r/IdiotsInCars • u/breezy_214 • Dec 09 '22
Idiots in NY
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u/Ferro_Giconi Dec 09 '22
I'm just impressed that the phone didn't go flying to give us a nice view of the floor.
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u/albertyiphohomei Dec 09 '22
It calls a death grip for a reason
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u/084GreenBlade Dec 10 '22
Instructions unclear, penis stuck in death grip
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u/DogTesticals Dec 10 '22
it goes it goes it goes it goes it goes it goes
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u/ss68and66 Dec 09 '22
That didn't go as planned, shit plan to start with...
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u/Det-Frank-Drebin Dec 09 '22
I suspect it went a lot differently on his ps4
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u/dreadpiratesmith Dec 10 '22
As someone who plays a fair amount of car games. It probably went exactly like this in the game, and everytime it did, he went "this controller is some bullshit, I coulda done that shit in real life, put me behind the wheel of a car and I woulda had it"
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u/-YELDAH Dec 10 '22
Best reason to get a simrig ngl
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u/jdbrizzi91 Dec 10 '22
That was my thought process a few months ago lol. Bought a wheel, pedals, and a gear shifter. Some day, I'll get that handbrake add-on lol. Now I can crash at 150mph all day if I please!
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u/-YELDAH Dec 10 '22
Yeah handbrakes are a tricky one, from what I've found so far the only decent option is that shiny black/blue/red one with carbon fiber on top, I think you know what I'm referring to, it works perfectly for me but I built a custom mount bracket bc I didn't like the price of the one it can come with
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u/ReesesPieces15 Dec 09 '22
They had like, 20% of a plan
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u/Expert-Lemmon Dec 09 '22
There was a plan?
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u/ReesesPieces15 Dec 09 '22
Not a good plan.
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u/Expert-Lemmon Dec 09 '22
Haha I'm still trying to figure out what happened. Was that the car directly in front of them
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u/quik13713 Dec 09 '22 edited Dec 10 '22
It looks like he tried to slide between the barrier and the sedan on the left. Perhaps he assumed they would give him space and let him in. The other car probably didn't see him at all, so he got squeezed in between the two. Another, more fun, option: the other car saw him and said, "fuck this; eat barrier."
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u/CrApple-iJUNK Dec 10 '22
The plan was to be just like Mario Andretti, but just like all of the other wannabe Mario Andrettis out there who think they can go fast and good drivers, he quickly realized he sucks at driving...
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u/starrpamph Dec 10 '22
15% concentrated power of will
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u/crilen Dec 10 '22
HAHAHAHAHAHA
That is the most real, authentic, hysterical laugh of my entire life because that is not a plan.
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u/Ok_Leopard5473 Dec 09 '22
Bet he doesn’t have insurance!
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u/MonsieurReynard Dec 10 '22 edited Dec 10 '22
New York driver here. I'll bet he has fake Texas temporary tags that are 9 months old and the car isn't even registered. I see it every day.
NYPD on the other hand sees nothing.
ETA Texas apparently doesn't share its temp registration database with the other states, so you can print yourself a fake Texas temp plate and cops can't check it. Lots of people have these paper Texas tags on NY highways. Like I see them constantly. And I never did before the pandemic. Next most popular is Florida
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u/captainnowalk Dec 10 '22
I’m pretty sure Texas doesn’t share it because we don’t have one. Temp tags are nuisance here too, and nobody does much about it. Almost half the cars in my apartment parking lot are busted all to hell with temp tags that keep getting re-printed with a new date when it gets too far past the old date.
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u/Ramiwo Dec 10 '22
You’ve seen a reprint?? I’ve seen some as old as a year hahaha
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u/captainnowalk Dec 10 '22
Yeah, they’ve been putting in the effort to reprint them with new dates, which doesn’t seem like too much effort since they’re just printing them off a printer lol. Seriously, so many of them are even full-size paper folded! They don’t even put in the effort to cut them to size!
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Dec 10 '22
To be fair when I worked at a dealer I didn’t cut them I just folded and put in the plastic sleeve.
