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While we try not to think about it too much, our mortality is often just around the corner. Humans underestimate the dangers to themselves all the time, often putting themselves at unnecessary risk.
So one internet user wanted to know about the simple and generally avoidable risks people have subjected themselves to, often with lethal results. Netizens gave some insightful and often frightening tales of deaths that could be avoided. So read through and make sure to take some notes, it just might save your life. Remember to upvote your favorites and comment your own stories and suggestions.
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#1
Basing test dummies on the proportions of the average man. Many women and children have died in car crashes because the seatbelt is up too high across their body or the airbag hits at the wrong angle because it was designed to expand to accommodate a taller person. Just wish SOMEONE figured out not everyone is the same size BEFORE people died
Jeremy James 2 years ago
I'm 5'4" (162cm). I have to drive with the seat so close to the wheel that, if the airbag deploys, I'm at least getting a broken nose.
Andy 2 years ago
I'm 5'7" and did break my nose when the airbag deployed in a crash 5 years ago. I was pretty that it did work though!
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StrangeOne 2 years ago
And our breasts are not taken into consideration, either. My seat belt often sits across my neck and digs into my boobs. The lap belt is supposed to sit across the lap not the stomach but it never goes across the lap.
Patty Corbett 2 years ago
Usually, mine digs into the side of my neck because I’m so short. Thankfully, my car you can lower it, but for cars that don’t have that option, I have to put it under my arm and just have the lap belt.
Load More Replies... Andie 2 years ago
My sister is 5' 3". She got T-boned when someone ran a stop sign. The panel from the airbag flew off and hit her in the throat. They knew that her trachea hadn't collapsed b/c she was still alive when the ambulance got there, but they didn't know if it was fractured (before this didn't know they could be broken/fractured). She is lucky to be alive.
Michael Vickery 2 years ago
My car has an adjustable anchor point for the seat belt. I think it's a common feature now.
Brazen 2 years ago
Even when I put it in the lowest height in our car, the belt still chokes me. I'm not even that short at 5'7". It's really uncomfortable and I wish there was something I could do about it.
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Nila Griffin 2 years ago
My dodge caravan minivan has two unusable seats bc the seatbelt is so far forward it doesn’t fit anyone properly. A car MADE FOR FAMILIES.
Phil Vaive 2 years ago
Even just for driving, I'm never comfortable. I am an adult male, but I have longer legs and a shorter torso than average, so in order for my legs to feel comfortable I have to move my set further back, but then I have to stretch my arms beyond what's comfortable. To make my arms comfortable, I have to move the seat forward and cramp my legs up. It's no win
Brazen 2 years ago
That is how my body is built as well. Longer legs, shorter torso means I get choked by the seat belt no matter what. I have to do a really unsafe thing by keeping the seat belt slack and pulling it away from my throat when I'm the passenger seat in our car.
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Libstak 2 years ago
I'm 5ft nothing and know my neck will be ripped from my shoulders in a sudden stop accident, I am constantly adjusting the seat belt in any and every car to avoid being choked.
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Perdix 2 years ago
I worked in automotive seating for many years. They design and test using several size dummies ranging from 5th percentile female to 95th percentile male. When I was doing child seat design there was a similar range of dummies from rear facing infant to 95th percentile 6 year old.
Jrog 2 years ago (edited)
Exactly. Designers and engineer rely on percentile tables. You usually design for 5-95 percentile, that means that there still is a 10% of the population who will not be in your sweet spot, but you cannot accommodate everyone. For products that are not gendered you design -if possible- for 10W to 90M, that means a smallish woman to a large man. While technically female-sized crash test dummies were introduced only in the early 2010s, men's dummies come in two sizes and there is no practical difference in testing for an average woman or for a small man.
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Dorothy Reiser 2 years ago
4'9" here. There are only a handful of cars I can fit into safely. At my size, I'm supposed to be in the back seat in a booster seat.
TotallyNOTaFox 2 years ago (edited)
I think Volvo does that for quite some time now if I'm not mistaken
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#2
There's a super famous example which got made into a film eventually I think called open water
But the original story was a yacht was found sailing adrift with a baby aboard and no crew anywhere to be seen. No signs of panic were found. The baby was dehydrated but otherwise fine.
Eventually it was assumed that whilst at sea they went for a swim. The sides of yacht stick out of water quite high in place but on most boats the stern is lowered so you can climb into and out of the yacht from a tender (small dingy). This yacht was different and had a ladder lowered from the back.
This was either up or missing. But they couldnt get back on the boat and eventually drowned or were attacked by predators.
Now I never jump in without thinking about this. Because you can't ever garuntee the person behind won't do the same.
Imagine trying everything to get back to your screaming baby mere feet away and just being out of reach. It'd get dark. The wind might pick up and carry the boat away.
Those final moment would be agony from such a simple mistake
RavenTheCat 2 years ago
Because theres a movie based on it, only in the movie its slightly different. No spoilers
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Mario Strada 2 years ago
That's why you leave an adult on board. I practically lived on boats in the mid to late 70s and that was a rule we had. Sucked for the person on board (that often was me) but getting stranded is much worse. And this was the 70's, when we let kids juggle sticks of dynamite.
Judith Chapman 2 years ago (edited)
Oh FFS. Bored Panda is the laziest listicle site in the world - do some f&@king fact checking. This did not happen. It was a f@&king movie called Open Water 2: Adrift and it was 100% made up and you didn’t even get the plot fully correct. The movie was based on a short story by Koji Suzuki, a Japanese author best known for writing “The Ring” novels, which were later turned into a very successful horror movie franchise. The first Open Water movie was based on the true story of an American couple who were stranded on the great barrier reef after a diving trip and nobody realized they were missing for a couple of days. Some of their scuba equipment was found but their bodies never were.
Lakota Wolf 2 years ago
I don't think this entry deserves such vitriol. Just because "this" literal example might not be real doesn't mean that the *situation* can't happen just like this, or very similarly. I think it's fair enough as a warning to check your boat/yacht for its entry points before hopping into the ocean for a swim, as well as performing other safety and preventative steps while sailing/boating, especially with a baby or child. Here's a very similar example that DID happen: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/aug/09/australia
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#3
Not using a f*****g turn signal.
Cyber Returns 2 years ago
Job satisfaction is knowing you fitted the turn signal perfectly at the factory. Feeling unappreciated is realizing you work at BMW
StrangeOne 2 years ago
And then they get upset when the pedestrian crosses where they want to turn. Making U-Turns at intersections is also dangerous.
Carrie de Luka 2 years ago
Now the law in the UK that pedestrians have right of way at road junctions. Yes, motorists are stil getting used to it!!
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karen Young 2 years ago
I learned this 40 years ago in drivers ed. I use it coming out my driveway and all other times. Even moving through empty parking lots. Habit!
Madam Puddyfoot 2 years ago
I love when folks turn on their signal as they make their turn. Or, the moment the light turns green...
Annymoose 2 years ago
Using the turn signal as you're already making the turn instead of before making the turn
The Other Guest 2 years ago
I have a friend who used to let the signal flash exactly ONCE before changing lanes, insisting that was enough warning. Even when you told her the other driver might not have been looking at her car in that particular instant (checking their mirrors, distracted by a passenger, etc) she was positive that once was plenty. Thank goodness she's a much more careful driver now!
Load More Replies... The Original Bruno 2 years ago (edited)
One time I was driving, and someone ELSE used their turn signal! What are the odds? TWO of us with working turn signals... in the SAME STATE!!!! We must've confused the HELL out of everybody!
While often we think of life-threatening situations as somewhat dramatic, involving at least a car, if not a natural disaster, the sad truth is that in most cases, it’s our body malfunctioning that gets us. In the developed world, heart disease, often manifesting as a heart attack, is one of the most common killers. In general, a healthy lifestyle is the most important, preventative measure, but this often comes too late, so it’s vital that people know and recognize the symptoms of an attack.
The first thing most people will jump to is chest pains. These are indicators of a heart attack, so please don’t ignore any random spasms of discomfort in this area. Pain in the arms and shoulder are symptoms as well, so be vigilant. If you are relatively healthy and have no other indicators, it could be nothing, but a heart attack isn’t one of those things to leave up to chance.
#4
Go to hospital after almost drowning!!!! Water can still be in your lungs and kill u later!!
Xenon 2 years ago
I think it's called secondary drowning. It not something a lot of people are aware of.
Leo Domitrix 2 years ago
Get an X-ray of those lungs. You may develop a ton of issues. You may have none. But better safe than dead.
mulk 2 years ago
https://www.whattoexpect.com/toddler/health/dry-drowning-secondary-drowning
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#5
Baby in the backseat.
I’m in childcare and I’ll do some insane things to remember there’s a baby back there. Take my shoes off, put my phone back there, dirty diaper as a reminder.
