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[–]Runs_towards_fire 844 points845 points ago

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Some retard did this at my parents house while it was being built. Jumped out of his truck without putting it in park, and walked in front of his truck to unlock our front gate. Sure enough his truck rolled forward and pinned him against our front gate.... And his company tried to blame it on us for having a incline in front of our house.....

[–]Gothiks 1459 points1460 points ago

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I know if your property has special hazards, you're legally required to disclose them to potential trespassers, but come on. What would this sign read?

WARNING: PHYSICS

[–]Batty-Koda 528 points529 points ago

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I'm going to get that sign...

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[–]FromAWarTornFuture 232 points233 points ago

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SCREW YOU, I'M FLAPPING MY ARMS AND FLYING OFF THIS CLIFF, AND NOTHING YOU SAY CAN STOP ME.

[–]uptwolait 141 points142 points ago

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FromAGravitySmashedPast

[–]Jertob 136 points137 points ago

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Even though my reply doesn't pertain to the flow of the comment reply, I'm going to reply here anyway since it's the spot where this will be seen at the top of the page and not be buried so people can see the story behind this gif....

This video is actually of my friend's father taken off their security camera (It's a small world Reddit). It happened in PA last June. In her words explaining when i asked: "My dad had a problem with his emergency break....Tried to stop the truck himself. The force of his Truck mowed him over....The guy in front went to get my dad's truck as it was rolling down the hill (cuz the old man was in it), his truck just glided down the hill too and demolished. My dad's friend's truck was in neutral (a standard). I think that once he saw what happened, he just jumped out without thinking or putting it in park or anything like that. All he said is that he knew the old man was gliding down the hill and was scared shitless."

Everyone was OK in general, the truck was done for though. Possibly the worst part of it all is that said friend, while visiting her dad in the ER, had to end up seeing his penis.

Now here's a side note about how this even ended up on the web to begin with.

The one guys grandson got the security footage and uploaded it to Youtube. He didn't ask anyone in the video if it was cool with them (not sure if he legally HAD to, but just sayin) and the friend who i just spoke of was unbelievably pissed off that he would do that and that all these youtube commentors were making fun of her dad. She wanted to find him and rip his throat out. Not to mention TruTV got in touch with him and offered him $1200 to show it on TV.

[–]66microbus 11 points12 points ago*

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Small world indeed! I can attest, I am a very good friend of Doc H, where this happened. and everything Jertob says is true. Luckily nobody was that seriously injured and nobody got sued.

[–]Jertob 5 points6 points ago

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haha Ahoy there friend of acquaintances!

[–]doppelclaus 2 points3 points ago

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Luckally

I'm no prude, but damn that is some phonetic spelling.

[–]Hbrewer46 3 points4 points ago*

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Whoa TruTV offered 1200 bucks for that? They only gave me 500 for mine.

Edit: Fixed link

[–]awesomenessofone 70 points71 points ago

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[–]Q8ball 6 points7 points ago

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Please just have them delivered at..ermm what's our new address? Oh hell just tell them it's for CERN

[–]lenwood 2 points3 points ago

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[–]ffn 49 points50 points ago

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THE GRAVITY AT YOUR HOUSE MADE ME HURT MYSELF WHEN I THREW A BRICK UP IN THE AIR.

[–]kashk5 46 points47 points ago

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Yes, but an incline is hardly a "special hazard," especially if the contractor was not acting reasonably when he failed to park his truck. Even if the surface was completely flat, a reasonable person would still park their car and not simply leave it in drive.

I don't understand the reason why people leave their cars in drive. Is it really so hard to move the lever a couple of spots?

[–]Potvaliant 48 points49 points ago

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I wonder the same about turn signals. Always think of this

[–]Anal_Justice_League 73 points74 points ago

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I hate laws sometimes...

[–]jahallah 7 points8 points ago

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Username applies?

[–]mastersprinkles 46 points47 points ago

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I'm studying Law right now and let me tell you. Our laws are pretty fucked up sometimes.

[–]Tokiehardo 21 points22 points ago

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I'm not saying I agree with it, its just that bird law in this country is not governed by reason.

