The hits keep coming

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 01/18/2018 at 18:02 • Filed to: None

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Give a blast to the horn, Bert!* Today seems to be the day for assholes in big vehicles driving like idiots and running people over.

The 75-year-old driver of this cabin cruiser said that he couldn’t see the fishing boat because he was sitting down and his view was obstructed by the dashboard. On land, he gets around in a motorized scooter. The owner of the fishing boat is suing him for $372,500.

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*1,000,000 Internet Points to anybody who gets that reference (except O.C. the Torque Dork)

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > ttyymmnn 01/18/2018 at 18:12

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Most any day in Florida...

bob and john > ttyymmnn 01/18/2018 at 18:13

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*sigh* we really need to make it a thing where if you cant see over the dashboard you dont get to use it period

ttyymmnn > bob and john 01/18/2018 at 18:15

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You’d think that would be obvious. But it’s a boat, so rules don’t apply. Right?

lone_liberal > ttyymmnn 01/18/2018 at 18:17

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I saw this on the news last night and I still can’t understand how he didn’t see them. He should have been able to until he was right on top of them.

HammerheadFistpunch > ttyymmnn 01/18/2018 at 18:18

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BS, at that speed he’s on plane and his bowrise angle can’t have been more than 5 or 6 degrees. so unless he can’t see over the steering wheel at that distance he could have seen them easily. He just got distracted or wasn’t looking is my bet.

ttyymmnn > HammerheadFistpunch 01/18/2018 at 18:18

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He said he was sitting down, and admitted that he should have been standing. But I’m no boater.

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > ttyymmnn 01/18/2018 at 18:19

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grandma got ran over by an evinrude.

in all seriousness though that dude needs to have his boat impounded and his boating license revoked. might as well revoke his drivers license too while youre at it

HammerheadFistpunch > ttyymmnn 01/18/2018 at 18:19

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even sitting he should have seen them. I mean they don’t make helm stations with standing only visibility.

ttyymmnn > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero 01/18/2018 at 18:19

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*RIM SHOT*

OPPOsaurus WRX > ttyymmnn 01/18/2018 at 18:21

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O man the comments. It was good will they got hot for the harmful fishing they do

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > ttyymmnn 01/18/2018 at 18:22

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One assumes the old bloke spilled his gin whilst driving over that boat...

ttyymmnn > OPPOsaurus WRX 01/18/2018 at 18:23

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I make it policy to avoid YouTube comments.

ttyymmnn > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media 01/18/2018 at 18:23

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He was probably looking for the lime he dropped.

HammerheadFistpunch > lone_liberal 01/18/2018 at 18:24

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ah you see the problem was he didn’t see them because he wasn’t looking.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > ttyymmnn 01/18/2018 at 18:32

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Shouldn’t the people on the fishing boat have had on life jackets...?

They are damn lucky, the driver of that big boat should have his everything license revoked and I hope the fishing boat folks get a lot more money than $372,000!

ttyymmnn > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 01/18/2018 at 18:36

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Later in the video you’ll see the guys on the fishing boat admitting that they should have been wearing PFDs.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > ttyymmnn 01/18/2018 at 18:49

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But its so much fun to gape in horror at the shit that people spew.

vicali > ttyymmnn 01/18/2018 at 18:51

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Yikes, gave them the ol’ Shuswap Special..

https://www.saobserver.net/news/reinbrecht-awaiting-appeal-date/

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > ttyymmnn 01/18/2018 at 18:54

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Did that idiot operating the boat really say that him being distracted by a phone was fake news??? Now we know he is a trump supporter for sure...

ttyymmnn > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) 01/18/2018 at 18:56

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I just get depressed by it.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > ttyymmnn 01/18/2018 at 19:06

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Yeah, saw that....I’m just glad everybody is OK, that was a gnarly accident....and the Bayliner driver plead not guilty! There’s VIDEO EVIDENCE for frig sakes!

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > ttyymmnn 01/18/2018 at 19:09

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Wow. That fishing boat came out way better than I would’ve guessed. As a life long boater, that was pure negligence and/or operating under the influence on the part of the guy in the cruiser.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > ttyymmnn 01/18/2018 at 19:20

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Youtube comments arent nearly as bad as the comments on some other sites. The ones that are actual people stating things in a nonjoking manner that absolutely scare me to share this planet with. Its insane how callous and uncaring some people out there are.

ttyymmnn > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 01/18/2018 at 19:25

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I liked the screw marks on the fishing boat.

ttyymmnn > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 01/18/2018 at 19:25

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Affluenza.

AfromanGTO > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 01/18/2018 at 19:36

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They don’t have to be wearing them, but there needs to be enough life jackets for everyone on board.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > AfromanGTO 01/18/2018 at 19:42

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Oh, I know, by law they have to be on the boat but not necessarily worn, but I just meant when it comes to situations like this when you suddenly have to jump into the water in the middle of a river and tread water for an undetermined amount of time, they could literally be a lifesaver, no matter how good of a swimmer you are.

The one fellow on the fishing boat was injured in the accident, imagine if he’d lost consciousness! :(

ranwhenparked > OPPOsaurus WRX 01/18/2018 at 21:03

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Has any of them devolved into a semi-literate United States vs Canada bashing session, or a totally out of place racist tirade? Because it isn’t a proper YouTube comments thread without at least one of those.

ranwhenparked > ttyymmnn 01/18/2018 at 21:10

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That seems pretty reasonable. Depending on what motor and electronics he had, that possibly could be a $50,000 boat, and you have to factor in the attorney’s cut, and there’s definitely emotional distress and room for punitive damages (public service, really, taking enough out of him to hurt might stop him from doing it again to someone else).

ttyymmnn > ranwhenparked 01/18/2018 at 22:28

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Oh, I have no quibble with the amount. I’m surprised it wasn’t more.

AfromanGTO > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 01/18/2018 at 22:31

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Oh I know it is a good idea to wear them. My old job was training people water survival skills. I did that for almost 10 years.

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > ttyymmnn 01/18/2018 at 23:12

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Indeed. I would be curious to see how the fiberglass damage and prop/outdrive/skeg turned out on the cruiser.

ranwhenparked > ttyymmnn 01/19/2018 at 00:08

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That’s what I thought too, they’re being remarkably restrained.

TheRealBicycleBuck > ttyymmnn 01/19/2018 at 08:48

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Reminds me of the prop cuts on manatees and people(!) who have been hit by boats. I won’t post those. They’re gruesome.

ttyymmnn > TheRealBicycleBuck 01/19/2018 at 11:07

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I’d rather not see that. But this one hails from the early days of the internet.