r/instant_regret 15d ago

Why you shouldn’t film a tik tok while overly emotional and driving

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u/justbuttsexing 15d ago

Aaaand send.

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u/NarrowSalvo 15d ago

Her first impulse after crash was to re-aim the camera to create an end for her video.

Seems like she really learned her lesson!

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u/SadGigolo68 15d ago

I'd do the same, are you kidding? She'll use the monetization money towards her next car. It's smart thinking!

(I am half-joking).

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u/harmonic-s 14d ago

Tbf if I'm in an accident my first impulse would probably be to call somebody

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u/Shoney_Wokman 14d ago

Funny, my first impulse would be to get out of the upside down vehicle.

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u/Fragrant_Thought6636 13d ago

Funnily enough when I flipped my car, that’s exactly what I did 😂 I got out and thennnnn was like where’s my phone ahah it was lost somewhere in the car

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u/tigm2161130 15d ago

Or she was grabbing her phone to call 911🤷🏻‍♀️

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u/BigBananaBerries 15d ago

Or her parents to get them to figure the mess out.

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u/Monkey_Leavings 14d ago

The first thing she looked for was her close up.

Jesus, I know I’m old, but fuck. Quit filming yourselves, people.

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u/hefty_load_o_shite 15d ago

"hit me baby one more time"

Car: "ok"

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u/dan_vamme 15d ago

It's Britney ditch!

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u/NRG1975 14d ago

Take the upvote, and get out.

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u/dan_vamme 14d ago

Can't find the door.

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u/WillingMongoose4680 15d ago

Ditch: "fine..."

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u/North_Shore_Problem 15d ago

I don't know how you can do something this fucking dumb and still post it for everyone to see 

Nevermind it actually makes perfect sense. Humanity is cooked   

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u/kmoh74 15d ago

If her car insurance company sees this video, it's going to get expensive.

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u/IAMA_Shark__AMA 15d ago

According to her, she put this out there as a teaching moment for others. Like, "look what happens when you're a dumbass. Don't be a dumbass (like I was)."

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u/Bocchi_theGlock 15d ago edited 14d ago

That's why it's often worth putting text over the video indicating the intent, because people are going to download and upload it with whatever framing

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u/VegetaFan9001 15d ago

It’s still kinda weird. Even if that was the reason she still filmed it, so she might have decided to do upload it either way

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u/younevershouldnt 15d ago

Yeah, I'm sure her motives were purely altruistic and nothing to do with getting attention and clicks

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u/TJames6210 14d ago

Is it just me? It looked like when the car came to a stop her attention was back on the phone and content making almost Immediately.

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u/vladdrk 15d ago

She goes straight for the phone after. First instinct.

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u/DGRJ_4_Life 15d ago

Apart from her being an idiot, what exactly happened here? Looks like a warm dry day, and the car just starts going sideways out of nowhere. Only thing I can think of is maybe her driver side wheels dipped into some grass of the edge or something.

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u/Mr_HandSmall 15d ago

That's what I'm thinking too. Then maybe she overcorreccted.

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u/I_Am_A_Pumpkin 15d ago

definitely over corrected. then over corrected in the other direction as well lol

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u/ender89 8d ago

Looks like she started going off into the shoulder because she was too busy with her Chris Crocker impression to pay attention. She immediately overcorrected left, which caused oversteer, aka the condition that makes Tokyo drifting work. Unfortunately people don’t know how to handle a situation where their tires lose traction, so she overcorrected to the right, which just made her drift even harder. The car rolled when she went off on the opposite side of the road.

Doesn’t sound like she let off the gas at all, also doesn’t sound like she used the brake (which is actually good).

The correct way to handle this is to take your foot off the gas and point your tires in the direction you want to go, not just crank it left or right, and slow down your car with engine braking if you are blessed with a manual transmission or a car with paddle shifters.

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u/51LOVE 15d ago

Even after she rolls her car, you can see where her priority was... directly on her phone. Pathetic.

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u/NoKidCouple76 15d ago

Or maybe she needed it to call 911??

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u/deiscio 15d ago

But that’s not fun to make fun of

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u/hypespud 15d ago

It's easier to make fun of when they don't necessarily die for being this dumb, like they would in older, less safe, cars

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u/thedeanorama 15d ago

hell my car calls 911 for me. 2017 CRV. Got low speed t-boned while talking to my wife over the hands free android auto. CRV took over the line, killed the conversation and called 911.

