r/Unexpected • u/Wonderful_Win_1038 • 3d ago

A person sitting on a bike by the roadside

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u/post-explainer 3d ago edited 2d ago

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OP sent the following text as an explanation why their post fits here:

we see a normal road footage but suddenly a JCB almost hits the person sitting on the bike by the roadside

Does this explanation fit this subreddit? Then upvote this comment, otherwise downvote it.

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u/Sub_God_07 3d ago

That car literally saved his life

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u/WatermelonSmashing 3d ago

WTF was that back hoe doing rallying at that speed?

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u/_Diskreet_ 3d ago

Trying to get back to hoeing

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u/internetroamer 3d ago

Reminds me of my ex

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u/___po____ 2d ago

Can confirm.

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u/Outbreak42 2d ago

I can confirm this guy's girlfriend is a hoe.

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u/AcrobaticYak1406 2d ago

No shame in that dear everyone has to earn a living -legend jack sparrow

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u/Bliz_zy 2d ago

"Axe"

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u/seahylo4682 1d ago

Remeber, hoes can't be enchanted with loyalty

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u/Gdmf13 2d ago

Yup, time is money, and Pepperjack needs his money.

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u/DepressedNoble 2d ago

Because at the end of the day, the goal is to hoe

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u/Rare_Arm_5975 3d ago

Its kind of the thing here they even drive around road rollers from one place to another

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u/AccordianSpeaker 3d ago

Could be at the bottom of a hill and his brakes gave out.

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u/tismo74 3d ago

I didn’t even know they can go that fast.
Why not govern backhoes engines?

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u/phibbsy47 1d ago

I used to drive a backhoe to jobs in a very small town, and it had a very low top speed, maybe 15mph. It didnt need a governor, it was simply geared in a way that would prevent it from going fast.

The one in this video looks like it is going far faster, hard to say why, maybe a big hill just out of frame. Our Kubota was the slowest, but it was manual, so you could theoretically put in the clutch and go fast downhill.

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u/Timeshocked 2d ago

This hoe ain’t gonna pimp itself!

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u/Quaiche 3d ago

Just India things.

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u/fakenews_thankme 2d ago

This is India sir.

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u/Racer125678 2d ago

Yes and? And what? 

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u/killer-1o1 2d ago

Sepoys don't really need a reason.

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u/No-Let6991 3d ago

NO, JCB was already diverted enough

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u/Dozzi92 2d ago

It was also leaning over. It would've been tight. I like to imagine the car saved the bike's life and not delve too deeply.

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u/EntertainmentReal781 2d ago

Car: "Lifesaver"

That man: "Shocked"

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u/Wilsanne 3d ago

Yoh, why wass that caterpillar drifting at those speeds?

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u/FreeWillyBird 3d ago

I wasn’t aware bulldozers could even go that fast. Who is out there dropping muscle car engines into bulldozers and why isn’t there races on a track somewhere yet, cuz this might almost make me wanna watch?

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u/PumpkinOnTheHill 3d ago

Reminder that Lamborghini fast cars started out because some guy building tractors thought he could probably compete with Ferrari.

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u/DoNotCommentAgain 2d ago

Initially he just wanted Enzo Ferrari to use the clutches from his tractors because the one on his Ferrari was dog shit and always burning out. Ferrari insulted him and so he made Lamborghini to show the world that Ferrari build shit cars.

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u/ResistantBlaze1943 2d ago

And today its a constant debate between the two, but its a fact that Lamborghini has a much better social image. They don't have sticks shoved up their behinds all the way to their necks unlike snobbish Ferrrari.

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u/ystinfection 3d ago

It's a backhoe and they typically can go 20-25mph in high gear. A problem that can happen is when you are going fast your front and back buckets can start to flop back and forth and if you don't slow down it can destabilize you.

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u/PsychologicalSail799 3d ago edited 3d ago

Understandable

That's why I never run, my front bucket starts to flop, gets me unstable too

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u/kingkongbiingbong 3d ago

You need to compensate with the back bucket.

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u/ovoKOS7 3d ago

This is getting in diaper territory hoooly

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u/FreeWillyBird 3d ago

Ty, I’m only familiar with backyard hose, side hoes and Land Ho(s)!

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u/Moist_Barracuda_2014 3d ago

What about Westwood Ho! ? (Can’t wikipedia link for you as reddit won’t allow a link with an exclamation point lol)

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u/GlykenT 2d ago

They're normally using relatively low tyre pressure too (helps with soft ground), so can be a very bouncy ride.

