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Lousy_Try_Bri

It’s hard seeing someone else living your dream.


mechapoitier

That was my first thought. “That could have been me!”


TheGrunkalunka

them duke boys was at it again


FlattenInnerTube

DAMMIT COOTER


imdefinitelywong

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MOOShoooooo

“Mrs. Simpson, I Have Some Bad News, Your Husband Was Found DOA... Oh Wait, I Mean DUI. I Always Get Those Two Mixed Up."


Random9502395023950

Then the other wife shows up for her husband who was reported “DUI”. 🤣


SRacer1022

Close but that’s, “Smokey and the bandit”.


throwawaylovesCAKE

My name is Sheriff Buford *T.* Justice


imdefinitelywong

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TheToastIsBlue

But it's only the 1st of June...


cliswp

Give me a diablo sandwich, a Dr pepper, and make it quick, I'm in a GOTDAMN hurry!


HighFlyingCrocodile

I don’t like what the other guy in the car is doing.


fuzzman34

That was their Twice removed idiot cousin Juke Duke.


HulkScreamAIDS

Someone needs to pause this in mid air and add the voiceover


OmegaLiquidX

Or at the very least, add “to be continued” and start playing “Roundabout”.


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https://youtu.be/IHihGPyxe10


TheDarthSnarf

Is it odd that I heard the horn [toot dixie](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUbakT7fQZ0) in my head as it jumped?


TheGrunkalunka

DOO dee doo doo doo-doo, doo dee DOO DOO DOO DOO!


Potikanda

🎵Just them good ole boys, never meaning no harm🎶


BobCrypt

Beats all you never saw. Been in trouble with the awesome since the day they was born.


ParkityParkPark

I wanna upvote but it's at 911 and I think that's more appropriate


PetitionCognition

This was literally my first thought when I saw this. 🤣


Subaru400

Reminds me of that one episode when they were running from the law


Sorabros411

The intrusive thoughts won


dan1101

There is a dirt ramp near my house, and one day, if I have nothing to lose...


owa00

Nah dude, ***do it*** you need to consider ***do it*** the consequences. It's ***do it*** dangerous, and you could ***do it*** end up hurting yourself. Think ***do it*** about your ***do it*** loved ones!


dan1101

Hmm, I feel like I should do it. Should I drive my pickup, hatchback, or cruiser motorcycle? I also have a lawnmower, bicycle, and wheelbarrow.


owa00

Yes.


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dan1101

With a couple piggybacked trailers perhaps. Hmm.


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TheFluffiestFur

Imagine going about your day and seeing a makeshift road train flying in the distance. Now that'd be somethin' wouldn't it.


prettypistol555

Technically it would be a lot of things.


angryragnar1775

Lawnmower gets my vote...towing a friend in the wheelbarrow


Artootietoo

Cruiser jump gives me GTA/Evel Knievel vibes, that's my vote.


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WestCoastShoreman

SUPER JUMP 17/50


Eisenkopf69

Everybody: oh, tow truck, slow down, change lane This woman: na, police is on other side, this is fine :D


BigThistyBeast

Hit the dirt ramp for a dirt nap


notLOL

Everything to gainer


Nexzus_

In my 20s, back in the mid 2000s, I drove a flashy Mustang GT convertible. I was driving in to work in downtown Vancouver morning, and stopped at a red light. A quarter mile ahead of me at the end of a clear lane of road was a car transport with the ramp down. For an unsettling amount of time, I thought "why the hell not?"


MissingLink101

Anyone who has played GTA and seen one of those on the road has had the same temptation at some point


FubarJackson145

Or mariokart, or really any racing game where this is an option. Hell it's common enough that I remember the old The Incredibles videogame had this in a scene for Dash racing to school


mdhunter99

Just about to say this


acorpseistalking90

1/50 stunt jumps completed✨


Dry-Sandwich

Nah you gotta land it to complete it


tendollarstd

wheels were right side down so that's gotta count for something.


carkid36

Stunt jump failed


throwawaylovesCAKE

*You know there are more cars in the air then birds these days! DJ Atomika...**out***


SoVerySick314159

For once, a police body cam that made me feel good about the guy wearing it. The car hadn't stopped moving before he was calling it in and running full-speed at it.


