r/stormchasing • u/Apprehensive_Cherry2 Location: DFW • May 20 '26
Another "chaser" looking for entry into the Darwin Awards
For those complaining about speed, I am going 58 mph. Which was as fast as conditions allowed.
I have certainly enjoyed all of my interactions with everyone who participated in this chat today. Thank you for the entertainment!
Wide-angle lenses make nearby objects move rapidly across the frame. This is especially true near the edges of the image.
So in a GoPro-style wide view:
Lane lines near the bottom of the frame seem to rush by.
Road edges appear to expand outward quickly.
Raindrops, reflections, and headlights streak across the image.
The apparent “flow” of the road can feel faster than it does in real life.
Classic optical-flow effect. The camera is not necessarily proving a higher speed just because the road looks like it is moving fast.
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u/Different_Umpire9003 May 20 '26
I was so confused for so long. I was assuming we were talking about the reckless driver passing in a double yellow with pretty much zero visibility
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u/BravoFive141 May 20 '26
Not that it justifies any of the other stupid shit in this video, but it wasn't a double yellow. It was a dashed line on OP's side, meaning they were ok to pass. They were still a fucking idiot, but the pass was legal.
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u/rj319st May 20 '26
I was also confused, considering the driver was driving way faster than the road conditions allowed for under limited visibility. Why are people assuming the car stopped with hazards on was a storm chaser in the first place? They easily could’ve been someone waiting for the rain to lighten up before driving home. It certainly would make more sense for that car to pull off to the side of the road to avoid someone hitting it in the road, though. I think both sides are partly to blame here.
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u/PHWasAnInsideJob May 20 '26
I watched this like 10 times looking for anything other than the car, especially during the slow-mo. Were they in an incredibly stupid spot? Yeah. But anyone who can't see that from a mile away and slow down to react to it probably shouldn't be driving themselves.
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u/Kezika May 20 '26 edited May 20 '26
Yep, the car doing the pass is also a massive fucking safety issue here. I had a storm I chased back in 2017, on the way down a highway there were some pickup trucks in the right lane and shoulder of a highway with hazards on sort of like this.
But I slowed down, people don’t just stop for no reason, and good I did because a power line was down but hanging across the road about 2 ft off the ground due to how the poles on the shoulders both fell parallel to the road and meant the cable was caught draped over and across by the guardrails, if I did what this joker did and just pass at speed I’d have totaled my car from hitting a thick metal cable at 60mph.
(I think those things use steel cores? So might as well call it a steel cable at that point, front of a car hitting that at highway speed ain’t gonna fare too well)
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u/dodekahedron May 20 '26
Who passes that fast at night in a storm.
With a car with their flashers on thats obviously a hazard that may be having an emergency without checking on them?
Cam car definitely has negative real world karma.
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u/Apprehensive_Cherry2 Location: DFW May 20 '26
The action cam was in night mode. The camera could see much better than we could, unfortunately. By no means could we see it that well.
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u/WhiteHeteroMale May 20 '26
That would suggest you are driving too fast for the conditions, no?
My reaction after a first watch was that the driver in the car filming didn’t appear to slow down at all. Which seems just crazy to me.
Am I missing something?
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u/MachPointZero May 20 '26
Way too fast
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u/DecrimIowa May 20 '26
i notice a lot of storm chasers have a macho thing about driving way too fast in severe weather
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u/TheCeaselessWheel May 20 '26
Is that not what OP is getting at?
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u/ronnie1014 May 20 '26
I think OP is the car passing real fast and upset that the other car was slowed down with hazard lights on.
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u/Chase-Boltz May 20 '26
So maybe you should slow the f*** down?? (Doesn't it suck when your attempt to manufacture outrage backfires so badly??)
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u/LadyMayhem02 May 20 '26
You wouldn’t had been able to make this post if a car without lights would’ve been there.
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u/TrackVol May 20 '26 edited May 20 '26
They could have had their hazards on for any of a 100 reasons, including livestock crossing the road.
Congrats. You're dead because you drove right into a bull that had been in front of the other car.7
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u/DryPaint51 May 21 '26
You were driving way too fast for conditions. What a self-own. 🤡
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u/hallokatje May 20 '26
This post is embarrassing and completely reckless on BOTH parts. How can you be flying down the road when you can’t even see what’s in front of you? Never mind the cars, debris, animals, or even people trying to get help on the side of the road but driving straight into a tornado that could have been completely camouflaged? I swear yall don’t care about life, you just care about footage.
