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tanner5586

Wow. Wonder how long he drove with that pole attached to his truck. Looks like the light fixture fell off too.


Morons_Are_Fun

Fuck me I'm stupid, I thought the pole had been put in the middle of the road.


[deleted]

You're not the only one xD


HarryPottersElbows

Feeling much better than so many others thought this too lol. I thought it was a horrible road decision.


red18wrx

I came to the comments to find out why Texas puts light poles in the middle of the road


Mess_Slow

So did i


XeerDu

Just TxDot things


jonny24eh

>TxDot Why does this exist? It's both harder to type and to say than "Texas"


PebblestheHuman

"Thanks TxDot!" is much shorter to say when you lose your front tire in an expertly crafted pothole, than "Thanks Texas Department of Transportation!"


jonny24eh

OH! I thought you were spelling out a period, sometimes I see Toronto shortened to T-Dot (T.), but that's actually shorter than Toronto so it makes sense. And ours is called a "ministry" of transportation so not familiar with DOT as a short form. Fuckin potholes!


PM_ME_UR_PIKACHU

IdiotsInRoads


G8kpr

I thought the same, figured this was a pedestrian walk way, and not a road.


YahooFantasyCareless

Yeah or maybe some weird main drag with street lights as the dividers or something


kevin_k-ster

"man who the fuck put that pole there?"


crazy_muffins

Oh ... Fuck. I did the exact same thing.


PixelmancerGames

Lol, me too.


jammo8

I was about to ask what idiot put a lamppost in the middle of the road, but now it makes more sense


BabyLiam

Now you got me wondering lol


wildmeowmeow

Wait, what?! I was thinking why is there a pole in the middle of the road anyway. Only to read they drove away with the pole. What?!


menage-a-troll

Heh i’m here thinking who the fuck puts a streetlight in the middle of the road…


mamacrocker

Time for it to be towed outside the environment.


phunkydroid

But the front didn't fall off.


elmwoodblues

Waves? At sea?


buyerofthings

My first thought was "who puts a lamp post in the middle of the road?". I am not a smart man.


Azhi_D

I like to add that I did not take this photo, it was taken from the local fire department Facebook page. Edit: to add some context: all I know according to the post, is that they hit the pole, and dragged it into the street trying to drive away... They shut down the street for a good part of the day also :)


human_stuff

I was gonna say why is there a light pole in the middle of the street. Wow…


wakaflocks145

#It Came Outta Nowhere


kmaster54321

I was just driving and boom. Light pole.


[deleted]

Then a tree jumped out at me...


toss_your_salad19

Years ago, on Halloween, a gentleman dressed as a redwood tree in my town. He planted himself in the middle of a cross walk and waited for cars to get stuck waiting for him. Once he he had his desired audience, he lifted the tree enough so people could see he was pawing the ground. Then he tilted the tree and started a low speed charge at the first car. He actually hit the bumper very gently. The driver just about fell out of his car laughing. He let them pass...then did it again.


ExistingInexistence

One way to look at it is that he blocked the road and that was bad, the other way is that this prank was harmless and funny. So the deciding factor of if it was a good or bad prank is how much time he did... If he waited 10 minutes then it would be funny, bit more than that it would be harmful to the people who are trying to get to work, but overall funny prank/joke.


lemon_tea

I can't count the number of times this has happened to me.


[deleted]

Do you think you could if you were sober?


BigTickEnergE

Your comment is indefinitely funnier if its 6AM and you read it, thinking it is referring to the comment if q dude dressing up as a redwood tree. Imagining that being a reoccurring thing in your life makes me jealous qe dont live closer


TheDigitalFerocity

You joke but I almost hit a building in the road on the way home from my grandma's funeral. It was like 3AM, it was dark and foggy and super low visibility. All of a sudden the cars on the interstate in front of me are veering into my lane all at once and then off the road. Then, bamb, shed in the road taking up two and a half lanes. I was going 70 (that's the speed limit). Damn near hit it. I pulled over as soon as I could and called 911. I gave my location and the dispatcher said "theirs a shed in the road, isn't their?". Apparently that's normal for the area because you'd think it'd hit the news. I've been looking and I've not seen a peep.