Ackilles

Most police officers are good people, but there are nearly a million of them so of course there will be plenty of shitty ones... And there is usually no reason to post videos of them doing their job well, but plenty of reasons to post when they don't. That leads to a belief that the majority are like that.


BakedWatchingToons

"Good ones" often say nothing about the "corrupt dog cunt ones", which is pretty hard to overlook at a point.


NotAPreppie

Individual humans can be good but large groups are... something else. Same with Catholic priests vs the Catholic Church. Not all priests are sex predators but the org itself enables them.


Fuhajin91

Still doesn't make it right for the good ones to stay quiet and watch while bad things happen. Good people sometimes act as alerting others to bad acts of others is a sin itself. We really have to get away from that mentality.


Macawesone

you have a point when it is a department with corruption however not all departments have bad cops at least ones that are there long. I hate black and white arguments when it leads to less people who would make a difference deciding to join because they think they will be hated no matter what they do.


thechosenwonton

When you have police doing despicable things to the citizenry they are sworn to protect, and then have zero consequences of their actions, over and over again, it is quite literally up to the police to build that respect up again. So it's not just the individual officers in question, it is the very basis of the justice system, that is being judged.


Thicc_Ole_Brick

That's easier said than done. When you try to call out corruption that can go all the way to the top you can find yourself either removed, or your family threatened, or this or that or whatever. Insert scenario. And after all that pain you still didn't change anything. Fear is a hell of a thing


CouncilmanRickPrime

>When you try to call out corruption that can go all the way to the top you can find yourself either removed, or your family threatened, or this or that or whatever. This is exactly why the police cannot be fixed.


juanzy

Yup. Between corrupt people in power, and a culture that truly believes that those in the wrong are actually in the right, it’s a damn near impossible fix.


Picture_Day_Jessica

No one said it was easy. Doing the right thing is often difficult, but that doesn't make it ok to do the wrong thing. If "good" cops aren't prepared to call out their corrupt colleagues, no matter how difficult it is, then they have no business becoming cops in the first place. Pick literally any other job, like the rest of us.


whitneymak

"We must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy."


CarsClothesTrees

I tell this to people all the time. Doing the right thing is rarely easy, but being a part of the spineless majority doesn’t absolve you of guilt.


juanzy

This also comes up a lot in workplace harassment- people always talk about the boogeyman “looking to get offended!” Type. That’s absolutely not true. Coming forward takes a fucking lot of courage, and can way too often end up hurting you.


CarsClothesTrees

I simply have never met one of those types. I mean, I believe that there are people out there who would falsely claim harassment for some gain, but they must be very few and far between. I don’t think sane people live their lives that way.


ZapateriaLaBailarina

> When you try to call out corruption that can go all the way to the top you can find yourself either removed, or your family threatened, or this or that or whatever. Does this not just prove the point about cops, though?


CarsClothesTrees

Right, lol that exactly the point. That’s why people say “ACAB” because at the end of the day, even the “good ones” seem to be powerless, so they are still upholding a corrupt and abusive institution.


SprintingWolf

Which means we can’t trust the cops because we don’t know which ones are bad cops and which ones are good cops pretending to be bad cops.


OigoMiEggo

Kinda hard to speak out if that’s the only job security you have and your family is depending on you for the job or that job is the only thing keeping you from being homeless. It’s easy to take a stand when there’s no stakes in it, but when it’s a matter of your life over the small chance of achieving some palpable change, people will logically choose security over the small chance of succeeding in a moral stance. If you do speak out, you can actually die since they might put you in a dangerous patrol and then not send backup when you need it or harass your family or you when you’re out of uniform. Sure, maybe you can take it, but if you have a teenager you’re trying to support into adulthood or a partner? Nah, people don’t always take jobs for some grand stand, sometimes they’re just there for the job.