People forget. It doesn’t matter if you’re a Mom, nanny, father, nurse, firefighter. It happens.
And yet there’s always someone who says “I’d never forget my baby”. And every year babies die because of it.
StrangeOne 2 years ago
It definitely does happen when you have a lot on your mind and you're trying to remember everything, or just get lost in thought and feel like you're running a routine errand you don't normally have your baby with you. I think the daycare worker is being smart. Doesn't hurt anyone to make yourself not forget. That makes you self-aware and caring about the little ones that are in your care. Why would anyone shame anyone for taking preventative actions?!
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
Conversely don't give parents who don't do all these tricks to remember (because they don't need to) a hard time about it. Not aimed at you. Just referring to the last line in the original post.
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Sonja 2 years ago
Our brains are wired so that certain actions trigger routines that we follow automatically without thinking. Otherwise we wouldn't be able to do things like typing, creating music or driving a car. Our lives depend on the ability to do things without consciously thinking about how to do it. But routines don't change easily once they're established. It is harder to unlearn something you already know than to learn something completely new and different. That's why no one is safe from forgetting their baby in their car if they follow routines like driving to the store or to work. Easiest solution to break out of your routine and remember the baby is to get a long piece of string, long enough to tie one end to your belt loops or any part of you clothes and the other to the babies car seat without impairing your movements while you drive, so you'll get stopped when you exit the car if you forget. It's easier to remember tying the string at the start of the routine.
Caitlyn Burton 2 years ago
I've never forgotten my kids in the vehicle. But I did accidentally lock them in the car while pumping gas. I didn't realize I had set the keys down as I usually hook them to my belt loop. They were young and liked to run, so I put them in the car while I pumped gas. Thankfully someone around had tools to help me get it unlocked. I was right there the entire time and it was not hot outside.
David H 2 years ago
thats why I like the new cars, that when they key is within a few feet of the drivers door, it will auto unlock when you pull the handle
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Fluffypanda 2 years ago
I have frequently experienced the opposite: I KNOW I just dropped my son off at daycare, and will be running into a store... I'll get halfway to the store and panic tf out that I left my kid in the car only to take way too long to remember he's not with me.
Crazy Dog Lady 2 years ago
My children are in middle school now but I still park in the shade with the windows 3/4 down and do a look to the backseat just in case like I did when they were younger. Also, the people who say “I would never leave my baby in a car …” are the most at risk of doing so. Not making a plan for it NOT doing it is a problem. It’s an active process not an instinct.
kath morgan 2 years ago
Oh is that why my car tells me to check the back seat when I turn it off?
Lauren S 2 years ago
Absolutely. And if you don’t have kiddos maybe someday you will or you’ll have fur babies. Also good reminder to check for them.
Load More Replies... Never Snarky 2 years ago
When I was a school bus driver we had to walk the length of the bus at the end of each shift and push a button to keep an alarm from going off. That was to make sure we never left a sleeping child on the bus.
Got Myself 4 Pandas 2 years ago
I've never forgotten my kids, but I have went back to get them and freaked out they aren't there for a few seconds before remembering I'd already dropped them off somewhere - I think after being a mum for 18yrs I'm now wired to instantly go to the back seat when I get out the car whether they're there or not - my youngest is 6 now so he's unlikely to stay quiet enough for me to forget him, the constant arguing with his 9yr old sister at least means I'm always aware they're there
Lauren S 2 years ago
I have a 6 year old too. He’s also able to get himself in and out of the car, especially now that I finally let him in a booster this year (I know that’s old for that transition but I am a TERRIBLE driver so I will be pushing he stay in each child seat for as long as I can get him too).
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#6
Mao's idea to get rid of sparrows.
In short, Chinas great leader Mao had calculated that sparrows eat grain and if china got rid of them, they would have more food. So they did indeed decimate the sparrow population.
They did not consider that sparrows eat lots of insects aswell, which started to thrive. Including locusts. The locusts ate the grain, famine, between 16 and 30 million people died.
When he recognized his mistake, he asked the soviet union for help and they secretly shipped sparrows to china.
This is a bit a stretch though, lots of factors led to the famine, lots of mistakes were made. But of all of them, this was probably the most obviously stupid one.
Love the Whippets 2 years ago
Mao did a few things that caused famine. Just look up "the Great Leap Forward, an attempt to improve production (I think of steel or iron?) C'mon, let's all build a smelter on our back yard! When leaders do stupid things lots of people die.
Surenu 2 years ago
At least when the leaders have absolute power enforced by armed enforcement squads. There's many things going wrong in my country, but at least I have the right to say the government is stupid without getting incarcerated or worse. Globally speaking, I consider this a privilege.
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Bubs623 2 years ago
Kind of similar to people killing 'evil' cats during the plague, not realizing the cats killed the rats that were the actual carriers.
Junebugjump! 2 years ago
To be fair, in the Middle Ages animals were often put on trial and executed. There is a hilarious movie about this called The Advocate, called to defend a pig in its murder trial. Starring a very young Colin Firth!
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liam newton-harding 2 years ago
Mao was a genocidal moron. Also, never brushed his teeth because, "Tigers don't brush their teeth." Yeah, they also don't wear clothes, or live in houses, or get driven around in limos. His teeth were green. Really, really green.
Hugh Cookson 2 years ago
Another of his daft edicts was to bury much more grain in a smaller parcel of land just much deeper, hoping to get a higher yield in a smaller space, sadly agriculture doesn't work like that, lost millions of tons of viable grain because of his ignorance, thus adding to the famine.
Humansarethevirus 2 years ago
Once again disgusting self entitled human trash who thinks they the only species allowed to live and eat on this planet. Selfish maggots is what humanity is
TotallyNOTaFox 2 years ago (edited)
Mao saw a sparrow eat some grains and had the idea to kill them to prevent a famine
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Robin Roper 2 years ago
This was part of the "Four Pest" campaign and is credited with exacerbating the famine but also not causing it. The cause was far more complicated - including radical agricultural policy changes , social pressure, economic mismanagement, and natural disasters such as droughts and floods in farming regions. Mao made many bad decisions that caused devastatingly bad outcomes.
But chances are most of you already know about heart attacks. However, did you know that the symptoms for men and women can be quite different? This is the unfortunate result of medical samples that aren't balanced by gender. Unexplained tiredness and nausea are more common signs for women but often go overlooked until it's too late. So understanding the symptoms and risk factors of a leading cause of death seems like a no-brainer, yet many people just don’t.
#7
The most common cause of quadriplegia is diving into water without checking the depth of the water. Always check the water depth before you jump.
StrangeOne 2 years ago
If you dive high enough, the water alone can cause serious injury upon impact. For a good split second it's like hitting a solid surface. I'm pretty adventurist and love thrills. One thing that's not on my bucket list is cliff diving. Does anyone check the depth and incline of the cliff before jumping off?
Fat Harry 2 years ago
I jumped off a cliff in Minorca at a place where LOADS of people were doing it. It was my first time though, and no one explained about piercing the water and being streamlined, etc, so I jumped in feet first but not quite straight and OH MY GOD the pain when my chest hit the water. It took all the wind out of me and few a few seconds I thought I was going to drown.
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Santrikea 1 year ago
A man I worked for was at a party and they drunkenly decided to place blue gym mats across the house's pool to see who could make it across. He slipped on the mat, and just by how he hit the water from that short distance, he became a c4 quad. He also became a quadruple amputee from receiving poor care in the early years after his accident.
Seadog 2 years ago
A girl I knew dove off a boat. Turned out the water was 3 feet deep. Broke her neck. Never understood why anyone would dive of all things into something they know nothing about. Even if the water there is deep, you never know when there could be something submerged just below the surface. Met a boater back in 14 who had his boat launched some 15 feet in the air when he struck a submerged item. It never did surface and claimed 2 boats, the other just minutes before him. Not sure about the first but his was totaled from the impact. Imagine diving and hitting that item even though the water is deep.
Gypsy Lee 2 years ago
Had to rescue someone who did this. Skull fracture, broken nose, all his front teeth gone, spine compression & fractures, & nearly drowned. He did walk again but he’s never been the same, & with a TBI on top of it he’s struggled ever since. - He was the third person in the same spot within two months to do this!
Vicki Cunningham 2 years ago
Was on a float trip. Stopped by these cliffs, maybe 15-20 feet high. We told him not to do it. He dived anyway. Came up with most his nose smashed and blood everywhere. Lucky he lived.
Ex-teacher 2 years ago
In a regular pool i hit the bottom and ended up with a fractured cervical vertebrae and was in traction for 3-1/2 months, but ended up ok. A friend had done the same thing in a different place two years earlier and she ended up with essentially quadriplegia. So it's not just unfamiliar locations.