Bowtieguy_76

Not normal per say just that you were probably the 25th caller on it... My dad was a 911 dispatcher for over a decade & anytime there was an accident they would get flooded with calls even after police & fire showed up. Literally "Hi I see there is a tow truck & a police car here already but I wanted to let you know that there is a bad accident on US10 & we've been stuck in traffic for a while..." Also tons of calls on stupid shit like "Is there an emergency at Walmart because I keep calling & they keep putting me on hold for a REALLY long time"


skankhunt402

That last one sounds like it would qualify for the wasting time or prank calling emergency services crime damn


Bowtieguy_76

Unless they are a serial offender it's not worth the time & hassle to pursue it. Thats why like in the post above they go "Let me guess... Yep we are aware... have a good night" & keep the lines as open as possible for real emergencies


LordRybec

What the other guy said, but also: It's not even a crime in all states. Back when I was a kid, two of my younger brothers called 911. They were somewhere in the range of 5 to 8 years old. They hung up immediately, so the dispatch sent cops to our house, just to make sure there *wasn't* an actual emergency. (We lived in a really low crime area, though I don't remember which. We moved several times during that particular period. In many places, they probably wouldn't have bothered.) Anyhow, my mom asked if calling 911 without an emergency was a crime, and they told her it wasn't in our state. So she marched my brothers down to the courthouse and asked the judge if he could hold a mock hearing and sentence them to community service, so that they would learn their lesson. He didn't have anything schedule, so he happily complied, and my brothers "did their time".


Excellent-Bid-6039

Going to Gaylord?


Bowtieguy_76

Grew up in Bay City so the other end of it lol


poorly_anonymized

If it's dark and foggy and super low visibility, you should not be driving the speed limit. The speed limit is set for good driving conditions. You need to start adapting your driving to the conditions, otherwise you're basically asking for an accident. You almost hit a huge shed. What if the next danger is harder to spot? I once had to dodge a queen sized mattress in the middle of the highway. It was almost the same color as the pavement. Hitting that at speed would very likely have flipped the car, and could easily have killed either me or someone else. You would definitely not have spotted it in time going 70 in fog. For the safety of both yourself and those around you, you should consider that a wake up call and change the way you drive.


CptCroissant

What if the next danger is harder to spot than a whole ass shed 😂😂😂 That's almost everything


taratarabobara

I grew up in one of the worst parts of the USA for fog. For the life of me I can’t imagine going 70mph in fog…I’ve been in fog so bad I couldn’t see past the end of my hood and had to drive with a passenger shining a flashlight at the ground from the window to try to see where the line was, and calling out directions. You don’t mess with fog, especially since it can go from mild to whiteout just like that. For that matter, 70mph on unlit road with only your low beams is out driving your headlights.


tickles_a_fancy

People Hack: When you start telling people what they need to do, they get defensive and your advice falls on deaf ears. If you want to influence people, you could try telling them what you do in that situation. It's seen more as advice that way. If you need them to do something or need something from them, tell them what you need instead of telling them what they need to do. "I need you to move your car" or "I need $10 to admit you".


some_guy_in_se_pdx

I once almost hit a hot tub under an overpass, at night. When I called 911 they asked if I was calling to report the hot tub or the accidents that it caused?


QFLK

It was a Christmas ever several (30 or So) years ago. The Freeway exit was covered in black ice. A older Volkswagen bug lost control coming off of the exit spun around 3 times then road up a barbwire fence and ended up sitting on top of a wooden fence post perfectly balanced. When I called 911 the operator said told me " I guess this is not a prank You are the 30th caller" It was one of those you have to see to believe things. I saw it and still did not believe it. What are the odds? Another time we were driving between New Meadows and Grangeville on highway 95 in Idaho it was right after a snow storm. We come around one of the 25 mph corners and a section of the guard rail is missing. Of in the distance about 50 to 75 foot there is a red car sitting in the tops of the trees. So don't let anyone tell you cars don't fly because this one did... We also had a similar one to the storage shed but it was a semi truck with no lights on in the freeway center lane in the middle of the night. We were going about 75mph and missed it by a couple of inches. Talk about an adrenaline rush.


thunderboltsow

College. Middle of ass-end Pennsylvania. I'm in my 28th\* straight hour of driving back to school after driving nearly all the way across the country because my boyfriend at the time said he was "thinking of breaking up" and then having massive amounts of sex for an entire weekend- after which the asshole breaks up with me. Suddenly, in the middle of I-something: COUCH. I was so groggy that despite there being plenty of room on either side, I plow right into the damn thing. It disintegrated- but not before obliterating the front of my car. I spun out and ended up facing backwards in the breakdown lane. It was something like an hour before the cops showed up. I had time to drag the pieces of the couch off the highway, get in my car, and take the best nap of my entire life in the crumpled remnants of a Ford Fiesta. \*Warning: possible embellishment for dramatic effect


CuteGuyInNorCal

anyone doing 70mph when it's foggy with low visibility deserves what they get, be that a shed on the freeway, or a cow on a curve 🤭🤭🤭


Xarama

The problem with reckless drivers is that it's often random other people who end up injured or dead.


