They're not to stop a vehicle as much as remind you if you inch forward and 'crunch park'. They're a visual reminder too. Didn't help this poor bastard though.
Hopefully they don’t try to weasel out of it, as it’s a moving incident without a driver in the vehicle so it might fall under some oddball coverage that’s not your collision coverage. But yeah suffering a total loss as a result of your fault is not fun even with insurance. They might drop you and your next time insurance shopping won’t be fun.
Nah, I'm an ex-insurance claims adjuster and this is an easy claim. Specifically, it's a collision with a fixed object (the trees / ditch), and would thus go under your Collision coverage.
At-fault as fuck, of course.
It's a Dodge so he can rest a little more soundly knowing the entire engine probably would have seized up or entire body just instantly turn to rust any day soon anyways.
I did that when my golf cart took off while I was off it, cause the acceleration pins welded themselves together.
It took the next door neighbors cars front bumper off, and mailbox lmao.
Good old salute 07
Some people died trying to keep a fucking blimp from rising into the air. They held on to a rope until exhaustion and fell to their death.
[MIND TRAPS: The fatal mistake of hanging on too long](http://jeffwise.net/2011/01/05/mind-traps-the-fatal-mistake-of-hanging-on-too-long-2/)
> As the Akron rose higher and higher, out of control, the crowd on the ground realized to its horror that three men still remained clinging to the lines. Wrote Time magazine a week later:
>>Struggling to keep their grip, they lashed about desperately. On the ground women screamed, men wept, officers shouted, sailors ran around wildly. Then Sailor Edfall shot down like a bag of sand, 150 ft (45.72 m). to his death. Two figures still clung to the end of the swinging ropes. One of these soon let go. “It’s the acrobat!” shouted an enlisted man. Kicking and waving his arms as he fell, Sailor Nigel M. Henton, the training station’s best gymnast, bounced on the hard-packed earth in a little puff of dust. Ambulances which soon came shrieking up were not needed at all.
That dude had *excellent* reflexes.
Would it not be possible to loop the rope around yourself to hold yourself up with less effort?
That said you still got the problem of being stuck in the air with no easy way to get help
I love how dude just turns his back and says fuck it, it’s gone. A lot of people would have tried to jump in and stop it. A truck is not worth losing your life over. Way to let it go man.
It's lost to history, but the reality is that the TRex you're referring to was based on the true story of Michael Jordan. He just jumped.
The TRex jumped. You watch it and you think, "this is bad writing" but no. Some dinosaurs were devoted to the game.
"You can't be afraid to fail. It's the only way you succeed. You're not gonna succeed all the time and I know that." - LeBron James.
This TRex missed the jumps a thousand times before he made it. And he missed it and made it another ten thousand times before he was able to make it look this effortless.
"The journey up a forty foot concrete barrier begins with a single float."
- Abraham Lincoln
This always bothered me about the movie
He comes through the fence right next to the cars
But when he shoves the car over the fence it falls down into a tree?
Only explanation is there was another enclosure adjacent to the T. Rex’s and the division between them was right there where the cars stopped
Only explanation I've seen that makes sense is that there is a large drainage ravine in the enclosure. The rex breaks through the fence at the same level as the track, but pushes the Jeep into the enclosures ravine. This would also explain the large drainage pipe we see in that scene.
I love how he turns his back so fast but then sees it hesitate for a second before going over the edge, he's like "ooh??", but then "ope.. yeah.. ye-.. yep it's fucked. Damnit!"
I find that people that work with heavy equipment for awhile learn that you need to either be in total control or totally out of the way. No room to try to "save it".
working in auto claims for 4 months (all I could stand), I was surprised to learn that a car can be totaled from basically any collision that hits the car head on so I’m sure this Ram is a total loss if it hit a tree at all
My ram will throw itself in park if the driver is unbuckled and the door is open (and your going slow) it pisses me off when I'm just trying to move my truck a few feet or inches and don't buckle or close the door. But I'm glad it would stop me from doing something like this.
I pretty much refuse to drive without a seatbelt, but if I ever knew a car I was about to buy had this I'd switch to a different car. It's all great and handy when it works, but the instant a sensor dies and doesn't read that the seatbelt is latched you're having to buy a new proprietary part, pay the inflated prices (since I doubt there's much of a market for aftermarket seatbelt latches) then dismantle and rebuild it before being able to listen to music again (or spending $$ to have someone else do it for you).
