Nov 2, 2017 1:32 PM
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BlueLikeYou
Honestly, I didn't even notice the stationary car because I was waiting for some sort of jump scare.
batterymanaa12
But his blinkers were on
Raewll
the white suv was an idiot
zeacorzeppelin10
from the looks it, even if the owner of the dead car wanted to move it there was no shoulder to move it to.
helloit
RichHansen
A car that flames up from a rear end collision has a serious design flaw.
junebug2
This exact scenario happened right behind me. Stopped car had no hazards/signals on. They got hit @ 60mph & there was a toddler in the car..
The car was stopped around a curve, the car that hit them told me they thought the car was moving. It didn't register that it was stopped.
TakeItEasyPolicy
Looks the white car's driver realized only last second the black car was not moving.
LuluTheLucario
Oh hey, it turned into a Pinto!
Mercenarity
Savage.
GameSmarterNotHarder
if you're traveling at 65 mph, you can coast to the side of the road instead of panicking and parking in the middle of the F** highway
PacifistPlaythroughs
There are plenty of things that prevent that.
HerbSewell
Volkswagen Pinto.
LogicKitty
why are you just standing there focusing a camera on a parked car in the middle of the highway? it's almost like you planned this
libben
The camera man (probably driver of static car) could have died if that car didn't hit his car. He's standing right where that car would skid
mpuone
That reaction time...
Fishworshipper
Almost as quick as a dead turtle.
RadlanJay
That's why emergency triangles exist.
IMayOrMayNotHaveTroubleFindingAndOrChoosingAUsername
While technically correct, ^ shows why that is a fucking dangerous mission.
icantbelieveijoined
Because people can see a small orange triangle but not a full size car?
RememberArtax
Ya ok but what's going on with the blue bucket on top of the red truck?
imgonnagetfiredbecauseofthiswebsite
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I'm stealing this gif.
MACWE
My pet rock doesn't understand the joke. Could you explain it to him?
It's a very fast escalator, on which "that" is escalating.
zenoghost1
Bad place to park
c00lh4nd
It seems to be a common theme in the UK to make no effort to get over to the safety lane. I know some issues prevent it but most do not
shootan
its a common theme in every country
lunicow
I don't think this is the UK, we drive on the left hand side and that looks like its the fast lane. Though tbf that doesn't mean your wrong.
Zoriontsu
Yeah that isn't in the UK
ShamelessUpvoteWhore
i'm sure they had a very important text.
SheldonCooper1510
The car behind the white car
marcusyoyo
The car behind the car behind the white car
tangripper
“I’m droppin the hammer Harry!” how many chances do you really get to relive that moment when Cole Trickle punches it the the smoke
Notthewatdabney
Always loved the name, Dick Trickle!
WonderCakeIsTasty
I was in a pretty similar situation as the car behind the white car. Guy in front was texting and smashed into someone turning left (1/2)
Country road 80km/h (50mp/h). No brake lights from the guy in front of me. Definitely the most adrenaline fueled experience.(I got out fine)
Totallyscrewedinaustin
The guy in the silver car in the middle lane saw that shit coming and slowed down before white car even noticed stationary car
lysithean
Yep, otherwise he would’ve been hit by the white car
nice reflexes tho
InternationalPhoneticAlphabet
more like, "nice situational awareness", because they started breaking before the white car.
right, but that part where the black car bounces off the guardrail, and he manages to avoid hitting it? that's reflex.
Drive through it and hope they move out of your way.
RiPiVillain
Racing potential
brucebannersleftnipple
Driver in the white car CLEARLY not paying any fucking attention. Probably texting. Or playing Pokemon Go.
uppishduck
When the fuck are you from??
3025
upupdowndownleftrightleftrightAB
Cant play pokemon go past like 15 mph
DougDeNasty
Most likely on the metric system there, so they could, since they don't use MPH.
tarataqa
or fucking yer mum
It's a possibility
QuiGonChuck
STOP. LOOKING. AT. YOUR. GOD. DAMN. CELLPHONE. WHEN. YOU'RE. DRIVING!!!
colonelrussia
Did you stop at the left lane to type this?
Not in a car
SOURCECODE01
Car's empty. Its a set up.
I mean that's always good all-around advice, but this sort of thing happened before we even had the comedic, antennae'd cancer bricks.
nopantsallowedinmyhouse
Even if paying attention, it can be so unexpected that a car is stopped in the middle of the highway that it's impossible to react. 1/2
Fear does weird shit, and having been in that situation... well I'm lucky no one was right next to me when I changed lanes. 2/2
CommanderWilliamTRiker
I highly doubt thats why a car is stopped in the middle of a non-busy highway.
twobuy
You should have taken credit for this being a joke. Hardest I laughed all day. Take my accidental humor upvotes!
Denamic
If that's a joke, it's not a good one. If not, my condolences to your parents.
I admitted on another comment I was mistaken, so fuck yourself.
I do that daily
nanyatenyaa
FlorianDoemer
All 4 wheels still attached while on a highway with no smoke coming from the car. I don't see many possible reasons you wouldn't be able to
Treblaine
Unless it's not the car that's broken but the driver. Like they had a heart attack or epileptic seizure.
Pull over into the breakdown lane before your car comes to a complete stop.
St0pthatsh1t
Maybe just maybe, there where other vehicles around him, that didn´t allow that to happen.
elppapple
Ever tried to move a car with no power steering, while alone, on a busy freeway?
TallowsRevenge
Gas tank empty while in light congestion? not easy to move over while losing speed
BlackHartMTB
The subsequent explosion tells me gas wasn’t the problem.
Horsense
Actually less gas means more fumes,which explode easier due to having lower ignition point & better fuel air ratio.
Realized that I would need to bring up this point but was headed into work
I know when you weld a gas tank, it’s safer to fill it up with gas than leaving it empty.
bnice38
Plot twist: the car isn't even broke down. OP did this to reach the front page
HoboTerry
Dedication
MaSu10
Lol classic
BeachComber620822
Probably texting.
BigDaddyHall
Do they allow texting and driving in other countries? Because we don’t allow that here in the United states!
Rarely enforced, if ever!
Nexus763
Or speed regulator. It lowers the attention.
NuggetNinja
I've met people who think cruise control will save them from this shit when texting. They tend to be terrible drivers.
ForTheSwarm
Not anymore
BondHaimBond
Or sexting.
Cartoones
Nah too good for him
CatBlaster5000
Mr. Bond, is that really what's important right now?
pokiedottie
Or perhaps they were accidentally going to text their boss the sext that they were going to send their S/O and the car saved them.
SovereignPhantasmia
OBJECTION! The defendant was clearly actually setting them up so they won't actually be the murderer!
fantasma21
For All we know this was the best possible outcome.