[–]Overglock 8 points9 points ago

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You laugh, but Charlie was right. It really is illegal to handle a hummingbird.

http://www.worldofhummingbirds.com/laws.php

[–]ghostbackwards 59 points60 points ago

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Are you on a mission to change them, enforce them, or just make a shit ton of money throwing jargon around at trials?

[–]cackerso 80 points81 points ago

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jargon

[–]mastersprinkles 48 points49 points ago*

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None of the above. I started a company so It's essential that I understand the law behind contracts. It's like college, but information that I'll actually be using.

Edit: haha, this was not intended to be a burn. I've gone through 5 years of college as well. I was just doing some additional research. No regrets.

[–]ghostbackwards 33 points34 points ago

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Will someone please GET THIS EGG OFF OF MY FACE?!

[–]astralvortex 6 points7 points ago

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It's not a burn, its the troof!

I have a masters in English.

[–]unwarrantedadvice 13 points14 points ago

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In your face college people!

[–][deleted] 39 points40 points ago

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CAREFUL:

GRAVITY AT WORK

[–]imnotwillferrell 15 points16 points ago

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a picture of sir isaac newton might suffice

[–]deleated 11 points12 points ago

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[–]ThatsSoKafkaesque 5 points6 points ago

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ALERT: entire property subject to natural physical law, unless otherwise indicated.

[–]AptMoniker 7 points8 points ago

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[–]antrekk 2 points3 points ago

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This might seem like a dumb question, but would a sign like this actually help you in the event someone was suing you for getting injured on your property?

[–]kashk5 9 points10 points ago

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Depends on the state and in some states, it depends on the type of person. You owe no duty to warn to somebody who trespasses on your land without your knowledge. Now if you find the person trespassing, then you have to warn. So having some signs will cover you for trespassers on your land. Now if you invite guests over or have contractors over, then you have a higher duty, to not only warn and protect them of any dangers, but to actually remove those dangers, if possible.

[–]well_met_sir 4 points5 points ago

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Sometimes warning signs make it more likely that you will lose a lawsuit (the sign is proof that you knew about the danger but yet you didn't remove the danger). So sometimes people have actually removed warning signs to reduce liability :(

[–]TheLobotomizer 2 points3 points ago

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Damned if you do, damned if you don't.

If I were a psychopath or very lazy, I'd just make sure to finish the job so that he couldn't sue.

[–]Sofa_King_We_Todd_it 41 points42 points ago

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the company later filed a class action law suit against the descendants of Isaac Newton

[–]giometrygio 38 points39 points ago

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They should have done a sueance.

[–]carbonetc 39 points40 points ago

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So your parents engineered this incline specifically to injure unsuspecting contractors?

[–]ChimpsRFullOfScience 13 points14 points ago

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What, exactly, is the benefit of not putting it in park? I mean, it's already stopped... what's the additional cost? moving the shifter?

[–]UrbanToiletShrimp 13 points14 points ago

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Same reason they don't use their turning signals.

[–]sonce 56 points57 points ago

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WTF?

[–]Actual_Ben 45 points46 points ago

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WHAT THE TRUCK!?

[–]AnticPosition 30 points31 points ago

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Exactly.

[–]dye1337 9 points10 points ago

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how dare you have your house on a hill

[–]shutupjoey 6 points7 points ago

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This guy doesn't look like a moron. He looks like he's having a heart attack.

[–]Pseudophobic 46 points47 points ago

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[–]dirtymartini74 19 points20 points ago

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usually starts with "Hey guys, watch this!"

[–]squeegee_boy 19 points20 points ago

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*hold my beer and watch this!

[–]geebs61 56 points57 points ago

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Yup. That sure is what the caption on the image says.

[–]mrmath3 1157 points1158 points ago

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Was I the only one expecting a third truck?

[–]JahPhooey 137 points138 points ago

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...and a steam roller and the USC marching band.

[–]Schadenfreudian_slip 80 points81 points ago

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and the spanish inquisition.

[–]lurker_becomes_lurkd 88 points89 points ago

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That would be unexpected.

[–]psanders1967 25 points26 points ago

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No one expects....

[–]lurker_becomes_lurkd 69 points70 points ago

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The Sandwich Intermission.

Dammit I screwed that up, didn't I?

[–]auntiecoagulant 10 points11 points ago

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The inquisition, here we go

The inquisition, what a show

We know you're wishin' that we'd go awaaaaaaaaaaaaay!