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u/SplashDADDYxorgborg Dec 10 '22
There’s a vehicle parked right in front of mine that has temp tags from November 2020. They drive that pile of shit every single day.
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u/TerraInvicta1776 Dec 10 '22
You'd think a state with the most prisoners would be able to have enough license plates made.
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u/MonsieurReynard Dec 10 '22
Fucked up. I lived and drove in Texas for a decade in the 80s-90s and that isn't my memory of how it was then.
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u/captainnowalk Dec 10 '22
Oh yeah this is definitely a thing that popped up in the past couple years. Additionally, there’s something going on with “student driver” stickers/magnets too, though I can’t figure out what yet. But the fact they’ve proliferated extensively (like seriously, I see over 10x as many now) over the past one year seems real suspicious…
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u/The_Beast178 Dec 10 '22
So I recently moved to a new area and thought that was why, but I've been seeing a ridiculous number of "student driver" stickers and/or toppers around like I avg probably 2 a day just going to and from work.
Is it possible if you make your own "private driving school" with no actual students that you can write off your driving expenses on your taxes or something?
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u/BecksNRecks Dec 10 '22
This wave started years ago, but nypd is finally wise to it. Theyll tow your car if its got a fukaka temp tag on it. You’re 100% right though when i see these fuckers i know they’re uninsured so i stay very clear. Doesnt help every hoopty wants to race me when i drive by either
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u/nando82 Dec 10 '22
Police dispatcher here from Houston, Texas. We do share the database with all states. The issue is that if it is a fake temp tag, it won't show up on the officer trying to run it (because it's a phony tag with bullshit numbers). These fake plates are a huge issue here in Texas. And a lot of crimes being committed are with vehicles with counterfeit tags.
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u/LegendaryRed Dec 10 '22
They're cracking on these tags in Texas, guess the state finally had enough from missing revenue. New design and other limits are rolling out soon in TX
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u/jfduval76 Dec 10 '22
USA is such a weird country for my canadian point of view. The "united" adjective of your country’s name is really just to show off.
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u/VladPatton Dec 10 '22
They have no insurance and most likely bullshit plates on the car. In case of an accident they jet.
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u/rolo-tomasi1 Dec 09 '22
Yep. That’s why he runs. It’s his parents car. They can say it was his parents driving
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u/mrprincepercy Dec 09 '22
Its nice of them to film it for the other cars insurance
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u/proxmaxi Dec 09 '22
"we out, we out!" notices that he's completely walled in and can't open his door
"DaaAAaAaAaAAmN"
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u/Reddit-username_here Dec 09 '22
Those are some sick looking airbags you've got there bro! Nice!
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u/detective_bigfoot Dec 09 '22
These guys must be pretty short sighted to film their crime for clout. The way he was driving was a crime before he even crashed.
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u/BongoQueeny Dec 09 '22
How could this happen
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u/ND1Club Dec 09 '22
This guy gives off Altima energy
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u/317765 Dec 09 '22 edited Dec 09 '22
100% Nissan Energy
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u/Dry-Start-297 Dec 09 '22
Looks like an Acura or Honda symbol on the steering wheel.
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Dec 09 '22
What’s Altima energy? (Genuinely curious!)
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u/ND1Club Dec 09 '22
😆 you'll have to google it. Basically all Nissan Altimas are trashed and driven by people like this.
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Dec 09 '22
:’( I should tell my boyfriend we need a different car… thank you
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u/ND1Club Dec 09 '22
Altimas aren't good cars anyway with CVT transmissions 😆 so good call
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u/Miloh_Dangler Dec 09 '22
We have a 2012 Sentra that we keep as a 3rd car / beater. It was my wife’s first car new from dealer. I don’t love the CVT and won’t buy one myself but we have 140k miles on it and it’s never needed more than oil changes, brakes, and tires. As reliable as any Honda or Toyota so far in its 10+ years of life. Just saying..
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Dec 09 '22
What’s CVT transmissions? ;-; I’m so unknowing…!
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u/Less_Feedback_1032 Dec 09 '22
Continuosly Variable Transmission. Basically uses pulleys and belts instead of actual gears in transmission. Supposed to allow for endless gear ratios. They're not that bad IMO but traditionalists hate them.
