SUV Driver Fails in Slowing Down For Line of Snowplows, Gets Made an Example of All Over The News

3 years ago by EvilLootbox to c/idiotsincars

Hyperreality 43 points 3 years ago

What is it with people and snow?

It'd be one thing if they continued driving like it was a sunny day, but some people decide a snow day is the day to start their career as a rally driver.

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Yondoza 25 points 3 years ago

Guilty, I have a standard transmission AWD car and it is so much fun to drift corners in the snow!

I never do it in traffic or near other drivers, though. They don't deserve to pay for the consequences of my stupidity.

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bluewing 12 points 3 years ago

deserve to pay for the consequences of my stupidity

That's the job of the insurance company when they raise everyone's rates......

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Bdtrngl 38 points 3 years ago

Looks like Mr. Important is gonna be a little late today.

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Bakkoda 32 points 3 years ago

Was driving to work at 4am one day on a really fuckin awful town side road on a really shitty day with fuck tons of snow. Came to the series of S curves in the road with a big stupid truck right on my ass. We met a state plow who should not have been in that road and looked to be pulled off to the side of the road quite a bit for us to go around. As we passed his plow it became very obvious that he was parked with his ass end almost completely blocking the road. I have no idea how i made it past him without smashing my car but the douchebag behind me was obv not skilled or lucky enough and was up my ass enough that he ended up in a ditch.

Fuck that guy.

EDIT: WE > He. He ended up in the ditch, i did not. Wtf phone.

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BearOfaTime 8 points 3 years ago

Hooray!

That is sooo satisfying. I hate tailgaters. Just relax, dammit, we'll get there.

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RandomStickman 5 points 3 years ago

I needed this karmic justice story, thank you. Glad you made it.

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Buddahriffic 5 points 3 years ago

Not as satisfying but still made me think wtf in the moment. Was driving in a bit of a blizzard, the snow was the kind that would grab you and pull you towards the ditch if you got out of the tracks. Had to remember to steer straight twice instead of just trying to turn back to the middle of the road to get traction back and stay on the road. Had my four ways going and there was this truck on my ass.

Eventually I decided fuck it and pulled over to let him by, figuring he probably wants to go faster but isn't confident enough to pass while I'm still driving. He immediately puts on his own four ways and continues driving on at the speed I was. Why do you have to be right on my ass to do that? If you're two seconds back, you'll arrive at your destination two seconds later, but will have a much better chance of avoiding accidents in normal weather, let alone a blizzard.

Humanity doing it's best to give me mixed feelings about a potential extinction in the mid future.

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Bakkoda 4 points 3 years ago

The guy who was on my ass lived on that road. He'd been following me for less than 5 minutes. I have no idea wtf he was thinking but it was a really bad storm and not the time to fuck around and find out.

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ilovededyoupiggy 23 points 3 years ago

they can face a $325 fine if they are caught overtaking snow plows working in echelon formation on multi-lane highways that have a posted speed limit of 80 km/hr or more

Yes, I overtook the snow plows. Yes, it was a multi lane highway. And yes, the posted speed limit was over 80 km/h. But the snow plows were clearly operating in a reverse double chevron formation, not echelon. I've done nothing wrong!

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madcaesar 22 points 3 years ago

What a dipshit.

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awwwyissss 19 points 3 years ago

Good to see this community in the fediverse, now I can skyrocket my blood pressure back into the stratosphere watching dangerous jerks crash their dumb cars.

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capital 16 points 3 years ago

Man, they were all lined up for a really satisfying scrape across all the lanes too…

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walden 11 points 3 years ago

The roads were all clear behind the plows, so why were they even there in the first place! /s

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Shyfer 5 points 3 years ago

Anyone have another link to the video? That sounds funny as hell and this one isn't working for me.

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AngryCommieKender 7 points 3 years ago path: 0 6802562 6803518, hotness: undefined, score: 7, children: 2
Shyfer 4 points 3 years ago

It was everything I had hoped lol

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6daemonbag 4 points 3 years ago path: 0 6802562 6803518 6803850, hotness: undefined, score: 4, children: 0
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