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[–]pumpkindog 28 points29 points ago

how... how did he not see that coming? like... literally... it was right in front of him

[–]pointmanzero 16 points17 points ago

well, isn't it obvious? The guy/girl is a fucking moron. Amazing they can operate a car at all.... actually, they can't.

[–]pwnerofnoob 6 points7 points ago

this is still what scares me about being on a road, near a road, or living next to a road. fuckin people.

[–]pointmanzero 10 points11 points ago

I drive a motorcycle.
I am scared shitless everyday.

[–]obxfisher 7 points8 points ago

Fellow bike rider here. Agree!

[–]morgrath 3 points4 points ago

My dad told me to always ride as if everyone else on the road is trying to kill me. Has worked out ok so far...

[–]pointmanzero 3 points4 points ago

the absolute worst, is when you are driving down the highway and the car next to you is a person TEXTING.

I kicked the shit out of some chicks door one time in DC when she pulled out the phone and started texting, we were doing about 50 and I kicked her door hard. She freaked and almost wrecked. BUT THE BITCH DROPPED HER PHONE. My work was done.

[–]DocBlind 1 point2 points ago

How I fucking wish, I can do it too, the most I do is Honk and only once yelled at a bitch driving a Range Rover who kept me waiting behind her twice as the light went green and the bitch didnt move, its times like these when I fucking wish I had some authority so I could fucking take the bitches fone and smash it on the ground and arrest her for causing danger to other drivers and pedestrians! Edit: The bitch was texting using a Blackberry

[–]OhThatAllen 0 points1 point ago

Wait, how did you kick her car while both of you were moving? Or is kick some kind of motorist slang that I'm unaware of?

Not trying to burst any bubbles here. Just curious.

[–]pointmanzero 1 point2 points ago

I took my foot off the right motorcycle peg and did a chuck norris like action and my boot struck her driver door, and she yelled, dropped the phone and I laughed and laughed....

[–]OhThatAllen 0 points1 point ago

Oh, I was thinking about a car. Thanks for that.

There are times when I want to just ram people who do these kinds of things on the road, but then I remember that I'm probably hurting myself more than I'm hurting them.

[–]Murvelman 3 points4 points ago

He was probably just looking to his left to find a gap in the traffic. Either that or he was drunk (or similar).

[–]steven1350 2 points3 points ago

He did see it coming. It was just too late

[–]not_a_wolf 1 point2 points ago

I was gonna say maybe their brakes were bad or something and they went to the side to avoid hitting other traffic but it looks like they didn't apply their brakes until the last second.

[–]Anopheles_stingz 22 points23 points ago

Reminds me of Dick Dastardly, if you're going to cheat, you're going to fail....Muuuutley !!

[–]JTLightning 4 points5 points ago

Heeeheeehehehe

[–]katmc28 76 points77 points ago

That was so satisfying! You don't usually get to see instant karma!

[–]StefanGod 9 points10 points ago

Yes you do, it was posted a week ago and will be posted again in a week or less, so you will get to see it more often than you think...

[–]mrpickles 4 points5 points ago

Drivers like that are a pet peeve of mine. This was SO satisfying to watch.

[–]prickinthewall 12 points13 points ago

This car thinks its a skateboard. Nice grind though. ...for a car

[–]fancy_sandwich 2 points3 points ago

There are cars that can do better.

[–]soggydave2113 0 points1 point ago

Toniiiiiiiight!

[–]smackson 0 points1 point ago

Wait. Can we make this gif shorter? It was too long, took too long to load. And all that extraneous footage when I just wanted to see the three frames with the car actually upside down!

[–]fancy_sandwich 1 point2 points ago

Here you go.

[–]eamantite 1 point2 points ago

8/10 would grind

[–]sociallyawkwarddildo 66 points67 points ago

Instant Repost.

[–]lethargicwalrus 22 points23 points ago

Instant frontpage.

[–]sociallyawkwarddildo 13 points14 points ago

Sad, but true.

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[–]HighDefHotDog -5 points-4 points ago

I'm guessing that's because it plays constantly in your head.