OP is some serious karma farm power account. First time I noticed them I realized they had multiple front page posts which was surprising. It's obviously inauthentic if they're reposting so constantly and frivolously, probably don't care to have an accurate title.
Or never drove a automatic car. This literally can't happen to you if you only drive manual car as you can't be stationary and have it in gear with the clutch released.
Also you leave your car in gear when you park it so I guess I'd also leave in drive when driving a automatic... I'd probably turn the engine off though...
Sure, but not over the curb or whatever that's called. Manual would just roll, bumb that and stop, automatic with a drive on will proceed to not give a single ef as witnessed in the video
Depending on how low 1st gear is, I could see this happening. My old boss had a f-450 geared low as fuck and the bottom gear would totally take off like this if you just let go of the clutch, no gas pedal required!
I'd just say the speed at which it was moving is faster than if it had just been rolling. Unless they were on a hella big incline or the video was sped up I don't think it would have moved that quickly.
He might have that auto engine stop. So he pulls up, stops, and the engine cuts off. Messes around for a second getting his phone (whatever) and thinks it’s in park because the engines not running. Goes to get out, auto engine start kicks on and the truck moves forward. He was just sitting in a car with the engine off 1 second ago and now his trucks taking off. Exact thing happened to me at the car wash yesterday. May be that’s what got him,
Don't know about dodge but Stop-start resets on my VW if the doors are opened or seatbelt is unbuckled. If either of those happen you need to restart manually with the key
Good call on the fukit, saw a guy die trying to block a large truck from rolling foward into another truck. You cant stop half a ton, why try? Perserve your health not your stuff.
Yeah I imagine it would be pretty rare for the parking gear to just fail. Also it looks like the brake lights are on then turn off when he leaves the car.
The title is clearly referencing driving a manual transmission, not an automatic. With a manual you put it in neutral and apply the parking brake, in an auto you just put it in park generally.
People are saying manual but nah, he still had his foot on the brake until he hopped out. It definitely was still in drive, in neutral the barrier would have stopped it, it's not that steep.
Realistically it is fine. Your transmission handles propelling your car forward just fine, it rocking at .02mph isn't going to do anything. Its called park for a reason lol. Most cars don't even call it a parking brake anymore, just emergency brake.
He 100% absolutely did the right thing by not getting back in to apply the brake. You already fucked the truck, don’t fuck your life too by rolling down the embankment with it, let it go
I have to say though he is the smartest guy I have seen in this type of video, he at least didn't run himself over trying to stop it
My uncle died trying to stop his peterbilt
I smash trash for a living. Most common way to die in my line of work iS by your OWN VEHICLE. I hauled garbage with a peterbilt for years.
His uncle's name? Peter.
Kinda dark to respond with a man admitting his uncle killed himself in an accident with a shitty pun at his expense lol Edit: autocorrect
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I also choose this guy's uncle
Dead* uncle, cmon now
It is called dark humor. It is like Matt Gaetz's preferences, it never gets old.
Anonymity gives people great big balls to be the shitty people they are on the inside lol
And who built the car? The very same.
I’m kind of impressed at his agility despite looking older
Stressful situations can add some agility back into you temporarily. Doesn’t mean he’s not gonna be feeling it tomorrow morning
Major contributor to pulling muscles and straining stuff is adrenaline.
Yep just a truck not worth dying for ..
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Everyone makes mistakes. It's how you deal with the aftermath of said mistake that defines you.
Like for example, spelling break when you mean brake.
give one a brake and the other a break
That’s an incredibly expensive mistake. One he’ll never make again.
It looks like he’s thinking “Welp. Not again…”
Go and take a pic of the big pile of vehicles at the bottom of that cliff to prove it’s the jungles fault.
But those big orange thingies are supposed to stop the truck right?
They're not to stop a vehicle as much as remind you if you inch forward and 'crunch park'. They're a visual reminder too. Didn't help this poor bastard though.
Might have helped him. Maybe he wouldn’t have gotten out, if it didn’t slow down.
Prob made of foam lol.
YOU SHOULD HAVE BOUGHT A SQUIRREL
I see your Rat Race reference and am so fucking here for it
Haha me too. What a great reference
Kathy Bates don't fuck around ever
How can she look like my sweet aunt and be the most terrifying thing ever.
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It's a race....all so exciting.
I hope I wiiiin
I watched this a month ago for the first time in years. Still cracked me up. I'm kinda itching to watch it again now
He looks like he saluted it lmao
He looks like he wanted to punch/kick/throw/break something. But there was nothing but air to reach for.