MalcomReynoldsWrap
Flames? Thought that only happened in GTA.
It's a 70-80mph impact. That's over 6 times to energy of a 30mph impact.
HumanFlag
But really though, why did it caught on fire out of nowhere?
AlmightyyCres
Gas tank is on the back side of sedans I'm guessing it was breached in impact and sparked
Yourfavoritebandsucks1974
Somebody needs to PS this to the moment of impact.
AlcoholicsAnonymousBYO
Didn't you read? This is GTFO
ButtsMcGee86
Produced by Michael Bay.
Abysse
How does he keep finding work?
negativenull
people like fiery explosions
But he is a horrible director, explosions don't go into EVERYTHING
If you're Michael Bay they do.
Skizzlesnap
simonhardingholt
Comparing car accidents with the chances of winning the lottery is not quite a perfect comparison. The chances of getting in a 1/2
2/2 car accident vs. the chances of winning lotto makes more sense.
Wat
BecauseCanadian
I’m with @ForTheSwarm. I don’t know why you’re being downvoted for this. You are correct
Michealbay
Booty hole is higher than winning lottery so check mate atheists.
BarftheMawg
I couldn't upvote because it was at 69! Will see later if somebody ruined it!
DildosaurassRekts
Solid hijack.
SarcasticKitty
I read this comment as the 2nd half of the 1st comment. Was amused.
ATalkingMushroom
That was the joke.
Ok..?
Damn, bamboozled once again. Better than my comment tho +1
SirBaconhawk
This makes it so much better
Okay, somebody kicked it to 70. You got your upvote!
Not sure why you're being downvoted, that's an indirect comparison. Should be "chances of getting in an accident while texting" vs lotto.
waitwasthatreal
Or the 1/4 vs the number of people who win, but only bought 1 lotto ticket.
Which doesn't really speak to the actual chances of either happening.
It's pointing out that people dismiss a greater likelihood while banking on a lesser.
StatisticalPizza
The difference is the amount of control over the situation. With the Powerball you're playing a game of pure chance, no control over outcome
Driving on the highway is also a game of chance. The right cocktail of circumstances and bang: collision.
WoeToHice
And @simonhardingholt rightly pointed out, "likelihood of texting causing an accident" is NOT the same as "likelihood of your accident (1/4)
being caused by texting". In other words, "1 in 4 accidents are caused by texting" does not mean "if you're texting, your likelihood (2/4)
zarola1
That is why you gtfo of your vehicle if it breaks down on the road.
Yossarian9
That is why you don't be a complete fuckwit and leave your car in the middle of the road.
Lapkin
Statistically, being inside a car is the safest place to be when you are on the road.
You forgot *when driving*
fitchy0812
You pull off to the side immediately at the second you see something failing*
AnusReadyToBeRavaged
Not if you stop in the middle of the motorway, you are meant to remain in your vehicle, only get out when its safe at the side of the road.
corbynDallas
Forgot the hazards
ArtOzz
Yup.
clayrev
I'd rather be inside the metal cage than outside with random autos flailing about.
NocturnalGreed
I hope you don't pass those survival instincts on to yoir children.
If there is traffic, you stay in the car. I thought that was common knowledge. Guess maybe it depends on the situation?
Only if you're safely out of the way. In which case being in the car is far far more dangerous. THAT should be common knowledge.
Your* fuck. I hope I don't pass my fat fingers on too.
ISawWhatYouSaw
Possibly an insurance job, said it broke down, filmed destruction, looks like they left the brake on... Hopefully not but nowadays...
Gonnaderpya
And why you move it to the fuckin side and not in the actual lanes
ilovecake
You can’t always do that, and often to get out of the car to move it creates more of a hazard.
Fucking thank you
pandagrrl
only if the lanes are clear though.
gandraw
Pushing a car on the highway is just about the most retarded thing you can do. Even police won't do it without closing all lanes.
jrbickers
If you got onto that road, that lane, you're going fast enough to pull off the road as you decelerate in the event of engine failure.
Generally if you're on an interstate.. in the crossing/fast lane you're fast enough to coast over to the shoulder :|
governmentgavemeagun
Only if the car coasts.
mrmayortheiv
It seems unlikely that the car will spontaneously come to a complete stop before you notice it's fucked and try to pull it off to the side.
KillaVLY
What if your car just breaks down? How would you even move it? Neutral and pushing it?
Kryalis
Yeah, that’s exactly how. You could even move it as one person of level or downward angle. It’s your job to get out as soon as is safe 1/2
nd flag people down to change lanes. Hazards should also be turned on. I drive for Lyft and use hazards when picking or dropping customers.
DukePhelan
Yes! It isn't difficult assuming you're not on a incline.
On a highway though?
SourK
real easy with a clutch. some autos won't move out of park with out the engine on, could be the case here.
Worst nightmare is my car stopping on the far left lane. Legit would freak out and my brain would stop working.
the bigger issue is that you have to cross several lanes on a busy highway like that. hell no.
Right? I don't understand when people comment on not stopping in the middle of the highway like you had a choice
AeonQuasars
Are you crazy? Getting out on a motorway is a million times more dangerous than staying in your car.
MakeMeLaughOrFuckOff
I can't believe you're being down voted. It is correct to stay inside your vehicle and call for help.
I really hope you don't believe that. It is dangerous either way. The longer you are on the road..the higher your chances are of being hit.
Its not the matter of beliefs, but facts.
Might want to provide these facts. Please and thanks. I haven't seen any statistics but I've seen enough videos of what happens if u stay
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=What+to+do+after+highway+breakdown
Btw make sure you get your information from a trusted source. Not a random article from a writer who has no certification on the subject
Be safe
https://www.esurance.com/info/car/what-to-do-when-your-car-breaks-down
No one else agrees with you but the highway code tells UK driver to remain in their car if they are still in lane when broken down
Are your highways congested? If I broke down on the highway I drive every day to work I would exit..due to the type of traffic here
Even in the median people get hit here. Had a guy get killed a few months back who pulled over.
The correct way is to pull the car when it slows down as far to one side as possible. Hit the alert signs and call for help. Stay in the car
nickisbeast666
Stay in the car with a potential of getting slammed or stand a safe distance away.....
How do you get to a safe distance? By running over the highway? Great idea. In the car you at least have some form of protection.
If you pull the car to the side like you said then leave it when it is safe to do so, why sit in a metal deathtrap for hours?
That's if they can get to the side of the road.
kindofacat
I'm sure the guy in the gif above is tormented that he didn't stay in the car
He also did not put on the light and it is in the middle of the road. Pull it over to the side and wait, it could save your life.
Blinkers are on, hard to see them in the gif but you can tell.
Ghode
and stand on the side of the road.. so you can film your car being destroyed
Mithi
Better the car than yourself
Good for insurance purposes.