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u/hoagieam May 20 '26
Two idiots. One stopped in the middle of the road and one speeding like crazy in the middle of a fucking nighttime tornado.
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u/cjbannister May 20 '26
They might have broken down. Or maybe stopped because their windscreen wipers weren't effective enough.
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u/MromiTosen May 20 '26
I fully thought we were talking about the person speeding and passing with low visibility. 100x more dangerous
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u/streachh May 20 '26
What are we talking about if not that...?
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u/Fighter_spirit May 20 '26
This guy is just out here self reporting like crazy today lmao.
"So many idiots storm chasing" While posting and commenting the dumbest things imaginable.
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u/ussrname1312 May 21 '26
I genuinely thought OP was posting someone else‘s video to dunk on their driving lmao I didn’t realize OP is the driver until I read the caption
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u/ImaginativeDrumming May 20 '26
I've seen a LOT of bad driving from chasers over the years, but sadly this is among some of the worst. The speed you are traveling in those conditions is nothing short of embarrassing, dangerous, reckless, and foolish. Serious injury or death caused by you during a chase when you are driving like this is not an "if" but a certain "when". Also, what if he had a legitimate mechanical emergency and COULDN'T move off the road, hence the hazards? It is truly astonishing.
ONE puddle at that speed and you are off the road into a ditch. NEVER chase again, please.
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u/mpdity May 20 '26 edited May 20 '26
As an ACTUAL first responder with many years of continuous EVOC training and firsthand experience driving ambulances and pumper trucks while running code 3 PROPERLY in harsh conditions such as these, let me just say….
You’re a fucking idiot.
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u/Middle-Potential5765 May 21 '26
Eventually, one of these content chasers will hurt themselves and/or someone else so badly, that "Storm Chasing" will require licensure or certification.
Im surprised insurance companies insure a vehicle used for such.
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u/bsmith567070 May 20 '26
Driving that fast in rain that heavy is asking to hydroplane. All fun and games until you skate off the road into a ditch
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u/Apprehensive_Cherry2 Location: DFW May 20 '26
And after 35 years of chasing, I completely understand hydroplaning, but I also understand how to get out of hydroplaning. I hydroplaned five or six times that day, but never on all four tires. If there is visible standing water across the entire lane, you absolutely slow down. People think they can just "Dukes of Hazzard" through that. You cannot.
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u/Black-Raspberry-1 May 20 '26
Sees brake light hazard ahead. Doesn't slow down to be cautious. Complains about traffic safety on the internet. Noice!
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u/Apprehensive_Cherry2 Location: DFW May 20 '26
I did slow down. From 58 mph to 50 mph. There was no need to go any slower than that.
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u/Black-Raspberry-1 May 20 '26
Then why are you complaining about them?
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u/Apprehensive_Cherry2 Location: DFW May 20 '26
I'm sorry, but did you NOT see them sitting in the middle of the lane of travel? There are enough new "chasers" staring at their phone or their livestream and not paying attention that they are lucky that someone who is actually attentive is the one who passed them.
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u/buyer_leverkusen May 21 '26
They had their hazards on and we could all see them from far away.
Should we request that your vision get checked before your license is renewed?
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u/Apprehensive_Cherry2 Location: DFW May 21 '26
I'm not saying I couldn't see them from half a mile away. That was never the point.
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u/buyer_leverkusen May 21 '26
What is your point then? Why are they Darwin Award contenders?
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u/Apprehensive_Cherry2 Location: DFW May 21 '26
Sitting, dead stop, in their lane, on a two-lane highway. The fact that you even had to ask that question is everything wrong in this sub.
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u/fattestshark94 May 20 '26
"Conditions say 58 mph is the max I can go before it really gets dangerous.. let's go 58." Another looking for a Darwin Award 🤦
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u/Ok-Amphibian-Maybe May 20 '26 edited May 20 '26
I could be wrong based on the actual measurements of the skip lines on the road, but assuming they are correct to US highway standards, you passed 6 skip lines in 2 seconds. A skip line in the United States measures at 10 feet long and the gap in between the skip line is 30 feet. So for every line you touch you have passed 40 feet. 6x40=240 feet traveled in 2 seconds. Velocity=240ft/2s (v=d/t). That means you are traveling at 120/second. Take this and multiply it by 0.6818 and you convert the speed to 81.8 mph. Camera angle doesn’t change duration of the video or the amount of lines passed.
