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First mini dump of the new year! Hope your year goes better than it did for these people!
Jan 3, 2025 9:04 PM
UncleSlam123
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First mini dump of the new year! Hope your year goes better than it did for these people!
richardstinks
#4 BNSF, Better Not Stop, Fucker.
amundost
#10 that was to remind this guy to put in his helmet properly. His helmet will give 0 protection if it's not on his head
Goldmarble
But it did make for Rube Goldberg-esque projectile weapon!
cgt9803
#10 That was pretty damn impressive
WhiskyBravo
#6 have fun at the hospital, dipshit
Lucallia
I love how a lot of these are just people challenging gravity in various ways and losing.
ThatsProbablyInMyBag
#2 well with how much coke he can fit on that nail, I'm not surprised.
SnakesInBowties
#4 Blade Runner!
NZSheeps
It's the train's fault for not stopping, obviously
Emrys12
Such a good fucking dump ive never seen some of these and theyre thr best ones ever
isetprettygirlsonfire
#1 When you hire the three stooges instead of a professional fire show
MADchemEE
Right?
keyblader1985
#1 I mean at least they took the best course of action after the worst had already happened - stop drop and roll, and throw sand on it
originalhuman
#7 couldn’t have happened to a more upright person
NZSheeps
#2
trythebleucheese
Always f'n Klaus
TheDeucer
Happy New Year @UncleSlam123 ! Look forward to spending 51 more times with you this year!!
UncleSlam123
Happy New Year to you too! Here’s to a fun 2025
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imgonnaralph
ldiots of lmgur, I love it
CrumbyCake
#1 looks like either Glamis or St. Anthony sand dunes. Shit gets crazy out there. If you're gonna be dumb, best to do it away from others
AllTheGoodOnesWereGone
If they were any slower in pouring that gas around, then the vapor would have spread and the whole thing would have gone up and engulfed them the moment that guy sparked his lighter.
Pseudosim
Glamis is just a pure darwinism zone. I went out there once (not to dirtbike, got to ride in a sandrail) and there were multiple air medivacs in one day. A lot of concentrated stupid goes on there.
Bubbells
Yeah that is an arrestable offense where I am. There were people were dumping in the area a while back so the laws became much more strict.
MechanicalRomance
I do gotta give thrm credit tho. They went directly from being about as dumb as you can be to handling thatncrisis about as effectively as you could.
If they hadnt lit themselves on fire id be impressed.
Apock93
Is that Chris Titus?
DuncanHillsCoffee4Life
Get your ass home and quit being a wussy!
SheepySleepySmuggler
It appears to be this incident in Luling, Texas: https://cbsaustin.com/news/local/train-smashes-into-18-wheeler-carrying-wind-turbine-blade-in-luling
shitheadtookmyname
Luling smells like rotten eggs 24/7 it's about 60 minutes from Austin into oil country
Domek97
I think you replied to the wrong comment?
SheepySleepySmuggler
Yup, missed the number
MoonRiverFrost
Still, great sleuthing bud! I appreciate sauce! (I'm not sarcastic, I'm autistic, and this one screamed to be used)
Bubbells
Different #
PotatoHamer
#5 How is he not dead?
PyroAvok
He might be dead, it just might take awhile for the rest of him to find out.
flukeysnail
Safety flip-flops
trythebleucheese
Well he didn't die, but that day, he was fired from the "Things that look like steel" styrofoam plant.
SnailsAgainstTungstenSpheres
AimingForAdorkable
He didn’t go flat like a pancake, because it looks like he slipped down & the angle of the tube against machine slope was just enough to give space to not-pancake him
But:
I am 98% sure it still hit him. Video quality is shit, but slowed down, it looks (to me) like he still got hit in the head. Or limbs injured
He might still be badly injured & die of injuries later
Walking away doesn’t always mean they lived. Adrenaline is a hell of a drug. Makes you think you’re ok—until it wears off
AimingForAdorkable
If this was the USA, I’d look for an article on it. But it doesn’t look like USA.
SteveMND
Incredibly, astonishingly, ridiculously lucky. Looks like there was juuuuust enough of a space between the two parts of the vehicle that stopped the giant pipe from crushing him completely.
ItispronouncedGIFwithahardG
#7 Whoever did the captioning on this one deserves to be arrested as well.
Stellori
Yeah. Had to watch it twice because hell they were distracting.
