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Not everyone is born a driver, but the majority of the population just suck it up and learn to drive whether the hard or the easy way. But in reality, a driver’s license doesn’t protect you from road rage, dangerous situations, or reckless behaviors that happen way too often.

So this list from Bored Panda serves as a crucial reminder to keep our eyes on the road for any bizarre, unexpected, and plain dumb sightings. Like this crazy person who drives cross-legged or this driver who holds a plate with a fork in what seems to be a fancy rendezvous dinner while driving.

This is not safe, this is not funny, but unfortunately it happens and we'd better learn what to expect and how to react in such unfortunate cases from the images rather than real-life circumstances. More people who shouldn't be allowed on the road can be found in our previous post right here.

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Someone Hit My Mail Box And Drove Off

Someone Hit My Mail Box And Drove Off

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Pick Your "Poison"

Pick Your "Poison"

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Jill
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I now live in Sweden (where there isnt Flourine in the water) but grew up in the States (where there is) and every dentist in Sweden has noticed the difference in my teeth. So it's more of a public service than anything.

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The national survey known as the 2021 Travelers Risk Index on distracted driving showed some illuminating findings on safety on the roads in the US. Luckily, one in four drivers thinks that roads are safer today than they were before the pandemic. However, alarmingly, a growing number of respondents reported using their mobile devices in unsafe ways while driving, including:

  • Texting or emailing (26%, up from 19% pre-pandemic).
  • Checking social media (20%, up from 13% pre-pandemic).
  • Taking videos and pictures (19%, up from 10% pre-pandemic).
  • Shopping online (17%, up from 8% pre-pandemic).
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Literally, The Only 2 Cars In Belgrade Managed To Hit Each Other

Literally, The Only 2 Cars In Belgrade Managed To Hit Each Other

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#5

When The Traffic Jam Is Actually A Parked Car

When The Traffic Jam Is Actually A Parked Car

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Dawn Woolley
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This happened to me the other week. I was waiting behind a car, which was waiting behind another car. Behind me were even more cars. Suddenly the car in front of me pulled out and I realised that we were all waiting behind a legally parked car. I pulled out, and saw in my rear vision mirror, all those behind me following my example.

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Idiot In Hummer Filled 5 Gas Cans Expecting Shortages. Put Them In His Car And Lit Up A Cigarette. Hummer Destroyed

Idiot In Hummer Filled 5 Gas Cans Expecting Shortages. Put Them In His Car And Lit Up A Cigarette. Hummer Destroyed

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In that sense, the findings are twofold. Even though people feel safer on the roads, reality shows quite the contrary. According to the National Safety Council, 2020 motor vehicle deaths were up 8% from 2019. It makes it the highest percentage increase in 13 years.

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Chris Hayes, the Second Vice President of Workers Compensation and Transportation, Risk Control, at Travelers commented on the current state of road safety: “Not only did distracted driving increase, data from our telematics product IntelliDrive shows that speeding also became more prevalent. As travel restrictions are lifted around the country, it’s critical to slow down and stay focused on the road by eliminating distractions.”

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Let’s Report Someone Suspected Of Drunk Driving After Hitting Their Car

Let’s Report Someone Suspected Of Drunk Driving After Hitting Their Car

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A B C
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What units are 40 and 78, can anyone explain? I'm used to "per mil" countings, so it'd me anywhere between .5 to 3?

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#9

Dude Drove Through Barriers And Onto A Bridge Under Construction On I-70 Bridge In KC. Shear Studs Ripped His Undercarriage To Shreds

Dude Drove Through Barriers And Onto A Bridge Under Construction On I-70 Bridge In KC. Shear Studs Ripped His Undercarriage To Shreds

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#10

Some Idiot Hits A Completely Stopped Bus. It’s Me, I’m The Idiot

Some Idiot Hits A Completely Stopped Bus. It’s Me, I’m The Idiot

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#11

Two Idiots Take Their 4x4s Sunbathing On The Beach

Two Idiots Take Their 4x4s Sunbathing On The Beach

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#12

I Survived Being In This Car. The Idiot Fell Asleep Behind The Wheel And Drifted Into My Lane. Combined Total Of 120mph. That Used To Be A 2007 Audi A4