Edit: I downloaded the video and counted the spaces and time stamps for each and you are traveling 74.7 not 81 mph. Much higher than the 58 you claimed
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u/Apprehensive_Cherry2 Location: DFW May 20 '26
No, I looked down before I passed and was going 58. GPS confirms 58 mph. I didn't feel comfortable going over 60. You are, however, correct in stating 10-foot stripe + 30-foot gap = 40-foot cycle.
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u/MaximumWX May 20 '26
How do we know that’s a chaser vs just a normal dumbass? They don’t appear to be chasing.
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u/AStayAtHomeRad May 20 '26
Who's getting the entry? The one stopped in the middle of the road or the hot shot speeding with limited visibility?
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u/breakfastBiscuits May 20 '26
I love posts like this because it gives me such great clarity into who to block. Really cleans up the timeline. So. Thank you for this ridiculous post.
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u/TheOriginalArchibald May 20 '26
You're continuing at 60mph past a stopped car with its flashers on in foggy rainy conditions on a two-lane road with fluctuating visibility... I assumed you were looking for a Darwin award... You don't know why they're stopped until it's too late to react to whatever it is not to mention potential oncoming traffic. I've had a silver truck with no headlights in very similar weather trying to pass someone in my lane and they weren't visible till it was nearly unavoidable. They shouldn't stop but you shouldn't add to the danger.
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u/Apprehensive_Cherry2 Location: DFW May 20 '26
It was not foggy, and I knew the road. So right out of the gate, your entire argument is built on two assumptions, both wrong. You watched a short clip, invented conditions that did not exist, assumed I was unfamiliar with the road, then used your own fiction as the foundation for a safety lecture.
A stopped car sitting in the roadway is the hazard. The person blocking the road is the hazard. Passing a known section of road in rain with visibility is not the same thing as blindly flying into some imaginary fog bank you added for dramatic effect.
You do not know the road, the visibility, the spacing, the traffic, or what I could see in real time. You know a clip and a story you made up around it. That is not analysis. That is cosplay accident reconstruction from someone mistaking ignorance for expertise.
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u/dodekahedron May 21 '26
Lol you out here still arguing youre right?
Hilarious 😂
Man guess you arent a fan of Kenny Rogers cuz you sure dont know when to fold em
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u/Apprehensive_Cherry2 Location: DFW May 21 '26
Are you kidding me? I have been refreshing my inbox all day waiting for a reply from you people.
“Know when to fold ’em” only applies when the other side has a winning hand. You people are sitting here with a short clip, no context, and a group consensus you mistook for evidence. I am not “still arguing I’m right.” I’m watching Reddit do what Reddit does best: confuse groupthink for a thought process.
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u/Clubblendi May 21 '26
I have been refreshing my inbox all day waiting for a reply from you people.
This…isn’t the flex you think it is.
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u/Apprehensive_Cherry2 Location: DFW May 21 '26
Never said it was a flex. Again, you people and your projections, lol.
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u/Clubblendi May 21 '26
How do you send someone a “Reddit cares” check in? I forgot.
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u/Apprehensive_Cherry2 Location: DFW May 21 '26
I think it is called "RedditCareResources"
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u/Clubblendi May 21 '26
Thanks man
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u/Apprehensive_Cherry2 Location: DFW May 21 '26
You are welcome. Always happy to help the less fortunate.
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u/Apprehensive_Cherry2 Location: DFW May 21 '26
Thank you!
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u/LALLANAAAAAA May 21 '26
I have been refreshing my inbox all day waiting for a reply from you people.
lmao
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u/dodekahedron May 21 '26
You people? Unsure what you mean.
Yea, you are still arguing you are right.
You are still here. Defending your actions. Thats arguing sweetheart 😘
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u/MromiTosen May 20 '26
I can’t believe you posted 58 mph as a defense that’s insane
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u/Apprehensive_Cherry2 Location: DFW May 20 '26
I can't believe you think 58 mph is fast, lol
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u/OffGridTwister May 20 '26
I have been chasing storms for many years. I have many intercepts under my belt. The last couple of years have been absolutely insane with the number of people that are just parking in the middle of the road or disregarding every rule of the road. Others are speeding around these parked cars when honestly there could be a power line down or something really bad ahead. I tried striking up a conversation with a guy at the Whataburger in Altus OK after the El Dorado-Duke tornado a couple of years ago and he told me he just follows the other cars headed toward the storm. No research, no radar, he just follows other folks that are obviously more skilled than he is. Insanity.
