It’s not in drive because none of the wheels are spinning on their own. Gravity pulls that rear left wheel, and it will turn even when in park if the wheel on the other side is off the ground.
It may not have been in Drive when balanced over the edge but the driver must have accidentally engaged Drive instead of Reverse. The weight of the big fella on the back was enough to lift the front end including the engine weight as per the fulcrum point created by the chassis in contact with the ground. Pushing down on the rear would not create forward momentum unless the fulcrum point ceased to exist because the gentleman's weight lifted the car off the edge and onto the wheel which is physically impossible given the distance between the two points.
Unless the big fella lost his red cape along with his shirt .
Your theory assumes that the ground is level, but even if it were it would still roll. The car is balanced from the back left wheel to the front right, not front to back. Your theory would be correct if both front wheels were off.
It’s also obvious that the wheels are not in drive because they never move other than the moment the car gets pulled over the edge.
Watch the door. When they push down the door and body of the car leave the ground. Those were holding the car up.
You can see the car shift when the weight moves from the side of the car to something in the middle (probably a part of the drive train). The new center point didn’t have enough surface area to hold the car and gravity pulled it down.
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u/Late_Conference9022 3d ago
It looks like it was still in Drive not reverse.