Man Passes Out On Highway, Misses Ride Of A Lifetime.

Kinja'd!!! "McMike" (mcmike)
05/08/2015 at 16:16 • Filed to: car crashes, hoon of the day

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Fortunately, he was recording it so he (and we) can enjoy it.

Video’s description:

Previously unknown medical condition caused a crash on 4/2/2015. I have never passed out in 26 years, but suddenly passed out.

I can’t tell if the cruise control is struggling to keep up, or if his foot is on the pedal. Either way, that’s one scary-ass ride.

Glad he’s OK.


DISCUSSION (26)


Kinja'd!!! area man > McMike
05/08/2015 at 16:20

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Holy crap, I thought for sure he was going to spear back onto the road going the wrong way. Also missed that pole by inches. Lucky dude for sure.


Kinja'd!!! Brian, The Life of > McMike
05/08/2015 at 16:21

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That could have been SO much worse D:

Really glad it wasn't.


Kinja'd!!! Rainbow > McMike
05/08/2015 at 16:21

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The barbed wire holes in the canvas make me cringe for some reason.


Kinja'd!!! McMike > Brian, The Life of
05/08/2015 at 16:24

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I was on the edge of my seat once he started back towards the fence. “please don’t go back into traffic, please don’t go back into traffic please...”


Kinja'd!!! McMike > area man
05/08/2015 at 16:25

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Me too.


Kinja'd!!! Brian, The Life of > McMike
05/08/2015 at 16:27

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Exactly. First was the narrow miss of the utility pole and then “OH NO! NONONONO!”


Kinja'd!!! Twism > McMike
05/08/2015 at 16:29

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I don’t think it’s cruise control, because it’s supposed to automatically disengage when traction control kicks in (...do SN95 Mustang have T/C?).

Also, is it me or is that a weird placement for a dash cam?


Kinja'd!!! Blunion05 drives a pink S2000 (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST) > McMike
05/08/2015 at 16:29

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Jesus take the wheel!


Kinja'd!!! 505Turbeaux > McMike
05/08/2015 at 16:30

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shouldnt laugh, but god dammit I am laughing. He is lucky the wheel stayed left of he would have been in the shit if he hit the highway


Kinja'd!!! this is not matt farah's foxbodymiata > McMike
05/08/2015 at 16:38

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Engage AutoHoon!


Kinja'd!!! Spark > McMike
05/08/2015 at 16:40

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So much buttclench. Thank God he had his roof up.


Kinja'd!!! HammerheadFistpunch > McMike
05/08/2015 at 16:46

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That is one determined cruise control. Mine would have given up LONG before.


Kinja'd!!! BeaterGT > McMike
05/08/2015 at 16:50

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Wow, didn’t know Mustangs were that boring to drive. In all seriousness though, my cousin has a similar condition and wasn’t as lucky the first time it happened to him.


Kinja'd!!! McMike > McMike
05/08/2015 at 16:50

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According to some of his other videos, I see hints of an underlying condition.

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Kinja'd!!! mazda616 > McMike
05/08/2015 at 16:53

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A lot of people on FB were saying it was fake and insurance fraud. That's bravery if it is. I highly doubt it was, but people always want to have conspiracies.


Kinja'd!!! MarquetteLa > McMike
05/08/2015 at 17:00

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Someone get this guy onto a rallycross course.


Kinja'd!!! Justin > McMike
05/08/2015 at 17:01

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You can clearly see him turn the cruse control off near the start of the video. It is the bottom button on the left side of the steering wheel. Some but not all Mustangs of this style had T/C for those wondering. As for being an insurance scam I think if this were fake he’d have kept an eye on where he was going and would have likely crapped him self on seeing that pole. I bet he’d have aborted that mission and put his hands back on the wheel.


Kinja'd!!! McMike > Justin
05/08/2015 at 17:14

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Like I know what those buttons do.

For all I know that’s how you set the snooze control.

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Kinja'd!!! MonkeePuzzle > McMike
05/08/2015 at 17:17

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how did he not completely fubar his plastic front bumper!?


Kinja'd!!! E. Julius > McMike
05/08/2015 at 17:19

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Pretty amazing how calm he was when he came to and took control of the car.


Kinja'd!!! MysticStick > McMike
05/08/2015 at 17:31

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Why didn’t the airbag go off?


Kinja'd!!! McMike > MysticStick
05/08/2015 at 17:34

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Probably the same reason the bumper wasn’t destroyed.

I’m guessing those fence posts are pretty old.


Kinja'd!!! Manic Otti > McMike
05/08/2015 at 17:34

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Guy I work with fell asleep once and woke up with bushes and grass flying by, got lucky and didn’t hit anything.


Kinja'd!!! pip bip - choose Corrour > McMike
05/08/2015 at 18:47

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i am disappointed , no airbag going off.

:(


Kinja'd!!! Buick Mackane > McMike
05/08/2015 at 21:44

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Why does the DMV allow people who have epileptic seizures have a driving licence?


Kinja'd!!! Agrajag > McMike
05/08/2015 at 21:48

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A friend of mine fell asleep while driving once solely from exhaustion. He remembers getting onto the onramp and next he wakes up driving along the concrete barrier in the median. He slipped across 3 lanes on a busy highway and managed to miss any other vehicle. His Cavalier had some gnarly damage on the driver side.