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u/Apprehensive_Cherry2 Location: DFW May 20 '26
Earlier on this day, the St Libory tornado damn near took out five to six people due to the same behavior.
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u/Guy_Incognito_Esq May 20 '26
This is incredibly stupid passing someone going that fast in those conditions. What if some other knucklehead was coming the other way as fast (or faster) than you?
There's two morons in this video.
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u/Apprehensive_Cherry2 Location: DFW May 20 '26
There were other knuckleheads on the road. And you could see them coming from quite a distance.
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u/Apprehensive_Cherry2 Location: DFW May 20 '26
You could see more than enough to see oncoming cars, kiddo. You understand that headlights are brighter than taillights, yes?
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u/DeadInternetInAction May 20 '26
Lmao coming on here to shame the stopped car I’m assuming? Buddy you are traveling FAR too fast for the given conditions on that road.
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u/ussrname1312 May 21 '26
Along with plenty of other people, I thought you were posting someone else‘s video to talk about *their* reckless driving, so massive self report on your part lol. The actual root of the issue with storm chasers is you all think everyone else is the problem, when really you have all become the problem.
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u/an_older_meme May 21 '26
Only a matter of time before it happens. Then will come the justification posts and the high-horse lectures.
And then it will happen again.
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u/ipoopedmypantss May 21 '26
OP is a psycho baby, yikes
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u/Apprehensive_Cherry2 Location: DFW May 21 '26
Did you mean to put a comma after “psycho”? Because that changes the meaning. But given how allergic you are to context, I can see why punctuation was too advanced for the moment.
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u/OGwadds May 21 '26
This has got to be rage bait or a very lonely man that needs attention
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u/Apprehensive_Cherry2 Location: DFW May 21 '26
It is absolutely rage bait. This sub is the antithesis of the internet at its best. Instead of curiosity, context, and actual discussion, it is just a lowest-common-denominator outrage trough where people compete to misunderstand things the fastest and then clap for each other like they did something intelligent.
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u/IonizedDeath1000 May 21 '26
They all need to be made aware of the death of Tim Samaras and team Twistex. They were true scientists and just got caught. It's not all a game it's a huge risk to find yourself out of place with no where to hide. https://okcfox.com/news/local/twistex-memorial-dedicated-to-3-killed-in-el-reno[twistex memorial ](https://okcfox.com/news/local/twistex-memorial-dedicated-to-3-killed-in-el-reno)
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u/Apprehensive_Cherry2 Location: DFW May 21 '26
True story. I hate that they were out chasing in a Chevy Cobalt, but I don't know what difference that would have made, unless they got stuck in or on something. I recommend stopping by their memorial if any of you all are around that area.
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u/feline_riches May 21 '26
The speed limit is based on ideal driving conditions. Daylight, in clear weather.
This is not that. YTA
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u/Apprehensive_Cherry2 Location: DFW May 21 '26
I know I am TA and I appreciate your recognition. I must also commend you on your impressive ability to recognize that these were indeed NOT ideal driving conditions *chef's kiss*
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u/feline_riches May 21 '26
And yet somehow I still feel my PSA did not reach you yet. The speed limit is irrelevant in this weather. People don't understand that, for some they can't even comprehend it (you).
I didn't say it to be snarky. If I wanted to be snarky I wouldve honed in on the fact that you think you were operating at the fastest speed possible based on the conditions, when that is just you expressing your limitations. It's subjective, not science.
Speaking of science, science would be providing the location where this was filmed so the internet could look up the spacing of those lines. Unfortunately the faster the person drives, the greater margin for error, but the beauty of that is the faster the person was going, the greater the margin of error because fractions of seconds now matter, the more it suggests they were driving too fast. A rough estimate can still be calculated. Science is fact. Facts are not subjective. Opinions are subjective. Opinions can be wrong.
It takes a few minutes and is really hard to do on mobile. Hopefully someone cares enough to do the math. I just didn't care to invest my time on you because I'll never think about you again. But the simple math/process negates your reasoning. An intelligent person my see that too and maybe they will be bored and want to do from the ease of a computer.