HiggsBosonYoFace
Actually you make a really good fucking point. Why was this being filmed???
mop82
Driver probably had a bad feeling leaving their car there and had nothing better to do while waiting for help to arrive. Seems smart to me.
agluuo
insurance.
..... probably for insurance purposes? It's a thing.
ahsheetmapantz
Thats why you dont stop your car you coast off to the shoulder like an intelligent person
Was in a rental car once. Suddenly stopped in turn lane. Wouldn’t even go into neutral as it was a push to start. Shit happens.
Ya you were probably stopes so in that case that makes sence and is understandable, i just dont see why you would be stoped on an open road
Canofminus
May have not been an available option.
Well seeing as how hes on the freeway he should have already been rolling, the only way i see it happening is if he was in traffic
(A) there is clearly traffic (b) cars can stop dead and not coast in some breakdowns
If thats what you consider traffic i want to live were you are. I live <30 mi from work and on a good morning im looking at 50min drive easy
In the 10 years iv been a mechanic iv never known of a car to just stop moving unless somthing stops the wheels and there is no indication
Trimule
Just saw two young females- major rearender on busy 5 lane-no flashers on- standing in the gap between cars talking on their phones-INSANE!
Seen footage of a guy who broke down and within a few minutes he was ded because he wanted to retrieve some things from his trunk. Gruesome
Homeboy casually walked to his trunk and was squished when another car rear'ended him
jRockboneham
And fucking turn on your flashers.
I’ve broken down in the turn lane in a rental. Had hazards on. People still stopped behind me, honking like I’m just hanging out.
muisverriet
They are on. The light on the left side of the car js flashing.
They appear to be on
I do not know cars. Can you not turn the back ones on and not the front on at least some vehicles so there is a chance he did?
DasOgre
The flashers are on in the clip above
CptPanduh
When you hit the emergency lights buttons it flashes all 4 of your blinkers at the same time so everyone know. The only reason I can think
As to why he didn't turn them on is because his battery is 100% dead, which is unlikely, or he's a complete dumbass, the more likely case
CamelSpotter
Idunno, if his alternator failed, that could result in his battery dying if it's old enough. Happened to my brother just last month.
They're on. Look closely at the light on the right. It's flashing, just hard to see from this angle
The downvote here really does make someone a fantastic cunt. I mean, I dont know something, I ask to learn, and someone hates that action.
danbrazier
Agreed. Have some up votes.
Quboid
That annoys me. I can only think some idiots downvote to mean no.
Phrase of the day "fantastic cunt". I just try not to play the game. Say what I mean and if people don't like it...fuck em
NuggetTerror
I upvote for trying to learn :3
didntwanttosignup
But why was there someone filming? Why was the car stopped there? Why did the white car not notice earlier? So many questions
BlackavarLion
For insurance purposes
PineapplePizza4you
But why?
learntotakejoke
Why the hell do kids love Cinnamon Toast Crunch?!!!
ezzmann
It's part of a balanced breakfast I guess
Fluffycorn
CAR STOPPING PRANK ON THE M1 *GONE WRONG* *GONE SEXUAL*
KillianDost
Fun fact about psychology is that we humans like seeing what we expect. I bet that's what happens to the white car.
MetalPsychologist
Believing is seeing
Protasavage
Drivers car broke down. He got out and went to side of road for safety. Probably seen a few near misses. Whipped out his phone. BAM...shit..
ButIBuildAThousandBridges
Were the hazard lights on?
If they weren't on then it would be ok for the white car to smash into the other car?
xane
Without hazard lights it could just look like a regular car going slow. You don't expect a car to be at full stop in the fast lane.
barnwolf
Obviously not, but it in the real world people make mistakes all the time and things like hazard lights help prevent that.
telescopinfool
Doesn’t look like it. I was wondering that myself.
I take it back. They’re faint, but they do appear to be on.
Yep, I see it too now. I can judge the white car with a clean conscious :)
Elkarlo77
Hazards are on but he didn't putt the breakdown triangle out, and open the trunk/boot, reflectors in the lit and a signal for breakdown.
flutterprincess
I’d think the car broke down & someone else noticed it just standing there- can’t do much about someone else’s car in the middle of the road
So they started filming, because it’s still not a thing you see every day. Don’t have any explanation for the white car though...
LeumisRichardson
Or it could be the owner of the stopped car filming because he was worried about it happening.
Maybe speed regulator on the on coming car. Staying left and not turning on the warning lights is really dangerous though.
Gasquatch
Who or what was on top of the truck
TheBurritoConfederacy
That appears to be a bucket.
KrisL187
The answer to all three is probably "because cellphone".
PermaBannedDolphin
even more upvotes!
MycolTheFunguy
Because when this happens you want video to show tge insurance company that you had hazards on and that the other driver never stopped.
ehoba666
Person in the white car clearly learned how to drive in America where people only pay attention to what's 3 feet in front of them.
Xyzair
Don't forget specifically on the freeway as well.
JunglePygmy
Person knew somebody was going to hit his car and make a fantastic video. So instead of losing car in vain, they made said video.
screamingwinemaker
Looks like he was about to turn on a new mixtape?
myteetharedryyyyy
Why ask Why? try bud dry.
PostmasterG
+1 haven't hear that in a while
gingertrain
Actually why does no one see that collision coming?
Driver probably wasn't paying close attention, assumed black car was moving, by the time his depth perception told him otherwise it was over
cuzitsthere
Yeah, your brain has this funny way of telling your eyes they're seeing what you expect them to see... No brake lights/hazards/road flares1/
On a 70 mph road, your brain tells you "no way they aren't moving... Oh shit, wait" 2/2
IAmThePrincess
Anyone ever driving on the highway knows it's incredibly hard to tell if a distant car is moving until it's too late. Always use 4 ways...
viva93
no it's pretty easy to tell the difference between non moving and moving car o vthe highway as you drive. maybes it's just you
Sremmos
It’s hard to tell the speed maybe but you can tell how fast you are approaching it. This is the fault of the suv mostly imo.
SamArt53
They were on. Zoom in.
I can't imagine those being easy to see in the daylight. There's such animosity towards white car when, I suspect, he genuinely messed up.
Stopplayingwithyourself
Unusual to have a broken down car on the fast lane in open traffic as well. Feel like he should have made it to the side.
Some breakdowns can stop the car dead and you can't get to the side.
mazer433
I’ve seen more cars stopped in the fast lane than the shoulder.
qaukle
Bet he was looking at his cellphone.
Bet he was masturbating to livestock nearby
kyjimbo
Long straight road, no lights on the car. "Is that car moving? It's not moving is it? NOPE SHIT IT AINT MOVING!!!"