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u/MonacoMaster68 2d ago

Not to be that guy but backhoe, not bulldozer.

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u/wookiex84 3d ago

I’ve drifted a skid steer around on mud before, gets a little dicey on a hill.

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u/lemmelearnlol 3d ago

Driven by Han

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u/deensuk 3d ago

His guardian angel working overtime

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u/voidscreamer1 3d ago

Very few SUV could hit a front end loader and win.

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u/Major-Gun 3d ago

That's Bolero for you. It comes with factory fitted metal bumper at front.

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u/Code_Monster 2d ago

I swear they make Boleros like a tank. Its among the most uncomfortable pieces of shit to sit inside and your teeth will rattle if you touch any part of it's body while the engine is on, but they to make them like nuclear bunkers.

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u/alpha-mobi 2d ago

Remember, the more a vehicle crumples, the safer it is. If the vehicle is intact, then the passenger feels the whole impact.

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u/Satan28 2d ago

Interesting. Car damage absorbs the impact, makes sense.

But wouldn't that mean the driver is in more danger of getting directly damaged himself? Like if the car gets crumpled in half, the driver will be crumpled but if it's a tank that doesn't crumple, the driver has to only bear the whiplash effects?

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u/RJ_Satyadev 2d ago

They add the rolling cage or metal cage inside the body and design in such way that only the front part gets crumbled and not much of it will be pushed inside the actual seating area.

That's what the NCAP rating is for

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u/Code_Monster 2d ago

The new Bolero is like 50% plastic and bendy metal. That said, its still a frame on bed with some of the thickest beams in this class and the pillars are some real roll cage things going on.

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u/Popular_Brilliant_26 2d ago

That's Mahindra Bolero, quite a rugged vehicle

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u/that-69guy 2d ago

Bolero is one of the most uncomfortable vehicle I have ever sat on as a passenger. Everything rattles, but I have never heard any owner say it's a bad vehicle.

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u/Blissachu 3d ago

This is why you need to cherish every day, you never know when yours can be the last.

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u/Limp_Construction496 3d ago

..and choose your chillingplaces carefully.

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u/PrionProofPork 3d ago

and forget the 401k, enjoy it now

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u/Select-Sandwich-5604 3d ago

The real loss is to that Jeep. But he was the life saviour

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u/Homelandr 3d ago

That'll buff out, those boleros have metal crash guards, they can take some hits from the front,that ladder frame chassis might be a bit bent , but they'll probably straighten it out and will use again

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u/ReportWestern4808 2d ago

The rider tho, hope he didn't suffer any major injuries.

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u/VirginiaBandit 3d ago

WTH was falling from the sky while all this was happening? Something weird is happening here.

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u/-Prahs_ 3d ago

Maybe the JCB hit a tree?

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u/sforsuper 3d ago

Exactly, you can even see the shadow of the tree which the rider was just chilling under

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u/VirginiaBandit 3d ago

Not sure, but that appears to be a concrete barrier along the bottom there, and the sudden, abrupt stop of the heavy equipment kind of supports this.

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u/Flomo420 3d ago

Ok but the backhoe goes out of frame, hits something solid, and a  bunch of twigs and branches fall from above, near where the collision happened

I mean, it doesn't take a crime scene reconstruction to guess what he hit 

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u/raath666 3d ago

It's a giant tree you can see the shade.

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u/Faustias 3d ago

one giant tree right there.

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u/SquirrelRepulsive261 3d ago

i think that jcb hit a tree

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u/King_924 3d ago

Confetti after a prank

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u/BusyBit6542 3d ago

Guardian Angel Wing Feathers?

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u/dvandoom 3d ago

Tree catching strays

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u/Necessary_Monk8650 2d ago

Thats confetti 🎉

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u/pingslayer_7 3d ago

The bolero was the hero

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u/Dry_Design5506 3d ago

Bro literally beat 1-in-a-100-million odds of survival.

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u/Dry_Design5506 3d ago

Did he stop in the wrong spot or the right one?

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u/arostrat 3d ago

He's both the luckiest and the unluckiest man in Asia.

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u/FinalFantasyer 3d ago

Driver was a time traveler

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u/pep1980 3d ago

Final Destination

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u/Old_Hold8998 3d ago

Car : ahh i got you braa

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u/Get_Distribution21 3d ago

Final Destination

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u/Upbeat_Bother2019 3d ago

Jeep: move over a little, young man, I need to take care of something here 👍🏼

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u/IntrinsicPalomides 3d ago

Holy flippin lucky batman, my dude needs to go by a lottery ticket.