Domek97
I had to cover over the subtitles with my thumb. It actually wasn't possible for me to ignore it with the annoying pop-in
Lucallia
Don't you love it how the Original subtitles are there then there's the OBNOXIOUS AS SHIT subtitles blocking the view of everything overlayed on top and then there's also the USELESS ASS title above it taking up most of the screen space making the video smaller and rendering the best original subtitles even harder to read?! Don't you LOVE it?!!
DanSapSan
The year has just begone and i have already found the most annoying subtitles of this decade.
trigonman3
It's just begone, huh? Maybe you need a different subtitle writer.
DanSapSan
Freudian slip. I saw the subtitles and was done with this year, apparently.
manixaist
#1 and several others
richardstinks
#2 Oh noooo, my root beer haulin' truck!
raggedbudgetracing
Guess he's not root beer forklift certified
RightHandofEnki
the extreme allergy to a parking brake of the American people will be their downfall
nimbusfool
For the absolute shit show he gets +5 for grabbing and passing child to safety. Now the -50 he got for putting the child in danger by not using the break..
RightHandofEnki
Jesus! I didn't even click, I come from one of 5 countries that drive on the wrong side of the road, so I thought he was saving the driver, the tiny, helpless, dinky driver.
YellowCottonDress
Right-hand traffic isn’t as predominant as you’d think - India, Pakistan, Japan and Indonesia (~2 billion people) are all lefties.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-_and_right-hand_traffic
Gaelwyn
Even if he had used the parking brake, he never should have left his vehicle stopped in the middle of the road, especially not with a child in it. Also, that kid should've been sitting in the back seat.
reinerdefender
#4 Why is the internet full of trains hitting shit at railroad crossings in the US, but not anywhere else?
Lucallia
probably a cross between more dash cams, more people on their phone while driving, and less respect for trains in America. I mean would you fuck around with something called a bullet train? I think in many other countries the general public is more aware or personally connected to trains, like they're used as common public transport. But how many people actually has taken a train in america?
DragonBjorne
We’re bad at trains.
Thefsm
I don’t know about anyone else, but I e renewed my license in two states and had to do the test in each, and neither test involved what to do in railroad crossings. I’ve watched people roll under moving trains to avoid the ten minute wait time as a big one rolls past too. People are idiots.
reinerdefender
That's crazy (and wouldn't be possible here in Germany, since even the longest and most gigantic of freight trains move too fast for that)
Farroutusername
I cannot thank you enough for the service you provide
Dociousaliexpilisticfragicalirepus
For real. Been feeling like eating a bullet lately and these dumps help a lot.
theduckening
#10 that helmet was not properly secured.
overfedlonghairedleapinggnome
Kept his shoes though. That impressed me.
Cilvaa
The number of people I see riding bikes and scooters with the straps not done up is shocking. Like, what is the fucking point of wearing it if it's gonna come flying off the second you fall...
trythebleucheese
This kills the helmet.
raggedbudgetracing
Oftentimes kills the rider too.
MrFancyPanzer
#1 fucking idiot starts lighting it as the guy has an open fuel can right there, could have gone way worse.
Ivain
yeah only one of them being on fire, and actually managing to get it out relatively fast seems like the best possible outcome considering the utter idiocy and incredibly short fuses.
EpsteinsWeenieHutJuniors
Yeah, honestly it would have been much safer to light a trail of fuel to it like a sane person, but first time I guess.
Hackmastergeneral
I need closure on this. That guy was seriously on fire for a long while. How seriously was he burned, does anyone know? I don't know how those guys didn't think about some sorry of fuse
AimingForAdorkable
I noticed that too. That 1 extra idiotic fucking idiot. He thought it would be funny to light it early, before 1) the other guy was done pouring fuel into the sand & 2) before everyone was ready & cleared out.
Dude had a fucking murder wish on his friends. Or at minimum attempted manslaughter. Or death by negligence. Or death by depraved heart or something
If I were those people (thankfully I’m not that stupid) I’d call the police on that 1 particular asshole & never speak to them again
frizy1
I feel like calling the cops when you've also committed a crime isn't the best idea...
AimingForAdorkable
True.
But Larry there… that was worse than what the others did. He deserves legal consequences.
Or he deserves to get fucking punched in the face, at minimum.
AimingForAdorkable
Maybe idea:
The lesser idiots (still idiots) could all make a pact to not to tell the pigs, who else was in the video / not tell the pigs who was wearing what clothing.
And then they all agree to only point out which one was Lighter Happy Manslaughter Larry.
Moonthatspellsmoon
#9 when you're climbing the stairs at night and you clear the phantom step at the top and have a mini-heart-attack
Bunhyung
Fun fact; A-Fib irregularity feels the same.
trythebleucheese
Like the falling dream?