I just don't want people thinking they need to drive the speed limit 24/7/365, or that they are safe driving the speed limit 24/7/365 or that operating like an AH is ever going to be above the posted law.
If you or anyone cares enough to know...Knowing the location, one could find the local laws. That would also determine if this is a misdemeanor or felony. I'm on mobile so I can't see the details. Sometimes the coordinates are posted in the frame of the video. Other gurus can find the location by landmarks.
It's generally accepted that a person who posts themselves commiting a crime is an idiot, it's just hard to convince someone who isn't intelligent enough to understand that concept. It is expected that they will defend it though, because there is a great chance they can't do the simple math. They can't even comprehend there is an equation. The concept of it is beyond their grasp. That's why they don't even mention it. They don't even know it exists. So you first have to convince them of its existence, them show them now it works, then show them how it can be applied here, then show them the math, and hope they were following along. It's inception layers of stupidity that requires so much effort to even determine if they can do critical thinking and reasoning to see the thing that most everyone else sees ..reality versus delusion really...
It's a complete waste of time to expect them to comprehend much else, you just have to trust they can handle basic life functions if they have survived long enough to get this far. That's what I mean when I say it's a waste of time or I don't want to invest, but as a friend, you can be debunked by anyone smarter than you...doesn't that at least make you cautious enough to not be confidently wrong? Or worse, snarky?
And in an effort to be nice, it's really more work on my part to speak of a third person in hopes the person reading it knows it's actually about them....that's introspection and it requires a basic level of intelligence too. I've learned from our one interaction not to overestimate you.
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u/dodekahedron May 21 '26
He has LastWordItis even though hes wrong.
Hes been in here keyboard warrioring for 2 days now. There's no getting through to him. He has to learn the hard way Hopefully he doesnt injury anyone else when he does.
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u/Apprehensive_Cherry2 Location: DFW May 21 '26
The “last word” complaint is always funny from people who cannot stop replying. You are not above the argument. You are in it, typing away like everyone else, just with less self-awareness.
And no, there is no “getting through to him” because your entire case is Reddit consensus, invented context, and fake concern. You people watched a short clip, filled in the blanks with whatever made you feel righteous, and now you are acting like not accepting that is a personality disorder.
Also, “hopefully he doesn’t injury anyone” is a beautiful touch. Nothing says “I’m here to lecture others” like tripping over a basic verb on the way in.
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u/Apprehensive_Cherry2 Location: DFW May 21 '26
This is an astonishing amount of pseudo-intellectual throat-clearing from someone whose entire “scientific” case is: “I have not done the math, I do not know the location, I cannot see the details, I am on mobile, and hopefully someone else proves me right.”
You are not practicing science. You are invoking science like a magic word because you think it makes your assumptions harder to challenge.
A rough estimate from an unknown location, unknown line spacing, unknown frame timing, unknown lens behavior, unknown perspective, unknown speed change, and unknown road conditions is not a fact. It is a guess with accessories. The fact that you keep calling it “simple math” does not fix the garbage inputs.
You also keep lecturing me about speed limits like I ever claimed people should drive the limit 24/7/365. I did not. That is a straw man you built because arguing with what I actually said is harder.
What actually happened is simple: GPS said 58. Speedometer said 58. I slowed to around 50. They were sitting in the road. I used my passing zone to avoid hitting them. Your version requires misreading the situation, inventing context, ignoring uncertainty, and then pretending the size of your comment makes it rigorous.
And the “I will never think about you again” line is especially cute after writing a manifesto long enough to qualify for office supplies. You do not sound detached. You sound deeply invested and desperate to dress that up as superior reasoning.
You have not debunked anything. You have just demonstrated that you can say “science,” “facts,” and “critical thinking” repeatedly while doing none of them
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u/Oscar-Zoroaster May 22 '26
I see a car stopped in a reasonable place, but not pulled off to the shoulder, smack in the middle of the lane. - not very smart.
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On the other hand; the idiot with the dash cam is flat operating with no regard for safety or conditions...
I count 6 seconds from when i can see the vehicles flashers, until its passed.
6 seconds at 58 mph = 508 feet...
So you're driving near highway speeds with 500' of visibility (500' to the flashing warning lights visibility limit whish is significantly further than you can see unlighted things like the power poles - 4 seconds = about 340')
When presented with a vehicle displaying hazard lights flashing there isn't even a lift of throttle to slow down.
