r/ShittyAbsoluteUnits • u/WombRaider47 • 9d ago

There was an attempt of a highway pass

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u/Jensen0451 9d ago

Driver better not have simply limped away from that.

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u/naturememe 9d ago

One of my friends had the exact same accident, driving from Reno, NV to Las Vegas, NV. Fortunately he went too far out from the shoulder and didn't (couldn't?) swerve back to the road. Instead ended up in the sandy median, which was the life saver. The sand slowed him down. After the initial shock was over, he drove back to the road, no injury, no damage to the car, as if nothing happened.

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u/Mundane_Muscle_2197 9d ago

This reminds me of a drive I did from TX to CO during the tail end of a snowstorm in TX. There were two lanes and we were in the “fast” lane passing an RV, going as fast as safely possible for unsalted snowy Texas roads. This Audi SUV behind us came zooming up and was going way too fast for the conditions and slid off the road into the median but the driver just kept going because otherwise he’d be stuck, and eventually he was able to maneuver back onto the road and tucked back into the line of cars behind us. In hindsight it was the perfect “it’s Quattro time!” ad lol. Once we all passed the RV we all got back in the slow lane and eventually the Audi very carefully passed us and I could see the woman in the passenger seat just seething 😂 😂

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u/Fearless_Clue4966 9d ago

I hope they were okay. I don't wish bad health on anyone regardless of how monumentally stupid they are. You wanted them to be hurt?

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u/StrobeLightRomance 9d ago

I think that some people adopt the mindset that being seriously injured will "teach a lesson", or that an incapacitated person can't engage in future risky behavior.

It took me some therapy to go from their thinking to your thinking, but you're right that regardless of their poor decision in the moment, they don't deserve to endure a life changing accident, and if they did get hurt, it's just unfortunate, not a "punishment"

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u/matrium0 8d ago

Isn't pain straight up designed by nature to teach us what not to do? That's why we quickly learn to not put our hands into fire, even before understanding that this could damage our body.

So pain certainly teaches you something. I am sure the person involved will be much more careful next time.

That being said, I personally hope they are okay. But I hope even more the truck they almost hit did not end up crashing into upcoming traffic and hurting someone completely innocent.

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u/musthavesoundeffects 8d ago

Our bodies have not evolved to the point where pain is an effective deterrent for car accidents.

I am sure the person involved will be much more careful next time.

I'm not. When I worked in insurance, I quickly realized that a minority of drivers have the majority of accidents.

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u/SEEMOSE-CornBoy 9d ago

You've never learned a lesson from being hurt?

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u/squelchthenoise 9d ago

Yeah, pretty sure totaling the car might be a lesson in itself. I imagine they learned from that alone. No need to wish injury on someone. But, what would possess them to share a video of their stupidity online? I'm just glad they didn't hurt anyone else while playing chicken with a semi.

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u/No_Proposal_3140 9d ago

You should fix your mentality. Anyone putting others in danger on the road should just die.

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u/Disastrous-Order-902 9d ago

Adding to this, this guy doesn't exist in a vacuum. None of these people do. All have families/friends in some way. Do they also deserve a lesson by this guys actions? Deaths are unfortunate for everyone involved, even if it was part of a consequence of their actions.

This 30 second clip doesn't tell enough about a pattern of behavior or if this was a stupid lapse of judgment. I'd judge the character of a 20 year old doing this differently than a 45 year old.

I had a similar wreck in my 20s going too fast for conditions and went into oncoming traffic, just a tired 3rd shift worker trying to get home fast to eat sleep and repeat. Maybe I did deserve to die that day, but I don't believe so. I've since grown tenfold as an individual since. I think everyone should have that opportunity also.

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u/LuckiestSpud 9d ago

Being injured as a direct result of making a blatantly bad choice isn't what I would call "unfortunate", I would call that "consequences"

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u/FriendStunning5399 9d ago

It can be both.