#8
Not wearing a seatbelt
Henry Myers 2 years ago
I don’t get why people don’t do this. It’s so easy and comes at no cost to you.
Lakota Wolf 2 years ago
When I was a kid growing up in the 80s, it wasn't really a thing. It wasn't a law in my state at the time, and my mother didn't force me to put my seatbelt on, so I never did as a kid. (I can't remember if my parents buckled theirs or not.) When the law was passed making wearing seatbelts mandatory in California, my dad helped me and it became habit/second nature within weeks. I don't even put my keys in the ignition unless I've buckled my seatbelt (and ensured any passengers have as well.) These days, I can't imagine why no one would wear their seatbelt. My dad was in a bad car accident in the early 90s and his seatbelt saved his life. He had to have his spleen removed and broke some ribs... but he didn't die.
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Stardust she/her 2 years ago
This is basic information and I clearly remember being taught that at age 5. It baffles me how full grown adults and teenagers just ignore this and increase their chances of getting injured
Jeremy James 2 years ago
My partner has ADHD and usually only remembers to put his seat belt on WHILE ALREADY DRIVING. We've almost gotten in a few accidents because he had to take his hands off the wheel for this maneuver. Now, I just nag at him before we start driving, which he hates.
SeaLouse 2 years ago
One of my friends once liked to drive with no seatbelt, and when I mentioned it to him, he answered that if he did have a bad crash, he didn't want to survive. I told him that maybe he would survive, but be paralyzed for life. He had a hard time responding sarcastically to that fact...
T'Mar of Vulcan 2 years ago
A colleague of mine rolled her car due to sand on the highway. Her shoulder is bruised and she's very stiff and sore. But if she hasn't been wearing her seat belt she wouldn't be alive.
Happy Homemaker 2 years ago
My daughter lives in a group home for adults with autism. I remember the year before last, she said they told her that she didn’t have to wear her seat belt. I reminded her of the car accident she got into when she was with her father. She was in the backseat and he had to slam on the brakes. I asked her what did the cop tell her? She said that if she wasn’t wearing her seat belt then she would have gone through the windshield. I also told her now that she’s an adult, it’s not going to be the staff getting the ticket, it’s going to be her. I asked her if she liked having her money to spend on fun stuff and she said yeah. I said if she got a ticket, her money would go towards having to pay for that instead. Ever since then, she buckles up.
BluEyedSeoulite 2 years ago
I hope you had a discussion with the staff as well. I get that with special needs adults, it can be very difficult and you have to choose your battles but they should try to get as many under their care to buckle up as possible
Load More Replies... TotallyNOTaFox 2 years ago
I had two accidents in my life and both times seatbealts saved me from injuries
DarkViolet 2 years ago
Failing to wear a seat belt is the epitome of STOOOOOOPID. In an accident occurring at 30 mph, you would receive the same injuries as if you had fallen from a 3rd-story building. A 30-foot fall for an adult is often fatal. Then there's the delightful possibility of being decapitated as you are thrown through the windshield. Guaranteed to cut your day REAL short.
#9
Not looking both ways when crossing a street
- 2 years ago
I advised a runner on Canada's west coast to avoid headphones and ear buds in the woods. Little chance of encountering a cougar, but hearing something could save him from being trail runner tartare.
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LillieMean 2 years ago
I don't trust people and look both ways even if the street is one way. You can't hear electric cars that easily, let alone bikes and electric scooters, and people drive them too fast on narrow streets.
Happy Homemaker 2 years ago
My apartment complex is on a one way street and I have lost count how many people go the wrong way because the sign is so high many people don’t see it. When I first moved here, I did it too when I was going to tour the apartment. I didn’t see the sign and my GPS didn’t warn me. It said turn left, so I turned left. I really think they need to lower the sign so it’s easier to see.
Load More Replies... StrangeOne 2 years ago
I always look both ways, and around the cars that are stopped. For some reason drivers get impatient with this quick check through, cos I get HONKED at for not crossing quick enough. S'sOoOoOrRy for not risking my safety.
Leigh 2 years ago
I live in one of the top five most dangerous neighborhoods for pedestrians in Portland. The other day I was about to step off the curb when the walk sign light up. I didn't see any card coming. Something made me hesitant and I decided to look both ways again before moving. Suddenly this car going 80 speeds through the red light . If I had stepped off the curb I would have been creamed.
Happy Homemaker 2 years ago
I remember when I was on a 9th grade field trip to NYC, a teacher and I were about to cross when the light changed and a limo came speeding out of nowhere! If an English teacher hadn’t grabbed our collars and pulled us back, we probably wouldn’t be here right now.
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Shawn Gula 2 years ago
No one looks anymore, they just go. How can you not look to make sure that the driver of the 2 ton machine that can kill you, saw you before you step in front of it
The Other Guest 2 years ago
I used to keep count of how many people stepped in front of my Prius without looking, but stopped when I got to twelve (I was averaging 2 a year). My favorite was when a mom was getting something out of her car (I think it was a casserole?) & her small son was watching me as I approached. The mom got her whatever-it-was and started to cross the street; her son, still watching my car, did not, so again without looking she PUSHED HIM IN FRONT OF MY CAR. Luckily for her I was driving slowly enough to stop safely. But geeze louize, the kid was smarter about crossing the street than she was. Just because you don't hear an oncoming car doesn't mean there isn't one there!
Teresa Spanics 2 years ago
I bet she jumped a foot when she realized just what she did.
Load More Replies... SeaLouse 2 years ago
This is why pedestrians don't have the right of way in some countries. People get stupid and walk out in front of cars and just expect them to stop. Mistakes happen. Every pedestrian killed (unalived) in the US had the right of way.
The Other Guest 2 years ago
"Pedestrians always have the right of way" is a myth. There are situations in which they do not; for example, if they are jaywalking; if they are crossing against the light; if they leave the crosswalk at an intersection; if they are walking in a bike lane when a sidewalk or other walking path is available; if they step in front of a moving vehicle; etc.
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Ozymandias73 2 years ago
Even on one-way streets I still look both ways. DTA. Don't Trust Anyone when it comes to road safety.
While less likely, people often underestimate the weight and risk factors of dying from a large, falling object. While modern fridges are quite stable, vending machines often aren’t due to the number of items inside that will vary over time. Of course, vending machines, notoriously, will end up with items stuck. So people will vent their frustration, unbalancing the machine that then falls and crushes the unlucky person.
#10
Leaving the stranded vehicle on the road in winter and trying to walk to get help. It happens in rural parts of our province once or twice a year and they find the body a few days later. They get disoriented and freeze.
Tucker Cahooter 2 years ago
Similarly, getting stranded in the Outback and leaving your car to find help and dying from thirst in the oppressive heat
The Rock Obama 2 years ago
Or getting out of your car in Florida and getting hit by a car or a bullet or a flying alligator
Load More Replies... Jeremy James 2 years ago
Keep a few tealight candles in your glove compartment. A burning candle can keep the interior surprisingly warm. You'll have to keep one window open very slightly.
Thee8thsense 2 years ago
Living in earthquake country, I have all sorts of supplies stowed in my car so that in case of a bad one, where I and others are stranded, I can provide for myself and at least a few others. We at least don't have the freezing weather to deal with, but earthquakes can cause all sorts of treacherous conditions from which you might have to escape or at least hunker down until help arrives.
Paul Pienkowski 2 years ago
Same goes for the Arizona desert. Stay where you are!!! There are people who search for travelers lost in the desert. If you walk away, you will either die of heatstroke during the day or freeze to death at night. The desert plays dirty games.
Ken Beattie 2 years ago
If you some reason you do leave your vehicle, leave a note in it explaining the direction you went, when and why. eg: Headed north at 6pm 5/6/23 because car ran out of gas". And stay on the road. As tempting as it seems to take shortcuts across fields or through woods, that's when you will get lost. If you stick to the road you will be found eventually (even if it's your body). The people who wander into the woods as a shortcut are the ones who are *never* found.
Load More Replies... karen Young 2 years ago
Keep stuff in car. Winter in Virginia. Never too bad. But I have been stuck on black ice for couple hours. And last year people where stuck on I95 for like 24 hours. I got boots blanket water clothes snack.
Piet Zwanenburg 2 years ago
Never leave your car, cold, heat, stay with the car! It provides shelter, relative save overnight accommodation, and it will be found muchheasier then you, small human being.
AK to LV 2 years ago
Growing up in Alaska, we learned to lift the hood and stay with the car. My 6th grade teacher had someone come and talk to the class about winter safety, building a snow shelter, and we made emergency car kits. Also, in AK, it's the law that if a car is broken down on the side of the road in winter, then you have to stop and help. Not in the city center, of course. There are a lot of rural roads and highways.