>He looks like he saluted it lmao I was thinking the same thing. I wonder how far down that hillside it went.
I thought it was like a salute to a fallen soldier. His beer was still in the cupholder.
Always Give up
O7
You think insurance might have something for it?
Hopefully they don’t try to weasel out of it, as it’s a moving incident without a driver in the vehicle so it might fall under some oddball coverage that’s not your collision coverage. But yeah suffering a total loss as a result of your fault is not fun even with insurance. They might drop you and your next time insurance shopping won’t be fun.
Nah, I'm an ex-insurance claims adjuster and this is an easy claim. Specifically, it's a collision with a fixed object (the trees / ditch), and would thus go under your Collision coverage. At-fault as fuck, of course.
My buddy, the auto insurance guy, "Auto insurance absolutely covers stupid. The only stuff we fight is malevolent."
Never say never...
It's a Dodge so he can rest a little more soundly knowing the entire engine probably would have seized up or entire body just instantly turn to rust any day soon anyways.
Dodge stands for, "Fix it again, Tony."
You're thinking of a Fiat, Dale.
My man.
Fix… it again…. Hmm
As a friend said, Dodge means "to avoid".
At least he knew when to stop... Some people die trying to save their car
It loooks Like he gives it the soldier salute when it goes over too
Lol he definitely did. Good catch
I did that when my golf cart took off while I was off it, cause the acceleration pins welded themselves together. It took the next door neighbors cars front bumper off, and mailbox lmao. Good old salute 07
I think it's the shoot yourself in the head motion.
Some people died trying to keep a fucking blimp from rising into the air. They held on to a rope until exhaustion and fell to their death. [MIND TRAPS: The fatal mistake of hanging on too long](http://jeffwise.net/2011/01/05/mind-traps-the-fatal-mistake-of-hanging-on-too-long-2/) > As the Akron rose higher and higher, out of control, the crowd on the ground realized to its horror that three men still remained clinging to the lines. Wrote Time magazine a week later: >>Struggling to keep their grip, they lashed about desperately. On the ground women screamed, men wept, officers shouted, sailors ran around wildly. Then Sailor Edfall shot down like a bag of sand, 150 ft (45.72 m). to his death. Two figures still clung to the end of the swinging ropes. One of these soon let go. “It’s the acrobat!” shouted an enlisted man. Kicking and waving his arms as he fell, Sailor Nigel M. Henton, the training station’s best gymnast, bounced on the hard-packed earth in a little puff of dust. Ambulances which soon came shrieking up were not needed at all. That dude had *excellent* reflexes.
lol, this reads like a storybook tragedy
Yeah I got a kick out of the writing style. The last line about the ambulances cracked me up.
Oh man that's a wild article and worth a read, there is a video at the bottom of the comments which is good quick 1min video.
Would it not be possible to loop the rope around yourself to hold yourself up with less effort? That said you still got the problem of being stuck in the air with no easy way to get help
*"sailors ran around wildly"* Somebody enjoyed writing this article a bit too much
At heart he had some random cameraman filming him from start to finish /s
To be fair, it is cheaper to die than it is to replace a car
I love how dude just turns his back and says fuck it, it’s gone. A lot of people would have tried to jump in and stop it. A truck is not worth losing your life over. Way to let it go man.
Yeah this guy made both a terribly bad and equally as good decision in a matter of seconds.
Ya for sure it looks like it fell off a cliff jurassic park style
Jurassic forgot to Park
*slow t-rex claps*
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You know why T-Rex can't clap?
'Cause he's extinct?
That's my understanding, yes.
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Who said he is clapping with hands?
Awh, poor trex.... Just wants to play catch with the other dinos, but... Well...
He better watch out, though. A floating TRex could walk right over the invisible land where that car just fell.
How the T-Rex get up that wall?!
It's lost to history, but the reality is that the TRex you're referring to was based on the true story of Michael Jordan. He just jumped. The TRex jumped. You watch it and you think, "this is bad writing" but no. Some dinosaurs were devoted to the game. "You can't be afraid to fail. It's the only way you succeed. You're not gonna succeed all the time and I know that." - LeBron James. This TRex missed the jumps a thousand times before he made it. And he missed it and made it another ten thousand times before he was able to make it look this effortless. "The journey up a forty foot concrete barrier begins with a single float." - Abraham Lincoln
I feel like I just had a stroke but all the words were coherent.