[–]MrGoodbytes 3 points4 points ago

Anyone seeking more info might also check here:

title comnts points age /r/
Shoulder's closed 3coms 8pts 57mins funny
That didn't go quite as planned 590coms 1716pts 28dys funny

source: karmadecay

[–]marcocholo 10 points11 points ago

Instant Downvote.

[–]smackson 1 point2 points ago

Instant re-comment: I didn't see the original.

And I consider myself to be on Reddit WAY TOO MUCH.

So what does that mean?

[–]Thoraxe 16 points17 points ago

He thought he was a genius for a second there. He was not. He was an asshole.

[–]brettyh 2 points3 points ago

I dream of a situation like this happening to me so I can roll down my window next to them and laugh uncontrollably.

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[–]Thoraxe 23 points24 points ago

"He" remains acceptable as a gender-neutral pronoun.

Otherwise you're stuck with this clumsy abomination...

He/she thought he/she was a genius for a second there. He/she was not. He/she was an asshole.

[–]toss_me_away_today 4 points5 points ago

I just use 'they'

They thought they were a genus for a second there. They were not. They were an asshole.

[–]mvduin 6 points7 points ago

'They' has been an acceptable neutral third-person singular pronoun for centuries. Keep going.

[–]rdstrmfblynch79 1 point2 points ago

one

[–]notnick 1 point2 points ago

One implies it is a hypothetical person, they means it is a know person or group of people.

[–]sh0ch 0 points1 point ago

Use 'he or she' not 'they'.

[–]endercoaster 4 points5 points ago

Only in academic writing. In informal contexts, "they" and its declensions are perfectly acceptable gender-neutral singular pronouns.

[–]sh0ch -1 points0 points ago

Are you saying that in improper English it is acceptable to use English however you want? I can agree with that, but "they" is plural, which does not make sense unless you are talking about more than one person. It annoys me that just because people use words incorrectly it becomes correct, simply so those people don't look like idiots. Speficially "conversate". :|

[–]toss_me_away_today 0 points1 point ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7E-aoXLZGY

[–]StrewwelChris -1 points0 points ago

Or you can go with "s/he". It's less clumsy as long as you don't try to pronounce it. Still completely unneeded in most situations.

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[–]Thoraxe 21 points22 points ago

I'm pretty sure they're downvoting your pedantry not your opinion.

[–]lethargicwalrus 5 points6 points ago

Yeah, this is r/funny, not SRS.

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[–]Thoraxe 1 point2 points ago

Thanks! That one comes in handy a lot around here.

I knew there was a more elegant way to word my thoughts but I enjoyed the word play associated with the last two little sentences. It's a real balancing act. Bending the rules is where the funny is sometimes.

Edit: formatting

[–]deux3xmachina 1 point2 points ago

You could use "they" i.e. They thought they were being smart, they were not, they were an asshole.

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[–]yip_yip_yip_uh_huh 4 points5 points ago

You don't know that the driver was a singular person. There could have been one person steering and another one working the pedals.

[–]deux3xmachina 4 points5 points ago

But in casual viewing we have a problem similar to Schrödinger's cat, being both alive or dead until observed, this person is both male and female until observed, so a plural noun is acceptable as it can be viewed as two people superimposed on each other.

Science. It works.

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[–]TheShrinkingGiant 1 point2 points ago

It must be tough spending earning that much, going to a university that is wrong using a different style.

It just doesn't have the same oomph

(I threw you an up because a few people are dicks for no reason)

(technically I was being a dick for humor's sake.)

[–]sociallyawkwarddildo -1 points0 points ago

This is what I was taught in J School. OP hit the nail on the head there, even if he or she is a reposter.

And on a side note, I posted the comment 'instant repost' to inform the op it was a repost...not to turn them into a scapegoat, which is usually what happens to reposters.

(Bring on the downvotes...I will fart in your general direction after you do it.)

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[–]Thoraxe 2 points3 points ago

I'm just hoping for a cereal bowl with a built in drinking straw and a spider ring.

[–]CrisisOfConsonant 1 point2 points ago

There really needs to be a pronoun for a singular person of unidentified gender aside from "It". It should also just be used in general when referring to someone and not needing to make a distinction between genders. As in you could use the word to describe someone in front of that person, and it would not cause offense.

