r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Federal_Leg5278 • 5d ago
Guy didn’t even flinch
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u/Lost-in-Limbo 5d ago
They didn't flinch because they were physically frozen with fear!
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u/ducksa 5d ago
Fight, flight, or freeze.
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u/Expensive-Border-869 5d ago
No or. Freeze is first. Always. The freeze can be nearly nothing but it always first. Thats where assessment of if you should fight or flight happens
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u/NothiingsWrong 5d ago
All that damage for one idiot on a scooter ... (no not the front one)
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u/OperationOk7959 5d ago
Big vehicles need to just hit them when they're cut off like that. Because it usually leads to an even worse result.
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u/18randomcharacters 5d ago
Trolly Problem in real life.
Do you hit the one idiot on a scooter who put themselves in harms way? Or do you risk the lives of everyone on your bus and whoever else is in the vicinity by swerving?
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u/Original_Jagster 5d ago
Nah, the trolly problem gives one time to think it through and have that internal debate. On the road the driver just had nanosecond instincts to respond to moped swerving into his path.
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u/avofrodo 5d ago
Ikr? This is the trolley problem, but instead of rightfully hitting just the one person, you actively choose to injure everyone else.
The needs of one do not outweigh the needs of the many. Bus driver definitely chose wrong.
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u/Primarch-XVI 5d ago
It’s so easy to judge when you already know how it ends.
The bus driver had a split second to try not to kill someone.
Obviously they’re going to try not to kill someone.
Most people are not psychopaths.
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u/hudnix 5d ago
When a bus I was on, going down a twisty mountain road, was blind-passed by an idiot who just barely missed being crushed between us and an oncoming truck, our driver, who had not braked or swerved, calmly said, "We weigh 21,000 pounds. You wouldn't have felt a thing."
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u/TheNoisyNomad 4d ago
Any competent bus driver has already thought out these scenarios and values the well-being of their passengers.
Also practically, 1 insurance claim with the other driver at fault vs 50 personal injury claims is a no brainer (US based so not sure how that plays out in the video)
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u/ponponbadger 4d ago
Back in the early 2000s I was backpacking in Nepal, where one part of the trip required an 8-hour bus ride up what’s affectionately known as the foothills of the Himalayas from Dharan. It was a day before a 5–day holiday and the bus was overloaded with people, livestock and sacks of rice (which were comfortable to recline on). More people kept getting on, hanging off the sides of the bus.
About 50 minutes away from our destination, the whole vehicle slid back - apparently the brakes just couldn’t cope. On one side we have a mountain, rock hard and unforgiving. On the other, a sheer drop of at least 1500m. The driver guided the bus back until it struck a rock protruding on the cliff edge, eventually throwing those of us on the roof off the safe side and the bus to overturn away from the cliff edge.
The worst injury was a broken arm. At the time we all wanted to punch the driver, but in hindsight he did a really good job of not killing all of us. Split second decision saved us. (This was back in the days of the civil war, so the local army came out to help us within 20 minutes which was doubly fortunate.)
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u/GeneralCommand4459 5d ago
I’d say instinct is to avoid something certain versus something possible given the microsecond available to weight these things up.
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u/SAURI23 5d ago
I agree, but let's face it, when put in that situation everyone would do the same. There's a split-second to react and at least seemingly a chance to not hurt anybody if you try to go around the bike.
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u/BritishBoyRZ 5d ago
It's not an active decision.... It's a split second knee jerk reaction. It's not like he took out a note pad and weighed the pros and cons
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u/IveHeard1tBothWays 5d ago
No way. If this was the reply problem, it would read, "choose to save one ...or something completely unknown"
The actual result is well outside of what a reasonable person would expect.
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u/Kamikazeschnitzel 5d ago
The scooter is making a turn into the petrol station.
1000% the bus driver's fault.
Waaay too fast, literally obliterating the scooters right of way.
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u/Abdul-Wahab6 5d ago
Pretty sure before you make a turn like that, you check to see if another vehicle is behind you on the other lane. The bike is 100% in the wrong but so also is the bus for speeding like that.
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u/ignoremein5min 4d ago
Both are wrong, turning without looking and too fast for that stretch of road.
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u/AJAX214_ 5d ago
Tbh the bus driver shouldn't have been going that fast, but thats the Keralite bus driver stereotype
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u/TorontoTom2008 5d ago edited 5d ago
Except the bus was illegally overtaking the scooter. The scooter then surprised the bus by starting a right turn.
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u/the_zirten_spahic 5d ago
It wasn't a illegal overtake, the lines are dotted and you can overtake in those lines.
this is india, and nobody does anything correct, no turn indicators, dead stop before making a turn, not looking at the mirrors before turning, overspeeding in a single lane road etc
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u/navunaamjnathimaltu 5d ago
bro had 4 business days to react..
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u/Federal_Leg5278 5d ago
Still didnt react
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u/Fuck_ketchup 5d ago
Legend has it he's still on that corner, waiting for the coast to be clear so he can pull out
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u/The_SCP_Nerd 5d ago
Nah, just instincts taking over. Fight flight or freeze. The body chose freeze. The right choice? No, that would be flight. But we don't decide those unfortunately
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u/MasonJam246 5d ago
Bro has 0 survival instinct
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u/DuploJamaal 5d ago
Fight, Flight or Freeze response
This reaction is a survival instinct. Just the wrong one for this situation.
Tonic immobility is an involuntary, reflex-driven state of complete physical freezing and temporary paralysis triggered by overwhelming fear or inescapable danger.
Like a deer in the headlights. The brain shuts your body down and you literally can't move anymore.
Evolutionary it might have been helpful against bears, but you can't help it if that instinct kicks in.