#11
A man in Toronto wanted to show off to his colleagues about the new “shatter-proof” glass that was installed in their high-rise office, so he ran at the window full speed and threw all of his weight into it. He fell to his death, because the entire window pane popped out.
Xenon 2 years ago
If I remember correctly, he was a lawyer who had done this demonstration multiple times, thus weakening the frame.
Lakota Wolf 2 years ago
Yep. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Garry_Hoy
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Michael Largey 2 years ago
We had a neighbor who worked for a company that manufactured dinnerware - plates, cups, and such. He showed by dad a cup which he claimed to be "completely unbreakable!" He handed it to my dad, and dad let it fall to the floor. It smashed into a dozen pieces. The neighbor's response was priceless =- "Hey, you're not supposed to drop it!"
BluEyedSeoulite 2 years ago
That's hilarious. The main reason ALL of my dishes have broken have been from drops
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Billy Paw Puss 2 years ago
Episode of Workin Moms too. Maybe took inspiration from the real story
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Long, long ago I was on the crew of a submarine older than me. We went into the shipyard; one of the planned jobs was to install some new equipment that required a hull penetration. One Friday afternoon a shipyard worker drilled a 1/8 inch pilot hole through the hull, intending to come back on Monday to finish the job. The job got cancelled, he got reassigned, and the hole remained. It was covered with duct tape to keep dirt out.
The painters went ahead and sprayed over the tape.
How deep can a piece of duct tape + paint hold on a dive? About 218 feet. Before you ask, yes, we survived.
MontanaMariner 2 years ago
Dang... I was hoping your were posting from the other side. I was going to ask you to tell my puppies there that I love them.
Dave In MD 2 years ago
I call BS. Job packages are planned and monitored, especially on subs. SUBSAFE is no joke and this just wouldn't happen.
BluEyedSeoulite 2 years ago
You forget about human incompetence. A lot of "Not my job, not my problem" mentally causes a lot of issues
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Lord of the laserprinter. 2 years ago
...uhhh...that is almost 70 meters in real measurements. I am actually impressed.
Horosho Bodka 2 years ago
As a USN Vet, nothing that happens onboard any ship is ever surprising.
censorshipsucks 2 years ago
wow I am impressed, 218 ft is what 73m? that's really deep, I'd have expected it to pop at about 30m.
While it seems straight out of a comedy or the Final Destination movies, vending machines cause less than a hundred deaths a year. Interestingly, the vast majority of these cases are caused by men, who seem to believe that violence against the machine will help them get their soda or candy bar. Still, the odds of dying to a vending machine are quite low, unless you take it upon yourself to fight one. Just remember, you will probably lose.
#13
I worked at a tire place for a summer and the first thing they told me was “See that torque wrench ? One mistake with this and you can kill a whole family in a matter of seconds”. I thought well, better take this thing seriously
Em 2 years ago
Just had a similar conversation about amusement rides tonight. Guy approached me in Wal-Mart to comment on my theme park hoodie. He works at the park; I worked there years ago. He goes "man, running rides is so easy, a monkey could do it." Sure, until you lean into that mentality, get careless and kill a kid. I had exactly one close call (not even out of carelessness, but it would have been Very Bad if I wasn't paying attention) and have been militant about ride safety ever since.
Joe Reaves 2 years ago
That's why I refuse to go on rides at travelling funfairs. If you've assembled and disassembled the ride a dozen times in the last month, how long before you get complacent? It's human nature to assume that if you've done a thing many times before you will do it right every time. It doesn't take someone being deliberately careless, just someone who is overconfident because it's routine to them.
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The Original Bruno 2 years ago
Wait... what is OP talking about? Failure to tighten the lugs enough?
BluEyedSeoulite 2 years ago
Yeah. If you don't tighten the lug nuts enough, the tire comes off. My sister's bf did that once, forgot to tighten the lug nuts after changing his tire. He turned but one wheel didn't, tire went bouncing into a corn field. Unsurprisingly, same dude recently lost 2 fingertips messing with a lawnmower
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Tony Barron 2 years ago
Got a new set of tires at K-Mart. Lug nuts on one side were only put on only finger tight. No accident fortunately
Seadog 2 years ago
The worst shops are the ones that put lug nuts on with an air impact wrench. Can't tell you how many I've had to deal with that are 1) cross threaded, 2) so over tightened they weaken the stud which usually breaks when either removing the nut or tightening it the next time and/or 3) the stud breaks off shortly after people leave the shop. Lug nuts should always be put on by hand and torqued by hand. Air impacts are for removal.
Spooky Scary Skeletons 2 years ago
Good thing to know in case I have a need to kill a whole family.
#14
People outdoors getting amazed when their hair stands up during a thunderstorm.
PS: it means you're about to die.
Jeremy James 2 years ago
Unless you're very close to shelter, you may be better off crouching with your feet together, your head ducked, your eyes closed, and your hands over your ears. Hopefully, you are also nowhere near a tree.
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Altea 2 years ago
This happened to me and my friend when we were about twelve, in the countryside. It just means there is static in the air, posibly a lightning storm coming. Nothing happened to us. There was a storm after we took shelter, but we didnt even do it inmediately. I think "about to die" is a bit over the top.
BluEyedSeoulite 2 years ago
Static in the air is a precursor to lightning. There are videos online of people seeing their hair sticking up, run to find some shelter and within the short video, you see bright light. Sure, could be fake but not worth risking
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David Paterson 2 years ago
Warning, hair doesn't stand on end if you use a good hair conditioner. So you can still get hit by lightning without your hair standing on end first.
David Leick 2 years ago
I've experienced this once. Fortunately I knew what it meant and was right next to the door. Nope nope nope
alwaysMispelled 2 years ago
Getting struck by lightning doesn't necessarily mean death. And people get really crazy burn/lightning marks on their skin!
Kim Steffen 2 years ago
You can track how far away a thunderstorm is. Sound travels at 1/5th of a mile per second. So, if there's a 5 second delay between the lightning flash and the sound of thunder, the storm is a mile away.
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Not cleaning the lint catcher on the dryer
Elita One 2 years ago
Need to make more dryers like the one I have, it won't start unless you clean the lint out everytime.
Eric Rossman 2 years ago
That's a good feature. Mine at least tells me "Check the filter" every start. My wife got me into the habit of cleaning the lint out when I take a load out, so we never forget.
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I do with every load. But not everyone in my building does. That worries me.
Happy Homemaker 2 years ago
Same here. We have communal washers and dryers on three of the nine floors in our building. 6 washers, 6 dryers. I make sure the lint is clean before I use them, and after. You can’t get to the back and there’s no access to a vent of any kind.
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Huddo's sister 2 years ago
Mine usually falls out each time you open the door. When it hits you on the head it's a good reminder to empty it!
Mario Strada 2 years ago
I saw a video about cheapskates. This woman used the lint from the dryer as cotton to remove makeup. I understand being frugal, but that goes a few steps too far.
Nali Mikely 2 years ago
Let me tell you when I'm ADHD and I forget to even brush my teeth but this fact has scared me straight for years and it's one of the very few things I remember. Clean out lint every cycle.
Teresa Spanics 2 years ago
I will add to NOT use Febreze stuff as it has been proven to clog up dryer screens.
A much more common, and unfortunately avoidable death is when a pedestrian inattentively crosses the road and gets hit by a car. In some cases, the driver is to blame, but in most collisions between a car and a person, you can guess who comes out worse. Mobile phones create enough distractions that let a person somehow not notice a multi-ton vehicle moving towards them. As a result, some counties, such as Lithuania, have passed laws against using a phone when on the street at any time.
#16
Pulling the knife out of someone
Pride Bean️ 2 years ago
If someone has been stabbed with a knife or has another stabbing wound that has the item in PLEASE DONT PULL IT OUT!!!
[>.<]/ 2 years ago
Yeah and you don't want to get your fingerprints all over the weapon.
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Michael Largey 2 years ago
Yes, and pulling it out and then putting it back in someplace else is a no too.
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Michael Largey 2 years ago (edited)
That's why they make Swiss Army knives, son.
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Hugh Cookson 2 years ago
Never, ever do this. In the 80's I ran a nice hotel in Somerset UK, and we used to do a decent menu with a lot of fresh game (Venison / Pheasant / Partridge / Hare / Wild Boar etc) as we were at the foot of Exmoor on the coast. We had a Zinc lined pantry where we used to do the butchery in a North facing room. So, this particular day, we'd had 6 freshly culled Deer in and the Chef had hung them and was butchering them with a very, very sharp Filleting knife, unfortunately and for whatever reason, the knife got stuck, he tugged and it ended up coming free only for it to pierce his forearm, right the way through. He had the foresight not to pull it out but came through to reception where I was (that's another story entirely) and I called an ambulance which took 45 minutes to arrive. Had he pulled it out he would have been dead in 5 minutes as it had gone right through his Brachial Artery .. lucky boy ; he was 25 at the time with 3 kids ; now has 5 kids and 8 grandchildren.
the_harbinger_of_dooms/t/h 2 years ago
please dont pull the knife out, they will bleed out if you do and you could cause more damage
#17
Mixing cleaning ingredients.