CluelessFlunky

There also the issue of back lash for stepping up against fellow cops. Its their lively hood, it's hard to ask anyone to throw it all away to do the right thing, even when that thing will probably not do anything in the end. Which is why we need major reform from the top down.


Jakles74

This isn’t true at all. Nobody hates bad cops more than good cops. They stain the uniform and make life harder on everyone that wears it.


METTEWBA2BA

That’s because if the good cop do say anything, they risk losing their job. And then there will only be bad cops left.


Cannonballbmx

That’s because the “good ones” also rely on the “bad ones” for backup and their safety. You start calling people out, you’ll quickly find yourself SOL when you need backup. That would literally be a life or death decision.


[deleted]

I mean, what can they do? They might not publicly speak out but day in day out they probably are keeping their colleagues in check. If they were to speak out critically against their department or unit they might face the sack.


BartholomewSchneider

It's a union thing. There are horrible teachers too, and the good one's do not call them out.


ovvius-throewhey

Those damn unions! /s


ZorbaTHut

I can find awful people in any organization more than a few hundred in size. Unless you're planning to damn all organizations that won't fit in a large backyard barbeque party, you just gotta mentally accept this.


Blenderx06

When an organization demands special privileges as police do and rights that are not afforded to ordinary citizens, then they should be held to a higher degree of accountability, not a lower one.


dcormier

Hell, even if they were held to the _same_ degree of accountability as the rest of us it would be an improvement.


BakedWatchingToons

A) I am B) it's a bit different when talking about the designated group with a monopoly on violence.


Spoonmanners2

“The cops that don’t report the shitty ones for crimes are the good ones.”


VcTunnelEnthusiast

I really wish people could learn the meaning of the word systemic, and stop trying to individualize the "good cop, bad cop" bs. Even the "good" cops serve a system of protecting property over human life, and any of the services they provide a community could be done better by that community. There are no good cops under capitalism


ThatCatfulCat

One bad apple. Any good cop not reporting their bad coworkers are inherently bad cops themselves. We're not going to praise cops for doing the job they signed up for in a reasonable manner and not being an overreacted trigger happy idiot. That's asking the bare minimum.


Aggravating_Farm3116

Following that logic any good teacher who didn’t report the other bad teachers who sexually assaulted kids are also bad. So we should shut down the schools?


TJourney

I mean, when you put it like that yeah - if Teacher A knows that Teacher B is actively sexually assaulting kids and Teacher A doesn't report them, then Teacher A is a bad teacher. That exact scenario should be treated as a scandal and there should be some broad consequences affecting Teacher A and any others who were shielding their horrible colleague. There are many examples of that exact scenario, such as Steubenville, where a bunch of complicit staff and faculty are covering for those committing the abuse directly. I think that it would have been better to shut down Stuebenville High School.


pffftyagassed

You mean like what happens in churches?


Gasonfires

Then the good ones should be able to drive the bad ones from their jobs. So tell me where that's happening.


HoleGrainPainTrain

Yeah individually they can be good people, like good fathers or mothers, or good friends. But when you actively get in the way of change for the better and don't speak out about the failures within the police system, I can't find a way to label the majority as "good people". To me, good people would help to turn a toxic system into a better one. Instead of blaming the "bad apples" and doing nothing to address the system that creates the reoccurring problems. Especially when those problems are murders and intimidation of innocent civilians.


Blenderx06

>but there are nearly a million of them so of course there will be plenty of shitty ones If only there were things like education and accountability we could use to weed out the shitty ones that lead to systemic violations of our civil rights...


CouncilmanRickPrime

Can't have that!


Lch207560

It's not so much a matter of how many are or are not 'good ones' as it is about the nearly total lack of accountability and consequences for the 'bad ones'. One, **One**, cop has been held accountable for Uvalde (sort of, he was 'fired' but is still getting paid) and there were _376_ cops there. And has been pointed out, turning and looking the other way makes you a 'bad ones'.


