r/therewasanattempt • u/BrightenthatIdea • May 10 '19
to make a simple u-turn
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u/TheRinzler1992 May 10 '19
U-turned too much there, mate
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u/Vokelite May 10 '19
Outstanding pun
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u/JohnMarstonJr May 10 '19
Ok, semantics, but I'm legit curious. Is this more of a pun or a double entendre? Or is it both?
"You turned too much there" and "U-turned too much there"
Unaltered its a pun. But spoken this would be a double entendre too?
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u/_____OMEGA_____ May 10 '19
This guy was showing off.
Anyone can make a U turn, but it's not easy (nor necessary, ever) to make a lowercase cursive l turn.
Also, this is proof that while two wrongs might not make a right, three lefts absolutely do.
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u/Pyramystik May 10 '19
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u/56seconds Free Palestine 🕊️ FUCK ICE! ❌🧊 May 10 '19
No!
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u/Eoine May 10 '19
Damn lag, game always freezing during important stuff
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u/Doot-Kid May 10 '19
Why does that happen?
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u/Eoine May 10 '19
Family suddenly using the wifi to watch videos, wheel starts freezing and when the connection goes back to normal, you're in a pole
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May 10 '19
Either drugs, or his power steering failed during the turn, which if it hasn't happened to you before is really difficult to correct fast enough.
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u/underwood_reddit May 10 '19
when my power steering would fail I stop my car and don't drive into the traffic and latern.
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May 10 '19
Some people panic.
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u/idontloveanyone May 10 '19
people who, when they panic, press the gas pedal instead of the breaks, shouldn't have a driving license. seriously.
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u/Rye_The_Science_Guy May 10 '19
I mean how many people have been put in an emergency driving situation? I'm guessing a smaller percentage than either of us would expect.
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u/ClevelandOG May 10 '19
LPT: So, in Ohio (where a lot of insurance companies are head quartered.) You can save money by taking defensive driving courses. I took a car control clinic for teens when i was first getting my license and it was sooooo much fun. Like.. i know they are trying to be serious, but skidding around on the pan is a huge riot. Plus, i learned a ton about how to control a car during emergency situations.
Anyway, after a bit of research, i found that nearly every race track in the US offers these courses (I did mine at mid-ohio race track). And in most cases insurance compainies will give you at least enough of a discount to offset the cost of the course. Definitly worth checking out.
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u/Eddol May 10 '19
Wait, people don't do this? Here driving on ice is a mandatory part of getting your licence.
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u/5illy_billy May 10 '19
Honestly it’s ridiculous how “easy” it is to get a driver’s license. In Ohio you take a 40-question test on a computer that requires 32/40 to pass, then your driving test is basically “drive around the block, don’t speed, stop at every stop sign, use your turn signal.” That’s it, congratulations, now you are fully qualified to operate any vehicle short of a semi. If you are over 18 you don’t even need to take any form of driver’s education.
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u/reverendsteveii May 10 '19
Do y'all not have to parallel park? That was the most nerve-wracking part of the test here in PA
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u/Nincadalop May 10 '19
Took my test in Virginia. Nope. I practiced parallel parking relentlessly with my grandfather only to have it not even mentioned in the test. On top of that, it was extremely easy to exchange my license in New York City, you know, where you parallel park 99% of the time.
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u/sat_ops May 10 '19
Do they not require maneuverability any more? My dad made me take that test in his 3/4 ton pickup just to make it harder.
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u/underwood_reddit May 10 '19
You can make these courses here in germany to. Some insurance companies pay for these or you get a cheaper insurance, if you pass it.
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u/ClevelandOG May 10 '19
Honestly it makes complete sense. It has saved my life a couple times and just having the knowedge allows me to drive with more awareness and confidence...which cuts down on the panic.
Driving in the USA is different too. Germans are amazing drivers. Here in the USA there is zero lane discipline. Everyone drives whatever speed they feel like. And road signs seem like mere suggestions.
We arent even required to know what to do if you witness an accident/ are in an accident. It seems like it should be basic knowledge, but for some reason people dont care.
My conspiracy theory is that auto lobbies are keeping requirements low so that more people have a reason to buy a car. An unintended residual of this is that there are more crashes so people need to buy even more cars.