[–]elconquistador1985 3 points4 points ago

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Torquemada – do not implore him for compassion.

Torquemada – do not beg him for forgiveness.

Torquemada – do not ask him for mercy.

Let's face it, you can't Torquemada anything!

[–]vapre 2 points3 points ago

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It is said that the one who is King has a wholly satisfying existence.

[–]auntiecoagulant 5 points6 points ago

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Everything's so greeen!

[–]schenkerian 7 points8 points ago

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The Naked Gun?

[–]JahPhooey 16 points17 points ago

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Yes. They took my Naked Gun reference and flipped into a Monty Python/Pun Thread. I'm not sure how I feel about that.

[–]JoshSN 913 points914 points ago

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You sick fuck.

[–]Craigellachie 391 points392 points ago

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I sometimes root for the hurricanes to get a high score.

[–]HankVatican 120 points121 points ago

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Anyone that wasn't rooting for Hurricane Ike when it was bearing down on Tina, TX simply has no sense of irony.

[–]vve 57 points58 points ago

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I think "ironic" is when the situation seems at odds with the idea. Ike bearing down on Tina is not any kind of reversal, it's the expected way of things.

Hurricane Tina bearing down on town Ike would be ironic.

[–]smashnurder 14 points15 points ago

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true....more coincidental than ironic

[–]vve 5 points6 points ago

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Agreed. But here's where shit gets subtle. And we need the help of someone with English skills. "Coincidental" works, but doesn't convey all the nuances. "Appropriate" or "fitting" also work. "Expected", "natural". "Poetic" too. If you could roll all these ideas into a single term, that'd do the trick.

[–]mkhaytman 4 points5 points ago

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This is why we need telepathy. No more miscommunications.

[–]F0REM4N 2 points3 points ago

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Actually a third definition of ironic is - coincidental; unexpected: It was ironic that I was seated next to my ex-husband at the dinner.

I think we need to rule acceptable use.

[–]SPACE_LAWYER 125 points126 points ago

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I always root for the hurricaine, they have such short lives :(

[–]WishboneTheDog 75 points76 points ago*

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Well we name and personify them. Whoever came up with that system wanted us to root for them.

Every time a new one is born I hope for it to have a strong, healthy life. And travel as far as possible, to see as much of the world as it can before the end of its tragically short life.

My dream is to some day be in the center of a fully formed eye. I want to stare into it.

[–]UF_Engineer 50 points51 points ago

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I'm a born and raised South Floridian. Hurricane Eyes are pretty awesome :) Though it can be surreal that it storms so bad, then it's calm, and then the storm gets even worse. All in all really cool though!

[–]yourdadsbff 16 points17 points ago

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Another surreal/awesome Florida thing: raining on one side of the street, literally a bright sunny day on the other side. You can't explain that.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

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|I'm a born and raised South Floridian.

So you're Cuban?

[–]andAH-HA 34 points35 points ago

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I hate you people. Sincerely, A Floridian Who Has Been Through 5 Hurricanes

[–]WishboneTheDog 15 points16 points ago

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I'm sorry if they ever damaged your home or hurt your family. I don't like that.

But I am from the land of epic blizzards and I love them too. The wrath of mother nature is awe inspiring to me.

[–]andAH-HA 6 points7 points ago

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Haha. No worries, I wasn't offended. Thankfully no family has been lost or hurt seriously. Just tons of stupid fallen trees, branches, some damage, and whatever. And flooding. It actually reminded me of the yer 4 or 5 storms crossed the center of the state. That was really a WTF year. Our school year was actually extended because we had so many hurricane days. Most times we just board up and have a hurricane party.

I actually go to college in Chicago and had my first blizzard last year. That was bizarre, I don't know how you people do it.

[–]RedditorsAnonMem6072 4 points5 points ago

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So do I but I don't think they'll be making the playoffs this year. They'll have to go on quite a run for these last 9 games.

[–]lord_nougat 61 points62 points ago

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I kind of expected the third one to be a steamroller.

[–]PropMonkey 12 points13 points ago

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..followed by a marching band

[–]pope_fundy 42 points43 points ago

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WRRRRYYYYYYYYYYY

[–]Wanderlustful 5 points6 points ago

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MUDA DA WRRRYYYYYYYYYY!!