I Survived Being In This Car. The Idiot Fell Asleep Behind The Wheel And Drifted Into My Lane. Combined Total Of 120mph. That Used To Be A 2007 Audi A4

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Kathryn Baylis
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Not to mention good airbags, seat belts, and automotive structural engineering that makes the car absorb the energy of the impact, instead of the passengers, who are in the “crumple zone”—-basically a safety compartment. Everything around that inner compartment will crumple or break off, but anyone inside it will only sustain minor injuries at most. 30+ years ago, with no airbag or crumple zone design, you wouldn’t have survived.

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Ksenia M
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The fact that the OP survived is a testament to the audi engineering if nothing else

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Happy Daihatsu
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My dad used to own an '06 A4, and it was the most problem-free car he'd ever had.

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A B C
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How the F*CK do you survive this? Damn, modern car safety is amazing.

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Nils Dahn
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am usually the driver when travelling for work. In a normal week I do about 1500km across Europe in a car. Just last week I felt not in the mood to drive and let my coworker take the wheel for our way back from Munich to Zurich (about 4h drive). My heart skipped more than only one beat when my driver started to snore on German Autobahn. I immediately asked him in loud voice is he was okay what woke him up. He just told me that he might be a bit tired. Told him to stop the next parking and kept him awake with talks for the next 5 mins. You will bet I will be the driver always in the future!

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John Topper
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I know this isn't the point, but a small physics gripe here. When two cars going 60mph hit head on its not a 120mph impact. You're still going from 60 to 0 so it's still a 60mph impact. The other car absorbs the other half of the energy.

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Forrest McCanless
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, yeah, sorta. Head-on is "the same" assuming the cars are roughly equal in their "crumple-ness". For survivability, the goal is to stretch out the time of deceleration with the crumple zone. If a 60-mph car hits a bluff, stiff front of a heavy truck coming towards it at 60 that's not crumpling, the deceleration time for the occupants in the car can be halved - so a worse impact / higher G-loads.

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Elizabeth
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Did you buy another Audi? Surviving an accident like that is incredible, I would absolutely get the exact same car

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Nadine Bamberger
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you'd been in a less sturdy car, you'd be dust. I hope you recovered.

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Brandi VanSteenwyk
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This should be displayed on anti-drowsy driving billboards EVERYWHERE!! Most people don't grasp that the danger level is very similar to that of drunk driving.

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BlackPearltheSeaWing/NightWing
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You are probably one of the luckiest people alive. A 70 mph crash where cars aren't totally destroyed are deadly, but this is like 10x worse.

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Gandalf the Pink
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm wondering how it got so bad as to become a combined 120 mph. If the cars weighed roughly the same, the combined speeds of the cars had to have been 240 mph on the road for the crash to reach 120 mph, meaning at least one of them had to have gone suuuuper fast. Maybe the other person fell asleep on the gas pedal? Insane to survive that none the less

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Brian Bennett
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thank god Audis are supposed to be one of the safest cars on the road.

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VogueGal
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Amazing luck! Glad you're okay. But if that was a Honda you wouldn't have survived. It's proven many times for many years now European-made cars are much better quality and steady structural engineering.

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S
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I said to myself, "that person died for sure" :O

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Ashe
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Dont call them an idiot! They fell asleep, didnt drive crazy on purpose!!!

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Judith Wilson
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think you should be v e r y careful from now on to forever. Your 8 ball just went into the pocket.

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June Dominguez
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wow! Seeing this reminds me of a car I saw years ago in Spanaway where we lived and a stolen car to boot, driven by a teen boy, driving over 100 mph, being chased by the PCPD, hit another car and parts several feet of parts down the road, I have pictures! Boy, dead!

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Jo Choto
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That says a lot for buying a more expensive and more sturdily built car.

