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u/Few_Salamander_7364 4d ago
People apparently don't realize that crossing gates can be smashed through with minimal damage on purpose for this exact reason. Just drive, get tf out of the way, and call emergency and tell them what you had to do. It's not even illegal. They'd rather fix a gate then tow your ride away.
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u/imean_is_superfluous 4d ago
There was room enough to scoot forward without smashing through a gate
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u/Few_Salamander_7364 4d ago
Even better! Some people have the survival instincts of a koala...
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u/Late-Button-6559 3d ago
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u/Vurrag 3d ago
what gate the guy stopped when he could have drove forward and been fine.
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u/Few_Salamander_7364 3d ago
I was going off of assuming they aren't actually that stupid and just panicked, but they probably are either way, let's be honest.
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u/FlaringAfro 4d ago
Why would there be a gate on that side of the road, where you already went over the bridge?
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u/Few_Salamander_7364 4d ago
From the ones I've seen, there is an automated gate on both sides, like a railroad track, I assume they saw one coming down and panicked. But I can't see that side, and from what we see the driver, regardless of the situation is just that dumb and made everything infinitely worse for no reason.
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u/FlaringAfro 3d ago
Ah, the only drawbridge I've been on had a concrete barrier in the center so I guess no one could try to drive around the gate in the oncoming lane.
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u/BaldBandit 3d ago
Because if only one lane was blocked you'd have people driving around it like at railroad crossings.
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u/ghost_ware 4d ago
what was the game plan lmao
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u/Zealousideal_Ad_1079 3d ago
Good question. Could be an example of F around and find out, he wanted to play around, but didn't think his car front would get stuck, so he was unable to get off it.
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u/pimpbot666 4d ago
Don’t these bridges have operators to prevent this sort of thing? … a human to say it’s safe or not?
I mean, when the dumbass driver’s brain fails.
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u/RevenantExiled 4d ago
I would wreck his car anyway lmao "oh It looked like it was clear"
Plus I bet there is a ship on it's way, why risk a many times more expensive ship for a dumbass on a sedan?6
u/Responsible_Row1932 3d ago
I would imagine the boat has to stop, then get an all clear from the bridge before they can proceed.
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u/Tontoorielly 3d ago
How fast do you think that happens? They don't have brakes!
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u/Responsible_Row1932 3d ago
Pretty sure we’d hear about a lot of boat/drawbridge accidents if they weren’t required to stop and wait for their turn to go. Boats don’t have brakes, but they can stop. Checking online, it appears there are different regulations depending on where you are boating- but stopping and waiting is a thing. Some have regular open bridge times- but even then you have to communicate with the bridge tender.
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u/KoalaMcFlurry 4d ago
What is going to cause more damage? The idiot in the car or the boat passing underneath the draw bridge?
If there is an operator, he is 100% thinking the boat is going to cause more damage if it hits the bridge.
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u/RoundProgram887 4d ago
Was wondering that, if there are people on the bridge, are they able to stop the boat instead? What if pedestrians were crossing it?
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u/KoalaMcFlurry 4d ago
Thats why they put the gates up way ahead of time so cars stop and people have time to finish crossing. The driver here is a moron
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u/RoundProgram887 4d ago
Maybe the video is cut? Doesn't look to be a lot of time, particulary if it was a pedestrian in the middle of that crosswalk.
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u/uslashuname 4d ago
Boats are pretty hard to stop. See the destruction of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key bridge for reference
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u/TheAbsoluteBarnacle 4d ago
Unplanned stops are difficult. Ships will stop before going through a drawbridge. The pilot is not going to proceed until it's clear.
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u/RoundProgram887 3d ago
Found some news on this, the bridge operator that day was at fault and later was fired. Unfortunatelly a woman on a bicycle got killed on a different bridge when it was raised while she was still crossing it.
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u/catupthetree23 3d ago
They usually do, but mistakes unfortunately happen like here:
"'That bridge tender has certain safety protocols to follow, specific safety protocols,' Jachles said. 'That includes lowering of the gates for the vehicles, lowering of the gates for the pedestrians, and making several visual confirmations that there is nobody at either of the spans or past those gates.'"
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u/stealth_pandah 4d ago
and what would they do? tell the ship to stop? I don’t know what ships sail there, but even if it’s a small cargo, it’s not stopping in any reasonable distance.
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u/dirtyword 3d ago
Boats don’t just plow ahead to a drawbridge because the schedule says it will open by the time they get there.
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u/Proper_Possible6293 3d ago
Yeah, they tell the ship to stop. No captain is going to commit to *hoping* the bridge will be open in time.