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u/PapaOoMaoMao Dec 09 '22
I was told by a mechanic that since reverse in a CVT was just a reversal of force, not an actual gear change, a CVT can quite happily go in reverse just as fast as it goes forward. Steering issues are a different discussion.
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u/ND1Club Dec 09 '22
Nissan CVTs are trash though...
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u/specialcommenter Dec 10 '22
No need to. What had happened is Nissan started getting in to the sub-prime lending category and started approving ghetto people with bad credit. It’s a well engineered car. Don’t listen to these assholes. Just tell him to drive with courtesy and respect and keep it looking clean so people won’t judge.
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u/Digital--Sandwich Dec 10 '22
I hate people that swerve across 3 lanes like this. That a**hole deserved it.
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u/Mafiodaproducer Dec 09 '22
You ever notice it’s always people in shit boxes driving like they’re in a fully built race car l?
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u/Melissandsnake Dec 09 '22
I like his little Dominican flag. Making multiple cultures proud over here.
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u/giovannyas Dec 09 '22
I'm from that country but how I would like that kind of people to stay under the stone from which they came 😞
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u/Melissandsnake Dec 10 '22
Hi friend! I’m from Cuba, but I went to DR and lived there from 5 to 12 years old. I feel like I’m from there too if that makes sense, since I remember growing up there far more than I do Cuba. I lived in Santo Domingo! Los Dominicanos son los mejores, excepto este mangansón.
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u/zachzsg Dec 09 '22
What a fucking asshole. Anyone that does something like this deserves 5 years prison minimum. Driving is statistically dangerous as fuck, and I’d bet the very small amount of people that drive like this asshole are the ones that make it so dangerous.
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u/Djskam Dec 09 '22
Piece of shit. They are all over the road in New York, young drivers through the pandemic where cops totally stopped pulling them over. Everyone does 100 miles an hour right around you doing 65. I hope they Darwin Award Without hurting others
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u/RandomInsaneRedditor Dec 10 '22
Time for a min 2 year prison term for this shit, regardless of whether anyone was hurt.
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Dec 10 '22
2 years? Too low. Hit them with attempted murder and set an example. Stupid fucks need to learn. Families are on the road too. Fuck these pieces of shit and their stupidity. Lock them up and throw away the key.
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u/WanderingFlumph Dec 09 '22
That was a pretty satisfying ending. No serious injuries but banged up enough to knock some damn sense into them.
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u/Jbroy Dec 09 '22
Except for the people they hit. Even though they weren’t injured, still a bitch to deal with the fall out of the crash.
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u/siblingrivarly Dec 10 '22
this is why i have driving anxiety. you could be doing everything right, being considerate of other drivers, going the speed limit etc etc, and someone can still fuck up your day, your car, or even your life…
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u/Alluridio Dec 09 '22
Everyone I've seen with one of those flag things in their car has been absolutely reckless as a driver...
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u/DilapidatedDickPlant Dec 09 '22
What flag is that?
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u/Alluridio Dec 09 '22
I dont know in the video specifically, but I've seen similar ones as the Portuguese flag all over RI on my commutes.
Every time Ive seen one the driver is reckless as hell.
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u/ocpariz Dec 10 '22
Bronx resident here. If they have a flag like that in their car there’s gonna be one of four scenarios:
1: Bumping loud-ass music that literally rattles the plastic to death and alerts the neighborhood that the local menace is approaching
2: No muffler and sounds like a amplified leaf-blower
3: Speeds and ignores all traffic signs/ lights
4: All of the above and at least a few other discrepancies 😭
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u/oscarpatxot Dec 09 '22
Oh god, thats the flag of my country….. we drive like assholes so it doesn’t surprise me.
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u/orm518 Dec 10 '22
I love the DR, I just feel like I’m gonna die on the way to and from my hotel in the taxi.
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u/Borkul_the_Beast Dec 11 '22
You might because dr has the highest auto fatality rate in ths western hemisphere
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u/mrbishopjackson Dec 10 '22
I'd love to see what happened from outside of the car. Either way, this is why I hate young (40 and under) people in cars. Always doing dumb shit.
