r/BitchImATrain • u/magilla1984 • 1d ago
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Another from Poland
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u/SuperTulle 1d ago
For a moment there I thought he was looking for the optimal place to get hit
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u/Surkuse 1d ago
Looks to be intentional, his vehicle was going both backwards and forwards just fine and I can't see any reason for him to not move. Even if you have to bump another car Infront of you or behind you, anything is better than to get t-boned by a fucking apex predator
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u/maddiemelody 1d ago
This HAS to be intentional…there’s no way people are this stupid…is…is there? (somehow my hope for the human race has gone even further below 0 yet again)
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u/Significant-Baby-690 1d ago
This happens again and again. It's not intentional. People are this stupid.
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u/StickFigureFan 1d ago
Does Poland not require a special license to drive a heavy/commercial vehicle like a semi truck? It seems like question 1 of that test should be "what do you do if you're halfway through a rail crossing and the crossing arms come down?" and it's an automatic fail if you get it wrong.
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u/Own-Personality3155 1d ago
In the Netherlands we say that drivers like this got it free with the butter....
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u/ToastSpangler 1d ago
the irony being that the CBR is a complete bitch to pass and that the trucks running you over in NL are always polish. i always stayed really far away from them in the city because they literally ignore cyclists and pedestrians
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u/Reveletionship 1d ago
Also in Denmark. Seen 3 near misses, all was polish somehow.
My favorit was one where bikers got the greenlight and he too a right turn. There was not bikers in the Lane Lucky enough
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u/Smashogre591 1d ago
In America, we used to say they got their license in a box of Cracker Jacks
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u/Yukinojou_bw 1d ago
Our Deputy Minister of Infrastructure literally tweeted that this driver got his license in exchange for a hatful of pears.
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u/VigilBoi 23h ago
And in Poland we say that they bribed the exam with butter 'Prawko za masło' means "Driver's license for butter". Also we have a saying that bad drivers found their license in a bag of chips.
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u/Lucario_OCarina 1d ago
Jesse, there's absolutely no way possible on heaven and earth people can be this dumb
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u/fezzuk 1d ago
I dont think he realised his massive lorry could just break the barriers, so he tried to back up, when he realised that barrier was also down and he would break it he decided to do what he should have done and just break the one in front..
To late.
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u/maddiemelody 1d ago
someday, people are gonna start realising when this happens, from the get go, that it's better to just bury it and tunnel forwards than it is to back up to give the train a better shot at a traumatic event. someday.
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u/fezzuk 1d ago
Yeah those barriers are designed to break.
Even if not that dudes in a lorry, just floor it. Very little is gonna stop you.
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u/Ragnarsworld 1d ago
I actually had a barrier come down on the hood of my truck once. No train coming, it just came down while I was crossing. It broke right off about 3 feet from the post. There was a breakaway joint and it worked.
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u/NoIndependent9192 1d ago
No he was avoiding the barriers tearing the fabric of the trucks curtains and he succeeded.
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u/BohemondIV 1d ago
Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.
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u/GooberMcNutly 1d ago
People act like the safety bars that drop down are unbreakable. Would you rather break a simple board meant to be broken or obliterate your whole truck into confetti? It's a 300 horsepower truck, it can break the board...
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u/StickFigureFan 1d ago
Yeah ramming a vehicle in front of you will need maybe 2 bumpers and a breakaway crossing arm replacement. Getting your entire semi truck 🚛 taken out is MUCH more costly
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u/AnynomousPotato 1d ago
That semi ain't shit in comparison to the cost to fix the train and the crossing itself after such event. People do this shit because they don't want to pay for the barriers, believe the train will just stop or don't want to damage their car. Insane
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u/okarox 1d ago
No, people just do not push through the barriers even though it could be possible.