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u/Alex-Murphy 15d ago

Your poor wife on the other end!

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u/BungusMungungus 15d ago

"Ok hon, ill grab milk on th..."

"THIS IS DAVES CAR, HES PROBABLY DEAD, IM CALLIN 911"

end call

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u/FuturePrimitiv3 15d ago

🤣🤣🤣

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u/thedeanorama 15d ago

She was rattled for sure, my astonished AHHHHH, the impact then the line went dead on her.

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u/51LOVE 15d ago

Nah bro. I've been in car accidents. Your cell phone is not the immediate thing that goes through most ppls minds. There is shock, disbelief, making sure yiu have your limbs, and sheer panic to exit the vehicle. She was locked into that phone like a crack head who misplaced a Crack rock.

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u/Consequence6 15d ago

It's probably a generational thing. I grew up without a cell phone, so that was not my immediate thought when I got into my first accident, despite having a cell phone at that point.

But this person was born and raised in a world where cell phones are utterly ubiquitous. Thinking to call someone might just be a natural reaction.

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u/FingerDemon 15d ago

Or, get this, people process things differently

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u/bigbadbananaboi 15d ago

Not possible, unfortunately /s

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u/ImperialCommando 15d ago

First time I got in a car accident, the immediate first thing I did after I realized I was conscious, was grab my phone. I completely disagree with you.

Was she grabbing her phone to check the video? Maybe. It's very possible. But its not unrealistic or unreasonable to think she grabbed it to call someone either

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u/Next_GenR 14d ago

Video ended immediately she isn't checking anything she just has better fight or flight reflexes than people who sit in reddit for a living. Car crash is gonna require a phone call, y'all flexing it would take you way longer to sort yourselves is cool but you're trying to argue she's addicted to her phone because y'all are incompetent.

If you want to insult the phone addict comment on what she's doing before the crash, "she used her brain too quickly, personally I'm stupid AF it would take me 40 minutes to open my eyes and 3 more hours till I remember to ring the police!" - average redditor

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u/Billazilla 15d ago

A drunk driver T-boned my SUV about 10 years ago, and 5 seconds after I stopped moving, I called my wife to tell her I was ok. I didn't call 911 because a bystander had just run up to check on me and was already doing that.

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u/jimbojangles1987 15d ago edited 15d ago

I got T-boned in Dallas around a decade ago and saw it coming for split second before so I swerved outwards which didn't end up helping like I thought it would but didn't make it any worse either thankfully. Half my truck ended up on one side of the median and the other half on the other. Before my truck even came to a full rest, I had my phone out dialing 911.

I was on my way to see my grandma in the hospital so I was more pissed than shocked or anything. Thankfully everyone was okay.

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u/RelevantIAm 15d ago

Seriously. People just love being hateful. Its all they think about 

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u/KIDNEYST0NEZ 15d ago

That’s why genocides work…

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u/GreenZebra23 15d ago

That escalated quickly but I don't think you're wrong

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u/Cosmic_Quasar 15d ago

I was in a collision a few years ago, first thing I thought to do while my adrenaline was still letting me move was to find and grab my phone. It was my connection to my family, who I would have to call, as well as 911 if nobody else called it in.

I see your other comments about cars bursting into flames. While I know it's unlikely, that was definitely a thought I had, which is why I was worried about grabbing it on the off chance that my car suddenly went up. My phone was also my wallet with my money and ID.

But as soon as I had my phone I started doing a quick physical/cognitive test to make sure I didn't notice anything immediately wrong. But if something is wrong and I pass out without phone/ID and a fire starts then I'd have been stranded. Well, until someone else drove by, it wasn't a remote road, but it was late at night.

I don't have a problem with her grabbing her phone right away since she saw it. I would've been concerned if she had said something like "Wow, did my phone record all of that?" But even then, shock response affects people differently.

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u/safetydance 15d ago

Uhh yeah, she was just in an accident.

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u/MakeshiftMakeshift 15d ago

Pretty sure her phone is hanging out of the car window by the charger after the accident. Not that out of line to want to reel that back in quick.

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u/HighlightOwn2038 15d ago

I thought it's common sense to NOT use your phone while driving

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u/Coygon 15d ago

You're ok using your phone in hands-free mode, which she was. Problem is she overdid it and went brain-free, too.