Findilis
That makes sense, I usually look at mine while filming. But what about the two drivers of the cars?
LogicNotFound1
izzmonster
Car is stopped. Person sees it and goes "that's gonna cause an accident, I better film it to get evidence they were sitting there"
Plot Twist: person filming WAS the driver of the car. He just parked it and waited for the collision while filming.
Ooh nice +1
Moron looking at his phone decides the stopped car has a nice ass and decides to tap that bumper.
Well one assumes the car was broken down, and he was only able to get it to that side of the road, and being vaguely intelligent he left the
Tanishh
Emphasis on vaguely intelligent. The vast majority of breakdowns are not instant. You have at least a few seconds/minutes to get to shoulder
lordofthecows
You're assuming that the other drivers are being cooperative with an attempt to get to the shoulder. To this I say HA!
DeZaim
Fuck it, indicator on and start moving. If people don't move - make them Doesn'ty look like heavy traffic in this instance either.
dinosaurakadinosaur
no warning triangle? he couldnt get the car on the safelane? although its running slow u got to turn immediately far right as its possible
deploying warning triangle there maybe hazardous... but open the bootlit not. And it is a wide visible signal for "something is wrong."
ibbadgers
Unless turning immediately would have gotten him t-boned
ofc not until lane is free to go :P shitty situation tho
SupmanTheSoup
But a broken car doesn't brake, you have time to go in the emergency lane and stop
LAK132
A blow diff/gearbox will make you stop pretty quick
JakeOfAllTradeses
"A broken car doesn't brake" why do you say that?
theAmberTrap
No brake lights I guess
He means that if it shuts down entirely it doesn't immediately stop moving, you can still coast for a ways.
kookyabird
Depends on whether or not you can get it into neutral. The automatics I have driven tend to stop pretty quick when the engine is off.
HsuDoNihm
Because it sounds weird if you say "a braken car doesn't broke".
Paramike
unless there are a million cars to the right, which won't let you through.
DerpMeister
^this. A lot of shit countries in the world with asshole drivers that just go "if he dies, he dies".
kittybuttwiggle
This looks like China so ye
imgurmohr
No assumptions, pull it as far over as possible. Literally abandoned in the middle of the left lane, in most countries that’s the fast lane.
ImNotRacistBut
Doesn't look like that left lane has a shoulder, and if the car just shut down he wouldn't have been able to bring it over to the right.
Yes driver is careless for leaving it there, but that white car had PLENTY of time to notice the closing distance and move over.
IamJustinSane
Not careless if the car died there, and couldn’t make it to the side. You don’t want to be out pushing a car on a busy freeway.
AmirGarib
A car has plenty of momentum left to be able to go into the side or atleast exactly at the left rail. But he left it in the middle of it
It's possible that the breakdown just stopped the car dead and they couldn't move it. Gearbox or electrical can do that.
car and got off the road to avoid injury in the event someone hit the car. The other guy was probably not paying attention as one does not
davisboy42
But why did they not have the emergency lights on?
VexatiousKitten
One time my friends car broke down in the middle of a highway in the dark and not even the emergency lights would turn on. It can happen.
Merrak
He actually did. You can see the flashing on the drivers side. It looks dim from where the video is being taken because of the sun.
DistantRelativeOfTommyRepeatTimmons
They're on. Hard to see
addledPunster
Well shit, that was pretty much the only thing that'd get my sympathy.
They are on. (Dynamic range of the smartphone camera and subsequent compression doesn't represent things like that as you'd see it IRL.)
MiasmaCorrigan
Maybe the battery in the car died?
JustSomeHoneybadger
The flasher to the left is on, so I doubt the batterty is dead.
expect a vehicle to be parked in a lane on a motorway.
rastanana
This is actually the most retarded thing i have ever read. You drive, you keep your eyes on the fucking road. Don't make up excuses for 1
Some dumbass not knowing how to fucking drive. 2/2
Djangountanned
Without red lights (breaking lights) its difficult to realize early enough, that the car in Front of you is slowing down or parking
BearToof
Yeah & if there is a little hill or slight curve I wouldnt be surprised if that person thought they were on the shoulder til it was too late
manicmalki
I had a similar incident after rounding a corner about 50 foot up a truck was pulling off an access road. I had a 60 mph oops.
You say that as if it's normal to not pay attention when you operate multi ton machines at high velocity
I work on the road. Do you?
discardedusername
Please tell my old insurance this, I crashed into a parked vehicle at night, it was terrifying, and it was after a blind turn, but because
I was going 5 miles over, 100%at fault. Genuinely 5 miles, and it was in theHOV lane, saw the lights, but I thought it was just slower
jo0owe
Always expect the unexpectable
cowpiefatty
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TheUpdootist
Also doesn't appear to have hazards on
soapbubblesscareme
Dead battery can make it to where lights won't turn on
froggyhi
The hazards are on. You can see them blinking. But still not enough warning to stop in that distance.
sphaerion
I think the hazards are on, but it's hard to see because of the daylight and gif quality. Look by the guard rail, I think it's blinking.
swagb98623
Don't need hazards when it's on fire
LordNoodles
Will a dead battery allow you to hazard?
Nathanfake
whilst looking at his/her cellphone
mobileimgurlags
Where are you from they call it a motor way?
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/motorway - England, I think. I used it as theyre motors and thats a way or path.
nevoreJunkie
Where are you from they don't call it a motor way?
littlestchild
In the UK it's motorway (one word)
SoftFur
Weird. Someone with common sense on the internet. Rarely seen.
Yeeeah, but everyone hates listening to what I say. Upvotes aside, Im ignored for saying the sky is blue.
BlueLikeYou
Honestly, I didn't even notice the stationary car because I was waiting for some sort of jump scare.
batterymanaa12
But his blinkers were on
Raewll
the white suv was an idiot
zeacorzeppelin10
helloit
RichHansen
A car that flames up from a rear end collision has a serious design flaw.
junebug2
This exact scenario happened right behind me. Stopped car had no hazards/signals on. They got hit @ 60mph & there was a toddler in the car..
junebug2
The car was stopped around a curve, the car that hit them told me they thought the car was moving. It didn't register that it was stopped.
TakeItEasyPolicy
Looks the white car's driver realized only last second the black car was not moving.
LuluTheLucario
Oh hey, it turned into a Pinto!
Mercenarity
Savage.
GameSmarterNotHarder
if you're traveling at 65 mph, you can coast to the side of the road instead of panicking and parking in the middle of the F** highway
PacifistPlaythroughs
There are plenty of things that prevent that.
HerbSewell
Volkswagen Pinto.
LogicKitty
why are you just standing there focusing a camera on a parked car in the middle of the highway? it's almost like you planned this
libben
The camera man (probably driver of static car) could have died if that car didn't hit his car. He's standing right where that car would skid
mpuone
That reaction time...