The lack of a suitable word in the English language really annoys me. I just use the word "They" even though it refers to multiple people. Grammar nazis always like to correct me on this, and then I have to go on this spiel.

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[–]CrisisOfConsonant 1 point2 points ago

I think we should make Comic Sans the sarcasm font. Then the average person would at least know why they're assholes for using it on everything.

[–]jjloees 3 points4 points ago

The automotive equivalent of the groin shot

[–]R3dn3ck96 5 points6 points ago

Ouch! Right in the universal.

[–]ldubcarnuba 3 points4 points ago

This is great. How I often dream these idiots will end up. As a driver I always play a little extra defense when inconsiderate people try and cut off long lines of cars by abusing shoulders, closed lanes, exit lanes, etc.

[–]beeline 9 points10 points ago

The only problem I have with this is that we do not know if that guy was in some sort of emergency situation or not. When I was dying, my step dad took me to the hospital. He was going about 80 down the shoulder passing all the cars on the road. If a car had blocked him trying to be a white knight, I might have died. Or hitting this rail would have certainly sealed my fate. Anyway, whatever.

[–]Akoraceb 17 points18 points ago

911 works too you know. What if you lose control and run into a newly wed couple and their newborn child and kill them all? Assuming you survived how would you feel?

[–]beeline -3 points-2 points ago

We could do "what if" scenarios all day. What if the ambulance lost control while en route and ran over the limburgh baby while rolling down a hill, then couldn't arrive to save me? I am just telling you the situation of what happened. 911 wasn't an option in my case. Especially since we were only minutes away from the hospital.

[–]toushin777 3 points4 points ago

how was 911 not an option? Even if you are only minutes away from the hospital why is it ok for you to compromise other peoples safety because you feel that 911 isnt an option, if you and your step dad were able to get to the hospital in a car, why wouldnt an ambulance be able to. I call big heaping bullshit.

[–]Akoraceb 3 points4 points ago

I beleave being minutes away from a hospital is more reason you can wait instead of endangering the lives of newly weds and newborns

[–]Vanabrus 3 points4 points ago

Pretty sure driving like an asshole will seal your fate even more. It's even more dangerous (as this dumbass rightly pointed out), and after all that's what 911 is for.

[–]asdfghjkl92 2 points3 points ago

no one blocked him here though, the road just ended and he hit the railings (or whatever they're called) by going in a straight line.

[–]Stelfury 0 points1 point ago

The guy in front kinda blocked him, he speeds up so he can't merge in front of him causing him to hit the guard rail.

[–]kupfernikel -1 points0 points ago

Thank you for making us feel bad now! GOOD DAY

[–]jidar -3 points-2 points ago

came here to say something similar. People are so quick to judge.

[–]VelTor 3 points4 points ago

Go home, repost.

[–]OneCrookedVulture 0 points1 point ago

Normally I'm impartial about reposts, but I've seen the video of this at the top of a small subreddit, and the gif at the top of three major subreddits all within the last week. I'm fairly certain one shared this title.

[–]thefoyer 2 points3 points ago

The gif makes it look like they are going fast. But when you watch the video and see how slow it's all going down, you will definitely facepalm.

[–]unseth 0 points1 point ago

Link?

[–]amused_owl_watching 3 points4 points ago

Link

[–]silverwarbler 2 points3 points ago

I would have had to slow down and yell "ha ha asshole!" from my open side window!

[–]Thefriendlyfaceplant 0 points1 point ago

That would ruin it.

[–]BrittyLynnB 2 points3 points ago

It looks as if the black car is just going to keep on going.... awesome.

[–]tess2ube 3 points4 points ago

Instant Karma's gonna get yooooou....

[–]nintendo65 6 points7 points ago

Instant Karma - exactly what you were thinking when you reposted this image.

[–]this_is_who_I_am 0 points1 point ago

You never know, maybe they were on their way to the hospital with some kind of emergency.

[–]baby_gorilla 7 points8 points ago

I think the percentage of people that drive on the shoulder for a reason other than them being an asshole is very small.

