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quade
Gates never hit anybody except for in self-defense
ALLCAPSROCK
RustyNeX
woah that gate just came out of nowhere!
DrSchlepenstein
Another victim of texting and razor scootering.
mrpotatodick
Guess they missed the part where the road went left 😏
XRay0976
I just about spat out my food!!! Lmfao
kittehmama
Hmm, honestly didn’t see that coming. But he should’ve.
Headcase444
That's a hard lesson.
MmmmmSoup
Ow
RipuliMestari
RazerMantis
His Lungs have leaved his Body
Geoglady
Broken ribs and a concussion? Looks so painful.
newsguycraigevans
They're gonna feel that in the morning
JohnEburt
Straight tiger woods this accident. No brakes no turn just send it lol
ItWasAlreadyLikeThatWhenIgotHere
Testing out the ol’ rib cage
ManOfKent1967
Deserved that or not, that looked bloody painful and hope the person is okay. I reckon a lesson may have been taught.
Geoglady
Indeed!
westPAguy
ALLCAPSROCK
painstream
Putting himself in timeout for high sticking lolol
napsmear
YourAverageCyberGuy
Expanded the comments for this. Not disappointed. +1.
galapas
You okay there Scooter?
downrightmike
Nah, the handle bars broke off.
daytimepajamas
lol +1
RacecarIsRacecarBackwards
Looks like some broken ribs to me...
RacecarIsRacecarBackwards
At least.
iGotFOLDERS
Blue Monday here: /gallery/MmIoAxq
iGotFOLDERS
umanmail99365
I'm sorry, the gasp of air at the end is funny as hell.
skylark28
An object in motion tends to stay in motion UNTIL....
ButtonsAreForPushing
Immovable Object used immovable. It was SUPER EFFECTIVE.
KevinStrexcorp
The groan after. Not surprising at that speed, but damn
WhatUpDog3000
the high vis jacket did nothing!
somethingsomethingwittyhere
The jacket worked, we didn't need a red circle to highlight the crash.
GoodGuyGonzo
vodray
"Deal with it"
Aksuuuh
themobileappisbroken
I nearly got cleaned up yesterday by a dickhead riding an escooter flat out on the footpath. Those things are almost totally silent.
captainfakeypants
They're almost totally illegal, too. Outside of speed-restricted e-scooters for hire in a few cities, they're banned in public.
Fyffer
Depends on where you live. My state doesn't have too much on them.
captainfakeypants
I'm talking about the UK where this particular video is from. Private e-scooters are 100% illegal on public land across the entire nation.
Fyffer
Ah ha! I was unaware of that.
Fyffer
Mine came with a bell.
AllHailMegtaron
they are even more silent if they are not e-scooters like the one in the video.
mjperk
Courteous people yell out, "passing on your left" or something to that extent.
gravyandfries
limited experience. I usually just start screaming after 20 mph so everyone knows I’m coming and not in control. Jesus take the handlebar
mtraiders73
Ha ha
jesusisherelookbusy
Ouch.
bfreeze01
That looked bad. Broken ribs at least with strong probability of internal bleeding.
FiftyShadesOfCauliflower
At least the scooter caught some of the impact. The broken handlebar might have spared them a broken rib or two.
Geoglady
Ugh... Totally. I feel super bad for this person. Everybody makes mistakes.
Kolyathebalding
Near me, a university kid on his bike hit a slack line hanging between trees. Stopped his heart, didn't start up again. :(
Geoglady
That's too bad. Very sad indeed.
zanaria
I have to ask, what was the goal here? How did they NOT see the gate? A rope I could understand not seeing, but THAT???
SomeFukinWizard
Kid's probably watching the path right in front of him. It's "steady as she goes" til right about the pole. then you see him wiggle a bit/
SomeFukinWizard
as realization hits and he see's it. I have a feeling this is a normal daily path and that gate is usually open. 'til today anyway. oof
DeathLemons
Grey gate against grey ground with grey sky maybe?
ImShocked
You ever try to use the brake on a razor scooter on wet asphalt?
Vortex153
They seem to be bracing pretty early. Bad brakes?
apoliticalpanda
Maybe the hoodie is limiting his field of vision
Mercurybird
Does it look like he’s looking off to his right? And as others have suggested, the gate is usually open?
jbrightmans
Maybe bad eyesight? Gate blended with the background? I'm with you. I don't know how they couldn't see it.
MattJeffery
the video is reversed
CalvinisHobbes
HoChiMinge
Looks like what happens when you don't look where you are going.
Nixf0rm
This happened to me once. Tho it was a single string of bard wire and I slit my neck opened. Never saw it coming
whatthefuck9999999
RIP.
userfriendly19777
Only explanation I can come up with, is that the gate might always be open. He doesn't see it because he doesn't expect it to be there.
mity0k23
See that path worn out around the post? Who walks around an open gate?
RobotMenace
There's pavement not gated off right before that, between the gate and the bollard.
DidiMacTheKoblodKing
Looks likes it's very wet, possibly still raining. From experience, rain and condensation can obscure your vision if you wear glasses.
OriginalSyn
Not to mention looks downhill and for all we know they are braking. The real problem is they were going too fast for the conditions.
nclu
Scooters: notoriously good at braking when at speed downhill on bumpy ground in the rain
Sordiy
Seems like he breaks about 0.1 second away from the gate
Th3H1ghlander
Guessing was on autopilot: route taken daily, used to the gate always being open…until it wasn’t…
KairiRatten
I went to and from work on that thing for year and half and never autopiloted into a wall... That person is either blind or asleep...
MeowWoof
The worn down dirt path around the gate support would suggest that the gate isn't usually open...
zanaria
I've often on autopilot, but I am always aware of whats around me.
fightkostka6
probably was too close to brake in time when he realized, it's like with a deer, he sees that he will crash into it and freezes
gerthzilla
Scooters have auto pilot ? Like it steers for you ?
albinomuntjac
No, mental autopilot for the rider. Kind of like how you can drive back and forth to work & not really remember doing it
LetumComplexo
No one is 100% aware of what’s around them all the time. The human brain doesn’t work that way.
Th3H1ghlander
Cue the guy with no awareness and no scooter brakes XD
ancalime
Doesn't sound like autopilot to me
andwings2go
It’s a pretty stupid and useless gate too.
iamgnat
I dunno. If it's purpose is to keep inattentive idiots on scooters off the trail, I'd say it's doing a fantastic job of it.
hymenochirus
This looks British, in which case the earth banks and gate are to prevent travellers camping there.
markymark89
I'm guessing to keep cars of the path?
TheAziz
There are other ways to do that (metal poles?). The gate also caused that path around it if you look closely. Unnecessary.
zanaria
Here they have two half gates which leaves space between for walking and biking, but not enough for cars
markymark89
He would have just run into the pole.