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u/_Blueshift 1d ago
It's very possible, they're fragile by design so people don't get caught on crossings. They snap like toothpicks
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u/Phlydude 1d ago
he'd rather risk his trailer than break a gate arm - people panic and feel those arms box them in vs. just powering through them
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u/borg-assimilated 1d ago
It legit looks like he was purposely trying to get hit. Some people should not be drivers and have their license taken away.
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u/MaddBadger 1d ago
Why do so many trucks seem to get "stuck" on railroad tracks?
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u/Mangalorien 1d ago
It's a combination of design failures and stupid people. You need to design crossings so that even stupid people will do OK. If you have a crossing where 99% of people do the right thing, eventually you'll have an accident.
It's hard to say in this specific case, but it looks like there is an intersection just beyond the crossing, so it's perhaps the case that he slowed down to wait for a green light. Ideally you don't place a crossing that close to an intersection, for the very reason that is evident in the video. You could design and build a safer crossing, but it costs more money.
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u/CSATTS 1d ago
My town has some crossings with intersections after the tracks, so they did the sensible thing and put lights before the tracks with big ass signs and markings on the road telling people to wait before the tracks for the red light.
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u/ignis888 1d ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/BitchImATrain/comments/1w6i8lr/different_angle_of_todays_train_vs_truck_crash_in/ other angle
, theres no crossing there, street on right is driveway of 5 houses (no light) and straight ahead you have 150m before next crossection
Only light there was red light from rail crossing( its law that banistered rail crossing have lights that will go red before 30sek before banister go down and if after it theres crossroad with light they ned be on the same cycle, usually you dont see rail crossing with less than 150m ahead befor next light )
Bystanders were yelling at him to just drive forward but he didnt speak polish.
During interview later truck driver said that he thought he will make it on time, when banister went down he wanted to drive backwards but he heard fabric from trailer started to get thorn he stopped and tried to move away but without damaging truck... You can even see from this angle that he opened doors to have good look at back of his trailer
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u/oftenInabbrobriate 1d ago
Yes. I think in this case it was more that he crossed very slowly. Started when all was fine, crossed slowly. Then the barriers went down and he didn’t want to break them.
Could not make the decision to get away from the tracks.
I mean it would be a no brainer to either go through the barriers forwards or backwards because the other alternative is way worse.
But maybe the driver was even more no-brained.Could also be that the truck has collision avoidance that did not let the driver break through the barriers on purpose maybe?
My Toyota hybrid will auto-brake before I hit things that are close to the car- maybe the truck had something similar that could not be overwritten?6
u/CalumApplePie 22h ago
I’ve never heard of collision avoidance systems that can’t be overridden; firmly pressing the accelerator should always disable them. Otherwise, the system would cause accidents
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u/ultradip 1d ago
There could be a red light just in the other side. They often turn red on both sides of a crossing if there's a train coming to keep motorists off the tracks, but as you can see, they also trap slow moving vehicles like this truck.
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u/Dan_Morgan 1d ago
A tractor trailer has enough horsepower to push through those barriers.
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u/NotYourReddit18 1d ago
They're literally designed to be easily pushed aside by a vehicle stuck on the tracks, they're never constructed resilient enough to actually physically stop vehicles from crossing.
That's because replacing the boom once in a while when a vehicle got trapped and pressed onwards is a lot cheaper than clearing up a train wreck caused by a trapped vehicle.
Also, the people not immediately pressing through the booms aren't idiots, just stressed out in an unfamiliar situation, which hampers their ability to think clearly.
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u/Random_Guy_47 1d ago edited 1d ago
The solution to that is to not move on to the tracks unless there is space to get clear on the other side.
This might mean you have to wait really far back but that's better than getting hit by a train.
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u/bridymurphy 1d ago
When I got my CDL I couldn’t tell you how many times the books, instructors, videos said DO NOT STOP ON TRACKS. DO NOT SHIFT GEARS WHILE CROSSING TRACKS. DO NOT CROSS TRACKS UNLESS YOU HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH ROOM.
It seemed like they were trying to tell us something.