Michael Vickery 2 years ago
I once had a coworker who told me she mixed bleach and ammonia. I told her that made a deadly gas and it shouldn't be done. She said they opened windows when they used it. She acted like I was crazy for thinking that was stupid.
MontanaMariner 2 years ago
Good Ol' Mustard Gas. Great for cleaning out trenches!
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Donkeywheel 2 years ago (edited)
In the EU, domestic (household) cleaning products are diluted enough to prevent any serious hazard even if you mix them. Toxic gas will be produced but at low concentration that shouldn’t be an issue in a normal environment. Pure or highly concentrated chemicals are not available to non professionally trained people.
That Goth Demon (zey/zem) 2 years ago (edited)
Oh thank god bcs knowing me I would kill myself accidentally by not knowing any better.
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Nonna_SoF 2 years ago
Never mix chlorine with anything, ammonia makes chloramine gas and vinegar just straight up chlorine gas. Other house hold chemicals can do things like spontaneously combust or explode... really just don't mix any chemicals if you don't know how they'll react, unless you've got a fume hood and blast shield, in which case just make it small.
Nali Mikely 2 years ago
I mixed it with nail polish remover, just a capful, as an act of self harm. Felt woozy from it, wouldn't recommend.
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Okasan Willis 2 years ago
Yeah did it once by mistake. Had to open window and go outside
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Janos Schumacher 2 years ago
I've always wanted to mix trichloroethylene and methaline chloride with sulphuric acid. I don't know why. I'm sure only good things come from this. Perhaps candy?
TotallyNOTaFox 2 years ago
The possibilities though! Mustard gas, highly corrosive acid, hydrazine (self-igniting rocket fuel)...
Tammy Kirks 2 years ago
My great aunt mixed bleach and ammonia and was hospitalized for over a week. I'm VERY careful when cleaning!
Mad McQueen 2 years ago
I did this. Once. I mixed bleach to whiten some old tile floor and ammonia to cut the grease on it. I made mustard gas. On my hands and knees scrubbing the floor for about 20 min. Got hard to breath. Stood up an almost passed out. Went outside to catch air. My cousin who was a Vietnam vet smelled it and told me what I did. I still can't be near bleach. It winds up choking me horribly and I can taste it for days.
#18
Near me there was a serious traffic collision. Several cars and 2 trucks. 3 people died when one truck ploughed into stationary traffic at around 50mph. The crash and resulting fire was so horrific 2 people were only identified by their dead dog on the carriageway (it was microchipped).
It was on the BBC news and have been documentaries about it.
The truck driver was on his phone. He was charged and is now in prison.
Smogul 2 years ago
He wasn’t just on his phone, he was flicking through a dating app. Didn’t notice the stopped traffic, it was horrendous..
Erica Grace 2 years ago
Sounds like he has all the boyfriends he could want now that he's in prison
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Xenia Harley 2 years ago
Last spring, I was on my way to a event for work, when snow squalls unexpectedly blinded everyone driving! I was calling my boss telling her I was turning around when a truck was sliding into me. Somehow, the truck managed to stop, but directly across, there was a 60 car pile-up on the other side of the highway, multiple fatalities. It was the most frightening thing I have experienced! White out conditions, explosions as cars hit, then tanks exploded. And in a white out, sound seems to come out of all sides too! SLOW DOWN in bad conditions!
Nay Wilson 2 years ago
And this is why you should never text and drive, people. Especially when you’re driving a frigging truck!! They’re 10 tonne death machines. Respect them
Val Coleman 2 years ago
3 years! That's an insult to anyone who died, was injured and their friends and families.
Sonia Bailey 2 years ago
Similar accent happened on the M6 motorway in the UK several years ago - a truck failed to notice the traffic had stopped. He ploughed into the back of a stationery Vauxhall Zafira, and it was shunted underneath the lorry in front. All 6 passengers - mum dad and 4 kids including a 6 week old baby were instantly crushed to death. Horrific.
Moezzzz 2 years ago
Always drive ON the defense. I watched a woman in an SUV lose her entire tire (rim popped off and pieces of the undercarriage went everywhere). She managed to get to the side of the road, but her car looked totaled. Im honestly not sure how this happened- I mean, I've seen tires come off but the rim stayed intact, but it could have been so much worse.
#19
That all heart attacks have the exact same symptoms. They don't.
Trust yourself and seek help ASAP if you are afraid that you're having a heart attack.
Nikki Sevven 2 years ago
Female heart attack survivor here... The chest pain I experienced was fairly mild and felt more like heartburn. I also felt lightheaded and really tired, and felt an overwhelming sense of impending doom. (Mine was a 90% blockage in the right coronary artery. Oddly, all my other arteries were absolutely clear.)
ILoveMySon 2 years ago
I hope you are well now; thank you for the information.
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Cyber Returns 2 years ago
OK, let's see, got a cough that has lasted 4 weeks or more? Get it checked! Shooting pain in the left arm starting in the shoulder and ending at the elbow? Get it checked! Feel like gravity has increased? Get it checked! Breathless all the time? Get it checked! Swollen feet? Get it checked! Backache between the shoulders? Yup, get it checked! Heart failure likes to pretend to be many things, so don't ignore it like I did, and get it checked!
Libstak 2 years ago (edited)
My mum had shortness of breath and very fatigued. No chest pains. Great GP arranged urgent same day result blood test. She rang me and told me to come by her office, collect a letter and get mum to hospital emergency straight away or call an ambulance, whichever I thought would be quicker and most efficient. Mum had had a heart attack, we had no idea.
Deborah Rubin 2 years ago
A doctor found my mom's condition in a routine check. She ended up with a quadruple bypass and lived to 96 years old. Thank you doctor!
Happy Homemaker 2 years ago
This ☠️ my stepmother. She went to the ER and they told her that her potassium was low and gave her an IV and sent her home and said to call your doctor. She saw her doctor who said her potassium was low and gave her two potassium pills. She went home. She fell asleep on her couch and went into a coma. They pulled the plug that night. Cause of ☠️? Heart attack.
Liubliana Puh Calmet 2 years ago
I had a heart attack a few weeks ago, it started with a random pain in my right arm/shoulder for a couple of days that I assumed it was just due to back position and too much cellphone, 3rd day I am sitting on the living room (yes phone in my hand) and my watch showed my heart was racing at 125 per minute while resting, then the pain in my shoulder started, sweating, decided to get a shower, walked to my room and pain was awful on the upper back, vomite, tried the shower and couldn't stand, get dressed call my son, munched parsley while he arrived when to the hospital and yup it was a heart attack, my doctors were great even tho they were amazed how young and healthy I am...
BluEyedSeoulite 2 years ago
My family tends to have major heart attacks at 37. Perfectly healthy then one out of the blue. My cousin was found in the bathroom, he thought he was coming down with the flu
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BarBeeGirl 2 years ago
I had a heart attack when I was 45. The hospital didn't believe me because I was young and in great shape she they sent me home. It was only when my fam doctor sent me for bloodwork that they figured it out. After an heart attack tour body produces an enzyme that stays in your body for 3 days. This was the 3rd day
Stardust she/her 2 years ago
My most common pains are always either at my heart or near my appendix so now I won’t know if I’m having any problems there before it’s too late
Fly_Agaric_Frog (They/Them) 2 years ago (edited)
If you have any symptoms of a heart attack (more than one, of course) take a Tylenol and call 911 (or the emergency services number in you country)
#20
Oily paint/staining rags will combust.
Per the internets:
"Spontaneous combustion of oily rags occurs when rag or cloth is slowly heated to its ignition point through oxidation. A substance will begin to release heat as it oxidizes. If this heat has no way to escape, like in a pile, the temperature will rise to a level high enough to ignite the oil and ignite the rag or cloth."
My Dad worked in construction and this had happened on job sites a time or two.
David Paterson 2 years ago
And don't mop up spilled nitric acid with rags, oily or otherwise. It generates nitrocellulose, which is a high explosive.
SparkleFarts 2 years ago
Hay (as well as grass clippings) does the same thing if it's not dried out before it's baled and stored
Phil Vaive 2 years ago
My aunt lost her house (and two cats) this way. After having a new deck built, the contractors left a bag of oily rags out, and they ignited in the middle of the night. The whole house burned to the ground, and my aunt and uncle barely escaped.