[–]11oops 53 points54 points ago

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I counted a few hundred trucks before I stopped watching.

[–]Jamesc1116 27 points28 points ago

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Its sad that somebody that has the power of teleportation could be that dumb.

[–]weborigination 36 points37 points ago

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I was expecting another, larger truck to come barreling through the bottom roadway and smash into the first truck.

[–]knightskull 195 points196 points ago

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You shouldn't EXPECT a third truck you entitled prick.

[–]Soviet_Russia 136 points137 points ago

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The third truck is release day dlc.

[–]jtheism 14 points15 points ago

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In Soviet Russia, downloadable content purchases you.

[–]ExpectTheUnexpected 12 points13 points ago

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Everyone should be allowed to expect anything really.

[–]xDividedByZer0 10 points11 points ago

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Even the unexpected!

[–]ExpectTheUnexpected 3 points4 points ago

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Or being randomly divided by zero.

[–]biznatch11 10 points11 points ago

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Just keep watching...

[–]fuegoador 11 points12 points ago

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No, you weren't the only one.

[–]averageresponse 7 points8 points ago

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still waiting for that third truck..

[–]devil_dog2012 2 points3 points ago

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i was expecting a third truck too.

[–]pomegranati 123 points124 points ago

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You know you're having a bad day when your shoes come off.

Also, why did he jump out of his truck in the first place if he knows it was rolling backward?

[–]mister_h 40 points41 points ago

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You're right of course, a much more sensible thing would of been to hit the brakes.

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[–]Deftonez 63 points64 points ago

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He just stroked the fuck outta that truck.

[–]Battletooth 24 points25 points ago

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I stroke it to the East, I stroke it to the West. I stroke it to the woman that I like best.

[–]mister_h 13 points14 points ago

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I stroke out all th

[–]daminox 178 points179 points ago

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Uh, it looks like he already had one foot out of the truck when he realized it was rolling backwards. That's when he tried to get in and lost his balance and fell back out.

What you should be asking is "Why the hell did the 2nd guy decide to chase the truck instead of help the injured guy on the ground?" He was so eager to save the truck that he left his own truck to roll over the guy.

I'm kind of surprised I'm down to the 5th most upvoted comment and no one has mentioned the asshole that A) ignored the injured elderly man to save a truck he couldn't possibly catch, and B) in doing so left his own truck to roll over the the guy, quite possibly breaking his legs and/or hip. Fuck that guy.

[–]promet2 98 points99 points ago

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Sometimes, when you're in a fast-changing, unpredicted situation, you don't always do the most logical/humane thing. Given forewarning or more time the other guy may have realized his best course of action was to help the first guy, but when something unexpected happens, our attention tends to gravitate towards the most eye-catching thing. Which, in this case, was a truck rolling quickly down a hill.

[–]cephas_rock 26 points27 points ago

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It's so odd that this had to be explained.

"Why didn't that guy do the right thing!"

"Because he didn't fully appreciate the situation."

"Ah."

[–]TimKearney 23 points24 points ago

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The video is linked elsewhere in this thread, if you watch it you'll see there was a second person in the passenger seat of the first truck. Probably why that guy went chasing after the first truck.

[–]imme40 3 points4 points ago

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Indeed there is (just watched the video). I always wondered why the first truck stopped so easily and the second one went crashing down the hill so far.

[–]Mikhial 59 points60 points ago

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Had had two options:

Go after the truck. Prevent it from going into the road and wrecking.

Go after the old guy and do... uh... nothing for him. Obviously at the time he didn't know about the second truck, so that wouldn't have factored into the decision.

[–][deleted] 9 points10 points ago

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the truck was moving into a road. you could think of it as trying to save people on the road from hitting/being hit by that truck.

[–]AerieC 22 points23 points ago

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If you jump out of your truck while it's still moving, you're gonna have a bad time.

[–]ForgetMeNaut 288 points289 points ago

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Somebody's got a case of the Mondays.

[–]frozennipple 82 points83 points ago

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When you come in on Monday, and your not feeling very well does anyone ever say to you it sounds like someone has a case of the Mondays?

[–]littlehobbit 182 points183 points ago

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No. No, man. Shit, no, man. I believe you'd get your ass kicked sayin' something like that, man.