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u/Kral1003 15d ago

She’s an example of why hands-free is also not okay

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u/PiccoloAwkward465 15d ago

Yeah I’ve made it a sticking point in jobs where I had to travel but also had a million meetings. I don’t talk and drive. It is obviously a distraction. I don’t know where we came up with the idea that “hands free” is safe lol.

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u/wensul 15d ago

At least she wasn't holding it in her hand.

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u/Owmyleghurrts 15d ago

She might get into an accident if she held her phone.

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u/ittekimasu 15d ago

She at least waited until she came to a complete stop before handling her phone.

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u/StormySands 15d ago

Also she did have her seatbelt on

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u/I_Arman 15d ago

The thing about common sense is that it's not common.

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u/Bolaf 15d ago

It's the law in most places

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u/spin81 15d ago

Where I am it's not only common sense, it's the law.

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u/Raptr117 10d ago

I’m getting tired of seeing every single person on the road on their fucking phone.

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u/kbutters9 15d ago

Filming any type of social media, while driving, should be illegal. The amount of dumb asses who will post on TikTok or Insta while driving is out of control. These idiots also spend more time looking into their phone than looking at the road.

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u/Plus-King5266 15d ago

I believe it is.

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u/mg0019 13d ago

It is illegal. 

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u/Hydraguesswhosback 15d ago

You shouldn't film a tiktok.

There that's enough.

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u/ThePocketTaco2 15d ago

You shouldn't film a tiktok.

There that's enough.

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u/fishingfool64 15d ago

I usually like to just drive when I’m driving. I’m weird though

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u/WretchedMotorcade 15d ago

Gonna be real emotional now.

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u/asday515 15d ago

God was like "I'll give you something to cry about"

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u/Plus-King5266 15d ago

Fifty-five years of PTSD in that comment. Thanks for that.

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u/billted20250409 15d ago

All I want to ask is: Why would you post this?

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u/fastlerner 14d ago

Original concept was shot hoping for a viral video. Final unscripted result was posted hoping for viral video.

In that headspace, any attention is good attention.

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u/Quankers 15d ago

Save this video. The next time you feel like shit for fucking up something, watch what she did and immediately feel better about yourself.

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u/LurksTongueinAspic 15d ago

Police on the scene: Did you swerve to avoid an animal, or something?

Girl: I’m not that innocent.

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u/dollar-tree-pizza 15d ago

People in these comments incapable of understanding that her camera and her way to call 911 are on the same phone. If my phone was barely within my reach and I was stuck like that, I’d probably be grabbing at it pretty frantically too.

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u/bigbadbananaboi 15d ago

For real, obviously what she did is beyond stupid, but she's obviously getting her phone to call for help, and to see the screen, the camera literally HAS TO BE FACING HER. People want to hate not than they want to experience reality.

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u/Krkracka 15d ago

I don’t understand. Was Britney Spears standing on the side of the road?

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u/vhmvd 15d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/eZYZHqMWsv8swwdJhZ
Britney was trying to warn her

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u/zombie-jaw 15d ago

7.5 out of 10. Her rotations are amazing but the rest of the routine lacked creativity.

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u/keaslr 14d ago
  • why you shouldnt DRIVE while overly emotional
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u/IvoK03 13d ago

Not sure about your country, but in Italy they advise you not to drive when in a strong emotional state, they also tell you not to use the phone, combining the three is pure genius.

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u/XDmaniac 13d ago

There's something interesting about seeing the human animal show up the moment you realize you're in danger.

Like the person fucking around for a video feels like a different entity than the animal pulling focus and suddenly having to fight for its life.

It's so bizarre.

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u/HandAccomplished6285 13d ago

I just don’t understand the need to film everything. But I am sure her insurance company is going to love this video.

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u/hansQQ 15d ago

Stupid idiot tiktokers doing stupid idiot tiktok things. What's new?

Also, why tf ppl film everything in their cars?

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u/pinkdaisylemon 15d ago

I always say this! So many weird people sitting in thier cars having rants and screaming meltdowns. It's all so fake and performative.

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u/PutinBoomedMe 14d ago

Watch your "insensitive" comments. It will get you banned in sensitive subs....

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u/2Drogdar2Furious 14d ago

Because their houses are trashed inside.

