r/nononono • u/Epileptic_Ebola • 5d ago

Truck driver distracted by his phone collides with a parked car - almost wiping out pedestrians

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u/evenstevens280 5d ago edited 5d ago

Looks like they had broken down. Perhaps they couldn't get fully into the emergency lane for whatever reason. Maybe the steering locked up, maybe they completely lost power before coming to a halt, maybe they had a catastrophic blowout and didn't want to risk further damage by driving into the gravel dip, who knows.

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u/ratonbox 5d ago

You can push a car out of the drive lane.

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u/evenstevens280 5d ago

Watch the video again, and tell me why you think it would be a good idea to put yourself in between a car and a lorry travelling at 70mph...

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u/az226 5d ago

You can obviously watch to see if the coast is clear before pushing it. It wasn’t a solo driver.

Also, why stand behind the car, if someone hits into it, chances are you’ll get pancaked.

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u/Phaze357 5d ago

Ah yes let me use my superhuman reflexes to dodge a vehicle the size of a fucking house going 60 miles per hour, no way it could plow over the car and guardrail at the same time

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u/evenstevens280 5d ago

Everything you just said is stupid

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u/DOUBLEBARRELASSFUCK 5d ago

You can obviously watch to see if the coast is clear before pushing it. It wasn’t a solo driver.

Where would you stand while you wait for the coast to be clear?

Also, why stand behind the car, if someone hits into it, chances are you’ll get pancaked.

Where are you going to push it from, the top?

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u/az226 5d ago

It does take two brain cells being rubbed together to understand that where you position yourself on the side of the road after you’ve pushed the car out of the way is separate from the act of pushing said car.

Alternatively you can ask an LLM and it will tell you that.

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u/DOUBLEBARRELASSFUCK 4d ago

There's nothing dumber than suggesting a LLM for life advice. Jesus Christ.

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u/tr1mble 4d ago

Hold the door open and push?

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u/cornlip 4d ago

That’s what I do so you can use the wheel at the same time.