[–]thisguy9 82 points83 points ago

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[–]ghostbackwards 78 points79 points ago

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I was waiting for a gif! WTF Man? You could get your ass kicked for pulling something like that 'round here.

[–]haleym 6 points7 points ago

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Well, you don't need a million dollars to post a gif, man.

[–]thisismisslexi 10 points11 points ago

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what does the A stand for in "fucking A"? i hear this so often and yet i do not know..

[–]neighbor_Lawrence 16 points17 points ago

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fuckin a

[–]FunkyMonks 3 points4 points ago

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wow, this guy's legit

[–]MadMageMC 7 points8 points ago

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I'm sorry, what? I wasn't paying attention... I was too busy checking out channel 9.

[–]gemcitytiffany 4 points5 points ago

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Yeah... I get that feeling sometimes too man.

[–]RickZee 2 points3 points ago

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Aww hell, don't listen to me, man. I'm just talkin' outta my ass, man.

[–]sneg 87 points88 points ago

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[–]gettingbuy 69 points70 points ago

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I like how a guy gets out of the passenger side of the first truck after all this shit happens.

[–]chris3110 41 points42 points ago

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Do they have some kind of issue with hand-brakes in that particular country?

"The first one to touch the hand brake is a chicken!"

[–]Plutor 34 points35 points ago

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Many trucks and vans have parking brakes that have to be operated by foot.

[–]thebigslide 19 points20 points ago

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Something like this happened to me once. The parking brake failed after I slammed the door on a steep incline. Let me tell you. The moment of panic when you realize your vehicle is rolling and there's nothing you can immediately do about it it pretty harrowing. Luckily, I hadn't locked the door and I was able to get in and face-plant under the steering wheel to operate the manual brake with my hand, but I got really, really lucky.

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[–]theryman 2 points3 points ago

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I blame it on that goddamn ferret.

[–]banemall 11 points12 points ago

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Most pick up trucks don't have hand brakes, the emergency brake is a pedal on the floor.

[–]Iwishiwasgettingpaid 8 points9 points ago

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I get made fun of fairly often by my passengers for always using my hand brake. It's a habit from when I used to drive a stick, and just kept doing it. It takes .5 seconds to release/set so why not?

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Your passengers are idiots. It is no longer considered an emergency brake and is not intended to be used as one. Its sole purpose is to hold the weight of your vehicle when parked.

[–]Iwishiwasgettingpaid 2 points3 points ago

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Yeah, I agree with the idiots part. One specifically is the worst driver I've ever seen. She texts constantly on the interstate/doesn't turn her car off when pumping fuel/doesn't wear a seatbelt/Doesn't stop at stop signs/speeds/just flat out doesn't pay attention/ drinks and drives. Driving in her car with her is terrifying. She just likes to ridicule me for being "too cautious" for using my hand brake, but screams and yells and says I take turns too fast and when people slam on the brakes and I hit mine but stop slowly instead of slamming on the brakes. She acts like she's about to die and yells at me.

Edit: No she isn't my GF, just a co-worker I drove to work while her car was in the shop. Wanted to clarify that I'm not intimately associated with this person.

[–]ctzl 4 points5 points ago

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Don't stick your dick in there dude.

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It certainly is an emergency brake though. My caliper fell apart while I was braking into a stop light. With a little bit of work I used the ebrake to drive to a shop to get it fixed.

[–]P10_WRC 17 points18 points ago

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it actually helps out your auto transmissions too. There is a pin that engages when you put it in park and if you don't set the brake, that one pin is holding the entire weight of the vehicle in place. So to prolong the life of your transmission, set the brake before letting off the regular brakes after you put it in park

[–]thebigslide 10 points11 points ago

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Honestly, it takes about 2 hours to change that pin if the drum is OK - and it usually is. You do need to do it right away, though before driving the vehicle anywhere. It's absolutely incredible the number of people who think they need a new transmission just because of this. You take the pan off and it's usually one or two bolts to replace it.

But whatever you do - don't drive to the shop. Get a tow. If the pin breaks off and gets chewed up by the rest of the transmission, then you're buggered.

[–]Wolf_Protagonist 2 points3 points ago

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This may be a stupid question, but how do you know if that pin has broken?