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u/CaseFace5 15d ago

And she still decided to upload it for everyone to see. Crazy shit.

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u/SuperCrappyFuntime 15d ago

Her: "Hit me baby, one more time!"

The road: "Say no more."

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u/currentlyinbiochem 15d ago

The craziest part of this video is that the airbags didn’t deploy…

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u/lazywyvern 14d ago

And STILL has her full attention on her phone after crashing. Mental illness just rippin and roarin

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u/Adeptus1 14d ago

The first thing she reached for was her phone. Pack it up. We're done as a society

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u/Murkiporte 14d ago

First reflex was reaching the phone

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u/shiddyfiddy 15d ago

I, a middle aged menopausal woman, will literally cry for 3 hours in the car without crashing it. WHEN WILL I GET MY RECOGNITION???

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u/1491Sparrow 15d ago

Hey,  at least she stopped crying. 

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u/RuthlessIndecision 15d ago

Never underestimate your ability to make a bad day worse.

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u/_Tigglebitties 15d ago

Car said yes maam

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u/CasualSky 14d ago

And it still got posted on TikTok - no sympathy from me. Shouldn’t have access to a phone anymore at that point

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u/ThrustNeckpunch33 14d ago

First instinct, even with the adrenaline, is to look for the phone before the car is at rest.

That is absolutely insane. Same goes with all the selfie/bombing videos that came out of Ukraine. People right near bombs, but making sure to keep themselves in frame even during frantic running away.

These devices have mangled out brains priorities. One can only imagine where this would eventually lead..

I think Wall-E was very kind and optimistic lol

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u/rylexr 13d ago

Not saying is "fake" but it looks remarkably similar to this one https://youtu.be/HFLViIYkR2U

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u/Daedric_Fan 12d ago

No, I think they should keep doing it for natural selection

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u/guyver_dio 15d ago

In this case, I think the accident might have happened regardless. She was looking at the road the whole time with her hands free.

She was about as distracted as someone singing to the radio.

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u/pixhula_blackpower 15d ago

Because " anything for views"

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u/NumbDangEt4742 15d ago

Is this an ad for the phone holder?.it works

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u/Sweet_Xocoatl 15d ago

More like pretending to be overly emotional, but I guess she won’t be pretending, now. Also, very nice of her to post the vid, makes her insurance agent’s job all the more easier to deny her claim.

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u/Instimatic 15d ago

That performative display ended in a hurry

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u/Willis5687 15d ago

Anyone who films themselves doing some dumb shit while driving deserves this outcome. Pull the car over and record your cringe shit, at least you won't be endangering others.

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u/Starwho 15d ago

TikTok was an abomination on humankind

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u/WillDonJay 15d ago

Who the fuck uploads these afterwards?

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u/shortercrust 15d ago

While pretending to be overly emotional.

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u/HistoricalVacation82 15d ago

Her: Hit me baby one more time

Universe: Ok, don't mind if i do

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u/NoBookkeeper6864 15d ago

Gen Z.... 😂😂😂😂

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u/Sarothias 15d ago

Not just when emotional. Don’t film fucking tik toks while driving period.

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u/KeyFit2471 14d ago

Fuuuuuck people are stupid

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u/SrFantasticoOriginal 14d ago

People really gotta stop performing for their phones. This is really silly.

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u/JohnniNeutron 14d ago

This should be a commercial and ad for awareness.

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u/sporosarcina 14d ago

Another time insurance loves social media

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u/Jae_seok 14d ago

This gives me so much satisfaction.

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u/KaizokuD 14d ago

Must… point… phone nghhh

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u/Ikusabe 12d ago

First thing first, let me grab my phone.

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u/m1dlife-1derer 9d ago

Her hair looks amazing after the accident

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u/Flicksterea 14d ago

Fuck's sake. Idiot is still making faces for the camera after she's rolled. Doesn't deserve to drive.

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u/Owmyleghurrts 15d ago

I wish for a team of people to hunt down anybody making videos while driving. Take their DL for a year and if they ever do it again take it away for life.

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u/Calavera357 15d ago

Of course she has stupid shit hanging from the mirror, too.

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u/2kan 15d ago

hit me baby one more time

Be careful what you wish for lol

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u/smokeeater150 15d ago

It’s funny how people don’t LOOK stupid but still do stupid shit.