Fishworshipper
Almost as quick as a dead turtle.
RadlanJay
That's why emergency triangles exist.
IMayOrMayNotHaveTroubleFindingAndOrChoosingAUsername
While technically correct, ^ shows why that is a fucking dangerous mission.
icantbelieveijoined
Because people can see a small orange triangle but not a full size car?
RememberArtax
Ya ok but what's going on with the blue bucket on top of the red truck?
imgonnagetfiredbecauseofthiswebsite
zeacorzeppelin10
I'm stealing this gif.
MACWE
My pet rock doesn't understand the joke. Could you explain it to him?
imgonnagetfiredbecauseofthiswebsite
It's a very fast escalator, on which "that" is escalating.
zenoghost1
Bad place to park
c00lh4nd
It seems to be a common theme in the UK to make no effort to get over to the safety lane. I know some issues prevent it but most do not
shootan
its a common theme in every country
lunicow
I don't think this is the UK, we drive on the left hand side and that looks like its the fast lane. Though tbf that doesn't mean your wrong.
Zoriontsu
Yeah that isn't in the UK
ShamelessUpvoteWhore
i'm sure they had a very important text.
SheldonCooper1510
The car behind the white car
marcusyoyo
The car behind the car behind the white car
tangripper
“I’m droppin the hammer Harry!” how many chances do you really get to relive that moment when Cole Trickle punches it the the smoke
Notthewatdabney
Always loved the name, Dick Trickle!
WonderCakeIsTasty
I was in a pretty similar situation as the car behind the white car. Guy in front was texting and smashed into someone turning left (1/2)
WonderCakeIsTasty
Country road 80km/h (50mp/h). No brake lights from the guy in front of me. Definitely the most adrenaline fueled experience.(I got out fine)
Totallyscrewedinaustin
The guy in the silver car in the middle lane saw that shit coming and slowed down before white car even noticed stationary car
lysithean
Yep, otherwise he would’ve been hit by the white car
ShamelessUpvoteWhore
nice reflexes tho
InternationalPhoneticAlphabet
more like, "nice situational awareness", because they started breaking before the white car.
ShamelessUpvoteWhore
right, but that part where the black car bounces off the guardrail, and he manages to avoid hitting it? that's reflex.
Notthewatdabney
Drive through it and hope they move out of your way.
RiPiVillain
Racing potential
brucebannersleftnipple
Driver in the white car CLEARLY not paying any fucking attention. Probably texting. Or playing Pokemon Go.
uppishduck
When the fuck are you from??
brucebannersleftnipple
3025
upupdowndownleftrightleftrightAB
Cant play pokemon go past like 15 mph
DougDeNasty
Most likely on the metric system there, so they could, since they don't use MPH.
tarataqa
or fucking yer mum
brucebannersleftnipple
It's a possibility
QuiGonChuck
STOP. LOOKING. AT. YOUR. GOD. DAMN. CELLPHONE. WHEN. YOU'RE. DRIVING!!!
colonelrussia
Did you stop at the left lane to type this?
QuiGonChuck
Not in a car
SOURCECODE01
Car's empty. Its a set up.
Mercenarity
I mean that's always good all-around advice, but this sort of thing happened before we even had the comedic, antennae'd cancer bricks.
nopantsallowedinmyhouse
Even if paying attention, it can be so unexpected that a car is stopped in the middle of the highway that it's impossible to react. 1/2
nopantsallowedinmyhouse
Fear does weird shit, and having been in that situation... well I'm lucky no one was right next to me when I changed lanes. 2/2
CommanderWilliamTRiker
I highly doubt thats why a car is stopped in the middle of a non-busy highway.
twobuy
You should have taken credit for this being a joke. Hardest I laughed all day. Take my accidental humor upvotes!
Denamic
If that's a joke, it's not a good one. If not, my condolences to your parents.
CommanderWilliamTRiker
I admitted on another comment I was mistaken, so fuck yourself.
Denamic
I do that daily
nanyatenyaa
FlorianDoemer
All 4 wheels still attached while on a highway with no smoke coming from the car. I don't see many possible reasons you wouldn't be able to
Treblaine
Unless it's not the car that's broken but the driver. Like they had a heart attack or epileptic seizure.
FlorianDoemer
Pull over into the breakdown lane before your car comes to a complete stop.
St0pthatsh1t
Maybe just maybe, there where other vehicles around him, that didn´t allow that to happen.
elppapple
Ever tried to move a car with no power steering, while alone, on a busy freeway?
TallowsRevenge
Gas tank empty while in light congestion? not easy to move over while losing speed
BlackHartMTB
The subsequent explosion tells me gas wasn’t the problem.
Horsense
Actually less gas means more fumes,which explode easier due to having lower ignition point & better fuel air ratio.
TallowsRevenge
Realized that I would need to bring up this point but was headed into work
BlackHartMTB
I know when you weld a gas tank, it’s safer to fill it up with gas than leaving it empty.
bnice38
Plot twist: the car isn't even broke down. OP did this to reach the front page
HoboTerry
Dedication
MaSu10
Lol classic
BeachComber620822
Probably texting.
BigDaddyHall
Do they allow texting and driving in other countries? Because we don’t allow that here in the United states!
BeachComber620822
Rarely enforced, if ever!
Nexus763
Or speed regulator. It lowers the attention.
NuggetNinja
I've met people who think cruise control will save them from this shit when texting. They tend to be terrible drivers.
ForTheSwarm
Not anymore
BondHaimBond
Or sexting.
Cartoones
Nah too good for him
CatBlaster5000
Mr. Bond, is that really what's important right now?
pokiedottie
Or perhaps they were accidentally going to text their boss the sext that they were going to send their S/O and the car saved them.
SovereignPhantasmia
OBJECTION! The defendant was clearly actually setting them up so they won't actually be the murderer!
fantasma21
For All we know this was the best possible outcome.
MalcomReynoldsWrap
Flames? Thought that only happened in GTA.
Treblaine
It's a 70-80mph impact. That's over 6 times to energy of a 30mph impact.
HumanFlag
But really though, why did it caught on fire out of nowhere?
AlmightyyCres
Gas tank is on the back side of sedans I'm guessing it was breached in impact and sparked
Yourfavoritebandsucks1974
Somebody needs to PS this to the moment of impact.
AlcoholicsAnonymousBYO
Didn't you read? This is GTFO
ButtsMcGee86
Produced by Michael Bay.
Abysse
How does he keep finding work?
negativenull
people like fiery explosions
Abysse
But he is a horrible director, explosions don't go into EVERYTHING
ButtsMcGee86
If you're Michael Bay they do.