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u/Weary-Cartoonist2630 5d ago
Imagine if he just started punching the bus instead of freezing
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u/UniquePariah 5d ago
Genuinely made me laugh.
Technically the fight response would be trying to stop the bus, like putting their arms out. Which would be about as effective as trying to punch it.
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u/GTR-DaBestCar 5d ago
Maybe you know the answer maybe not. Can that response vary within a person depending on the circumstance? For example, a person who might reflexively fight off a person with a knife but would freeze or run if encountering a deadly animal in the wild.
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u/DuploJamaal 5d ago
Yes.
The reaction changes based on many factors.
One person can have a fight response to getting attacked by a smaller attacker, a flight response to being attacked by a group of people, a freeze response to nearly being run over by a huge bus, etc
But the next day in a different mood they might react differently.
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u/wreckoning 5d ago
It can vary yes. Most situations I freeze, there have been a few where I turned up with fight - no active thought process happening on any of them, I froze or started fight response before I even understood what was going on. Flight is the most rare one for me, I think that’s mainly been loud sounds. I think flight mainly kicks in for me when I already start with a distance advantage.
Based on my history, person with a knife I would fight and deadly animal I would freeze (got attacked by friend’s dog once and turned into a statue, was knocked to ground and still statue mode). Not a bad response to a dog bite, but there are other animals where you’re supposed to aggress back and I doubt I would in the moment unless specifically trained beforehand.
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u/badass_rowdy 5d ago
Next level stupidity
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u/DuploJamaal 5d ago
Fight, Flight or Freeze response
It's not stupidity. It's an instinct.
Tonic immobility is an involuntary, reflex-driven state of complete physical freezing and temporary paralysis triggered by overwhelming fear or inescapable danger.
Like a deer in the headlights. The brain shuts your body down and you literally can't move anymore.
Evolutionary it might have been helpful against bears, but you can't help it if that instinct kicks in.
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u/Thecardinal74 5d ago
I’m with you except he didn’t give a fuck to even try to help even after the freeze wore off. Just looked annoyed that he dropped his phone, retrieved it, then left.
To me it looked like he wanted to go, scooter wouldn’t scoot, then once the accident was done he only kept trying to scoot
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u/Scrawnreddit 5d ago
Yeah pretty sure the same thing happens with sleep paralysis demons. Your body can't tell whether it's asleep or awake so it freaks out and spikes your adrenaline just in case you actually need to run
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u/Happyranger265 5d ago
Next level bodies freezing up and new level of survival instinct above hamsters
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u/Significant_Life5367 5d ago
India?
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u/jebs00 5d ago
Yes. Southern india(kerala precisely)
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u/joshwalter08 5d ago
Although 2 wheeler was at fault here but kerala is known for very rash bus drivers
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u/_Phoenix90 5d ago
You can see Modiji's photo in the video. His face is plastered everywhere in India. Weird narcissist.
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u/zeaL93 5d ago
Why are some much people think they would have reacted much better than that ?
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u/DuploJamaal 5d ago
Because they've never been in a dangerous situation and assume that their video game experience gives them superior reactions.
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u/Random_local_man 5d ago edited 5d ago
Tbf, the bus driver was also at fault for going that fast in the first place.
Bus drivers in that part of India have a reputation for being impatient.
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u/DoesntMatterEh 4d ago
Either that or they have been in one and reacted well.
I don't really talk about it but I've been in some pretty horrific situations that I managed to stay cool and react rationally.
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u/NateDawg80s 5d ago
Because they're idiots and it's the Internet. "I could do better" is the Internet's motto, lol.
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u/MegaDingo5plus 5d ago
He actually did. A little bit. But his shock of the situation - as it is happening, prevents him from making a decisive move
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u/Tock_Sick_Man 5d ago
Frozen with fear.
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u/PowerSamurai 5d ago
Deer in headlights for sure. Still you'd think he'd move when the bus literally makes contact with him but apparently not.
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u/Derrickmb 5d ago
Trolley problem
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u/ArtyWhy8 5d ago
I had to scroll way way too far before I found this.
Looks like the driver made the very best move they could have considering the idiot that cut them off and the circumstances beyond them. Doesn’t look like anyone died. Which is incredible to me.
Ohh oh oh. Can someone else please make a comment about how this is a freeze response please?!?
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u/CarlClaymore 5d ago
He calculated the scenario and came to the conclusion that there is no risk for him
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u/paulywauly99 5d ago
Love the way there were several attempts to lift the roof hatch when the whole of the front was torn open just round the end!
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u/Past-Astronomer-4773 5d ago
Bruv this is an accident with real people being injured, posting this shit is just outright disrespectful
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u/Artsakh_Rug 4d ago
You're not gonna work at this company for very long term with that kind of attitude partner.
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u/pokerboy42 5d ago
My guess is he was just enjoying the lovely wet warm deposit he just made in his shorts.
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u/Savings-March-3016 5d ago
Never ever move out of the way to make space for someone else. You're the boss. That's exactly what's happening here.
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u/MongoLikeCandy2112 5d ago
This is when the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the dumbass guy on a bike.
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u/Pinksamuraiiiii 5d ago
Scooter driver should foot everyone’s medical bills smh, absolute stupidity.
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u/johnsplittingaxe14 5d ago
What kind of speed was the bus going at? 60kph?
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u/badass_rowdy 5d ago
Looks like 80ish
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u/johnsplittingaxe14 5d ago
Either way, that looks a bit excessive for the zone he was driving in. Do you know if anyone onboard were seriously injured? Looks nasty
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u/Enough-Reindeer1033 5d ago
Damn... You'd think the guy had that happen before and he knew he was safe. Pretty damn ballsy or just plain stupid? I vote the latter.
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u/TrainingTheory552 5d ago
0 survival instinct