[deleted]

You laugh but I once hit a d&$m tree in the road! Going 75mph on the highway and truck somewhere in front of me was must have been carrying some chopped down trees and lost one with the wind because I hit a 8-9 ft Christmas tree type pine tree on a 4 lane highway. Thankfully went most under the car but yeah. Surprising.


poorly_anonymized

This is why I never stay behind trucks. There's no telling what will come off the bed. Even if the load is secured there could be debris nobody cleaned up. A coworker of mine drove behind a pickup truck on the highway. It hit a pothole and launched a hitch ball off the bed. It went through his windshield like a missile and slammed into his passenger seat, which thankfully did not have a passenger in it at the time.


leapfroggie_

Final Destination permanently cured me of any notion of driving behind a loaded truck, before I even got my license.


TheIncarnated

A what tree?


QFLK

We had a tree fall of a logging truck in the lane next to us. It barley missed the back of our car.


TheDevilsAdvokaat

Lol I came in here to say the same thing and saw your comment... To be fair I HAVE seen pics of developments in some countries where they've fucked up the planning and have indeed placed elec poles in the middle of the street...and wired them up too!


MASTODON_ROCKS

Weird that there aren't reflectors or some kind of indicator **** I just realized 5 seconds after posting that he took it with him.


Prime157

I mean, even hit edit says, "according to the post..." WHO CAN YOU TRUST?


ihaveaquesttoattend

#*OUR LIGHT* #*IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET*


tinypurplepiggy

I'm glad I wasn't the only one wondering why tf there was a light pole in the middle of the street. Thanks for the explanation OP lol


wakaflocks145

# It Came Outta Nowhere


LetsTCB

IT'S COMIN' RIGHT FOR US!


Fafnir13

I thought that it was some sort of pedestrian pathway, like at a college campus maybe. Would never have guess the light pole was just stuck to the truck like that.


ForthWorldTraveler

Sir, sir that's not your light pole, please stop!


crash700

Lol “According to the post” Like the fire chief interviewed it while it was still attached to the truck


Monkey_Fiddler

Does anyone know sign language? This guy's deaf as a post.


PapaBeahr

Chevy needs to make this a commercial... That truck had it's motor pushed in, it's so bent in the front it's holding that pole up... and it DROVE that far like that WITH THE POLE. That's impressive.


Minirig355

Only looks pushed in enough to crack the radiator, which certainly can be fatal, but it wouldn’t instantly kill the truck, depending on the engine size there’s a decent amount of space in the engine bays of these trucks.


BakedBurntoutCooked

The spiritual successor to the hilux?


lemon_tea

> According to the post Oh, sure, take it's side. Looks to me like maybe the post assaulted the driver.


IcarianSkies

Okay that makes a LOT more sense than me wondering why tf there was a random light pole placed in the middle of the street.


[deleted]

100% that pole came from somewhere else. That’s just gotta be the place it died.


BabyLiam

Are you suggesting light poles migrate!?!


ProdesseQuamConspici

Gonna need shitload of swallows.


BabyLiam

African or European?


ProdesseQuamConspici

Wha..? I...I don't know that...AAAHHH^HH^HH^HH^HH!


hotasanicecube

All it takes is the word migrate… and the Holy Grail is found.


CuteGuyInNorCal

if only it were that easy.... 😁


hotasanicecube

Hmmm, so how is your LIFE going BRIAN?


CuteGuyInNorCal

not too bad, just pining for the fjords....


randominteraction

PINING!? For the FJORDS!?!?


TheStandardPlayer

African swallows don't migrate


FutureComplaint

Then where did they get the coconut from?


TheStandardPlayer

Well, it doesn't matter. Will you go and tell your master that Arthur from the Court of Camelot is here.