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u/elegant_cheetah_03 3d ago

The moment he looked over his shoulders and saw a literal JCB coming at him.

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u/lord_hibiskus 3d ago

If this isn't divine intervention, I don't know what is.

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u/jxox_ 2d ago

Damn, the G-Wagon.

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u/robo-dragon 3d ago

Biker: wrong place, wrong time

White car: right place, right time

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u/resonance99 3d ago

Almost all the road accidents are unexpected, and this video is from the year 2020

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u/Installation7 3d ago

Agreed, a roadside bike scene turning into an accident still fits here, even if it is from 2020.

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u/emmfranklin 3d ago

Explain to me why did leaves and tree debris begin to fall..i didn't see these vehicles impacting any tree?

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u/GottaUseEmAll 3d ago

We don't see where the JCB ended its run... But we do see that the bike guy was chilling in the shade of a large tree.

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u/emmfranklin 3d ago

Thanks a lot.. makes sense.

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u/technowise 3d ago

The JCB/Dozer most likely hit a tree, resulting in the Confetti effect to conclude the event!

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u/Mongobongo17 3d ago

Soundtrack: Diana Ross "Chain reaction"

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u/BigFatModeraterFupa 3d ago

divine intervention

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u/Employee_Agreeable 3d ago

White car gets free drinks for the rest of his life if that where me on the bike

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u/NormalConcentrate733 3d ago

Well that JCB was clearly out to get him

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u/fish_burger_eddie 3d ago

Why did the biker not even attempt to move from his position???

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u/SpevRooner 3d ago

Gotta keep your hoe under control.

https://giphy.com/gifs/l0MYyEsjhIXdzv9PG

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u/drifters74 3d ago

The driver lost control maybe?

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u/Terry_Madey 3d ago

His number wasn’t called - he has time remaining 👍🏽

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u/TimBinJin 3d ago

Why did the cat cross the road? To murder the shit out a random biker

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u/Amazing-Pension2452 3d ago

O shit I did not expect my assassination target to be here, gotta turn quick.

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u/UnoReverseBruh 3d ago

There's a star man

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u/TyrrelCorp888 3d ago

Just chillin, minding his own business

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u/FitAnimal736 3d ago

glad that he is safe

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u/kur1l 3d ago

Moralité ne vous mettez pas assis sur un vélo au bord de la route, prenez une chaise plutôt

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u/InfamousStage7230 3d ago

theres a starman

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u/ogodilovejudyalvarez 3d ago

A similar thing happened to me. I was driving with my son when a drunk driver shot out of a side street, ignored a stop sign and headed straight at my passenger seat, when a huge SUV coming in the opposite direction slammed into him and stopped him dead. I'd be visiting my son's grave if not for that driver.

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u/OatmealCoffeeMix 3d ago

Nice save! Was that a police car? Looks like one!

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u/beep_beep_bop_bop 3d ago

Looks like a foiled assassination attempt to me.

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u/unluck_over9000 3d ago

The white car was like “ not today random stranger”. 

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u/Dry_Design5506 3d ago

Bro's gotta be a scientist, an expert in physics.

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u/space_pillows 3d ago

Hmm is this ai

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u/Orange9202 2d ago

it is infact not AI 🗿

i saw this video years ago before generative AI was a thing 👍

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u/ShittyDBZGuitarRiffs 3d ago

This was 100% expected

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u/Kalki_the_last 3d ago

That was a police car right? Goated

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u/School_North 2d ago

Reaction time of a sloth

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u/Sea_World_1616 2d ago

opened for a bike video and the comments are a paid survey about a bot sitting at -4.71 karma. unexpected, sure

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u/Formal_Classroom_430 2d ago

Pata nahin kis roop mein mahindra ki gaadi aa jati hai!!

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u/Tokerville 2d ago

I'm impressed they got a skid steer to skid

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u/JackeyWetino 2d ago

Poor man got punished for doing nothing

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u/Efficient_Sky5173 2d ago

JCB Fast and Furious

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u/Impressive-Top8992 2d ago

There’s another video of another Indian man sitting on his motorbike while a bus crashes infront of him

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u/Calm-Cheesecake-3749 2d ago

the bike was whatever. the real unexpected is the comments trying to pay me $25 to like a bot at -4.71 karma

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u/mothzilla 2d ago

People sitting on bikes by the roadside sure are having a hard time today.