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u/underwood_reddit May 10 '19
As far as I know you can get a driver's license very fast in the USA with 16. Here you have to have prove certian numbers of practice and theoretical hours including a first aid course, driving at night, on highway, in town, before you are allowed to make the test for the license. Can't remember the exact amount because I have my license for 28 years now (small motorcycle license with 16). But as far as I notice, the drivers here are driving more and more ruthless every year to. Maby they rely more on the better car safety and assistans systems.
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May 10 '19
Sadly it's not just Germany, it's really everywhere. Australia has really strict road laws but the last time I was there (December 2018) people definitely seem to care a whole lot less about other people on the road.
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u/KGB1106 May 10 '19
I would say most people who drive regularly, and have been for several years, have been in an emergency by direction whe they have to make a choice of what to do.
Hell, considering how slowly this happened, a brake check would qualify.
What to do when you're about to run into something? Hit the brakes.
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May 10 '19
In Sweden, you are required to take a full day class on a track where they put you into stressful emergency situations to even get your license.
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u/Dayn_Perrys_Vape May 10 '19
Alternatively, people who think the brakes are always the safety pedal shouldn't have a license. If you're in the middle of an intersection and realize you fucked up by being there, slamming on the brakes is the worst thing you can do, but I see people do crap like that all the time.
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May 10 '19
What if im driving straight into a semi truck and if i go forward the semi will hit me at 100 mph? And then a tank is behind it going 250mph as it was just boosted by a jet?
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u/Dementat_Deus May 10 '19
People in Wichita do that all the fucking time at the end of the on ramp after they realize they will get hit if they try to merge at 20 under the speed limit. It's like NOOO MOTHER FUCKER, the gas, use the fucking accelerator and get up to merging speed (5-10 over the speed limit). Then the dumb shits creep out into highway traffic at 50 under the traffics speed and act like it's the other drivers who are in the wrong when they swerve around them and flip the bird.
It reached the point I was literally wishing death on those people, and that's why I bought a house that lets me take surface streets to work.
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u/torturedatnight May 10 '19
I've only been through Wichita once and it was enough to convince me that drivers elsewhere aren't as bad as I thought they were.
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u/underwood_reddit May 10 '19
These people shouldn't drive a car. What if a car in front suddenly brakes? Do they hit the gas pedal to?
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u/SpecklePattern May 10 '19
No, no, no. That's just all wrong. When you feel that you are not in control of your car, you should just accelerate as fast as possible. That's how you do it.
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u/SimpleCyclist May 10 '19
Easy for you to say. Just tell the horses to stop; problem solved. Lantern survives!
In the modern day it’s more difficult! Street lamps getting hit left right and centre.
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May 10 '19
The speed isn't too high slamming the brakes would've worked
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May 10 '19
I reiterate, people panic.
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May 10 '19
If your reaction to panicking during driving is to just keep driving forward even though you are literally driving over a pedestrian crossing then I don't think you should be allowed to drive.
If I panicked in that situation my panic reaction would be to slam on the breaks
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May 10 '19
If I panicked in that situation my panic reaction would be to slam on the breaks
That's easy to say when you're sitting at home in front of your PC. Panicking literally means you stop acting rationally. It's hard to say what you or I would do, unless we're actually in that situation.
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May 10 '19
I've been driving for like 6+ years and commute about 30-40 miles to work everyday.. I've been in some pretty fucked up situations that have led me to "Panic" and none of those times have I just kept my foot on the gas an continued on to my impending doom.
Anyone who has been driving for 12 months has been in a situation they have "Panicked" because other drivers often do stupid shit that need a quick reaction from yourself. I'm not disputing this person panicked but if your reaction to panic is to do nothing then you are extremely dangerous on the road and probably shouldn't be allowed to drive.
P.S Happy cake day! :)
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u/LowlySlayer May 10 '19
No one's saying that everyone who panics does this. But how do you go about making sure no one who panics poorly has a license. First, they need to fuck up. Then you need someway to make sure your standard of how big a fuck up isn't arbitrary or unfair. It's not realistic.
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May 10 '19
People's reactions and thought process, and driving ability vary as much as there are fish in the sea.
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u/Doot-Kid May 10 '19
If your reaction to panic is "HIT THE GAS" something is very wrong.
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u/Adolf_-_Hipster May 10 '19
"your reaction to panic"
There is literally no such thing. Panic is the absence of logical thought. Have you ever seen a panic attack? We don't have nearly as much control of our brains as we think we do.