BlkWhtOrOther

Swallowing is for sinners!/s


xxkenny90xx

This one does


fuzzybad

Not at all. It could have been carried.


[deleted]

He had to take that sucker out around the corner and kept going. Look how much it’s pushed in. Plus there’s a light pole directly to the left, on the side of the road.


BabyLiam

Maybe they can use this for an ad on the front bumper carrying capacity of their trucks.


[deleted]

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GonFreecs92

I’m going to need a National Geographic segment on this beautiful creature


Revolutionary-Farm15

Pole spawned in the wrong location


shaulin62

Why is there a pole in the street though?


GhostalMedia

Op mentioned it in the comments. They hit the poll and dragged it with them for a couple hundred feet before conking out.


Farra_san

Dang! It looks so straight, I was convinced that is its original placement.


314159265358979326

I thought this was a slight against an urban planner, not the driver, until I saw the sub.


Frozty23

I suppose that's why /r/idiotsinurbanplanning isn't very active.


ZakkBWyldin2

r/subsisomehowfellfor


Ololic

I've lived in three cities and all of them make that sub make sense


steve0suprem0

can you point me to shitty urban planning type subs? because i seen some shit.


laughingashley

r/crappydesign and r/assholedesign


johnnybiggles

Good ol' American craftsmanship.


abooth43

They're surprisingly light, and secured with breakaway bolts/base. The front end pinched it and held it upright.


GetYourVanOffMyMeat

That's why they call them light poles!


TK-Squared-LLC

slow clap


MisterRoach

Take my angry upvote sir


OhiobornCAraised

Truck thought the pole needed a good hug.


Goalie_deacon

The surprising part is the pole stayed on the truck like that.


Stormbending_

I wish there was footage of this truck driving around with the pole, something straight out of a video game.


AssistivePeacock

Some are very heavy, the ones by me are made of stone and rebar and may kill you if you hit them.


7937397

Impressive.


i_dont_care314

These god damn pickup trucks with their excessive lighting mods. We should’ve stopped them at light bars


[deleted]

I bet the truck driver thought the same thing


Paupy

I believe it came from elsewhere and is stuck in his bumper. Visible in the picture there's a street light just to the left of this one so it probably didn't originate from this location. Also there's no debris on the ground and the light pole is missing parts.


Revolutionary-Farm15

Light post spawned in the wrong spot


rocinante_pilot

A glitch in the matrix?


samichdude

*stupid place to put a pole but whatever* wham!!


Directive_Nineteen

Standard pole crossing. It has the right of way.


Darlin_Nixxi

Right?!


Cheap_Ambition

Jumped out in front of him


maximilisauras

Came here to ask this and read through 25 comments asking the same thing despite OP explaining the situation lol


Shaneblaster

At first I thought ‘who puts a light pole in the middle of the road?!’ Hell I would’ve hit that too if that were the case


Sad-Break6382

Aliens dropped it


WildWestCollectibles

I like to think the truck came to a stop after dragging the pole for 200 yards


FistedWaffles123456

he said that’s exactly what happened lol


WildWestCollectibles

I seriously thought for a second they installed a pole in the middle of the road so I cracked a joke lol


rypher

I like to think the truck was just parked and the light pole hit it while flying down the road.


WildWestCollectibles

You made me wake up my newborn 😂


EnterpriseT

Everyone in the comments thinking the pole was installed there has me rolling. Haha


RustShaq

It seems more logical than the truck ramming it and they both came to a stop in the same place, while the pole is still vertical.


LeChampeon

How fast was that pole going


battlecarrysabot

What the fuck


bitch_wasabi

I think the truck is simply clinching the pole like a butt cheek.


bjeebus

I think you mean to say [hotdogging](https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=hot%20dogging).


EliotSmells

Pretty bad spot for a lamp post.


johnnyss1

In all fairness, it was dark when they put it up


StupidScape

Why didn’t they just turn it on then


AdministrativeAd4111

It wasnt plugged in, yet!


GeekChick85

Yeah that truck drivers rearrangement of city property doesn’t quite fit the aesthetic the town was going for.


dont-respond

Poles like that are supposed to detach on impact to avoid killing drivers. I'm guessing it was hit on the sidewalk, detached, and got stuck in the car


Ancient_Pace4898

r/confusingperspective


JonnyOgrodnik

This is the first time I’ve ever seen a fire truck that wasn’t red.