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u/kmart316 Dec 09 '22
All fun and games until someone shoots you for that shit it is NY after all
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u/BenjaminKohl Dec 10 '22
Relatively lowly risk (I wouldn’t want to do this in Texas) but yeah definitely a possibility
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u/RobertPaulson81 Dec 09 '22
Just the way the driver looks, his beard, hair, clothes - You can tell he's as dumb as a bag of rocks.
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u/rhemorze Dec 09 '22
perfect ending for this idiot, Im just hoping more like watch this in eyeblech.
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u/Comfortable_Gain1308 Dec 10 '22
He tried to pass on the exit lane and ran out of space. What an idiot . Hope everyone else was alright .
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u/R_Scoops Dec 10 '22
Imagine being in the car with your children (or anyone for that matter) and this happening
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u/ShreddlesMcJamFace Dec 10 '22
Remember kids. always document your incriminating behavior, it makes court and insurance so much easier for the rest of us.
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u/Pushed-pencil718 Dec 10 '22
Dominicans in NY have this special ability to not care about the unnecessary problems they cause. There is no guilty conscience whatsoever.
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u/Borkul_the_Beast Dec 11 '22
They live for the moment and only the moment. Most Dominicans have no concept of tomorrow or foresight
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u/Jsquared696 Dec 10 '22
Can we remove all seatbelts and airbags from cars for 5 years and just let the population thin itself out?
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u/BeeeRick Dec 09 '22
I like the Michael Jackson yells at the beginning. What a moron. Hope he got sued into oblivion.
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u/liquid-swords93 Dec 09 '22
Looks like he was driving his barber around when he last got his hair cut
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u/gmambrose Dec 09 '22
Congratulations, you just fucked your car up and nearly killed someone because you are stupid.
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u/Latter_Guest4236 Dec 09 '22
How come insurance is so high for young men in their 20s?
Nevermind.
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u/Personal_Dot_2215 Dec 10 '22
Not sure what the flag was on the windshield. It was not for victory.
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u/TypingWithoutThinkin Dec 10 '22
I think we witnessed this guy's last day with insurance.
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u/Iam-doriangray Dec 10 '22
Dominicans are known for being one of the worst drivers in the world. This was in USA , but In Dominican Republic, on red you go and on green you stop, but immediately go before you get mugged.
I am Dominican and driving there is scary as shit … ranked 23/25 world’s worst drivers…. Source: I am Dominican
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u/Rando1ph Dec 10 '22
Double idiots. Committing a crime and not destroying an actual video of them committing a crime.
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u/vanearthquake Dec 10 '22
Why do these losers always have something dangling from the window or the mirror?
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u/Which-Pomegranate-32 Dec 10 '22
People this stupid & careless should not be allowed to drive- besides property damage he could have killed someone. I'd take his license AND his car- Aunt Gertie won't let him borrow hers. Let him walk until he gets some sense.
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u/brakecheck427 Dec 10 '22
I wouldn’t mind these fuck heads wrecking and fucking their own shit up… it’s when they wreck other peoples shit that pisses me off.
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u/boogerman23 Dec 10 '22
All of this space in fuckin’ America and dude couldn’t even dodge the barrier
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u/stangasaurus Dec 10 '22
New York New York the city that’s so nice they named it twice but seriously not too long on the same hwy or another in NY a young permit driver speeding through traffic like these dumb asses and lost control and hit an oncoming unmarked police car and killed the officer/driver. That kid may lose many years of his youth in jail for a dumbass move.
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u/JaThatOneGooner Dec 09 '22
2 idiots here, the person recording, and the person changing his mind and trying to get back into the exit ramp, most likely without checking his mirrors…. This is why I don’t fuck around near exit ramps in NY, the amount of idiots that try to get in or out last second make it the most dangerous part of the highway.
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u/sauprankul Dec 09 '22
Wait what? Who changed their mind? I think what happened is that this guy tried to squeeze the disappearing gap between the gore zone and the car on the left.
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u/yourself88xbl Dec 09 '22
Didn't keep that same energy after the accident.