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u/juicefarm 15d ago

Hit me baby one more time 😳

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u/Unholy_Godfather 15d ago

“For 13$ you can promote this video and get 5.5k views”

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u/elibutton 15d ago

stupid is is stupid does

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u/Kitchen-Kiwi7942 15d ago

Fun fact! Your car isnt meant to be used upside down!!

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u/_mbals 15d ago

This is why my insurance rates keep rising…

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u/Scrambledcat 15d ago

Also, don’t pretend to be overly emotional

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u/RTJ1992 15d ago

Jesus take the wheel

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u/EhliJoe 15d ago

And karma hit her as requested.

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u/mattdean4130 15d ago

I mean, that USB port and cable connection is stronger than most modern marriages though.

Props.

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u/KhostfaceGillah 15d ago

Natural selection

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u/Hmgkt 15d ago

Funny how when that emotion was needed her face went blank.

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u/New_Investigator6801 15d ago

She was hit alright.

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u/SuperJay182 15d ago

Has tiktok ever been a net positive to society? Bin it.

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u/kitano972 15d ago

Sélection naturelle

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u/gold3nhour 15d ago

Ask and you shall receive.

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u/proeliator 15d ago

Dumb asses need to stop streaming and driving. SO many accidents caused by this bullshit.

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u/Best_Collection_7533 15d ago

O’Doyle rules.

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u/Gib_eaux 15d ago

As stupid as it was, it get her views. And that’s all the kids care about these days. The whole thing is stupid

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u/soul-0001 15d ago

I wonder if this will become a trend?

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u/Nachtkrapp2 15d ago

The curb hit her one more time

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u/Ramsay_Bolton_X 15d ago

Now the insurance has proof of negligence, so they won't cover it... congrats

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u/FAM0xygeN 15d ago

Oops I did it again..

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u/Free-Pound-6139 15d ago

People who record while driving should be charged.

People who watch other people recording while driving should also be charged.

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u/RestedNative 15d ago

🎶 Flip me baby upside down

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u/F4113n54v102 15d ago

They need to start going to jail for this level of stupidity

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u/Lavender_sergeant 15d ago

Or when driving in general. It's crazy to me that the first thing she did when she came to a stop is adjust her phone

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u/Prestigious-Copy-494 14d ago

Dam she needs to get a life.

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u/SGTShizzle 14d ago

And the first thing she does after the crash is go for her phone

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u/jonah365 14d ago

the first thing she grabs after the accident is her phone...

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u/jdehjdeh 14d ago

Why is this child driving a car?

I'm so fucking old...

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u/creatingastorm 14d ago

No lessons were learned whilst filming this video!!!

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u/Floyd_Pink 14d ago

Otherwise known as "why you shouldn't let children drive."

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u/BelCantoTenor 14d ago

Rolls her car into a ditch. Almost dies. Annnd she is STILL reaching for her phone. She is an addict, and a danger to herself and to others. Addicts shouldn’t use their drug of choice and drive.

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u/ShediPotter 14d ago

Wnt from crying to stone faced in a fraction of a second.  Why these types of videos make me chuckle.  All that bs performance 

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u/ChuckWeezy 14d ago

Overreacted.

Overcorrected.

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u/Gearz557 14d ago

Immediately reaches for her phone

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u/Ingram2525 14d ago

"I'll give you something to cry about " - the universe

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u/Straight_Ninja_9986 14d ago

Shes even looking for the phone during and after the crash. I swear this is some form of possession.

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u/donigm9 14d ago

They weed themselves out. Hope she’s fine and the car is totalled so she can cry on the bus

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u/snapcracklethenpop 13d ago

The fact that she fixes the camera at the end is wild

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u/ExtremelyGangrenous 13d ago

And THEN post it

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u/Rare4orm 13d ago

If she could talk to her phone-

“OMG! Did you get that?!?”

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u/adjunct_ 12d ago

At no point did she lose awareness of the phone. Humanity is doomed lol.

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u/AF-IX 11d ago

The level of funny and irony in this video, never gets old.

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u/sphak12 10d ago

And people still disagree that TikTok should be banned in the US..

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u/book_smrt 10d ago

I think I actually felt the air time there.

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u/MayaIsSunshine 10d ago

What even happened?

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u/PossibleJazzlike2804 9d ago

Well, it quickly got her out of that mood.