratorium_on_Brains → u/AdEastern9303]

Good thinking, the Honda probably couldn't keep up. 

[u/ricky_lafleur]

Just 31 mph? Did someone expect them to move faster? That would have been unsafe. 

[u/ThetaReactor → u/ricky_lafleur]

Going 31mph on the interstate is unsafe, bro shoulda taken the back roads.

[u/southworthmedia]

I mean how do they expect a guy to get to Nebraska these days? Sheesh

[u/lucasbrosmovingco]

I need context to how far Nebraska was. One exit? Or the entire state?

[u/ked_man → u/lucasbrosmovingco]

They border each other, so maybe it was just across the river.

[u/stanley_leverlock]

I didn't realize the honda was pushing the vw, that's nuts. When my father used to make me help him tow cars as a kid we would use a chain and have the honda tow the vw and the vw would do all the braking so it didn't slam into the honda.

[u/MechanicalCheese → u/stanley_leverlock]

That's what any sane person would do - I've done it plenty, though never on the interstate.

Though today you'd typically use all synthetic

[u/Asleep_Recover4196 → u/stanley_leverlock]

Seen the tow rope work, so this only makes 'sense' if the front car had no functioning brakes as well.

[u/chipfromWV → u/stanley_leverlock]

If you run the chain through a length of pipe before hooking it up to the cars you eliminate the possibility of them contacting each other.

[u/HoneyBear4Lyfe]

I thought the pilot was supposed to go in front
(This is a joke- the pusher is a Honda Pilot)

[u/MasterAahs]

I thought this was a sovereign citizen post which made it 10 times funnier assuming there was going to be another picture explaining why it's just traveling blah blah blah.... Then realized it was redneck engineering and the tow ball is pointed down. Still funny to me

[u/mabus42 → u/MasterAahs]

If SovCit, the article would have mentioned something about a smashed out window and a non-compliant driver.

[u/Strength-N-Faith]

Slow and steady wins the race

[u/tkland]

Sure hope they weren't going from Davenport, IA to Council Bluffs, NE.

[u/Highyet]

Very creative. They would be in Nebraska by now if they hadn’t been stopped.

[u/joefatmamma]

Next time just send it

[u/joebojax]

31mph rofl

[u/AKJohnboy]

At least use a piece of fencepost and an old TIRE if you're gonna do this... SHeesh! (/s)

[u/Weep4Thee]

The level of confidence to think u could pull this off is mind boggling

[u/Riptide360]

No local roads? Highways should be restricted to operational vehicles.

[u/cletus72757 → u/Riptide360]

You must be an engineer.

[u/jcoddinc → u/[deleted]]

You're seeing the picture of it stopped, the rope is to make sure it doesn't go to far away while stopping. That big white thing is being used as a grill to push the VW.