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Vetus Vespertilio
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No point in playing the lottery anymore. You’ve used up a lifetime’s worth of luck!

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Astrid Gustiar
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Very safe car indeed. And you, you have lost 8 lives. Cherish your last mate. Cheers.

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Mimi M
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I read OPs thread. They did not come out of it unscathed, not by far. They were significantly compromised by the accident. But they are alive and not brain damaged. Rest of body not as lucky.

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Andrew Bridge
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

All too easily done too. You start feeling tired and by the time you find somewhere to stop it might be too late

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David F
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You did not survive. Welcome to Heaven, it's not that much different then before, sorry.

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Adam Beverley
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

you can't combine speeds of oncoming cars, physics doesn't work that way.

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An Co
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Combined speed does not actually matter. Hitting a wall at 50 mph is the same as two cars driving directly at each other at 50 mph. Mythbusters made the same mistake and had to re-do the experiment when someone pointed it out.

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J Charby
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Holy smokes!!!! I'm just glad you survived, that's astounding...

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Joan Harding
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Just how in the world did you survive that? You definitely had a guardian angel!

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Mazer
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Who cares what luxury car it was! Be thankful you’re alive!

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Linda HS
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am glad you survived…How? That is another question I have

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QuotedPrawn7490
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

God watches over us, and when it is our time to go, we go. If it's not, we don't die

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#13

That's Why They Have Doors Like That

That's Why They Have Doors Like That

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#15

My Oblivious Neighbor

My Oblivious Neighbor

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Andy Acceber
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Apparently, that happens surprisingly frequently. I was talking to a gas station worker who said it happens at his station at least once every month or two.

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Car Decided Wet Cement Is A Good Place To Drive

Car Decided Wet Cement Is A Good Place To Drive

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Katie Fink
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes. By all means, take this lane. It is clearly reserved just for you. Dumbass

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Street Racing Is Not A Crime

Street Racing Is Not A Crime

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#21

Stupid People Are Not Born Stupid, They Simply Exist

Stupid People Are Not Born Stupid, They Simply Exist

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#23

Moving Trucks Are For Amateurs

Moving Trucks Are For Amateurs

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Holy crap, how do you… I don’t even know how… what the actual f***?!

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#24

I’m In Lions Gate. Broken Clavicle, Scapula, And Eight Ribs, Punctured Lung, But Happy To Be Alive. This Hit Me From Behind Going 80 Km/H

I’m In Lions Gate. Broken Clavicle, Scapula, And Eight Ribs, Punctured Lung, But Happy To Be Alive. This Hit Me From Behind Going 80 Km/H

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#25

Some People Are A Unique Kind Of Idiot

Some People Are A Unique Kind Of Idiot

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I mean, I've done exactly this in GTA but I fail to see how it would actually be possible irl.

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#26

This Idiot Hit Me While He Was Pulling Out Of A Gas Station, He Said He Didn't See Me

This Idiot Hit Me While He Was Pulling Out Of A Gas Station, He Said He Didn't See Me

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#27

Saw This Guy At The Light

Saw This Guy At The Light

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Only In Texas. This Horse Is Either Very Well Trained Or Scared To Death. We Passed This Truck Highway 59, Past Lufkin

Only In Texas. This Horse Is Either Very Well Trained Or Scared To Death. We Passed This Truck Highway 59, Past Lufkin

I’m all for a GoFundMe account for the horse so we can get a proper trailer. Lol

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How About Idiots In Trucks?

How About Idiots In Trucks?

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#30

Horrible Driver Shames Other Driver For Not Accommodating Her Awful Parking Job

Horrible Driver Shames Other Driver For Not Accommodating Her Awful Parking Job

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Wouter
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Uh, what? The car on the right is not within a spot.. I'd do the same.

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My Friend's Dumb Girlfriend

My Friend's Dumb Girlfriend

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Johnny Rodriguez
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Have you seen the x-ray of that girl with the feet on the dashboard? After a crash? You won't hula-hoop for a long time..