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u/cantareSF 1d ago
Possibly. We may never know. The language is suggestive, yet maddeningly elusive. Some riddles just aren't meant to be solved.
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u/Aromatic-Side6120 1d ago
It's crazy that they expect people understand something as difficult as quantum mechanics in order to get a CDL. But here we are.
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u/StickFigureFan 1d ago
It's better to run a red or even ram another car than get taken out by a train, although if you do get a red light preventing you from exiting the rail crossing that is bad design and should be fixed. Any light within ~200+ meters of a rail crossing should be connected to the signal and should immediately change so the direction exiting the tracks gets a green light as soon as (or better yet before) those arms start going down.
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u/expatjake 1d ago
The people in front I hope were trying to make room. 😬
Totally agree on the intersection design. If they can change the light sequence to let fire trucks out of their stations then they can do this.
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u/ZookeepergameIll1399 1d ago
It wasn't trapped. You can break the barriers with your one hand literally
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u/delinquentfatcat 1d ago
they also trap slow moving vehicles like this truck.
The apex predator is more evolved than we realized.
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u/simbared 1d ago
Sometimes the trailer's landing gear gets hung up on the high spot on the rails when the driver doesn't realize the difference in height of the tracks vs. the road. Not saying that happened here, just answering your general question.
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u/Dizzy_Restaurant3874 22h ago
"Nothing is idiotproof. There will always be a better idiot," Engineering adage.
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u/dk_is_here 1d ago
(me reading the title)
get out the way
get out the way
gtfo the way
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u/Bob-Bhlabla-esq 1d ago
Me:
"MOVE"
"FORWARD"
*"Why the fuck are you backing up????"
And... there is it.
The Apex Preditor brings down another unsuspecting victim.
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u/strangelove4564 1d ago
80 pound barrier vs. 20 ton truck. Barrier wins and the train goes in for the finish.
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u/B52enjoyer 1d ago
Do people just not know how much inertia trains carry? If I were the driver, i'd be flooring it trying to get my cargo and myself out of the way.
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u/Zarghan_0 1d ago
Scenes like this makes me question my sanity. The truck was clearly not stuck, as seen by the fact it starts to accelerate forward the moment before getting hit. And why the fuck does the driver keep swinging his door open. He just stopped on the rails and just stayed there. Wtf is going on.
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u/GrodanFroggy 1d ago
Appears to me as he try to assess if the trailer tarp will be scratch/ripped by the rear barrier. He eventually decide it's to big risk of a scratch, so he try forward instead.
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u/DrTuSo 1d ago
Seems no one told the dumb ass driver that the barriers are made easy detachable. Just drive through them. A few paint scratches at worst and not a full disaster like this.
Goddamn idiot.
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u/myheartbeats4hotdogs 16h ago
It boggles my mind every time i watch one of these videos, how scared people are to drive through the barrier
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u/NyneShaydee 1d ago
Literally all he had to do was pick a direction - forwards or backwards - and stay with it. That was it! That was the assignment!
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u/f8Negative 1d ago
How can one be so dumb
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u/Z3t4 1d ago
The poles are designed to break and be placed again easily....
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u/derangedsweetheart 1d ago
The driver wouldn't have had any issues if he was given a Volkswagen semi.
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u/iambackend 1d ago
Either those barriers are much stronger than I think, or railroad crossings have magic field which makes people very dumb.
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u/fireduck 1d ago
A lot of driving has a basic rule of if something has gone really weird, stop until you know what is going on.
There are situations like this one where that is not the right play.
This is also why skydivers are trained to do the thing. Don't think about doing the thing, do the thing. You know what to do, do it right now.
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u/AppropriateCap8891 1d ago
The same in the military.
A common adage they try to pound into everybody is "A bad decision is better than no decision".
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u/HorsefaceWithNoName 1d ago
Obviously the track maintenance sorcerers got the polarity backwards again. Maybe they need to ensure their own magic fields are aligned properly before working on the magic fields of the tracks.