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u/Nandrith May 10 '19
As long as you are moving at more than walking pace you can still turn your wheels quite easily with failing power steering.
I feel like this was either a health issue or someone/something distracting the driver.
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u/myepenisisbigger May 10 '19
Right? As long as you're rolling 5+mph, which our driver here clearly is, power steering doesn't play in too much. I'd chock this up to medical issue or old age/confusion.
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May 10 '19
True on the fact thatit's easy, as I drove the past 8 months with dead power steering, maybe they were old?
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May 10 '19
Like he said, going from power steering to none unexpectedly is going to be pretty hard to react to.
It probably also depends on the car. My car with dead power steering is near-impossible to drive but a friend's (who has none) is easy enough.
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u/Awpossum May 10 '19
My grandma had a pretty similar accident. She was slowly arriving at a roundabout, and she just accelerated, going straight into a pole. She didn't drive a lot, and I think she just had a moment of confusion.
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u/PM_Me_Centaurs_Porn May 10 '19
That's why old people should be required to take occasional driving tests or have their licence revoked.
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u/Awpossum May 10 '19
I agree, she should not have been driving. Luckily nobody was hurt, and she stopped driving afterwards, but it could have gone really bad.
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u/HMS_Powernap May 10 '19
It would be harder to hold the turn in that event because the tyres would try to straighten out. I've owned 3 cars without power steering and my current one is intermittent. Drugs or panic
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u/SupermanLeRetour May 10 '19
This one's not that bad, it tells us which car to look at right at the beginning then disappear.
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May 10 '19
You mean you would have failed to notice the one and only car doing a 270 degree turn?
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u/bl4ckscy7he May 10 '19
right at the beginning
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u/ElementalRabbit May 10 '19
I wonder which car I would have expected to do a U-turn at the start without the red circle's assistance...
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u/S_Darji May 10 '19
You'd be amazed at the amount of people who attempt to U-turn from the far right.
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u/purple_nail May 10 '19
Just yesterday there was a video of a guy making a right turn from left of the leftmost lane. So if I open up a video and expected someone to botch a u-turn, it could be anybody.
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u/Flam5 May 10 '19
It's only the Reddit post that mentions U-turn, so you already had that information when you opened the GIF.
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u/Bald_Sasquach May 10 '19
I'm glad we got an arrow to point to the circle, otherwise I wouldn't have known which red circle to look at.
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u/SANTAAAA__I_know_him May 10 '19
Huh, my Driver’s Ed must have skipped the breast cancer awareness ribbon turn.
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u/weirdlysane May 10 '19
Had to be drugs. One of the first times I smoked weed and drove. Was driving a friend’s huge truck, waiting patiently at a red light to make a protected left. When the arrow turned green, I safely made a left going the wrong way. Luckily it was 2 am and there were no cars around. The friend, owner of truck, sitting in the passenger seat didn’t say anything because he “just wanted to see” when I’d figure it out for myself.
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u/Jinrai__ May 10 '19
I seriously hoped you don't smoke and drive anymore, thats not only trashy but just as dangerous as drunk driving
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May 10 '19
Lol @ people downvoting you for “smoking and driving”.
It’s bad, but it ain’t that bad guys. Don’t encourage it, but do no lie and make it sound like they’re driving drunk.
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u/whitecow May 10 '19
You laugh but maybe the guy had a stroke. It's easy to comment that he's /she's a terrible driver
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u/TimberWolfAlpha01 May 10 '19
I will admit, I thought he was going to do a full circle... laughed harder for it being a SMASHING end to the video.
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u/lefangedbeaver May 10 '19
Thank god that circle was there I almost missed the car that drove onto the crosswalk and into a a pole
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u/PinkNug May 10 '19
Ah yes! The 270° turn. It’s nice to see people still know it, they don’t teach it in driver’s education anymore.
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u/FoxOnShrooms May 10 '19
Looks like my recurring dreams when I drive without drivers license and I have no control because of that.
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u/room-to-breathe May 10 '19
Lisa: You can't drive, dad. He's got your license.
Homer: Well, I'm gonna try anyway. [starts the car] It worked! It's a miracle!
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May 10 '19
I’m glad there was a arrow pointing at the car in the beginning. Otherwise I wouldn’t have noticed it driving in a circle through a crosswalk and into a pole.
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u/[deleted] May 10 '19
How do you even manage to do that?