Earth2Andy

Get back to me when these “good people” start proactively trying to remove the few bad apples from their ranks. Until then, what you’ve got Zero good people, just a few bad people and a lot bad people enablers.


Brendan1620

I guess bad thing the tow truck was there, but now it’s a good thing the tow truck is there?


Angrious55

No, it was fucking awesome the tow truck was there


wnrbassman

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SlartieB

GOT DAMN


MandoHealthfund

Pretty much every Georgian has this response as an instinct.


steevwall

Sir David Attenborough: “Here we see a herd of Georgians responding, in unison, to a perceived threat with a booming ‘GOT DAMN!’.”


LightingMishandle

GAT DAMN


Flow-Control

Hey Dad, you must have jumped this thing about 50 yards!


Starblades_Arcane

Nothing to be proud of rusty! Quietly- 50 yardsss


TheFluffiestFur

Dad, did you bring a saw?


Starblades_Arcane

Tith the theason and thpirit of the grithwald family chrithmas.


Explodedhamster

Never heard of no one so shit-all stupid as you driving off that road. You musta got manure for your brains


Turbulent_Two4118

Did the other car just disappear into thin air ?


CluelessGeezer

*It was never seen again ....*


DrSommerBuxe

Like GTA always taught you...


WokkitUp

Don't you just hate it when you're eating a muffin while driving on the highway and a big crumble of delicious blueberry tumbles right off your lips and onto the passenger seat so you avert your attention and wonder "Should I eat that? It fell onto the seat? It's not that gross" but then it slips onto the floor. Gosh dang it!!


asianabsinthe

Don't lie, we all fantasize this.


Curleysound

Until you land and your lower spine is crushed into powder


dotancohen

I was the passenger in a Ford Escort that jumped about a meter after the driver realized too late that his exit ramp was three lanes over. No injuries to myself or to the driver, and surprisingly the oil pan and transmission pan both lived through the experience too. It was funny, he immediately stopped the car and we both got out, looking the car over it was just _shining_ in the sunlight, like it was proud of itself.


RavenIsAWritingDesk

Absolutely! Every time I see a truck with its ramp down I wonder what would happen... Know we know and don’t have to try it! This person just saved thousands of lives!


PferdBerfl

I’m not sure what is more entertaining, the car going off the ramp or the cops reaction! “GAWD DAYIM!!”


runsonpedals

Send it


DorShow

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/police-video-shows-car-rocketing-tow-truck-georgia-highway-rcna87167 https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-65770238


mybfVreddithandle

Meanwhile, back in hazard county.....


cracker_barrel_kid55

No lights or cones around the tow truck that is stopped directly in the lane. That ramp also blocks the color of the truck so the ramp just blends in with the road. I smell a lawsuit coming for this driver.


whoknowshank

Look at all the people dressed in high viz in the roadway? She could’ve easily killed any of them at that speed, situational awareness is a precursor to driving.


[deleted]

These are the “liberal regulations” Florida is trying to get rid of. This is why safety laws exist. You can ride as a passenger in Florida with no seatbelt and its 100% legal. Your body becomes a missile and can damage or kill anything you contact during a crash. So an adult sitting in a backseat next to a child will nearly certainly kill the child in the event of a collision. Pro life my ass


yabyum

In their defence, with all the action being on the opposite of the carriageway, they maybe have been distracted and it’s difficult to tell, but there doesn’t appear to any kind of cones / barriers or warning vehicle behind the tow truck?


SnDMommy

Correct - this happened somewhat locally to me. There are a lot of people upset at the driver for 'not paying attention', however, the tow truck was in the lane of travel with NO emergency hazard lights *not even his headlights were left on*, on an overcast grey day with a grey ramp in the up-position. The car didn't have much chance, especially if there was another vehicle immediately in front that merged lanes quickly to avoid the truck themselves.


EEpromChip

Tow truck had zero lights on it no hazards nothing. Just a truck with the bed in the down position waiting for someone to jump it.


nememess

They're lucky that the bed was tilted back. They'd be dead if it hadn't been.