Skizzlesnap
simonhardingholt
Comparing car accidents with the chances of winning the lottery is not quite a perfect comparison. The chances of getting in a 1/2
simonhardingholt
2/2 car accident vs. the chances of winning lotto makes more sense.
SovereignPhantasmia
Wat
BecauseCanadian
I’m with @ForTheSwarm. I don’t know why you’re being downvoted for this. You are correct
Michealbay
Booty hole is higher than winning lottery so check mate atheists.
BarftheMawg
I couldn't upvote because it was at 69! Will see later if somebody ruined it!
DildosaurassRekts
Solid hijack.
SarcasticKitty
I read this comment as the 2nd half of the 1st comment. Was amused.
ATalkingMushroom
That was the joke.
SarcasticKitty
Ok..?
simonhardingholt
Damn, bamboozled once again. Better than my comment tho +1
SirBaconhawk
This makes it so much better
BarftheMawg
Okay, somebody kicked it to 70. You got your upvote!
ForTheSwarm
Not sure why you're being downvoted, that's an indirect comparison. Should be "chances of getting in an accident while texting" vs lotto.
waitwasthatreal
Or the 1/4 vs the number of people who win, but only bought 1 lotto ticket.
waitwasthatreal
Which doesn't really speak to the actual chances of either happening.
Mercenarity
It's pointing out that people dismiss a greater likelihood while banking on a lesser.
StatisticalPizza
The difference is the amount of control over the situation. With the Powerball you're playing a game of pure chance, no control over outcome
Mercenarity
Driving on the highway is also a game of chance. The right cocktail of circumstances and bang: collision.
WoeToHice
And @simonhardingholt rightly pointed out, "likelihood of texting causing an accident" is NOT the same as "likelihood of your accident (1/4)
WoeToHice
being caused by texting". In other words, "1 in 4 accidents are caused by texting" does not mean "if you're texting, your likelihood (2/4)
zarola1
That is why you gtfo of your vehicle if it breaks down on the road.
Yossarian9
That is why you don't be a complete fuckwit and leave your car in the middle of the road.
Lapkin
Statistically, being inside a car is the safest place to be when you are on the road.
zarola1
You forgot *when driving*
fitchy0812
You pull off to the side immediately at the second you see something failing*
AnusReadyToBeRavaged
Not if you stop in the middle of the motorway, you are meant to remain in your vehicle, only get out when its safe at the side of the road.
corbynDallas
Forgot the hazards
ArtOzz
Yup.
clayrev
I'd rather be inside the metal cage than outside with random autos flailing about.
NocturnalGreed
I hope you don't pass those survival instincts on to yoir children.
clayrev
If there is traffic, you stay in the car. I thought that was common knowledge. Guess maybe it depends on the situation?
NocturnalGreed
Only if you're safely out of the way. In which case being in the car is far far more dangerous. THAT should be common knowledge.
NocturnalGreed
Your* fuck. I hope I don't pass my fat fingers on too.
clayrev
ISawWhatYouSaw
Possibly an insurance job, said it broke down, filmed destruction, looks like they left the brake on... Hopefully not but nowadays...
Gonnaderpya
And why you move it to the fuckin side and not in the actual lanes
ilovecake
You can’t always do that, and often to get out of the car to move it creates more of a hazard.
GameSmarterNotHarder
if you're traveling at 65 mph, you can coast to the side of the road instead of panicking and parking in the middle of the F** highway
Gonnaderpya
Fucking thank you
pandagrrl
only if the lanes are clear though.
gandraw
Pushing a car on the highway is just about the most retarded thing you can do. Even police won't do it without closing all lanes.
jrbickers
If you got onto that road, that lane, you're going fast enough to pull off the road as you decelerate in the event of engine failure.
Gonnaderpya
Generally if you're on an interstate.. in the crossing/fast lane you're fast enough to coast over to the shoulder :|
governmentgavemeagun
Only if the car coasts.
mrmayortheiv
It seems unlikely that the car will spontaneously come to a complete stop before you notice it's fucked and try to pull it off to the side.
KillaVLY
What if your car just breaks down? How would you even move it? Neutral and pushing it?
Kryalis
Yeah, that’s exactly how. You could even move it as one person of level or downward angle. It’s your job to get out as soon as is safe 1/2
Kryalis
nd flag people down to change lanes. Hazards should also be turned on. I drive for Lyft and use hazards when picking or dropping customers.
DukePhelan
Yes! It isn't difficult assuming you're not on a incline.
KillaVLY
On a highway though?
SourK
real easy with a clutch. some autos won't move out of park with out the engine on, could be the case here.
KillaVLY
Worst nightmare is my car stopping on the far left lane. Legit would freak out and my brain would stop working.
InternationalPhoneticAlphabet
the bigger issue is that you have to cross several lanes on a busy highway like that. hell no.
KillaVLY
Right? I don't understand when people comment on not stopping in the middle of the highway like you had a choice
AeonQuasars
Are you crazy? Getting out on a motorway is a million times more dangerous than staying in your car.
MakeMeLaughOrFuckOff
I can't believe you're being down voted. It is correct to stay inside your vehicle and call for help.
zarola1
I really hope you don't believe that. It is dangerous either way. The longer you are on the road..the higher your chances are of being hit.
Lapkin
Its not the matter of beliefs, but facts.
zarola1
Might want to provide these facts. Please and thanks. I haven't seen any statistics but I've seen enough videos of what happens if u stay
AeonQuasars
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=What+to+do+after+highway+breakdown
zarola1
Btw make sure you get your information from a trusted source. Not a random article from a writer who has no certification on the subject
zarola1
Be safe
zarola1
https://www.esurance.com/info/car/what-to-do-when-your-car-breaks-down
AnusReadyToBeRavaged
No one else agrees with you but the highway code tells UK driver to remain in their car if they are still in lane when broken down
zarola1
Are your highways congested? If I broke down on the highway I drive every day to work I would exit..due to the type of traffic here
zarola1
Even in the median people get hit here. Had a guy get killed a few months back who pulled over.
AeonQuasars
The correct way is to pull the car when it slows down as far to one side as possible. Hit the alert signs and call for help. Stay in the car
nickisbeast666
Stay in the car with a potential of getting slammed or stand a safe distance away.....
AeonQuasars
How do you get to a safe distance? By running over the highway? Great idea. In the car you at least have some form of protection.
nickisbeast666
If you pull the car to the side like you said then leave it when it is safe to do so, why sit in a metal deathtrap for hours?
AnusReadyToBeRavaged
That's if they can get to the side of the road.
kindofacat
I'm sure the guy in the gif above is tormented that he didn't stay in the car
AeonQuasars
He also did not put on the light and it is in the middle of the road. Pull it over to the side and wait, it could save your life.
kindofacat
Blinkers are on, hard to see them in the gif but you can tell.