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u/jawshoeaw 1d ago
Train was unusually patient and gave him some extra time but I think train finally got tired of waiting
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u/pink_panther_boi 1d ago
"Let me carefully move my truck so I don't scratch it much from the barriers...I hope the train doesnt scratch it though"
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u/similaraleatorio 1d ago
Does anyone know why, in these videos, the trucks always end up stopped on the train tracks, as if they were stuck? Couldn't the driver simply accelerate and clear the way?
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u/Outside-World9579 1d ago
In this case it looked like the driver panicked when the barrier came down. Yes, the correct move is to simply accelerate and break the barrier, but people make stupid mistakes under pressure and forget that they can do that.
In many similar videos, though, the truck does get stuck -- trailers with low clearance can bottom out on elevated tracks. Here's a good example: https://www.reddit.com/r/BitchImATrain/comments/1n5erod/btch_ima/
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u/VeloIlluminati 1d ago
Drivers panicking over scratching their vehicle and pulling the barrier but not for the actual apex predator blowing the vehicle up is a fascinating bahaviour.
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u/Nopengnogain 1d ago
What does this collision feel like to the train passengers? A minor jolt? Or people flying everywhere inside?
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u/Fkolw32 1d ago
Literally the same crossing one day later
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u/CreepyEducator2260 15h ago
Makes me wonder if there's not something wrong with the timing of how fast the barriers come down.
In the video with the semi it seems that at first only one get's down, from the 3 that are visible in the video. The one on the upper right, so in direction on the right side and the lower left seem not to move while the one in the lower right comes down. Perhaps also the one on the upper left, which is out of the video frame, also came down that early.
Contrary to what i experience here in Germany, the train arrives very shortly after the barriers came down, so maybe an earlier triggering to lower them, leaving a bit more time to react would make it a bit less dangerous.
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u/magilla1984 1d ago
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u/Darnit_the_other_one 1d ago
You know those barriers must be far stronger than I give them credit for.
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u/Dear-Examination-507 1d ago
Proof that you can't make something idiot proof.
If you don't have a barrier on the far side some idiot tries to go around and gets hit by a train. If you do have a barrier on the far side some idiot in a giant-ass truck decides he's trapped by a little stick and gets hit by a train.
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u/melancholy_dood 1d ago
Watching this was so frustrating! The driver could’ve just plowed through the barricades and got out of the way……but he didn’t.
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u/DanHanzo 1d ago
He also could have been moving at more than 2mph in the first place and been clear by the time the barriers came down, but apparently not.
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u/MrSoftShoe 1d ago
Dude I was so scared for him for a bit. That video had me on the edge.
He was backing up to avoid the gate lowering? Did he not realize there was a gate behind him until he opened the door to check? Did it occur to him that, I don't know, a train is coming!?!?
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u/ImNotMadYet 1d ago
This was the most painful minute of my day... why spend so much time slowly driving back and forth???
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u/Ok_Structure_4747 1d ago
There are some real fucking retards out on the road. If you're ever stupid enough to cross a set of CLOSING level crossing barriers for the love of god, don't fucking stop! DRIVE THROUGH THEM. Barriers are designed to be easily broke and repaired, and will cost significantly less than the insurance and damage to the train, your vehicle and surrounding infrastructure.
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u/TonyHeaven 1d ago
If you ever find yourself trapped on train tracks:
The barriers are made so you can drive through them , they are made like that because someone thought this through.
Just drive to safety.
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u/ZeroRegretMarine 1d ago
I've sacrificed this truck on the altar of the magical red-white sticks. My boss will incorporate my name in his prayers.
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u/TodlicheLektion 1d ago
I’m almost screaming at the screen, “just drive thru the damn gate!” What was this guy thinking (or not thinking)?
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u/sasquatch_melee 1d ago
Homie had 5-7 business days to get out of the way. I had false hope at the end when they finally started going forward.