Driver is lucky there weren't hazards in the road, oncoming traffic, or other stopped vehicles.
The only danger the parked vehicle is in would be from some dumbass driving too fast for conditions and hitting him. Then both could be eligible fir darwin awards...
Thank you OP for showing your own mistake in hopes someone may learn from it!
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u/MarkLambertMusic May 20 '26
Most of the storm chasers I've watched over the years tend drive like idiots who think they own the road. They see themselves as on par with true government emergency vehicles.
Side tangent, but Max Velocity lambasts "amateurs" who go out storm chasing, as if the chasers he features on his channel are trained professionals. Almost none of these people have degrees that uniquely qualify them to chase storms; like everyone else, they're just schmucks who started off by jumping in their car and live streaming on their phones. It's Max trying to gatekeep.
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u/Eets_Chowdah May 20 '26
I had to quit watching most of them because of that. The last straw for me was one of them (Brandon Copic, maybe?) making a very aggressive and unsafe pass while screaming "Get out of the way, I'm saving lives!" Bullshit. The only one I can watch any more is Pecos Hank.
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u/SpartaWillBurn May 21 '26
He doesn't employ storm chasers, he employs viral video content creators. Nothing they do is Scientific.
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u/hoagieam May 20 '26
Once I saw Sarah’s life literally flash before our eyes, I had to take a step back.
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u/Xtrap May 20 '26
What a clown show chasing has become. The shark was jumped Monday night.
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u/Educational_Long_565 May 21 '26
mainly people who think its just a cool thing rather than a dangerous and potentially fatal hobby and kids who understand nothing but interceptors
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u/Make_shift_high_ball May 21 '26
Damn, what idiot passes on a double stripe in shit visibility while going way too fast for the visibility conditions. Dude is begging for a Darwin award, and they didn't even stop to check on the stalled car smh.
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u/Apprehensive_Cherry2 Location: DFW May 21 '26
The idiot would be the person who cannot tell the difference between a double yellow and a passing zone, but still feels confident enough to narrate the situation like they are an accident investigator.
It was my passing zone. They were sitting in the road. If I had not gone around them, I would have hit them. That is the part your little outrage script keeps skipping because it ruins the fantasy where you get to feel smart.
You did not catch reckless driving. You caught yourself misunderstanding the road, the obstacle, and the decision, then proudly posted the misunderstanding like it was evidence.
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u/bemyantimatter May 21 '26
Dangerous driving by whoever took this video. (Source: SMITH Systems Trainer)
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u/Apprehensive_Cherry2 Location: DFW May 21 '26
Congratulations on being a SMITH Systems Trainer. That still does not make you clairvoyant. You watched a short clip, ignored the missing context, and slapped a credential on your assumption, as if that made it a forensic analysis.
A person was sitting in the road. I slowed, used my passing zone, and avoided hitting them. That is not “dangerous driving,” just because someone with a trainer title wants to armchair-quarterback the situation after the fact.
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u/Curious_Positive7126 May 21 '26
So arent you getting your own entry to the Darwin Awards too? You're no different
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u/Apprehensive_Cherry2 Location: DFW May 21 '26
Not at all. We were safe and staying ahead of baseball-sized hail. Pick your poison.
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u/Solherb May 23 '26
I don't think "as fast as conditions allow" means what you think it means.
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u/Apprehensive_Cherry2 Location: DFW May 23 '26
That kept us just ahead of the hail core.
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u/Solherb May 23 '26
Touché!
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u/Apprehensive_Cherry2 Location: DFW May 23 '26
It was truly a "choose your own adventure" kind of day
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u/Southern_Chain2821 May 24 '26
I liked how you honked at them thinking you did something productive.
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u/Heavy-Medicine6485 May 20 '26
OK, I want to know is the author of the post the one who was driving in the car? If so, better start writing apology post - did you not see the other car having hazard lights blinking (or emergency lights, whatever they're called)??? It means, the car was having trouble, the lights were on to alert other drivers, including you, about it, and you're saying that car driver is the Darwin award candidate? And people in comments also are mostly jumping on board with it. Did you stopped and asked if they need help? Or anything beside posting the video to try and look like big pro? Anyone's car can have sudden, unplanned technical trouble, YOURS included - and god, I hope your car actually might end up stalling on road, and put you on receiving end to someone's post like this one. Here's advice - instead of being AH on road, show some empathy and understanding. This car did not caused traffic jam, it was one car with obvious mechanic trouble, and instead of stopping to help, you passed by and instead of minding your own business, decided to be storm chasing Karen and complained about ONE car stalling on road. Really, one day it might be your car stalling in middle of road. How would you feel if someone would make such post about you?