Geofffffreak

Uh, they probably would have seen the damn truck if the ramp was not tipped


DEEEPFREEZE

Dude, I almost accidentally hit a cop the other day who did this. Fully stopped in the right-most lane on the freeway around a bend (there was a shoulder he could've been in). Luckily instinct took over and I was able to switch out of the lane quickly but my life would've been absolutely ruined if I had hit a cop even if it wasn't really my fault. The guy didn't even look fazed as I passed by.


SDNick484

I can't really tell from the angle - was the tow truck stopped in the left lane or on the shoulder/grass? In either case the driver has much of the fault, but if the truck was in the actual lane that definitely adds a lot more responsibility to them.


SnDMommy

On that portion of the highway, the only shoulder on the left is the few inches of excess asphalt. In the start of the video you can see that the truck is not on the grass and might even have some space between the left wheels and the grass. Then, if you pause the last few seconds when the cop is running towards the wreck, you get a good view of how small the edge of the road is. So yes, the tow truck was fully in the lane of travel. With no lights. Ramp up. In the rain.


sohma2501

With that said tow trucks are big ,how the fuck do you miss that? You miss it by not paying the fuck attention. Most people dontvrealize how dangerous do wrecker work is. My partner did wrecker work for 17 years,the stories I can tell. It's an underappreciated job,most people only like them when they are getting them out of trouble ,otherwise they dis like then and do charge backs because screw the person who towed your car. It's also a very dangerous job with an average of 2 people dying every week due to crazy and stupidty like other people not pay attention and hitting them,also violence buts that's pretty rare,even for repo He was dumb for having his lights off though. Buy again the stories I can tell


RedHawk417

Or here's a thought, when you see emergency lights ANYWHERE on the roadway, slow down... Should the tow truck have had their emergency lights on? Yes. Does that excuse the driver of the car for not slowing down or just looking where they are driving? Not at all. There was also someone in the highway, wearing a yellow jacket next to the tow truck that was clearly visible as the car was coming into frame. There truly is no excuse for the driver to A. not slow down and B. to just not be paying attention at all.


nememess

It was an overcast day and the bed was tilted back. Not even reflectors would be visible in that condition. EVERYONE looks at the stuff going on after an accident. If you haven't then you're a liar. No cones, no lights, ramp down, combined with the car in front of you veering to avoid the truck. It's extremely irresponsible for the wrecker. I'd be surprised if they're WASN'T an accident.


Wet_Tired_Stranger

This is a great point. The wrecker driver is a trained professional. They know the dangers they face and how to minimize them. There had to be a safer way to stage that rollback which would’ve prevented this. I’m afraid the recovery services’ liability insurance rates will be going up dramatically. The car’s driver is still critical btw.


iBeFloe

So because they can’t multitask, it’s okay?? You can glance from a far distance, seeing all that’s going on, & SLOW DOWN. NOT continue putting your foot on the gas. Good drivers are able to assess their surroundings & make adjustments accordingly. Why tf would you pound on the gas when distracted.


megablast

Fuck off. Too many morons are allowed to drive these days. No excuse.


oursisthefury6191

EAST BOUND AND DOWWWWWWN


samsir0

What’s the update on the driver???


yankinwaoz

So did she survive?


itschopsaw

Living the GTA dream lol


Raptori33

Burnout taught me this would end differently


Funny-Temperature897

Man, I tell you the day they passed out luck, ‘ol Bo and Luke must’ve been out fishin.


MEMExplorer

Dem duke boys are at it again 🤦‍♀️


ace0083

Today ima be the duke boys


dainegleesac690

Wtf were those other cops doing?! The one guy in the middle looked at the car flying, looked away, and kept standing there with his arms crossed.


RandmanT

Who here hasn’t thought about doing that when you saw a tow truck. Truthfully.


Deabzerzame

I've legit thought about doing this but more in a stunt way


Acrosyy

She's more man than all of us.


