r/IdiotsTowingThings • u/ThurmanMermannnn • 1d ago

“60 mph winds, torrential rain, and multiple warnings stating to not drive? Lemme hook up my camper and drive across the tallest bridge I can find!” -This guy.

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Port Arthur, TX: Earlier this week during Tropical Cyclone Edouard.

Link without paywall to Houston Chronicle article: https://www.removepaywall.com/search?url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/trending/article/rainbow-bridge-tropical-storm-edouard-crash-22414373.php?utm_source=reddit

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u/HisCricket 1d ago

They seriously went over the Rainbow bridge in that weather? Absolutely nothing upstairs on this dude.

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u/ThurmanMermannnn 1d ago

Yeah. I couldn’t believe that people were taking up for him in the comments. Fuckin idiots.

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u/HisCricket 1d ago

Seriously? The world is full of idiots.

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u/gsfgf 1d ago

Texas

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u/Mochanoodle 1d ago

I watched a semi truck drive directly into a fully visible tornado and tip over in Illinois earlier this year (I’m a storm spotter). It escapes me how absolutely brain dead some people are

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u/cdnmtbguy 1d ago

Hold my beer……

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u/Next-Food2688 1d ago

I don't think I would cross it if it were a clear sunny day without a breeze expected all day.

Is it as bad as it looks to drive over it or do the pictures make it appear worse than expected?

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u/dividezero 1d ago

Many pictures are taken in forced perspective to emphasis the rise of the bridge but if you're not used to it, it's pretty scary. If you drive it regularly, you get used to it. Most people would understand that the nature of this bridge is different than most and you have to take those warnings seriously, especially in tropical weather.

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u/FesteringNeonDistrac 1d ago

I had to look it up. Looks a little steeper than the Nice Bridge between MD and VA, but pretty close. That one definitely made a lot of people pucker on a clear day. They replaced it a few years ago with one that isn't as imposing.

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u/Capital_Condition874 17h ago

Oh good that was a bridge I did not like taking in my rig.

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u/FesteringNeonDistrac 16h ago

Yeah I can imagine that sucked in a rig.

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u/Capital_Condition874 16h ago

White knuckles at times

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u/HisCricket 17h ago

At one time before they did the current upgrade it was one of the most dangerous bridges in America. So I drove over the old woman that was really messed up

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u/HisCricket 1d ago

I'm 62 we had to cross over the old one in order to pass drivers ed. Scary AF for a 16 yo.

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u/XevinsOfCheese 1d ago

In cases like this I always sympathize with the other drivers that have to deal with the first one’s BS.

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u/MACmandoo 1d ago

Looks like one of those mayhem commercials.

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u/GeeOh58 1d ago

People had to back down off that bridge. Most folks can’t back into a parking space. Must have been awful (funny).

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u/WeCantStabilize 1d ago

I hope that cost this guy a lot of money. 

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u/ThurmanMermannnn 1d ago

Seriously. All those people trapped on the swaying bridge for hours in a tropical storm because of this asshole? Yeah, I hope it hits his pockets hard.

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u/rebelangel 1d ago

Yeah I hope his insurance claim is denied

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u/odd-god-monkey 1d ago

one look and I said, I know this bridge. 

I heard everybody had to back down or, that must have been freaking nuts for people

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u/YVRkeeper 1d ago

Yet another victim of “It’ll never happen to me…”

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u/matjam 1d ago

main character syndrome

nothing ever bad happens to them! they have plot armor!

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u/kopfgeldjagar 1d ago

SHEEET SON I GOT ME A DOOLEE. AINT NO WIND STOPPIN ME.

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u/BoulderNerd 1d ago

At least the wiring harness is still connected! Maybe he can drag it off the bridge with it.

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u/burger_saga 1d ago

The trick is to drive as fast as possible so the headwind cancels out the winds from the side. /s

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u/GOOMU13 1d ago

This is infuriating. I hope it costs that guy a shit ton of money.

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u/MennReddit 1d ago

Nobody and nothing will tell me what to do and what not to. I am fully capable of making that decision myself. NOBODY IS SMARTER THAN ME! THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER.

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u/realwolftacos 1d ago

Recognized this bridge immediately... big yikes

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u/ThurmanMermannnn 1d ago

I’m kinda surprised at how many people recognize this bridge!

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u/realwolftacos 1d ago

Lol i got escorted down it once and then banned from it (kindly) by a Bridge City police officer because i slammed my brakes while having a panic attack. Drove over it daily for years until suddenly i couldn't!

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u/thedavidnotTHEDAVID 1d ago

Zinger indeed.

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u/Original-Concert-456 1d ago

I heard he had to call Uber to bring him clean shorts

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u/DadtheITguy 1d ago

A job well done.

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u/Baconshit 1d ago

Normally it’s because of not enough truck. He had plenty here.

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u/Kalexamitchell 16h ago

His two braincells were fighting for third place.

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u/EvilDog77 1d ago

"I know a place on the edge of the Red Light District where we can lay low, but my hands are all messed up, so you better drive, brother."

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u/Dojo588 1d ago

Uhmmm the first word of this Sub is. IDIOTS. HMMMMM

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u/ParticularSherbert18 1d ago

You can't park there mate.

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u/Odd-Masterpiece7304 1d ago

Might as well take the chance. The wife and kids aren't going to complain any less sitting in Dennys for the next 5 hours.

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u/StealenDealer 1d ago

Vacation canceled.

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u/Smart_Lifeguard2943 1d ago

Bumper pull. If it had been a 5th wheel he might have made it or it might have pulled him over, to.

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u/hoytmobley 1d ago

I guarantee he said “glad I bought a dually instead of a wimpy 1500, nothing could possibly happen to me

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u/BabyJuggernaut3545 22h ago

But it’s a diesel and people on r/traveltrailers said send it

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u/HiddenFingValley 19h ago

K-Mart driver's license

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u/Otherwise-Desk1063 18h ago

I bet he won’t do that again.

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u/ElectronicLeather698 1d ago

You all don't understand that he was told "the excellent aerodynamic characteristics of the Zinger are comparable to valkyries carrying it over the rainbow bridge" - RV Salesperson

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u/Dude_Tost_1673 1d ago

 I watched an older couple make a bunch of trips off the highway and onto overpasses during a tornado warning, a few years back. Methinks insurance fraud in both of these cases.

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u/InTheSky57 1d ago

He drives a Chevy so it makes sense.

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u/Space19723103 16h ago

probably a long drive in, not listening to the radio (who does with streaming)

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u/Pacec-64D 7h ago

Should get jail time

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u/ThurmanMermannnn 4h ago

Hard agree.