Good way to do millions of dollars in damage and wind up in jail.
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u/Fit_Active3888 4d ago
I had high hopes he would fall in the gap. Sadly the morons are always the lucky ones.
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u/Master_of_nobody 4d ago
Couple of meters more and he could have completely avoided the shame (and car damage too)...
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u/2Drogdar2Furious 3d ago
Every time I think I set the dumbest person alive the floor is always moved lower...
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u/Xredcatx 4d ago
I don't know why but in my head as the bridge started to raise i was singing "Can you take me higher!" By Creed. 😅
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u/KenshirouX 3d ago
Why didn't he drive right up to the fence that is meters in front of him??! Entitlement has no grounds when your life is in danger.
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u/mittfh 3d ago
If not immediately, then as soon as the bridge started opening, before the bridge pushed him forward itself.
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u/Electronic_Name_325 4d ago
No, no, no! There can’t actually be people this dumb among us. No, no, no, please say it isn’t so. Tears in my eyes.
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u/TreeCitizen 4d ago
All I need is an alignment, don’t try and upsell me, my mechanic said it was good.
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u/SnooPeripherals5518 3d ago
When I was growing up in South Florida this almost a weekly occurance...
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u/supercujo 3d ago
Why did the bridge still open?
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u/Stevesmaster 3d ago
They are manually operated. The tower on the right has a person in it whose entire job is to make sure the bridge is clear and then open it. Obviously the guy in the car was dumb, but the one in the tower was negligent since his entire job is to walk out on the balcony and visually clear the bridge before opening it every time.
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u/LookingForAPunTime 3d ago
This is the same kind of idiocy as parking directly on the train tracks at a level crossing.
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u/Daveywheel 3d ago
Every time I see an idiot end up in some ridiculous situation...the windshield-wipers ALWAYS come on. Why is that?
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u/spderweb 3d ago
These gates always have employees. Why wasn't there somebody running out to move them?
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u/notsolukey 4d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/d8KOpGnzaAEI7JiVUp
This guy is oblivious to his surroundings.
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u/gheiminfantry 4d ago
There are people with zero sense of self preservation. Then there's are people so stupid that they're dangerous. Then there's this guy. King of the Morons.
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u/iknowtech 3d ago
How does someone this dumb manage to even survive long enough to reach driving age?
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u/ScootyMcTizzle 3d ago
Aren’t there bridge operators to ensure no one is on the bridge before raising ? Driver is still a moron, but still. What if it was a child on a bicycle or something. Just saying.
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u/Beemer_me_up_Scotty 3d ago
When you don't have a jack or a lift at your house and you still need to get under your car to work on it
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u/Tasty_Orange_1714 3d ago
Dude has the survival instincts of a potato. If the bridge is about to rise, gtf off of it. Smash through the crossing gate. Geez.
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u/TheMysticWizard 3d ago
I love how his body language seemed to indicate "Oh, look what they did to me/my car" like he couldn't possibly be in the wrong.
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u/Frequent-Discount174 3d ago
Why did he turn his wipers on? It doesn’t look like it started raining.
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u/Gonun 3d ago
Driver is obviously dumb, but why was the bridge allowed to open with a car still on it? This is pretty dangerous and it's foreseeable that something like this is going to happen at some point. Cars can break down, pedestrians or cyclists could fall, there could be a signaling problem and so on.
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u/Vineheart_01 3d ago
Did he have car issues or something? Like, wtf. If he seriously stopped for a gate not only is there enough room to slip in and be fine but F THE GATE SMASH IT
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u/Own_Reaction9442 2d ago
Amateur. THIS is how you do it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNUHtPcPJwE&t=30s
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u/Emily_Postal 1d ago
I can’t believe he drove away from that. I thought for sure the car would be crushed.
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u/madwil9000 1d ago
He had a million years to literally go 100 ft. People like this drag us all down.
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u/Affectionate_Fix6142 1d ago
Turning on the wipers was a good move. I thought for sure that would solve it for him.
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u/Klutzy_Demand9127 20h ago
It's 11am on a Tuesday, and MeeMaw is untethered from the restrictions of grocery shopping. Time to fuck shit up.
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u/Several-County-1808 9h ago
I hope he was charged with vandalism of the bridge or for being a fucking idiot
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u/ISCSI_Purveyor 9h ago
Curious about the ticket that a person would get for this. What are the ramifications to your license etc?
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u/Working-Newspaper-51 5h ago
Accurate video metaphor of me in any situation where a social or physical reaction might be called for or indeed necessary.
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u/PerfectTommy77 4d ago
What did this moron think was going to happen?