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What Is He Doing

What Is He Doing

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Jimmying The Door Because The Duct Tape And Plastic Is Just Too Hard To Get Past

Jimmying The Door Because The Duct Tape And Plastic Is Just Too Hard To Get Past

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#34

Thank You, Very Cool

Thank You, Very Cool

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#35

Happened In Germany Today. Elderly People Really Should Take A Second Driving Test

Happened In Germany Today. Elderly People Really Should Take A Second Driving Test

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#36

My Dad Who Drives And Plays Hearthstone And Screams At Me If I Say Anything

My Dad Who Drives And Plays Hearthstone And Screams At Me If I Say Anything

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Andy Acceber
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Talk to him seriously when he's not driving. If he continues, tell him you'll find other transit. Let him throw his fit. Ride with friends, take the bus. If those aren't options and your dad still won't listen, show this photo to the adults at your school until someone steps in to help you. What he's doing seriously endangers you and others. Adults who care about you would want to know.

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#37

Father Of The Year Has A Ps4 Setup In His Car For His Kids. Monitor Is In Front Of The Airbags

Father Of The Year Has A Ps4 Setup In His Car For His Kids. Monitor Is In Front Of The Airbags

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#38

Improvise. Adapt. Overcome

Improvise. Adapt. Overcome

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#39

Yeah, I'd Like To Have A Double Smashed Windshield Pls, Thanks

Yeah, I'd Like To Have A Double Smashed Windshield Pls, Thanks

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#40

Result Of My Mother's Drunk Driving

Result Of My Mother's Drunk Driving

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Andy Acceber
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm so sorry. I hope you're okay. I hope she's alive. I assume her license has been revoked. I hope this is rock bottom for her and she makes better choices after this.

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#41

We Have Been Forced Quarantined For 48 Hours. Notice The Empty Street And The Closed Gas Station And These Guys Managed To Get Into A Crash

We Have Been Forced Quarantined For 48 Hours. Notice The Empty Street And The Closed Gas Station And These Guys Managed To Get Into A Crash

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Left guy: oh! A gas station! *Turns at the last second* Right guy: oh, it's s closed *turns away at the last second* *oopsie*

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#42

Thought I Was Being Pulled Over Thanks To These Illegal Blue LED Headlights

Thought I Was Being Pulled Over Thanks To These Illegal Blue LED Headlights

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#43

Unless Racing, It’s Time To Change The Tires

Unless Racing, It’s Time To Change The Tires

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dee dee
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Time? Time??? My friend the time was probably a couple of years ago.

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Drunk Driver Turned Directly In Front Of My Van. Tried To Run And Rev His Engine But Only Succeeded In Setting His Car On Fire. Also Wasn't Wearing A Seatbelt. Don't Drink And Drive Kids

Drunk Driver Turned Directly In Front Of My Van. Tried To Run And Rev His Engine But Only Succeeded In Setting His Car On Fire. Also Wasn't Wearing A Seatbelt. Don't Drink And Drive Kids

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Katie Lutesinger
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

One of my closest friends got into a similar crash thanks to some idiot who thought it was a good idea to drive drunk. But he wasn't so lucky. He died at the scene. :(

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#45

Some Guy Stole A Car And Repainted It To Avoid Suspicious

Some Guy Stole A Car And Repainted It To Avoid Suspicious

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#46

Behind Them For 30 Minutes. "Don't You Have Internet Friends That Like This Kind Of Stuff?" - My Wife

Behind Them For 30 Minutes. "Don't You Have Internet Friends That Like This Kind Of Stuff?" - My Wife

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#47

This Person Going 80 With A Dog In The Back

This Person Going 80 With A Dog In The Back

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#49

We Are The Idiots That Got Stuck Out In The Bonneville Salt Flats Yesterday

We Are The Idiots That Got Stuck Out In The Bonneville Salt Flats Yesterday

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Otter
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sometimes the salt flats are rock-hard and completely flat, sometimes they're stinking ooze. And it's pretty damn easy to tell the difference.

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An Idiot In A Car Nevertheless

An Idiot In A Car Nevertheless

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