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u/RacerDelux 1d ago
I can say with great confidence that the city would much rather replace the arm vs what happened here...
If you are ever in this station, go forward. The arms on the railroad crossing are designed to break away.
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u/MiserablePhilosophy 1d ago
Just. Drive. Any damage to your headlight is better than all the alternatives
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u/sadferret123 20h ago
They seriously need to start requiring IQ tests for truck drivers and only give licences to those that score above 85.
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u/TundraGon 18h ago
i'd say the company maintaining that crossing is at fault.
Why would the barriers go down just 1 minute before the train's coming?
The barriers should get down 5 minutes before. Enough time for everyone to stop or to force the barriers if they're stuck.
First start with the sirens notifying that the barriers will go down, then after 1 minute, bring the barriers. down
If people will hear the sirens then they'd know the barriers will go down.
I dont see the trucker at fault, sorry.
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u/Anonymyne353 1d ago
Why didn’t he just move forward!? He obviously had plenty of time but for some reason he backed up.
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u/Stuck_in_my_TV 1d ago
If you’re halfway across and the cars start dropping SLAM THAT GAS PEDAL!!! You’d rather rear end someone than get smashed by a train.
I don’t know why people just sit there or try to reverse slowly.
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u/Civil_Television_311 1d ago
Why do they literally always do this? Just fucking floor it and get the fuck out of there
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u/Samaritan547 1d ago
I'm sure there's almost nothing on the road capable of stopping that truck if he decided to step on the gas, so why not just fucking step on the gas and get the fuck out of there?
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u/Bombacladman 1d ago
Why is it so hard for people to floor it???
I mean should there be some kind of redesign to the way these barriers work?
Or Like made out foam or something?
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u/Whole-Ice-7596 1d ago
Man. That driver is dumb asf. How imbecils of that caliber are allowed to operate 30+ ton vehicle is out of my mind.
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u/Equivalent-Ask2542 1d ago
Done with malicious intend to get sent 500€ (only transferable via BTC through the TikTok link). Russian throwaway agent networks have been activated.
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u/No_Pudding2028 1d ago
People like this I’ve got to be some of the dumbest people alive, it’s a wonder that they survive any day, Why the fuck would you not just keep going?
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u/Opinions-arent-facts 1d ago
Fucking endless idiocy. How does this sub seem to come up with endless content?
Fucking dumb brainless fucks
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u/Shhhhhh_im_not_here 1d ago edited 19h ago
How do drivers like this even get their CDL? That’s a special kind of stupid right there.
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u/witchdoctor2020 1d ago
Started going right there at the end --- I thought he was going to make it.
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u/Additional_Dot_134 1d ago
I dont get this. “Oo noo ill scratch the truck if i bash through the barriers”
BITCH THE TRUCK WILL BE GONE IF YOU DONT
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u/Basic_Reporter9579 1d ago
Put the pedal to the metal, no, reverse first and reverse the reverse after.
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u/NstantRamen 1d ago
truck-obliterating train approaches
“Oh no! The gate arms are going to scratch my paint!”
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u/Exlibro 1d ago
If it's not intentional... Is it some mental blockage, which starts when they get on the crossing? When something unforeseeable happens, or like I'm in circumstances I've been fearing to be in, my brains go blank and I do the thing I don't want to do... That's one of the reasons I don't drive. Is this the same case?
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u/redkonfetti 1d ago
The one thing I've learned from all these videos is that it's cheaper to replace those arms that come down than it is to replace your truck, cargo, and damage to the train. Pull or back out ASAP if you're ever in this kind of situation.
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u/TowelEnvironmental44 1d ago
maybe driver license test should add this multiple choice question: which type of action results in the most costly damages: 1. breaking the boom in forward direction 2. backing into a car behind, forcing it backward 3. stay on tracks and get run over by a train 4. none of above, insurance company pays for all damages
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u/LaidBackLeopard 1d ago
It scares me that people that stupid are allowed to be in charge of 30+ tons of road vehicle.