The Original Bruno 2 years ago
Non-dairy creamer (powder) is also one of the greatest explosives ever. Only time (at least to that date ) that the Mythbusters crew were ever terrified of a run-away explosion.
Faith Donovan 2 years ago
A friend of mine noticed smoke coming from the garage when she was 16, ended up pulling burning paint rags away from the rack of shelves full of cans of paint, bags of fertilizer, and boxes of ammo before it all went up. The worst part is, her father (who stored all those items together) was a professional fire fighter and knew better.....
#21
Not leaving where you are during a hurricane.
Steve Robert 2 years ago
Saw a weather reporter standing outside in a hurricane in Florida get hit in the head by a flying Stop sign. Pretty stupid way to get ratings!
Joe Reaves 2 years ago
It's especially stupid these days when you could easily have a remote camera set up. If they're so convinced we won't believe them there's a hurricane without seeing it, at least show us via a webcam or something.
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Cathy N. Martin 2 years ago
Thank you! I live in Louisiana and you wouldn't believe the hateful comments we get about not evacuating
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sofacushionfort 2 years ago
Mass evacuations will be greater in the coming decades due to growing urbanization + climate change. This MUST increasingly be done via mass transit. Personal vehicles won’t be effective, especially when more and more of them are urban commuter EVs and fewer are long-distance gasoline cars.
Gardener of Weeden 2 years ago
" It is not THAT the wind is blowing... but WHAT the wind is blowing" Ron White
Phil Vaive 2 years ago
People who think they can out-stubborn a natural disaster, even in the face of death, astound me. I was recently watching a documentary about the huge, fast wildfire in California a few years ago that obliterated a town in a few hours, and this poor girl being interviewed couldn't convince her mom to leave, who thought she could just stay and survive. The girl left and never saw her mom again
Demongrrrrl 2 years ago
I think who lives in a flood or hurricane area should have an inflatable raft big enough to hold their entire family plus pet(s) and a foot pump. I don't live anywhere near such a place, so I could be mistaken. But it's what I would do.
The Rock Obama 2 years ago
I’ve never left my home during a Hurricane but I live in the part of Florida that gets Miami’s leftover storm
Gypsy Lee 2 years ago
Leaving isn’t always an option. Lived in So. Florida for many years & stopped counting hurricanes after the 14th one. Florida being a panhandle means if you leave within a day of the hurricane then you sit on the road in a car during it. Financially it’s impossible to leave days before one may hit every time one forms. Best option is find somewhere safe (newer) to wait it out. Also, pets are not allowed in shelters.
Mary Ross 2 years ago
When I lived in Houston, a really big hurricane was heading our way. When asked by officials to vacate their homes around Galveston Bay, a lot of people refused. The officials would then ask for their arm and with permanent marker put the person's name and address on there so "it will make it easier to ID your body." Amazing how many people decided to leave after that!
#22
The “I had the right of way” argument while driving. Even if you did, are you willing to literally… die on that hill?
Moosy Girl 2 years ago
As a cyclist I always stop when I notice a truck about to make a right turn even if I have the right of way, I’d rather be late than flat. I also stop if cars do the slowly rolling forward thing instead of stopping at a crossing: either stop or go on, don’t friggin’ roll at me!
Lili Octopus 2 years ago
There are drivers who gesture me (pushing my baby in a pram) to cross with their hands somewhat arsily, rather than stopping. They’d prefer not to lose their momentum. I’d prefer not to lose my baby.
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When you have the right of way, never insist on it. One of the first things taught in driver's ed.
SadieCat17 2 years ago
But also don't insist on the person without right of way to go first to be "polite." Be predictable, rules are there for a reason.
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Robin Roper 2 years ago
I'll add to this - pulling out in front of a semi or dump truck thinking "it's big and slow." No it's not - it's big and heavy and this has more momentum and thus takes a long time to stop. It's physics folks.
kath morgan 2 years ago
It’s always your responsibility maintain awareness and slow/stop for potential hazards, regardless of what you think you should be able to do.
AndThenICommented 2 years ago
Watched a guy (from my car which actually had the green light) straight up run a red light and nearly hit a guy trying to cross the road. Car managed to stop about 3 ft from the pedestrian….driver yelled and honked at the pedestrian. It was crazy, but stuck with me how close it all came to a very tragic moment. I was still stopped because was making a left turn (not US) and waiting for pedestrian to cross
#23
Drinking while taking medications
Ace 2 years ago
Another ill-informed assumption. Very few medications actually react badly with alcohol, vanishingly few of them will do serious harm. Yes, there are some where the effects of alcohol can be increased, but the main reason that most meds (and particularly most antibiotics) carry an 'avoid alcohol' warning is that a person drinking too much might vomit or forget to take it. Source:pharmacologist.
Tess 2 years ago (edited)
I've been on a lot of reasonably serious medications for the past few years while I've been sick, and housebound. From my own experiences especially during the worst of Victoria's many lockdowns, I agree with you entirely (not that you need anyone to agree with you in regards to your own profession 🙃). I would never think of advising someone to drink, especially with certain medications. Not because of imminent danger, but due to the compounding effects over time when you are suffering from serious depression. It can take mere seconds to go from bad to life threatening. The only one that I would personally make sure to warn people about would be Baclofen of all things. When mixed with alcohol it takes on the properties of one of its analogues very easily.
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Also grapefruit: https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/grapefruit-and-medication-a-cautionary-note
SadieCat17 2 years ago
And a lot of epilepsy drugs as well. I'm just glad I'm on lamotrigine which is one of the few safe to have with grapefruit. Would rather risk brain damage than give up my beloved citrus lol /j
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Alisa Knizhnik 2 years ago
I'm taking antidepressants almost a year, and yes, I can't drink. Ok, the antidepressants works a lot better than alcohol.
TotallyNOTaFox 2 years ago
No wonder, alcohol is a depressant - it makes depressions even worse
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I'm on a boatload of meds, including morphine, and I've had this discussion with my GP and other healthcare professionals. I like a glass or two of wine on occasion, and they have all said the same thing. Ideally, don't drink alcohol at all, but if you fancy a tipple it's ok to do so. For most people, the worst-case scenario is that side-effects of the meds will become more prominent. For me, this means that I may lose my train of thought, become drowsy and speak slower. My advice is not to go out and steal a bottle of vodka immediately, but to speak to your prescriber and find out how alcohol may interact with your meds.
Got Myself 4 Pandas 2 years ago
My meds can interact with alcohol basically making the side effects more pronounced but that tends to be drowsiness more than anything but I've been on these meds so long my body is well adjusted to them and side effects are quite rare - I don't drink very often these days just because I don't really want to, I'd rather have a soft drink most of the time, but if I fancy a drink I'll have one or two - very very rarely do I ever have enough to even be considered tipsy. I had this discussion with my gp and basically as long as it's not excessive drinking regularly she had no issue with having an occasional drink. I wouldn't really be too bothered if I couldn't drink, I've had long periods of my life where I didn't drink at all but sometimes it's nice to sit in the garden on a warm evening with a cold pint of cider
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fizzysh7 2 years ago
You don’t miss a thing. Alcohol is poison and really isn’t necessary. Choose your health over some moments of „fun”.
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Michael Largey 2 years ago
My medication magnifies the effect of alcohol. My doctor said "That'll save you money on booze, so 'You're welcome!'."
Tyranamar Seuss 2 years ago
This depends. I treat folks with addiction. Almost all of the time I say keep taking your meds, even if you relapse. With addiction the person is going to drink if they want to. Bc of this particular fear many stop their psych meds when drinking. Which just makes everything worse. I've had many patients have remarkable recoveries once they religiously start taking their meds. There are a couple meds I don't advise this with. But those are very few.
Susan Stead 2 years ago
Heck, with some medications you shouldn't even eat grapefruit/take ibuprofen/other things that are typically considered innocuous, so talk to your doc first!
#24
Not checking and planning for the weather
Featherking 2 years ago
Makes no exceptions, gives no second chances, doesn’t care about you.
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StrangeOne 2 years ago
If you're ever in Canada, or anywhere in the world during winter, and you see 2 temperatures: The one in big numbers and a "feels like" temperature, pay attention to the "feels like" temps. That will include humidity and windchill, and the temperature range can be a big enough difference between frost bite in 20 min. and frost bite in less than a minute for exposed skin.
Nali Mikely 2 years ago
Don't I know it I once biked in like 10 degree weather that felt like -6 and I figured out that anything in the negatives SHOULD NOT BE BIKED IN. Or at least I need way more serious gear than the average ski gear.
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The only two times I've been dangerously cold has been in mid-summer. One I dressed expecting very hot weather, but got detained for hours in ice cold weather on the way there. The second I failed to realise that high altitudes can be deadly cold even in mid summer.