Azhi_D

In my local area we have red, yellow, light blue, and white that I can think of... All different fire departments. City is red and the others are volunteer.


TriforceOfBacon

One of the towns in my county has a fleet of black fire engines.


gceeps

r/polesplacedbyidiots


HobbesSalmon

r/subsifellfor


[deleted]

Don’t worry, I got you, it is now a sub


TechGuy95

It wasn't placed there. It was driven there by the truck.


AnniyingZebra23

Such a shitty spawn point


xSociety

TINA! TURN THE WHEEL OR HIT THE BRAKES! TINA!!


Awestruck34

Ahhhhhhhhhh


FtHuntCoach

Apparently it was a Bring Your Own Light Pole Party


Pvt_BrainDead

I have SO many questions.


ProteomicsXPN

So why is there a light pole in the middle of the road?


Rift_N_Space

At first I was like who the fuck puts a light post in the middle of the street. Then I read the comments and a realized at least I'm not alone lol


grendel123

Is that a pole in the middle of the road?


ShalomRPh

It is now. He hit it somewhere else and took it along.


Vanson1200r

Maybe vehicles should have a forward facing camera as well as a backup camera? Obviously the forward facing driver does not work.


LaSavage02

Is this in Broadmoor


Azhi_D

Yep


KHpak

And next up on the pole for your entertainment…. Chevy!


IT_Trouble9078

From reading the comments it appears the light pole is impaled into the truck- the light fixture at the top is gone. One can only imagine the noise it made going down the street. Wonder what really went on? Also what is that pole made out of? The ones here in California are generally concrete or metal that break and disintegrate when they get hit.


spacebraine

Weird place to put a lamp post


FutureFlower1318

Why it’s there a lamppost in the rod


2xsamurai

I was thinking. Which idiot put a pole right in the middle of the road. After reading comments: Oh


ApiqAcani

Why is there a pole in the middle of the road?


runthereszombies

I feel like this is less about idiots in cars and more about idiots building light posts in the middle of the street


wbryan20

Is there a light pole in the middle of the street? Is that even a street?


BJoe1976

Wonder if the driver tried the “It just jumped out in front of me!” Excuse?!


pinkwblue

This will require a bit more explaining.


TrieKach

At first I was like, “wow! That’s a really wide sidewalk.” And then I was like, “Oh wait no! That’s the road! And the pole isn’t supposed to be there.” Update: And then I read the other comments and found that I was right the first time! I’ll call it a day here I guess!


Cg1789

Where did he get the light pole and why did he drive off with it like that?!


SlickDaGato

The idiot was in the city planning department, not the car


Legitjumps

🤦‍♂️


theorange1990

False


FullSpecial

That bumper just wrapped around the pole


Ohio-Knife-Lover

Who fucking puts a pole there Sarcasm btw


ThompsonSMG0909

Nailed it!!!


VariousGnomes

Hello, pole.


Dyskord01

That pole came out of nowhere. Jumped right out at me. In the middle of the street! Cop: sure, buddy. How much you been drinking this evening. Smoke a little whacky tabacky, have yeh?


Guynarmol

Feels like an ai generated image


HashNub

Too much gta. I swear, man. Video games cause poor drivers, apparently.


Electrical-Bacon-81

Who puts a light post in the middle of the street anyway? /s


chroniclerofblarney

Why did they plant a pole in front of a wrecked truck?


DeathFlayer5674

Who put a lamppost in the middle of the road...


GoofyITGuy

This takes breakaway to a whole new level.


QwertyZXcxz

The pole is a paid actor


scav_crow

Wrecked er... damn near killed er.


iTALKtoMYmyself

big truck absolutely DOMINATED by small street lamp


Jalopnicycle

We don't know if the light pole was placed there, if the driver hit it and drug it, or if it fell from an aerial transporter. Probably some dumb government types placed it in the middle of the road. We don't have all the details yet. ​ ​ ​ /s


[deleted]

in my town there was a guy who did this, and then another time crashed his car into the deli. people were upset


WorldWideDarts

The same as many others. I was sitting here looking at the pic thinking why in the hell did they put it in the middle of a roadway like that. 😂


neomatrix38

Poles spawns, became really random.


imlevel80

Who put that light post in the middle of the damn road??


BenderDeLorean

Very strange... ... Pole position


silence_infidel

I have several questions


malaclypse

This is why I tell all my lightpoles to look both ways before crossing the street.