[–]this_is_who_I_am 1 point2 points ago

HOLY CRAP A TALKING GORILLA

[–]ya_tu_sabes 1 point2 points ago

This never fails to make me smile! :)

[–]egbruce -1 points0 points ago

So easy to watch over and over. Bingo ! You win.

[–]jalisama 0 points1 point ago

Was expecting a crash of some kind, am not disappointed.

[–]nunnies 0 points1 point ago

I dont understand why people do this. It seems like this shit always happens to me too. Always pass me on the shoulder. I just wish someone would do a nice 50-50 like this gentleman when they pass me.

[–]Sookie78 0 points1 point ago

I keep watching this over and over again. There have been a few idiots on the road, in which I hope this happens.

[–]tjstinso 0 points1 point ago

How does this stuff end up on camera? lol

[–]informationmissing 1 point2 points ago

Many people in other countries have to have dash-cams installed to force insurance companies to pay out. At least, that's what I hear from reddit.

[–]Jespar 1 point2 points ago

It's why I have one, and I am in the US.

[–]Akoraceb 0 points1 point ago

I wish stuff like this happened more often. Time for /Stuck

[–]BetaThetaPirate 0 points1 point ago

Tony Hawk

[–]Notveryplausible 1 point2 points ago

I love it. If it's a repost I haven't seen it - AND I'VE REALLY BEEN LOOKING. :)

[–]Pepe362 0 points1 point ago

It was only about a week ago with the same title i think

[–]somebodyjones2 1 point2 points ago

I never understood how people get these videos... do some people have a video camera set up in their car at all times? who does that?

[–]baby_gorilla 1 point2 points ago

Dashboard cams, a decent number of people have them. I guess they're good if you get in an accident or something like this happens.

[–]somebodyjones2 1 point2 points ago

i think i want one, but then there will be solid evidence of what a douche-shit i am when i drive.

[–]Peachfuzz207 0 points1 point ago

"That driver just ran into a rail! He might be severely injured!"

continues driving

[–]Eist 0 points1 point ago

Hopefully it wasn't an emergency vehicle. This is the only thought that prevents me from blocking these assholes (in Miami).

[–]BeastWriter 0 points1 point ago

but did you initial it with love and care?

[–]Shirou5 -1 points0 points ago

Fucking repost

[–]ababkada -1 points0 points ago

why is this repost getting upvotes?

[–]shredditbro 1 point2 points ago

Sick 50-50, brah.

[–]lmiah 1 point2 points ago

He got instant Karma and so did you! Clever title.

[–]cmd_iii 0 points1 point ago

Not to put too fine a point, but isn't the car that's taking the picture driving on the shoulder also? Everyone's laughing at the guy driving on the grass, but he's actually passing the guy on the shoulder who's also breaking the law.

[–]pratt1 0 points1 point ago

repost

[–]OlleOliver -2 points-1 points ago

Instant repost

[–]informationmissing 1 point2 points ago

It was fun to watch last week too.

[–]ironmanthing 1 point2 points ago

are these police car footage captures or do people just drive around with camera's rolling?

[–]K-oda 1 point2 points ago

You can mount an in-dash camera in your car, usually for insurance purposes, such as identifying who is at fault during an accident, or getting the plates off of someone, etc. Really good idea to do honestly.

[–]shhyguuy 1 point2 points ago

Yep! $100 to help insure you against insurance fraud or people lying about accidents. Best investment ever

[–]mottom24 0 points1 point ago

There is an app you can get without having to purchase a dash cam. It's called daily roads voyager (I believe) and if you have a simple car mount for your phone, you can have a dash cam. I use it for insurance purposes, because you never know. You can even set it to save files to an outside source if it gets a sudden jolt.

[–]ironmanthing -1 points0 points ago

my phone will not do apps

[–]ElecTrav -2 points-1 points ago

Lol and at the end they open up the door to try and get out...On the same side as the traffic... Instant karma was well deserved for this one. lol

[–]ScumbagTito 0 points1 point ago

What I don't get is how he gets unstuck and does it again!

[–]dpirazzi -2 points-1 points ago

repost from like last week.

[–]SlyNinja -2 points-1 points ago

Instant Repost!

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