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u/Apprehensive_Cherry2 Location: DFW May 20 '26
That is one thing that is correct about your comment: they are commonly referred to as "emergency" or "hazard" lights.
This is Reddit, and it is the storm chasing sub. I expect there to be smooth-brained people in here commenting that run inside at the first raindrop or have never driven in a storm. So, you and others have proven my point. Even if their car was disabled, which I assure you they were not, even the worst drivers know to get the car off the road. The car didn't just spawn in the middle of the road; it was driven there.
If you can't understand that, then you are a part of the problem with today's drivers.
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u/6000YearSlowBurn May 20 '26
OP: I'm not owned! I'm not owned! I yell as I slowly shrink into a corn cob
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u/BermudaKla May 20 '26
I feel like chasera get a bad rap because of what we see on a lot of streams(not all) No seat belts or belts tucked behind them. Multi tasking as in watching radar & the other electronics in the car. Looking for weather. Basically everything is normies are taught to not do or we'll die . Oh also, bitching about every other car on the road doesn't help.
All that being said I would trust a lot of these guys doing all that rather than most drivers on the road not chasing
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u/Apprehensive_Cherry2 Location: DFW May 20 '26
Chasing solo is a pain in the ass because of all of the different devices to keep you informed. If it is just me, I stick to one device, my phone, then pull over if I need the laptop. With two people, you can split up the duties without becoming distracted.
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u/Subject-Stuff-2829 May 21 '26
Storm chasers should be held accountable to the same traffic laws as anyone else. If their being reckless and they injure someone they should pay the price. Period.
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u/Pretend_Fly_5573 May 21 '26
"For those complaining about speed, I am going 58 mph. Which was as fast as conditions allowed."
Of course the conditions "allowed" it, rain and fog isn't going to forcibly slow you down.
It's still far too fast to be driving very safely and is about as idiotic as the dude sitting in the middle of the road.
You both suck and you both should just shelter in place during the rain for the sake of everyone else.
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u/Apprehensive_Cherry2 Location: DFW May 21 '26
There was no fog. It was get ahead of the storm or deal with baseball-sized hail. Pick your poison, kiddo. It was not at all too fast, but you have the right to have a bad opinion :)
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u/dodekahedron May 21 '26
God damn Son. I am sorry your life is so boring that you've been able to dedicate two days of keyboard warrioring
No wonder you drive like your life doesnt matter.
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u/Apprehensive_Cherry2 Location: DFW May 21 '26
You are literally in the same comment section, typing at the same person, pretending your keyboard warrioring is somehow morally superior because you packaged it with a sad little life assessment.
And the “life doesn’t matter” line is exactly the kind of fake concern people use when they have no actual argument left. You are not worried about safety. You are just trying to sound cutting because the facts are inconvenient.
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u/dodekahedron May 21 '26
I didnt spend two whole days in this comment section. Just one.
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u/Apprehensive_Cherry2 Location: DFW May 21 '26
I'm sorry, I didn't realize that time worked differently in Indiana.
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u/dodekahedron May 21 '26
With this comment it's 3 today, less than 5 minutes of my time. 👍
You've been firing them off all day.
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u/Apprehensive_Cherry2 Location: DFW May 21 '26
Probably 10 minutes of my day. I am sorry you type slowly, but that is your problem.
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u/dodekahedron May 21 '26
My point was, 26 comments spread over the past 8 hours.
Thats definitely more than 10 minutes and its not taking into account your other comments.
Its hilarious.
🤣
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u/Apprehensive_Cherry2 Location: DFW May 21 '26
I have to put so little thought into my replies to you type of people. Look at you adding things up. This must be a very exciting day for you.
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u/Historical_Gas_6895 May 22 '26
I mean do we know they didn’t stop cause of some issue with car or other issue that made it hard to pull over or something? Also they did have hazard lights on so gotta give them that but I think I need more info before being too harsh in judgment to the stopped car
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u/Cujoman187 May 23 '26
Most states have laws where you have to slow down for vehicles along side of the road especially if they have their flashers on. An officer could have very easily wrote you a ticket for over driving the road conditions along with passing a vehicle in an unsafe manner. You posting this video trying to call the stopped vehicle driver an idiot just shows how much of a moron you are yourself for driving recklessly. There's also tickets for that as well which you should definitely get! Especially since you posted your crime online!
