A Lot Of People Don’t Realize How Dangerous These 50 Things Are

Good advice. Unfortunately I frequently misjudge the idiocy of my fellow human beings.

When I passed my driving test, I got two pieces of advice. 1. Throw the Highway Code out of the window. It's everyone for themself out there. 2. Get in the car and assume everyone else on the road is an idiot. Both pieces of advice stand the test of time!

My dad said drive like everyone has a gun on the front seat (don't get angry and rage) and in driving school they said drive like everyone just got fired or their spouse left them

That's why i drive defensively. Never been in an accident (been driving for 20 years now) even prevented getting into accidents several times because i pay attention to everyone else around me while I drive

My driving instructor thaught me the same thing

I have my bronze and silver medallion (hard to achieve life saving and swimming award ) in swimming and I still am so careful around water because I know how dangerous it is and even though I may have swum for years anyone can get hurt out there.

Especially true of rip-tides here in the Great Lakes.

I remember reading, after that horrible disaster with the tsunami at that resort, that one square yard of water equals a ton! 3x3x3 feet of water equals 2,000 pounds! So, yes, water is incredibly powerful!

My father tought us to swim in the sea and he always said: "It doesn't matter how good a swimmer you are, the sea is always stronger than you".

I cannot upvote this post enough, because I've seen dry Creek beds turn into raging streams with a little bit of rain. It's the same thing with staying away from bridges over storm drains or creeks, when the road is covered with water. It only takes an inch or two of rain to sweep your car off or the bridge could be washed out and you can't see it. There is a reason that Law Enforcement and Newscasts will say " Turn around, don't drown" over and over again, because some people are just that damn stupid.

Also from Canada...was visiting Portland, Oregon a few years back. Was in a store and cashier asked where we were from because we had an "accent". Lolol We said Canada and she went in to say how she'd love "to catch a moose and ride it bare back". Oh how we laughed and laughed and told her "best of luck to ya". Hahahahahaha

There is a video on YouTube where a man is driving next to a bull moose in his SUV. The moose was much bigger than the SUV. Here's the clip: https://youtu.be/HNfetnUwOUo?si=qxkj3-pmtnvbdLme

Had one angrily running beside the car at dusk in Prince George, had to speed up and pass it before it jumped in front. Huge, fast, angry..we had a sharp left in the road and lost it.

One of my Brothers was stationed at Ft. Wainwright, Alaska for 4 years. It was really common to see Moose wander all over post. One of my brother's friend was driving on post in a Jeep Grand Cherokee ( this is important ) came around a corner and slammed right into a moose. It completely crushed the front end, took out the windshield and seriously injured his friend. The Moose stood back up and casually finished crossing the road and acted like it didn't even phase him. Meanwhile the friend has broken bones and lacerations all over his body and the Jeep is completely totalled. If he had been driving a car or low profile vehicle instead of the Jeep then it would have been fatal accident instead of only having injuries.

A Møøse once bit my sister... No realli! She was Karving her initials on the møøse with the sharpened end of an interspace tøøthbrush given her by Svenge - her brother-in-law - an Oslo dentist and star of many Norwegian møvies: "The Høt Hands of an Oslo Dentist", "Fillings of Passion", "The Huge Mølars of Horst Nordfink"... We apologise for the fault in the subtitles. Those responsible have been sacked. Mynd you, møøse bites Kan be pretti nasti...

Isn't this common knowledge? Like when predators attack you, it's for a meal, make yourself a harder target and they'll move onto easier prey. When Herbivores attack, it's mainly for self/baby/territorial defense and they WILL absolutely murder you.

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Horses as well. Smart, heavy and hyper-vigilant to danger. Don't get in the way and you'll be just fine. (Or why not go take a selfie with one! See if it wants to cuddle. Dumb naked ape.)

As a rule, the whole concept of herbivore vs carnivore is b******t. There are very few herbivores that won't eat meat if they're hungry enough and it's easily available. Yeah, Bambi could actually be a hunter. And there are very few carnivores which rely solely on meat. Cats are pretty much the extreme end of the herbivore-carnivore spectrum. Unfortunately, a couple of families ("orders," actually) of mammals got named "carnivora" and "insectivora" from thus, the silly association of being part of that order and being a carnivore or insectivore, versus being a mammal outside of those classes and being neither. Also, it turns out that "insectivora" included several different families that were no more closely related than any other mammals. My stupid cats are arachnivores. I made up that word, but you can guess what it means, and no, I'm not kidding. Then again, when I tried to put the chubby one on even a slight diet, he became a wetpapertowelavore and dirtybandaidoutofthetrashavore. Yeesh. I find it hard to believe there are finicky cats.

It's amazing the sheer stupidity of people that want to take selfies with that "cute and fluffy" buffalo. You would be surprised at the amount of injuries or fatalities that occur, because some dumbass thought that was a good idea.

and herbivores aren't afraid of eating meat when they can. i once saw a cow eat a snake- it wasn't pretty 😬

Even touching your phone (unless it’s in a hands free cradle and you’re answering a call) is illegal in South Oz. People love to bag boomers online, but let me tell you…it’s not boomers I see drifting all over the road because they can’t keep their hands off their phones for 5 minutes. I have zero sympathy for these people when they get large fines…they’re selfish asshats.

It’s spooky how many people I see driving with their eyes down in their lap. These crazy bástards walk among us.

I also suggest talking on the phone while driving..it is also distracting.