[–]smika 11 points12 points ago

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I like how the second truck literally does not stop rolling down the hill for the duration of the video. At some point it just disappears into the gulch.

[–]Bobs_brother_Cecil 21 points22 points ago

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Me too, I wonder if it was ever found. Maybe it's still out there rolling around right now?!

[–]squeegee_boy 8 points9 points ago

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The forest has turned it wild!

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My favorite part is how the guy with working legs never gave any fucks about the guy with broken legs.

[–]TheMormonAthiest 9 points10 points ago

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Not true, he was courteous enough to not run on the broken leg guy when he was dashing to save the truck and let his own truck handle that.

[–]EuropaCar 2 points3 points ago

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love the description: "This is a video of a fat man getting run over by two trucks! This is hilarious!!!"

[–]lemonade_brezhnev 88 points89 points ago

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Looks like he lost all three shoes.

[–]philds391 62 points63 points ago

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Lets not jump to wild conclusions. One of those could be a foot.

[–]IAm-Not-A-Clever-Man 34 points35 points ago

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He won't be "jumping" to wild conclusions

[–]lavacat 7 points8 points ago

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One is his head shoe...aka hat.

[–]smokinjoints 2 points3 points ago

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I think one was a hat.

[–]spock_block 217 points218 points ago

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If you leave your car in neutral

You're gonna have a bad time

[–][deleted] 67 points68 points ago

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I have never left a car in neutral without the brake engaged. My brain simply cannot comprehend how not one but two adults could leave their vehicles in neutral on an incline causing this complete clusterfuck of an ordeal.

[–]AREYOUSauRuS 32 points33 points ago

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my friend delivers newspapers and certain stops he's got to go put it on a doorstep or something... when he does, he leaves his truck in neutral... he's had to chase it down a few times from what he's told me...but he still does it... says it never gets far, and would prefer to every once in a while to have to jog after it then put extra wear and tear on his transmission.

tl;dr: People would rather risk losing their car than risk extra wear and tear on transmission.

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[–]AREYOUSauRuS 8 points9 points ago

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he delivers newspapers between 2am and 5am.... no bus stops full of kids.... but ya... he's dumb.

[–]joggle1 49 points50 points ago*

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Then tell your friend to use his parking brake. No wear and tear on anything. If he's driving a manual, he'd have to do that anyway. If he's driving an automatic, he's an idiot (not for choosing an automatic transmission, but for believing putting it into park would wear it out).

[–]K30 20 points21 points ago

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Shifting a transmission does not cause "wear and tear", heat does.

The damn things are just metal, clutch packs, and hydraulic fluid.

[–]imsicktodayyy 4 points5 points ago

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PIZZA! PIZZA!

[–]LordSharpe 138 points139 points ago

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And then a bear runs up and rapes him.

[–]s1m0n8 54 points55 points ago

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DM,HS

[–]digiorknow 28 points29 points ago

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DM;BR

[–]Block_After_Block 15 points16 points ago

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Aaaaah good ole Brazil.

[–]phleg 12 points13 points ago

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hue hue hue

[–]AnticPosition 167 points168 points ago

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I couldn't help but laugh when I saw the second truck.

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[–]zombozo 60 points61 points ago

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At least the 2nd truck didn't hit the first one.

[–]Mookie_Wilson 60 points61 points ago

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Well, it did lose the driver's side door ...

[–]Fyzzle 35 points36 points ago

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It's ok. It found the door again.

[–]ghostbackwards 5 points6 points ago

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Luckily the second guy hadn't gotten an alignment...lazy bastard.

[–]digiorknow 5 points6 points ago

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At least he didn't get his head run over by an old man.

[–]joshr03 16 points17 points ago

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Don't worry, this gif is so old that guy is long out of the hospital by now.

[–]JMaboard 16 points17 points ago

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and in a grave.

[–]Dominic49 94 points95 points ago

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Well that Guy is on a roll

[–]BagFalls 58 points59 points ago

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At least he didnt brake anything.

[–]cbs5090 76 points77 points ago

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Trucks.