Stymied Egan 2 years ago
If weather predicting was perfect I believe many people would plan for it. How many times have you checked the forecast only to have it be wrong. Now we have things like the weather channel that have made weather dramatic "news". They have become the boy that cried wolf to many people.
CelticElff 2 years ago
OH MY GOSH I KNOW WHERE THAT PHOTO WAS TAKEN! Hallo, Scotland! Hallo, Firth of Clyde! <3 <3 <3
The Darkest Timeline 2 years ago
This is only going to become more important as the climate changes and we have more severe weather
#25
Cutting towards yourself, rather than away.
Being on statins for high cholesterol plus amiodarone for cardiac issues and having a glass of grapefruit juice before going to bed.
Smoking in bed.
former paramedic
Lakota Wolf 2 years ago
Yep. I was on migraine-preventative meds for years that had an interaction with grapefruit. I was pretty sad, because I LOVE grapefruit XD
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Kerri 2 years ago
As did my Papa (my dad's Dad), a few months after my Dad died. It was the day before my 21st birthday party so that was a weird night!
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Peter Trudell Jr 2 years ago
I'm shocked anyone can eat grapefruits/drink grapefruit juice anymore... sooo many drugs interact with it. And I'm sure more do, just there haven't been enough issues attributed to it just yet.
#26
Getting fired up from road rage.
Powerful Katrinka 2 years ago
There was a news story last year about a guy who thought it would be a good idea to brandish a handgun during his (frequent) attacks of road rage. He thought it was funny to make the occupants of the other think that were about to die. One day he followed a driver that had pissed him off somehow, and pulled his gun out as he was getting out of his car. The other driver had a gun too. Mr. road rage was shot and killed. Guess what country this happened in?
Helen Taylor 2 years ago
I want stated a policeman who never got angry no matter what happened while driving. I asked him how he managed to be so good. He replied, "I have cleaned up too many dead bodies off of the freeway."
Zoey Rayne 2 years ago
One advantage of being bipolar is that I have literally had road rage medicated out of me (and I know exactly which prescription to avoid in order to not bring it rushing back). If lots of small things make you disproportionately irritable maybe ask your doctor about lamotragine. It's obviously not for everyone, but a low dose is great for increasing patience and calm. Not sure how effective it would be in neurotypical people. But it's worth looking into is you have anger management issues and therapy alone isn't enough.
#27
Not having a carbon monoxide detector
Na Schi 2 years ago (edited)
Me neither, but here in Germany it is mandatory to have your heating system checked yearly. This has lowered the death rate by CO-poisoning tremendously. Most people that die nowadays had the brilliant idea to have a bbq inside or using their charcoal grill inside to save on heating costs.
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mhoulden 2 years ago
There was a Reddit thread where someone thought he was having a nervous breakdown. Someone suggested he got a CO detector. He did, and it started beeping its head off. The symptoms of CO poisoning are also very similar to a bad cold or flu. In the UK it's mandatory for landlords to do an annual gas safety check and to provide a CO detector in each room with a gas appliance.
RockSteady 2 years ago
My 96 year old grandfather was just hospitalized for carbon monoxide. It is one of those accidents that will cause many more issues
#28
Not being honest with doctors about viagra.
It has many dangerous drug interactions and can cause a lot of problems from what I’ve heard. Trust me the doctor ain’t gonna judge you guys, they have seen much more embarrassing things. And it would suck to die because you wanted to hide something just for it to be later stated in your death certificate.
Brittania Kelli 2 years ago
Seriously, don't be embarrassed to get things checked out. Health care professionals have a whole other level of what is weird or gross. Don't believe me? Google weird things doctors have had to pull out of people's bums. Whole other level.
Nali Mikely 2 years ago
I nearly overdosed on otc lidocaine cream. It was before I got diagnosed with PGAD. I had to tell the paramedics where I put that cream and why. Good times. 😅 but they were super professional. Can attest to this.
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Saj 2 years ago
Not being honest with medics about any & ALL drugs you've consumed. Definitely the illegal ones!
Moezzzz 2 years ago
I've had to tell patients that no, I will not call the cops bc you took heroin, I really don't need to know the WHY, I just need to know when you took it and how much. I don't want you to die because of drugs, I just want to keep you alive
Load More Replies... Cyber Returns 2 years ago
I was told viagra would make my heart explode in my chest during a discussion of what to avoid with my meds and condition
DarkViolet 2 years ago
If you're lying to the doctor, you're lying to yourself, and you're the one who's going to pay for it
The Original Bruno 2 years ago
"Please notify your doctor if an erection lasts for more than four hours." Eighth through 12th grade doesn't count.
Moezzzz 2 years ago
This right here. I can promise you, we do not care about whatever YOU might think is embarrassing. We've literally seen it all. All we want to do is make sure you're safe and healthy. That's it. I don't care if you like dressing up as hitler in drag and like shoving needles into your balls, we need to know before we send you to an MRI- I can promise you, you'd much rather tell us and let us help get them out, than have you lose your testicles because the giant magnet will rip anything metal out of you. So when we ask "do you have any metal anywhere in your body?" Just please tell us.
#29
As a healthcare worker, giving the wrong amount of insulin.
Okasan Willis 2 years ago
I always had another nurse check dose and type of insulin before giving, ALWAYS
Happy Homemaker 2 years ago
I remember one time I was on 75mg of Lyrica in the morning and 150mg at night. I got my prescription at a certain three letter pharmacy that is well known. They put the 75mg in the 150mg bottle and the 150mg in the 75mg bottle. Now I’m on both at the time and it wasn’t a big deal to switch it, but I still called them because what if I wasn’t? What if they had doubled the dose for me and I had gotten sick or had to go to the ER? Also too, it’s not uncommon for pharmacies to give people the wrong medication, or even the wrong dose because they can’t read what the doctor wrote. I would think in today’s world, now that prescriptions can be faxed or even emailed, I don’t know why more prescriptions aren’t sent this way to prevent errors.
KittyMommy 2 years ago
We have two major hospital chains in my area. Both of them and all associated doctors have digital records and the only way to write a prescription is on the computer and it automatically emails the pharmacy. And the prescription piece has a script in it that checks for drug interactions and errors in dosage, amount, etc
Load More Replies... Happy Homemaker 2 years ago (edited)
Actually the wrong amount of any medication. Back in 2014, Dennis Quaid’s twin’s were given 1000 times the amount of heparin they were prescribed and almost ☠️. They weren’t even there. They said their kids could have ☠️ and they wouldn’t have even known they were in danger. They were met at the hospital with the doctor, the nurse and the hospital risk manager assessment department. https://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-quaid15jan15-story.html
SadieCat17 2 years ago
Thank god for the emojis, the word "d*ed" immediately sends me into a fatal panic on sight /s
Load More Replies... David Paterson 2 years ago
My mother had a nurse visit to give an insulin injection. The nurse had no idea how to operate the injector, had never been trained to do it, had no interest in learning how to do it. The incompetence of some medical staff continues to amaze me.
KittyMommy 2 years ago
And it's not hard. Most of them are pens now, just dial the dosage, pick a place to stab, and hit the button to inject
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Densolo 2 years ago
My diabetic aunt had a brief stint in nursing care after a surgery. Very specific instructions not to allow her orange juice due to insulin dose. It was even written on the food ticket in red letters. I stood there watching the nurse bring a tray with orange juice on it. Of course I pointed it out and they said "oh I didn't notice it". The dietitian, kitchen, and nursing staff all "didn't notice". I ripped them a new one because if I hadn't been there, my aunt would have drank it thinking that since a nurse brought it it was okay now.
Demongrrrrl 2 years ago
I was in the hospital and the pharmacist decided that the dosage of one of my medications was too high so he only gave me half. Never contacted my doctor or even talked to me. Just one of several things that I could have sued that hospital for.
Faith Donovan 2 years ago
Sometimes it's red tape that kills. My FIL was transported from the hospital to a nursing home, and had been assigned to a care manager 3 hours away instead of the one based in the nursing home he was transferred to, and his blood sugar kept rising but the staff at the nursing home weren't allowed to give him any insulin until the care manager had seen him and signed off on him getting insulin. The delay directly caused his death.
Tony Barron 2 years ago
My wife was in for a routine X-ray. Tech came in and was setting up for a radiation therapy session. She stopped him.
Justin Thyme 2 years ago
The 5 Rights, to be followed always-- 1- The right patient 2-the right medication 3- the right dosage 4- the right route of administration 5- the right time of administarion
#30
Nigerian Airlines flight 2120 (operated by Nationair) departed Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, after a maintenance worker reinflated a tyre with air instead of Nitrogen. The tyre heated up, burst, and caught fire during the take off roll. The landing gear was retracted into the aircraft and burned the airfract from the inside out. The fire caused a mid air structural failure shortly before the pilots could return to Jeddah. My father's first wife was a flight attended on that flight. Her and 260 others died. It remains the most deadly aviation accident involving a Canadian airline.