Ghode
and stand on the side of the road.. so you can film your car being destroyed
Mithi
Better the car than yourself
ArtOzz
Good for insurance purposes.
HiggsBosonYoFace
Actually you make a really good fucking point. Why was this being filmed???
mop82
Driver probably had a bad feeling leaving their car there and had nothing better to do while waiting for help to arrive. Seems smart to me.
agluuo
insurance.
fantasma21
..... probably for insurance purposes? It's a thing.
ahsheetmapantz
Thats why you dont stop your car you coast off to the shoulder like an intelligent person
ilovecake
Was in a rental car once. Suddenly stopped in turn lane. Wouldn’t even go into neutral as it was a push to start. Shit happens.
ahsheetmapantz
Ya you were probably stopes so in that case that makes sence and is understandable, i just dont see why you would be stoped on an open road
Canofminus
May have not been an available option.
ahsheetmapantz
Well seeing as how hes on the freeway he should have already been rolling, the only way i see it happening is if he was in traffic
governmentgavemeagun
(A) there is clearly traffic (b) cars can stop dead and not coast in some breakdowns
ahsheetmapantz
If thats what you consider traffic i want to live were you are. I live <30 mi from work and on a good morning im looking at 50min drive easy
ahsheetmapantz
In the 10 years iv been a mechanic iv never known of a car to just stop moving unless somthing stops the wheels and there is no indication
Trimule
Just saw two young females- major rearender on busy 5 lane-no flashers on- standing in the gap between cars talking on their phones-INSANE!
zarola1
Seen footage of a guy who broke down and within a few minutes he was ded because he wanted to retrieve some things from his trunk. Gruesome
zarola1
Homeboy casually walked to his trunk and was squished when another car rear'ended him
jRockboneham
And fucking turn on your flashers.
ilovecake
I’ve broken down in the turn lane in a rental. Had hazards on. People still stopped behind me, honking like I’m just hanging out.
muisverriet
They are on. The light on the left side of the car js flashing.
bnice38
They appear to be on
ArtOzz
I do not know cars. Can you not turn the back ones on and not the front on at least some vehicles so there is a chance he did?
DasOgre
The flashers are on in the clip above
DasOgre
The flashers are on in the clip above
CptPanduh
When you hit the emergency lights buttons it flashes all 4 of your blinkers at the same time so everyone know. The only reason I can think
CptPanduh
As to why he didn't turn them on is because his battery is 100% dead, which is unlikely, or he's a complete dumbass, the more likely case
CamelSpotter
Idunno, if his alternator failed, that could result in his battery dying if it's old enough. Happened to my brother just last month.
Totallyscrewedinaustin
They're on. Look closely at the light on the right. It's flashing, just hard to see from this angle
ArtOzz
The downvote here really does make someone a fantastic cunt. I mean, I dont know something, I ask to learn, and someone hates that action.
danbrazier
Agreed. Have some up votes.
Quboid
That annoys me. I can only think some idiots downvote to mean no.
zarola1
Phrase of the day "fantastic cunt". I just try not to play the game. Say what I mean and if people don't like it...fuck em
NuggetTerror
I upvote for trying to learn :3
didntwanttosignup
But why was there someone filming? Why was the car stopped there? Why did the white car not notice earlier? So many questions
BlackavarLion
For insurance purposes
PineapplePizza4you
But why?
learntotakejoke
Why the hell do kids love Cinnamon Toast Crunch?!!!
ezzmann
It's part of a balanced breakfast I guess
Fluffycorn
CAR STOPPING PRANK ON THE M1 *GONE WRONG* *GONE SEXUAL*
KillianDost
Fun fact about psychology is that we humans like seeing what we expect. I bet that's what happens to the white car.
MetalPsychologist
Believing is seeing
Protasavage
Drivers car broke down. He got out and went to side of road for safety. Probably seen a few near misses. Whipped out his phone. BAM...shit..
ButIBuildAThousandBridges
Were the hazard lights on?
icantbelieveijoined
If they weren't on then it would be ok for the white car to smash into the other car?
xane
Without hazard lights it could just look like a regular car going slow. You don't expect a car to be at full stop in the fast lane.
barnwolf
Obviously not, but it in the real world people make mistakes all the time and things like hazard lights help prevent that.
telescopinfool
Doesn’t look like it. I was wondering that myself.
telescopinfool
I take it back. They’re faint, but they do appear to be on.
ButIBuildAThousandBridges
Yep, I see it too now. I can judge the white car with a clean conscious :)
Elkarlo77
Hazards are on but he didn't putt the breakdown triangle out, and open the trunk/boot, reflectors in the lit and a signal for breakdown.
flutterprincess
I’d think the car broke down & someone else noticed it just standing there- can’t do much about someone else’s car in the middle of the road
flutterprincess
So they started filming, because it’s still not a thing you see every day. Don’t have any explanation for the white car though...
LeumisRichardson
Or it could be the owner of the stopped car filming because he was worried about it happening.
Nexus763
Maybe speed regulator on the on coming car. Staying left and not turning on the warning lights is really dangerous though.
Gasquatch
Who or what was on top of the truck
TheBurritoConfederacy
That appears to be a bucket.
KrisL187
The answer to all three is probably "because cellphone".
PermaBannedDolphin
even more upvotes!
MycolTheFunguy
Because when this happens you want video to show tge insurance company that you had hazards on and that the other driver never stopped.
ehoba666
Person in the white car clearly learned how to drive in America where people only pay attention to what's 3 feet in front of them.
Xyzair
Don't forget specifically on the freeway as well.
JunglePygmy
Person knew somebody was going to hit his car and make a fantastic video. So instead of losing car in vain, they made said video.
screamingwinemaker
Looks like he was about to turn on a new mixtape?
myteetharedryyyyy
Why ask Why? try bud dry.
PostmasterG
+1 haven't hear that in a while
gingertrain
Actually why does no one see that collision coming?
barnwolf
Driver probably wasn't paying close attention, assumed black car was moving, by the time his depth perception told him otherwise it was over
cuzitsthere
Yeah, your brain has this funny way of telling your eyes they're seeing what you expect them to see... No brake lights/hazards/road flares1/
cuzitsthere
On a 70 mph road, your brain tells you "no way they aren't moving... Oh shit, wait" 2/2
IAmThePrincess
Anyone ever driving on the highway knows it's incredibly hard to tell if a distant car is moving until it's too late. Always use 4 ways...
viva93
no it's pretty easy to tell the difference between non moving and moving car o vthe highway as you drive. maybes it's just you
Sremmos
It’s hard to tell the speed maybe but you can tell how fast you are approaching it. This is the fault of the suv mostly imo.
SamArt53
They were on. Zoom in.