[–]Jertob 5 points6 points ago

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Funny, this video is actually of my friend's father taken off their security camera (It's a small world Reddit). It happened in PA last June. In her words explaining when i asked:

"My dad had a problem with his emergency break....Tried to stop the truck himself. The force of his Truck mowed him over....The guy in front went to get my dad's truck as it was rolling down the hill (cuz the old man was in it), his truck just glided down the hill too and demolished. My dad's friend's truck was in neutral (a standard). I think that once he saw what happened, he just jumped out without thinking or putting it in park or anything like that. All he said is that he knew the old man was gliding down the hill and was scared shitless."

Everyone was OK in general, the truck was done for though. Possibly the worst part of it all is that said friend, while visiting her dad in the ER, had to end up seeing his penis.

Now here's a side note about how this even ended up on the web to begin with.

The one guys grandson got the security footage and uploaded it to Youtube. He didn't ask anyone in the video if it was cool with them (not sure if he legally HAD to, but just sayin) and the friend who i just spoke of was unbelievably pissed off that he would do that and that all these youtube commentors were making fun of her dad. She wanted to find him and rip his throat out. Not to mention TruTV got in touch with him and offered him $1200 to show it on TV.

[–]fishandchicks 4 points5 points ago

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Run me over once, shame on you. Run me over twice, ok guys stop running me over.

[–]Thyson234 4 points5 points ago

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This is so old it was on tosh.o

[–]dp85 12 points13 points ago

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I'll give exactly one upvote to the first person to reverse this .gif (I'm currently having trouble doing it online)

[–]welptheresthat 58 points59 points ago

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[–]DBWhits 19 points20 points ago

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I like how the truck is nice enough to put his shoes back on for him...

[–]nappy-doo 24 points25 points ago

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my aunt died this way.

Her jeep was on a hill, and it, "slipped out of gear". She jumped in trying to stop it rolling down the hill, and she was killed between the car and a tree. Her family sued Chrysler, and they settled out of court for an undisclosed sum of money. I only ever met her once that I remember.

[–]headzoo 19 points20 points ago

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wtf? Why in the world did they sue Chrysler?

[–]pHreaksYcle 19 points20 points ago

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The car left the parking gear, that would be a manufacturing problem.

[–]polynomials 2 points3 points ago

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Guy that works in a law firm here. I know nothing about this case, but trust me, if there was nothing of merit to her case then the lawyers that Chrysler pays hundreds of dollars an hour to defend them would have blown it out of the water, and they would have had many opportunities to do it. So the fact that they settled probably means nappy-doo didn't give us all the details.

[–]belbis 20 points21 points ago

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when it rains, it pours you get run over by a truck

[–]failed_novelty 7 points8 points ago

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Like my mama always told me

[–]gomgom54 45 points46 points ago

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did he died?

[–]TangoOscarMike 9 points10 points ago

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Oh God, Oh God, the worst is over. I am going to go home and propose to my girlfriend, life is too sh--OH FUCK ME....

[–]fourletterword 5 points6 points ago

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Ah, the rare double Darwin. You don't see that often.

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[–]genesis88 20 points21 points ago

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I'm having trouble understanding why the second truck is doing what it's doing.

[–]pomegranati 17 points18 points ago

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the second guy saw what happened so he jumped out of his truck without putting his park brake on to chase after the first truck. the green truck started rolling backward.

[–]whywasthisupvoted 24 points25 points ago

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incline. park brake off.

pretty complicated.

[–]siwdys 18 points19 points ago

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Hey now, there are plenty of people who have never seen a car that has one of those stick lever things where the cupholders should be.

[–]heatmiZ 2 points3 points ago

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And can I ask why they set a camera up there?

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I don't always fall out of my truck, but when i do, I get run over by another truck.

[–]TheHappeningIsReal 2 points3 points ago

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What if this man is entering a suicidal state brought on by gases released by trees in an attempt to kill off humanity? It appears as if he threw himself to the ground, hoping to be crushed by his truck. The other man has a less advanced state of this condition, causing him to make mental errors like not engaging the parking break. Oh no. I HAVE SEEN THIS BEFORE. HUMANITY HAS NO CHANCE. THE HAPPENING IS HAPPENING!

[–]andrewsgame 2 points3 points ago

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Whenever I see GIF's like this I always think who is recording this and how were they so lucky

[–]kragmoor 2 points3 points ago

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dammit reddit stop making me watch people get maimed