Agfox 2 years ago
The Wikipedia entry claims there were 2 underinflated tyres when the aircraft departed. There's no mention of air being used in lieu of nitrogen: "Prior to departure, the lead mechanic had noticed that the "No. 2 and No. 4 tyre pressures were below the minimum for flight dispatch",[7] and attempted to inflate them, but no nitrogen gas was readily available. The project manager, unwilling to accept a delay, disregarded the problem and readied the aircraft for dispatch.[5] As the aircraft was taxiing, the transfer of the load from the underinflated No. 2 tire to the No. 1 tire on the same portside axle resulted "in overdeflection, overheating, and structural weakening of the No. 1 tire".[7] "The No. 1 tire failed very early on the take-off roll," followed almost immediately by the No. 2.[7] The latter stopped rotating "for reasons not established", and the subsequent friction of the wheel assembly with the runway generated sufficient heat to start a self-sustaining fire"
Hiram's Friend 2 years ago
If you need the right answer, just post the wrong one.
Load More Replies... Nonna_SoF 2 years ago
Nationair was a Canadian company. They were contracted to do the flight by Nigerian Airlines.
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sofacushionfort 2 years ago
“My father's first wife was a flight attended on that flight. Her and 260 others died.” Eerie to consider that if a mass-casualty disaster hadn’t occurred you wouldn’t have been born.
Libstak 2 years ago
He may be the child of another relationship before he married though...
Load More Replies... Fly_Agaric_Frog (They/Them) 2 years ago
Oh and if you want to find out what happens when you don't clean up debris on the runway, look up, "Concorde Crash". Here is the Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_France_Flight_4590
Ex-teacher 2 years ago
Gasses follow charle's law relating heat and pressure. Plus, outside of the tire is regular air with its O2 content. I agree, B.S.
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#31
I once listened to a guy telling the story of how, when he fell down the stairs, he desperately clutched onto the glas of wine he was carrying, in order not to break it, instead of grabbing the railing to stop his fall. He survived with a broken hip, but I imagine lots of people probably have the same weird instinct and some may not be able to tell the tale.
Nonna_SoF 2 years ago
My grandfather once broke an arm slipping on ice, but he saved the pizza.
Bob Brooce 2 years ago
Grabbing what you already have a grip on is a common reaction for a lot of people. I expect that everybody here has seen a video of somebody who didn't let go of a motorcycle throttle.
Psycho Princess 2 years ago
It may sound kind of terrible but I was once taught by a safety instructor that if you are holding a glass (he used of water as an example) in your hand and you begin falling downstairs, throw the glass towards the top of the stairs. This is so that you have both arms to protect yourself but also don't land on broken glass when you reach the bottom.
Shadowcat 2 years ago
My fiancée's grandfather died while trying to put a window in his house. He was on a ladder when the wind caught his window. He didn't let go of the window when the wind caught it and caused him to fall. He would have been able to stay safely on the ladder if he had dropped the window.
Madam Puddyfoot 2 years ago
My uncle sat in his lawn chair near the river, it tipped backwards to the river, and as he was tipping over, he handed his drink my aunt, " save my drink.... SPLASH!" He was fine, and his drink survived.
OneHappyPuppy 2 years ago
My dad fell down a flight of marble stairs clutching his (back then) brand new stereo as a pre teen. He has a scar on the back of his head with no hair on it to this day (he's 63)
#32
There have been too many instances of rock climbers rappelling off of the ends of their ropes, which could have been easily avoided by tying stopper knots at the ends of their ropes.
Jeremy James 2 years ago
Did anyone else have nightmares after watching that documentary, "Free Solo," about the climber Alex Honnold who does it without ropes?
Kaseylulu 2 years ago
This happened to an acquaintance of my husband in Yosemite. His name was Cody Byers and he fell to his death at the royal arches while repelling down. Him and his climbing partner were going to hike down but at the last minute decided to repel instead. Incredibly sad. I can't imagine having to watch that happen.
the_harbinger_of_dooms/t/h 2 years ago
i dont do heights, so luckily this wont be a problem for me
That Goth Demon (zey/zem) 2 years ago
Oh jeez, neither do I, and I NEVER EVER go near cliff edges
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pamela nichols 2 years ago
I have a fear of heights so I can't imagine, I can't walk across bridges and someone drives me across my stomach hits my shoes.
Timbob 2 years ago
Much better way of avoiding it would be NOT TO CLIMB ROCKS IN THE FIRST DAMN PLACE. !
Gabriela Cink 2 years ago
For rock climbing is more fatal human error and ego than gear breakage. Stopper knots are 101 lection, but many people never go hrougho course to learn safety.
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#33
Shaking a vending machine
MontanaMariner 2 years ago
More Americans, in America, were killed by vending machines during the Iraq/Afghanistan War than by terrorists.
Nikki Sevven 2 years ago
That's not even remotely true. According to the Consumer Product Safety Commission, there hasn't been a 'death by vending machine' since 2008, and the death was only tangentially related to the vending machine itself. (The guy actually died from a pulmonary embolism after a vending machine fell onto one of his feet.) Technically, there was one in 2015, but the guy died from the shrapnel after he blew up a condom vending machine, so...
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Michael Largey 2 years ago
It's true that vending machines kill more people than sharks. In fact, they kill hardly any sharks at all.
That Goth Demon (zey/zem) 2 years ago
Here's the funniest comment of the day award!
Load More Replies... bluegal 2 years ago
Vending Machines kill more people than sharks do. Please, don't shake the vending machine.
bluegal 2 years ago
You shake the vending machine and it falls on you. Vending machines weigh more than people think.
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Andy Frobig 2 years ago
Call Spielberg! Just when you were ready to go back in the break room: SNACKS
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#34
A friend’s husband locked himself out of their home. He tried to get in through a window that had security bars. While squeezing through his foot slipped and he essentially hung himself on the window sill.
Tony Barron 2 years ago
Then there was the plastic surgeon was so unhappy with the small size of his penis that he hung himself.
#35
I read an article a long time ago about a aircraft maintenance worker not removing a piece of tape that was put in place to protect a sensor during cleaning. The pilot failed to notice during the preflight inspection. 70 people died in the plane crash.
Tucker Cahooter 2 years ago
I remember seeing that on one of those Air Crash Investigations shows
Libstak 2 years ago (edited)
Yes the sensor was to establish altitude and caused auto pilot to keep switching off and plane to tip up wildly as warning signals kept claiming... terrain, pull up.
Load More Replies... Becklass 2 years ago (edited)
This is probably the Pitot tubes. There have been incidents of insects getting in and wasps blocking them too.
Mani 2 years ago
Indeed ! tape is used to prevent bugs from entering in some countries
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Jared Robinson 2 years ago
see s**t like this literally happens on EVERY PLANE, but somehow it's still safer to fly. That doesn't make sense does it.
Xenon 2 years ago
Need more info. What was the sensor for? I find it unlikely the loss of one sensor was the cause unless it provided vital info to the pilots, thus leading to human error.
Libstak 2 years ago
The sensor advised altitude, the tape over it caused the computer to believe the plane was too close to the ground and forced the nose up as the pilots tried to keep the nose level. Warning terrain kept blaring through the cockpit.
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Phillip Moderow 2 years ago
Yak walking. Stop walking and yakking on your dang phone! Oblivious people on their phone have walked in front of trains. It's also a good way to mugged because you're unaware of your surroundings. Also, shut up and DRIVE!
Junebugjump! 2 years ago
Never drive into a flooded road. You do not know the depth nor the current. Don't assume because you live nearby. I see it all the time in my neighborhood. The cops set up barriers and people move them. Knock on my door for help, I say nope. One time a lady was in a Porsche. We tried to stop her, car totaled. When we're helping the PD, we tell folks... it's deeper than you think. I can't tell if people are stupid, a******s, or both.
María Hermida 2 years ago
To sum up: we are lucky to be alive, because we are surrounded by idiots.
Phillip Moderow 2 years ago
Yak walking. Stop walking and yakking on your dang phone! Oblivious people on their phone have walked in front of trains. It's also a good way to mugged because you're unaware of your surroundings. Also, shut up and DRIVE!
Junebugjump! 2 years ago
Never drive into a flooded road. You do not know the depth nor the current. Don't assume because you live nearby. I see it all the time in my neighborhood. The cops set up barriers and people move them. Knock on my door for help, I say nope. One time a lady was in a Porsche. We tried to stop her, car totaled. When we're helping the PD, we tell folks... it's deeper than you think. I can't tell if people are stupid, a******s, or both.
María Hermida 2 years ago
To sum up: we are lucky to be alive, because we are surrounded by idiots.
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