![]() 09/17/2019 at 20:28 • Filed to: bricks, safety, unlucky | ![]() | ![]() |
Found this today. Stay safe out there, and just remember that you can’t dodge everything.
![]() 09/17/2019 at 20:38 |
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Ope.
Reminds me of this situation a bit. Hopefully the party in the Focus fair better.
https://oppositelock.kinja.com/stay-safe-on-the-roads-1819939758
![]() 09/17/2019 at 20:43 |
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That post is also pretty disheartening. It taught a big lesson at a high price.
![]() 09/17/2019 at 20:48 |
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ouch. wrong place, wrong time.
![]() 09/17/2019 at 20:54 |
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Oh man. Hope the guy in the Ford was alright. But from the looks of it...
![]() 09/17/2019 at 20:56 |
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I have saved that gif and I shall be using it every time I covertly text coworkers during a train wreck of a work meeting
![]() 09/17/2019 at 20:58 |
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When I was in India and China I was more worried about shit like this than anything else. There are so many things that look unsafe.
![]() 09/17/2019 at 21:08 |
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Good Kinja’d gif, as long as everyone was uninjured.
![]() 09/17/2019 at 21:11 |
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That car slams to the pavement before things even topple over it. That's a lot of weight
![]() 09/17/2019 at 21:20 |
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Free bricks!
![]() 09/17/2019 at 21:20 |
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I am sure some Youtube hottaker shitbag will claim it was the duty of the stopped car to avoid being squashed.
![]() 09/17/2019 at 21:31 |
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I’ve had similar comments on Jalopnik. “If the driver behind you isn’t paying attention and hits you , you should have recognized that in advance and already pulled off the road to let him pass ”.
I mean...conceivably yes, but that’s asking a bit much.
![]() 09/17/2019 at 21:32 |
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I saw a guy yesterday in an old battered F-350 with concrete blocks piled up in the bed. A couple were well above the bed. Not secured at all. I was pretty horrified and kept my distance. Then he got on the expressway.
![]() 09/17/2019 at 21:33 |
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You won’t believe how this story ends.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/motoring/news/86509614/car-crushed-under-truck-load-of-bricks
![]() 09/17/2019 at 21:47 |
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I just advise folks to watch their mirrors. Saved me from being rear ended by a semi that hit the brakes too late.
![]() 09/17/2019 at 21:49 |
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holy shit. I passed the recovery scene of a cement mixer that had gone off the highway. They were lifting the barrel with a could of tow truck style cranes and putting it on a flatbed 18 wheeler . I dont think anyone was seriously hurt with this one but the truck left a pretty big hole in the woods at the edge of the road.
this company seems to have a history of hitting trees as there have bee n at least two driver in large dump trucks , in this town alone, hitting trees in the last year
![]() 09/17/2019 at 21:50 |
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Those extra camera angles lend some VERY valuable information. Thank you for that link.
I still can’t quite make out the color of the traffic signal, but I assume that it’s red. Wish I could see if it had only recently turned red as they approached it. It’s hard to gauge everybody’s reaction time otherwise.
T he truck probably had enough time and distance to stop for the red , until it was cut off by TWO last-second lane changes. Not cool!
![]() 09/17/2019 at 21:51 |
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Sure, but it would hardly have been your fault if you weren’t watching the mirror at the right time.
![]() 09/17/2019 at 21:56 |
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Jalopnik dives towards YT comment quality with each passing day. I suspect people who make such arguments either don’t drive at all, or have manyat-fault accidents on their record. Something about doth protest too much.
![]() 09/17/2019 at 22:04 |
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Just Jeepin posted the details of the event. Looks like the passengers were pulled out without much harm to them.
![]() 09/17/2019 at 22:04 |
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My coworker and I have a train derail gif for this very reason.
![]() 09/17/2019 at 22:05 |
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Th e victims were rescued from the bricks safely according to the details of the article posted by Just Jeepin.
![]() 09/17/2019 at 22:07 |
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My SO is asking why I just said "Holy Shit" out loud
![]() 09/17/2019 at 23:26 |
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Shit a brick!
![]() 09/18/2019 at 00:40 |
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I suspect non-drivers are way more sympathetic to the victims, since they really aren’t ever in position to hurt anyone else. I suspect what you are seeing with those comments is mostly arrogance and bravado of the sort that makes insurance really expensive for young men.
![]() 09/18/2019 at 09:04 |
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But it actually was their fault...
Momentum’s a bitch.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/motoring/news/86509614/car-crushed-under-truck-load-of-bricks
![]() 09/18/2019 at 09:04 |
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Watching the video you posted, it appears they actually are at fault for cutting off the truck.
![]() 09/18/2019 at 09:05 |
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Momentum’s a bitch.
![]() 09/18/2019 at 10:20 |
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Lol damn those incomplete gifs.
![]() 09/18/2019 at 11:28 |
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It reminds me of those who bitch about players in various pro sports, the bitchers of course have no real experience or have never played anything at any level , but will loudly critique those who have the skills to play at a high level. I detect a lot of clapped out old WRXs and Evos, along with a dose of vape smoke, from the “one should avoid everything” crowd.
![]() 09/18/2019 at 11:58 |
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Good catch. I didn’t even watch the video until you said something.
Karma isn’t always pretty.
![]() 09/18/2019 at 12:12 |
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Did you watch the full video? It
was their fault!
![]() 09/18/2019 at 12:14 |
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Well, he put himself there...
https://www.stuff.co.nz/motoring/news/86509614/car-crushed-under-truck-load-of-bricks
![]() 09/18/2019 at 12:16 |
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Yeah, and when 50% of families are riding around like this...
![]() 09/18/2019 at 12:23 |
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I intentionally did not comment on whose fault it was.
I also intentionally did not comment on what I think is deserved for cutting someone off.
![]() 09/18/2019 at 12:24 |
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Yeah it drove me nuts seeing kids hanging off things. I think it was the Top Gear India special that said a person dies every 7 seconds on a road in India. I saw a couple dead people covered up on the side of the road in China, but not India. Maybe that is just better response time. My friend who is married to a lady from China said people don’t want any trouble there so they leave the scene if they can. I was impressed with Indian drivers, but n ot Chinese!
![]() 09/18/2019 at 12:28 |
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Aha - nicely done.
![]() 09/18/2019 at 18:15 |
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Huh. I thought only Teslas got bricked?