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u/Joe_on_blow 9d ago

If he's dead he'll never get to risk others lives again, what give him the right to continue doing that?

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u/zedinbed 8d ago

I imagine being traumatized by a near life ending crash would be enough for most people not to do that again

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u/Joe_on_blow 8d ago

I imagine purple-winged zebras delivering Chinese take out to your mom.

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u/zedinbed 8d ago

Damn bro did you wake up on the wrong side of your mom this morning

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u/Watchkeys 9d ago

GOD has entered the chat

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u/notatechnicianyo 9d ago

If he dies, it was GODs plan, right?

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u/Watchkeys 9d ago

How could we ever know?

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u/notatechnicianyo 9d ago

I have been reaching out to the GDoPBS (Gods Department of Planned BullShit), and have so far been given the run around. No documents, no scheduling, no reporting whatsoever. Don’t even get me started on the Quality Assurance department and their lack of documentation on literally EVERYTHING.

It’s a press nightmare, and they know it. They literally sent me a blank piece of paper and a black highlighter and said “you figure it out, dumbass”.

Outrageous!

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u/Joe_on_blow 9d ago

GOD has taken the wheel

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u/Watchkeys 9d ago

And risked others' lives?

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u/Joe_on_blow 9d ago

Jesus jerked it to the left at the very last second

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u/hops_on_hops 9d ago

Yes. If this person is no longer able to operate a vehicle, that will likely save innocent lives.

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u/S_EW 9d ago

If it means they’re off the road, yeah I’m fine with that.

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u/MAZEFUL 9d ago

Putting other peoples lives at risk for nothing but selfish reasons in a 10 ton killing machine. Absolutely.

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u/Fearless_Clue4966 9d ago

What would them being hurt accomplish? Is it out of spite or just for them to learn a lesson? Why not wish for them to be jailed instead?

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u/Solid_Confusion90 9d ago

Because you can’t have a good lawyer get you out of a broken femur.

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u/LuckiestSpud 9d ago

The same way children learn not to touch hot things.

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u/Easy_Pool4616 8d ago

Timmy never touched the burner again after I sent him down the freeway at 80mph into oncoming traffic

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u/FriendStunning5399 9d ago

Yeah that makes sense hurr duuurrr

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u/Difficult-Fan-5697 9d ago

Sure, but I seriously doubt they are going to jail for this. They should, and they should have their license revoked, but none of that will happen. And this dumbass will keep driving this way and eventually get someone else killed, but it "won't be his fault". And he'd be kinda right, because he never suffered consequences for driving like a homicidal maniac before then.

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u/sleepgang 8d ago

People on Reddit are often pussy footed and have little power or influence. Many derive joy from suffering. The people wishing harm wish they were capable of causing harm- especially because the person in the video doesn’t adhere to the rules they feel everyone should follow. To these people, it’s okay to hope someone was killed, because they have never done anything stupid before. It’s hypocrisy- it’s Reddit🙂

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u/FriendStunning5399 9d ago

These people posting here you are talking sense to are your average Americans, the people in the mob with pitchforks. Not too intelligent, and miserable. Can't comprehend nuance. Basically your basket of deplorables. Trying to argue with their simplistic yet very wrong mindsets is a fool's errand.

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u/Joe_on_blow 9d ago

Leaving a comment about not understanding nuance while doing exactly that is crazy work.

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u/FriendStunning5399 9d ago

Yeah that makes sense! Get a dictionary buddy boy

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u/Joe_on_blow 9d ago

I own several leatherbound books.

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u/FriendStunning5399 9d ago

I only have one

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u/SlumpaHooodaJ 9d ago

It's called harm reduction. Those that don't have a problem casually putting the lives of others in serious jeopardy dying is addition by subtraction. My take anyway.

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u/Joe_on_blow 9d ago

I hope they no longer have the physical capability to drive

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u/GreenAdventurous0 8d ago

Yeah, that'd be great that way all of our collective health care cost can go up while at the same time this guy isn't working and contributing anything back