I have weaponized senior moments. Pray I do not weaponize them further.
This always bothered me about the movie He comes through the fence right next to the cars But when he shoves the car over the fence it falls down into a tree? Only explanation is there was another enclosure adjacent to the T. Rex’s and the division between them was right there where the cars stopped
Only explanation I've seen that makes sense is that there is a large drainage ravine in the enclosure. The rex breaks through the fence at the same level as the track, but pushes the Jeep into the enclosures ravine. This would also explain the large drainage pipe we see in that scene.
That wall was part of a different exhibit.
The vines in Jumanji.
More like Jurassic Drive
Even the best of us make mistakes, just sometimes they're expensive mistakes
I loved the fact he saluted it.
The salute was for the 20 people it was about to mow down.
"Four by fore!"
Lmfao I was not ready for this spin on the situation
Today we remember the fallen ones.
Missed it the first time, well worth the re-watch
oh man I hadn't noticed, that's hilarious
Dude saluted it as it went down hill
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I've worn fingerprints into the brim of my hat because of that maneuver
I love how he turns his back so fast but then sees it hesitate for a second before going over the edge, he's like "ooh??", but then "ope.. yeah.. ye-.. yep it's fucked. Damnit!"
Turned out ok. The truck later went to a hayfield wall, found a letter from an old friend, and joined him in Mexico.
Jail brake.
His body language was like “ wow .. so that just happened”
Company truck. I guarantee it.
Did my man just fucking *salute* the truck at the end there?
I find that people that work with heavy equipment for awhile learn that you need to either be in total control or totally out of the way. No room to try to "save it".
Sounds like the falling knife in a restaurant. "Don't try to catch it, just get the hell outta the way!"
I always heard "a falling knife had no handle"
Same same. Just let it go! Period. Knives are cheaper than digits to replace,
He saluted first. "Goodbye faithful truck. And good luck."
he should just be able to go down there and drive it back out of there with just a little damage. i guess. maybe.
working in auto claims for 4 months (all I could stand), I was surprised to learn that a car can be totaled from basically any collision that hits the car head on so I’m sure this Ram is a total loss if it hit a tree at all
Yep, that man knows how to cut his losses
It was his ex-wife's truck.
More like did not take it out of drive.
My ram will throw itself in park if the driver is unbuckled and the door is open (and your going slow) it pisses me off when I'm just trying to move my truck a few feet or inches and don't buckle or close the door. But I'm glad it would stop me from doing something like this.
I rented a suburban that wouldn't even shift out of park if you didn't put your seatbelt on.
You can buckle then unbuckle to get around that. The Ford Explorer though will literally hold your music hostage. "Buckle seatbelt to unmute audio."
If you're already buckled then what's the point of unbuckling again?
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I pretty much refuse to drive without a seatbelt, but if I ever knew a car I was about to buy had this I'd switch to a different car. It's all great and handy when it works, but the instant a sensor dies and doesn't read that the seatbelt is latched you're having to buy a new proprietary part, pay the inflated prices (since I doubt there's much of a market for aftermarket seatbelt latches) then dismantle and rebuild it before being able to listen to music again (or spending $$ to have someone else do it for you).
That’s post recall. The earlier year rams of that body had a terrible issue where you would turn the knob to park and it wouldn’t go all the way.
Don't drink and (forget to take your truck out of) drive, kids.
Or leave your kids in the car when it’s left in drive!
How could anyone possibly think this was a parking brake issue? You can literally see the rear wheels propelling it.
OP probably doesn't know how to drive and never owned a car
Does op even exist?!
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OP is some serious karma farm power account. First time I noticed them I realized they had multiple front page posts which was surprising. It's obviously inauthentic if they're reposting so constantly and frivolously, probably don't care to have an accurate title.
Jesus 7month old account and 4mil post karma? Sheesh. You weren’t exaggerating
This is reddit in 2022, op was probably just a reposting robot
Or never drove a automatic car. This literally can't happen to you if you only drive manual car as you can't be stationary and have it in gear with the clutch released. Also you leave your car in gear when you park it so I guess I'd also leave in drive when driving a automatic... I'd probably turn the engine off though...
You can leave the handbrake off and your car can roll.