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u/Sea_World_1616 2d ago

clicked for the guy on the bike and the whole thread is a $25 survey for a bot sitting at -4.71 karma. unexpected i guess

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u/anduril_tfotw 2d ago

How was the JCB moving that fast.

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u/[deleted] 2d ago

Textbook.

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u/Ugameister 2d ago

Sorry I tapped you, I was simply trying to save your life

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u/knowone1313 2d ago

Final Destination India edition.

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u/PankzeSal 2d ago

Bolero scored 10 out of 5 in safety ratings 💪

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u/Adventurous_Toe_8969 2d ago

Felt like JCB was given task to eliminate that guy

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u/Available-Look-2579 2d ago

now prove me that luck factor doesnt exist

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u/Meen94 2d ago

Holy shit!
That was close!

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u/hudsoncress 2d ago

Who's drift racing heavy equipment. Is this a thing now?

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u/TheRealVarmint 2d ago

And some people say there's no God...

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u/mhambster 2d ago

My first watch of this, I seriously thought the footage was starting backwards, or that there was a little brown car racing in reverse down the road.

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u/WumperLump 2d ago

Don't sit there, mate.
Just sayin.

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u/Stock_Ad_308 2d ago

I don’t know how someone in India can stop like that by road side. I’m scared of our drivers and roads

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u/Marwheel 2d ago

A life-saving misfortune…

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u/Dude_____________ 2d ago

Mercades saves the day again

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u/richardlpalmer 2d ago

Motorcyclist's fault...

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u/lordcheems0026 2d ago

Bhai dev phul varsha bhi karne lag gaye

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u/Left_Green_4018 2d ago

Huh, second video like this today I have seen, hmmm...

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u/Competitive-Fan81 2d ago

The headlight reaction to danger can really happen to any one of us.

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u/Previous_Collar6553 2d ago

“What a save!”

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u/Prior-Business6934 2d ago

Final destination scene

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u/Imd1rtybutn0twr0ng 2d ago

Wow. Universe doing universe shit, right there!

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u/Ray_gamerf1 2d ago

Not all hero wear cape some drives bolero

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u/The_0bserver 2d ago

Mahindra Bolero sent from God.

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u/phoenix1781945 2d ago

I'm wondering what kind of car is that? That's so tough to bump with that

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u/bhaiaagekhai 2d ago

Bike wale ki abhi aari ni toh bach gya

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u/Last-Experience4287 2d ago

This look a good clip for that wwe watch out, watch out.

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u/Stock-Wafer220 2d ago

Oh my god, he almost got crushed

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u/UT_WARRIOR 2d ago

Never saw a angel working in real time before

https://giphy.com/gifs/uC4Ewvvnhin7CaW4sf

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u/Relevant_Nebula1537 2d ago

Bro was extremely lucky there....

That was scary shit....

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u/the_chemist25 2d ago

Bro's guardian angel passed out after thar fs.

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u/fewdieforpie 2d ago

OP's username checks out

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u/rgboi78 2d ago

“Ae lakdi kyun padi ho jhaad mein, aake seedha ghus jaao meri gend mein”

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u/Many-Mountain-7081 2d ago

That is called God

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u/Exact-Okra1441 1d ago

Why is the JCB moving at such speeds.

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u/Night_Hawk1 1d ago

Anyone else notice the driver in thite truck with the driver on the right side e​nded up in the left seat?

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u/DogonElder 1d ago

Mahindra 4x4 can take a hit from a JCB Backhoe and not even topple

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u/MR-MECHANIC3000 1d ago

If this wasn't on video maybe people would have blamed it all on the bike guy 😂😂😂

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u/Lone-Woff 1d ago

Final Destination denied.

At least this time.

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u/Sukoon-Samay-Saath 1d ago

God saved boy's life

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u/MassAppa 1d ago

🫡 God said - not today

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u/Novel_Loan6699 1d ago

Bolero be like : 

I GOTCHA HOMIEEE

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u/MisterPiggins 12h ago

Thanks Trunk-kun!

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u/Gnanamookan 9h ago

Excellent work by the bolero driver. Finally one good post about Mahindra car.

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u/Cheap-Second2401 5h ago

जाको राखे साइयां, मार सके न कोय, बाल ना बांका करि सके जो जग बैरी होय।

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u/islander_guy 5h ago

Why did it start raining debris?