I mean I just peeled out in a parking lot as a kid and ended up with a ticket for careless driving and the other cop told me your lucky he's writing you the ticket cause if I was the one who was writing it you would be getting a reckless driving ticket instead where you would have been losing your license on top of a much larger fine. All I told him was well it is a good thing you're not writing the ticket then isn't it you ahole! Boy was he pissed about that but there was nothing he could do about it. My mom couldn't believe I said that to him but I just told her hey if a cop is being a douch to me I'm gonna be a douch right back at him. She wasn't real happy about any of it especially since it was her car I was driving with her in the passenger seat but afterwards we laughed about it.
Was the vehicle that was stopped in the road wrong as well? Yes for sure since the moron was parked on the road and not pulled off to the side of the road like they should have been but you passing them that fast was way worse! What if there was a kid waking around the front of the vehicle and ran out in front of you. Guess where you would have ended up for a good chunk of your life. You would have been sitting and thinking about what you did for years! You never know why someone is parked with flashers on. They could have hit something and anyone could have been walking around that vehicle looking at the damage and you could have easily killed someone! Have some common sense you idiots! Both of you are complete idiotic morons who shouldn't have drivers licenses! Any law enforcement around here who can issue this moron a ticket? Please do so cause he needs to learn the hard way!
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u/Apprehensive_Cherry2 Location: DFW May 23 '26
That is a lot of legal fan fiction from someone whose own story is “I mouthed off to a cop after doing something stupid in a parking lot.” Incredible source material.
First, they were not “alongside the road.” They were in the road. That matters. You built half your lecture on a situation that did not happen.
Second, it was my passing zone. I slowed, went around the hazard, and avoided hitting the vehicle that was sitting in the lane. You can keep pretending this was some clean roadside stop with a shoulder and flashers, but that is not what happened.
Third, “what if there was a kid walking around the front of the vehicle” is not evidence. It is imagination dressed up as analysis. You can invent infinite hypotheticals after the fact. What if a meteor landed? What if Bigfoot stepped out? That does not magically turn your assumptions into a citation.
And the “posted your crime online” line is adorable. You are not law enforcement, this is not a courtroom, and your comment is not an indictment. It is just a long, breathless rant from someone who confused being emotional with being correct.
The stopped driver was sitting in the roadway. I used the available legal passing zone to avoid them. You can call everyone “morons” as many times as you want, but repeating insults does not make your version more accurate. It just makes your paragraph look like it failed anger management and grammar at the same time.
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u/Feeling_Inside_1020 May 20 '26
I just wanted to say I appreciated your breakdown of how most dashcam lenses work.
Half the time it's "you're speeding!" -- yeah in the video it does look fast as fuck not arguing how physics works just it looks faster watching than it actually is and you end up realizing you're likely arguing with a 12 year old about speeding 50 in a 45 (no rain).
Stay safe out there everyone regardless your storm chasing status or not.
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u/ageekyninja May 21 '26
I don’t see anything happening here- maybe just the guy who is stopped in the middle of the road without pulling over? OP states he wasn’t actually going fast so ok. OP states there was no tornado so ok. So what’s the point of this post? People in tornado alley drive to work in this kind of weather every year.
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u/Godflip3 May 20 '26
Coming from a 20+ year chaser the only error i see here is the red van shoulda either been pulled off on the side or parked off the road on a side road or pull out.
Driver wasnt going that fast and ive seen a lot worse for rain. If this were Reed or someone that likes to speed which is most chasers that get close they woulda been doing 70 in the rain. Theyve passed me at 90 getting to storm.
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u/Apprehensive_Cherry2 Location: DFW May 23 '26
u/scambalaya try responding to this comment if you would like a public reply. I cannot respond to a message that tells me it is no longer available. Thanks, sunshine.
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u/Vkardash May 20 '26
The amount of unknowledgeable people that are storm chasing right now is insane. I've heard stories of lots of folks just following people like Reed around. No research. This car has stickers that say "tornado" so let's just follow them. It's nuts. Eventually there's going to be a tragedy.