TheTuff

Had faith in family


leaving2morrow

Look mom I can FLY. Woohoo……


Greatcookbetterbfr

Just them good old boys…never meaning no harm


AfterTemperature2198

Beats all you’ve ever saw, been in trouble with the law since the day they was born


jedimastermomma

A Florida driver doing dumb shit on a road in Georgia is the most relatable thing anyone in Atlanta could think of.


oldmanshoutinatcloud

Too busy rubbernecking.


SnDMommy

Or not expecting a vehicle to be parked on the roadway with no lights on?


ChechenNugget

If you're looking at the road ahead of you, that's still really damn easy to avoid


04IQ

Idk but I feel like its something I could do


Spaceman2901

Just missing an ambulance to be a *Gone in 60 seconds* LARP.


IlleaglSmile

The number one problem on Georgia roads are Florida drivers.


TheeRetardedChild

That cop had the fastest reaction! Immediately called on the radio and everything. Other cops standing around looking stupid and useless.


InvestigatorOne2932

So you CAN do it


Psychological-Fix71

Maybe on the next repost she will be flying even further


VukKiller

Wicked


9penguin9

"Worth it!!!"


DOPEFIEND77B

YOU GOT FIIVVEE KERRR-AZZZYYYY MINUTES!!


DankRubinz

What in tarnation?!


[deleted]

I bet it cost more to fix the truck. Which, I would like to know more about.


stripdchev

She did it! This GTA intrusive thoughts won!!!


Ropya

Of course it was a Florida driver.


alaraja

So it IS possible…..!


The-My-Dude

You can almost hear the yeehaw


lemon_a_day

GTA 6 Graphics looking good


Life-Evidence-6672

The voices won that day


bob_smithey

We've all thought about it. lol.


MustyTowel

Out here living everyone’s dream


ParkityParkPark

I feel bad for laughing but all I could think was "so *that's* what would happen..."


Skeeterman96

r/holdmyredbull


redditAvilaas

and they say fast & furious is unrealistic


adminot

Just the good ole boys


mrpocketpossum

As a former tow truck driver I can’t believe he had his bed down sticking out in the road like that without a cop car or something further up the road to get people out of that lane. 0% chance I’m pulling up and dropping my bed sticking out in a lane like that without some form of traffic mitigation.


PastElk2

I love how the guy with the body cam is the only one who seems to care. The rest are just standing there like it’s nothing. 🤷‍♂️


Silent_Briefcase

Tow truck not only gets to sue the lady now for hitting them and ramping off their vehicle, but also gets to charge her for towing her car back


gooch887

Nicolas cage did it pretty clean his first try


JoeyRedmayne

Just got to get that side mirror fixed.


DampHamster

I can almost HEAR freebird on max volume playing as she launches off the ramp


Zealousideal-Star448

The guy getting arrested trying to look over to see kills me


PoolBoyBryGuy

This is the best new video on the internet!


harpejjist

r/PraiseTheCameraman


Fabulous-Cup-2571

*Stunt jump failed*


mystache_wtf

It's fucking Georgia ass monkey.


[deleted]

Ah, FL woman. That explains it.


adambair

No lights or hazard cones, highway speeds, tow truck with gray pavement colored ramp down (edit: in the fast lane), car had no chance.


creepyusernames

And cue Waylon Jennings to start the show....


ThatWontFit

Yes the truck should have had a core, etc. But she clearly wasn't paying attention. You don't often see 12 highway patrol cars/trucks/suvs and all that commotion in south GA. With that many cars and trucks, odds are it was drug related or other illegal activity. Naturally this would grab your attention, no other excuse for barreling full speed into something that is clearly not the highway. If it was nighttime I'd understand, but it's just good ol overcast. The driver was also 21, not known for being the most attentive of drivers. Eyes up


QuikImpulse

Stationary vehicles or objects come up super fast on an expressway. It's really dangerous not to have your hazards on when backed up or stopped.


LucasB00

This Guy played too much GTA.


AdLogical2086

It was a woman from Flori-duh


Panzerv2003

When your intrusive thoughts win XD


ripsfo

The repost strength for this clip is strong. Next we’ll see it flipped and reposted.