IAmThePrincess
I can't imagine those being easy to see in the daylight. There's such animosity towards white car when, I suspect, he genuinely messed up.
Stopplayingwithyourself
Unusual to have a broken down car on the fast lane in open traffic as well. Feel like he should have made it to the side.
governmentgavemeagun
Some breakdowns can stop the car dead and you can't get to the side.
mazer433
I’ve seen more cars stopped in the fast lane than the shoulder.
qaukle
Bet he was looking at his cellphone.
tarataqa
Bet he was masturbating to livestock nearby
kyjimbo
Long straight road, no lights on the car. "Is that car moving? It's not moving is it? NOPE SHIT IT AINT MOVING!!!"
Findilis
That makes sense, I usually look at mine while filming. But what about the two drivers of the cars?
LogicNotFound1
izzmonster
Car is stopped. Person sees it and goes "that's gonna cause an accident, I better film it to get evidence they were sitting there"
tarataqa
Plot Twist: person filming WAS the driver of the car. He just parked it and waited for the collision while filming.
izzmonster
Ooh nice +1
izzmonster
Moron looking at his phone decides the stopped car has a nice ass and decides to tap that bumper.
ArtOzz
Well one assumes the car was broken down, and he was only able to get it to that side of the road, and being vaguely intelligent he left the
Tanishh
Emphasis on vaguely intelligent. The vast majority of breakdowns are not instant. You have at least a few seconds/minutes to get to shoulder
lordofthecows
You're assuming that the other drivers are being cooperative with an attempt to get to the shoulder. To this I say HA!
DeZaim
Fuck it, indicator on and start moving. If people don't move - make them Doesn'ty look like heavy traffic in this instance either.
dinosaurakadinosaur
no warning triangle? he couldnt get the car on the safelane? although its running slow u got to turn immediately far right as its possible
Elkarlo77
deploying warning triangle there maybe hazardous... but open the bootlit not. And it is a wide visible signal for "something is wrong."
ibbadgers
Unless turning immediately would have gotten him t-boned
dinosaurakadinosaur
ofc not until lane is free to go :P shitty situation tho
SupmanTheSoup
But a broken car doesn't brake, you have time to go in the emergency lane and stop
LAK132
A blow diff/gearbox will make you stop pretty quick
JakeOfAllTradeses
"A broken car doesn't brake" why do you say that?
theAmberTrap
No brake lights I guess
LeumisRichardson
He means that if it shuts down entirely it doesn't immediately stop moving, you can still coast for a ways.
kookyabird
Depends on whether or not you can get it into neutral. The automatics I have driven tend to stop pretty quick when the engine is off.
HsuDoNihm
Because it sounds weird if you say "a braken car doesn't broke".
Paramike
unless there are a million cars to the right, which won't let you through.
DerpMeister
^this. A lot of shit countries in the world with asshole drivers that just go "if he dies, he dies".
kittybuttwiggle
This looks like China so ye
imgurmohr
No assumptions, pull it as far over as possible. Literally abandoned in the middle of the left lane, in most countries that’s the fast lane.
ImNotRacistBut
Doesn't look like that left lane has a shoulder, and if the car just shut down he wouldn't have been able to bring it over to the right.
nickisbeast666
Yes driver is careless for leaving it there, but that white car had PLENTY of time to notice the closing distance and move over.
IamJustinSane
Not careless if the car died there, and couldn’t make it to the side. You don’t want to be out pushing a car on a busy freeway.
AmirGarib
A car has plenty of momentum left to be able to go into the side or atleast exactly at the left rail. But he left it in the middle of it
governmentgavemeagun
It's possible that the breakdown just stopped the car dead and they couldn't move it. Gearbox or electrical can do that.
ArtOzz
car and got off the road to avoid injury in the event someone hit the car. The other guy was probably not paying attention as one does not
davisboy42
But why did they not have the emergency lights on?
VexatiousKitten
One time my friends car broke down in the middle of a highway in the dark and not even the emergency lights would turn on. It can happen.
Merrak
He actually did. You can see the flashing on the drivers side. It looks dim from where the video is being taken because of the sun.
DistantRelativeOfTommyRepeatTimmons
They're on. Hard to see
addledPunster
Well shit, that was pretty much the only thing that'd get my sympathy.
IMayOrMayNotHaveTroubleFindingAndOrChoosingAUsername
They are on. (Dynamic range of the smartphone camera and subsequent compression doesn't represent things like that as you'd see it IRL.)
MiasmaCorrigan
Maybe the battery in the car died?
JustSomeHoneybadger
The flasher to the left is on, so I doubt the batterty is dead.
ArtOzz
expect a vehicle to be parked in a lane on a motorway.
rastanana
This is actually the most retarded thing i have ever read. You drive, you keep your eyes on the fucking road. Don't make up excuses for 1
rastanana
Some dumbass not knowing how to fucking drive. 2/2
Djangountanned
Without red lights (breaking lights) its difficult to realize early enough, that the car in Front of you is slowing down or parking
BearToof
Yeah & if there is a little hill or slight curve I wouldnt be surprised if that person thought they were on the shoulder til it was too late
manicmalki
I had a similar incident after rounding a corner about 50 foot up a truck was pulling off an access road. I had a 60 mph oops.
Denamic
You say that as if it's normal to not pay attention when you operate multi ton machines at high velocity
ArtOzz
I work on the road. Do you?
discardedusername
Please tell my old insurance this, I crashed into a parked vehicle at night, it was terrifying, and it was after a blind turn, but because
discardedusername
I was going 5 miles over, 100%at fault. Genuinely 5 miles, and it was in theHOV lane, saw the lights, but I thought it was just slower
jo0owe
Always expect the unexpectable
cowpiefatty
Do the impossible see the invisible ro ro fight the powa. Touch the untouchable break the un breakable ro ro fight the powa.
TheUpdootist
Also doesn't appear to have hazards on
soapbubblesscareme
Dead battery can make it to where lights won't turn on
froggyhi
The hazards are on. You can see them blinking. But still not enough warning to stop in that distance.
sphaerion
I think the hazards are on, but it's hard to see because of the daylight and gif quality. Look by the guard rail, I think it's blinking.
swagb98623
Don't need hazards when it's on fire
LordNoodles
Will a dead battery allow you to hazard?
Nathanfake
whilst looking at his/her cellphone
mobileimgurlags
Where are you from they call it a motor way?
ArtOzz
https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/motorway - England, I think. I used it as theyre motors and thats a way or path.
nevoreJunkie
Where are you from they don't call it a motor way?
littlestchild
In the UK it's motorway (one word)
SoftFur
Weird. Someone with common sense on the internet. Rarely seen.
ArtOzz
Yeeeah, but everyone hates listening to what I say. Upvotes aside, Im ignored for saying the sky is blue.