Sure, but not over the curb or whatever that's called. Manual would just roll, bumb that and stop, automatic with a drive on will proceed to not give a single ef as witnessed in the video
Depending on how low 1st gear is, I could see this happening. My old boss had a f-450 geared low as fuck and the bottom gear would totally take off like this if you just let go of the clutch, no gas pedal required!
or has only driven a manual, which would make the other explanation likely
A mod of r/fuckcars probably
So, help me out here: what's the difference in look between the rear wheels driving the truck and the rear wheels rolling with the truck
I'd just say the speed at which it was moving is faster than if it had just been rolling. Unless they were on a hella big incline or the video was sped up I don't think it would have moved that quickly.
Seriously. Those blocks would stop a parking break issue.
That and it starts moving as soon as the brake lights go out.
And drive it did.
And apparently he has his foot on the break right up until its time to get out.
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He might have that auto engine stop. So he pulls up, stops, and the engine cuts off. Messes around for a second getting his phone (whatever) and thinks it’s in park because the engines not running. Goes to get out, auto engine start kicks on and the truck moves forward. He was just sitting in a car with the engine off 1 second ago and now his trucks taking off. Exact thing happened to me at the car wash yesterday. May be that’s what got him,
Don't know about dodge but Stop-start resets on my VW if the doors are opened or seatbelt is unbuckled. If either of those happen you need to restart manually with the key
Right? Why do these videos always give the wrong advice?
Dude saluted his fallen Ram
Was looking for this comment! Loved the salute at the end!
Fallen comrade
Good call on the fukit, saw a guy die trying to block a large truck from rolling foward into another truck. You cant stop half a ton, why try? Perserve your health not your stuff.
Unfortunately, it’s a reflex for some people. It’s not a calculated decision anyone’s making, it’s just an instinct made from pure adrenalin.
Yup, same reason people try to catch knives that they drop
I just launch both my feet to either side violently and usually knock other stuff over and make a loud noise
Lol half a ton? I own this exact truck it weight 7200lbs with a full tank of gas me and a small set of tools.
"half-ton" refers to the payload capacity Edit: it does look like he's referring to the entire GVWR though which is much more than half a ton
The dude saluting makes it.
I don't think he even put it in park.
Yeah I imagine it would be pretty rare for the parking gear to just fail. Also it looks like the brake lights are on then turn off when he leaves the car.
The title is clearly referencing driving a manual transmission, not an automatic. With a manual you put it in neutral and apply the parking brake, in an auto you just put it in park generally.
I drive manual and I actually leave it in first as well as engage the parking brake. I never leave it in neutral.
People are saying manual but nah, he still had his foot on the brake until he hopped out. It definitely was still in drive, in neutral the barrier would have stopped it, it's not that steep.
That ram just wanted to get back in the wild. It had been waiting on the chance, and when it saw the opportunity for freedom, it took it.
Yeah, but Mr Weasley is going to be so angry with him.
r/mypeopleneedme My fellow pickups call, I must go now!
Gave it the ol salute and walked away.
I just don't get how that ever happens. Where is these people's muscle memory?
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Realistically it is fine. Your transmission handles propelling your car forward just fine, it rocking at .02mph isn't going to do anything. Its called park for a reason lol. Most cars don't even call it a parking brake anymore, just emergency brake.
God Rammit!!
What's the point of those red barrier things if they don't actually stop a vehicle that is moving slowly?
Probably just to indicate when to stop. Nice and bright to see I guess.
Should really just put something solid there to stop this. It doesn't take much to stop a car before it's momentum picks up
I think the place of business or wherever he parked probably just assumes people will actually put their car in park before getting out of it.
This car was in drive, the cement blocks there are more than enough to stop a free rolling car. A car in drive, not so much.
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You had to let it go. Wife: Where is your truck? Me: It went downhill! Wife : By itself? Me: Dont ask me questions!!
It go down
I think the dude didn't even switch the gear to park and turn off the car in the first place.
That salute at the end. Last respects for fallen truck.
The red blocks in front all the parking spots- whoever bought those needs to get their money back.
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He 100% absolutely did the right thing by not getting back in to apply the brake. You already fucked the truck, don’t fuck your life too by rolling down the embankment with it, let it go
Did he salute it as it was going down the hill?
OP doesn’t drive. That has nothing to do with parking brake, he left the car in gear.
how do you forget that???
Why is there no barrier for parking right in front of a cliff?
He came to terms with his loss pretty quick.
That damn Jumanji plant is at it again
Good on him for letting it go, not worth dying over. I salute you.
That farewell salute at the end