MoonRiverFrost
Or the "Will fell asleep too fast so now we're obviously dying WAKE UP!" Part of your brain?
Bunhyung
It's the subconscious expectation of a beat that doesn't occur when you think it will so it feels like your heart fell in a hole.
BisAndThighHighs
So that's what that is, had that happen before. Recently had a 24hr ecg and waiting to hear back, hopefully that picked something up.
Bunhyung
Was it a Zio patch?
trythebleucheese
Wow, that's wild
notblubber
#5 You NEVER walk under a suspended load. That's one of Darwin's favorite tools.
maincarrot
Graaaavity... Is workinnnnng against meeee
keyblader1985
I actually yelled out loud at that one.
RichardNunez
nopo
I'm honestly pretty shocked the guy wasn't crushed...
casbott
Especially with the ominous music.
It really needs to be redone with a wacky soundtrack
Hackmastergeneral
Why would you upload this without the sound? Like I can hear it in my head but it's just weird to say "replace the music with THIS" and then pay agif without sound.
casbott
I didn't know it didn't have sound, was just scrolling through my folders going "I know I've got something like that saved in amongst my 10,000 + favourites"
SirRichfield
TanithRosenbaum
"Unter schwebenden Lasten lauert der Tod" ("Death lurks below suspended loads", famous German workplace safety sign, has been in use for over a century now)
SirRichfield
In 40.000 years: "Below suspended loads lurks HERESY!!!!"
TanithRosenbaum
I mean, in all fairness, Heresy lurks EVERYWHERE.
boardfuniguess
I thought I just saw someone die at first
newsguycraigevans
Same. I was trying to decide what would go on the death certificate, blunt force trauma or maybe I would just go with smushed.
veilofanon
I cannot figure out how he dodged it.
jonReremy9669
safety sandals
5005050505
It looks like the tube landed on his leg and pinned him in the initial fall so that's probably broken. A moment later the vehicle's suspension bounces it up off him and he slides down below the point of contact, allowing him to escape. He might have any number of injuries being concealed by adrenaline.
sagejosh0
No bones, you can crumple into a pile if you are boneless. In all seriousness I cant tell if he landed just right or he is going to be feeling to most pain in the world from all the ripped muscles he got from being put into a ball.
HobbstheTiger
HOW IS DUDE NOT DEAD?!
rusrsdude
Prpbably got up from adrenaline rush. Imma guess major injuries, specially back and arm/shoulder.
newsguycraigevans
Rolled high on his Dex save and a generous DM
armyvettx
#6 As someone with two bad knees, I felt that one just watching it.
KirbyUOR
I am currently at home on workers comp recovering from a broken ankle cuz of a bad fall. This video was very hard to watch.
PlatypusShankie
The SOUND 💀
armyvettx
As soon as I heard it, I knew something was broken.
Crispy4Skin
#1
CailinAmaideach
Yo
Efreeti
shit
16807
on fire
rareunicornmeat
#5 WHAT?! HOW?
AimingForAdorkable
He might still be badly injured & die of injuries later
Walking away doesn’t always mean they lived. Adrenaline is a hell of a drug. Makes you think you’re ok— until it wears off.
dickblack12
I don't know how he didn't died.
AimingForAdorkable
He might still be badly injured & die of injuries later
Walking away doesn’t always mean they lived. Adrenaline is a hell of a drug. Makes you think you’re ok— until it wears off.
trythebleucheese
#8 I was like "she's not stupid, she's just trying to help." Then "oh, oh no, she's not the dumb one here."
bronsonmills9
The whole damn family is stupid. That kid is definitely old enough to know how to hit the brakes instead of running away like a bitch
RaZorHamZteR
Watching the interwebs have found out more and more that it almost seem unusual to use the handbrake. I always use it. Weird.
trythebleucheese
You know what? I use the parking brake, as well. I use it anytime I'm on an incline/decline, or unsteady surface. I don't know about you, but I drove standard transmissions most of my driving life, until I was near 30 (I'm 41 now). Using the parking brake is a must have with a standard. You'd be hard-pressed to find an every day car with a standard transmission nowadays.
calenti
He was trying to help her after she fell, so I'd label that more careless than stupid. He was Lucky that didn't turn out worse, especially for the kid was trying to jump in.
trythebleucheese
it was a whole mess of things happening. Glad it turned out alright
bronsonmills9
Kid jumped OUT
calenti
You're right, I thought one and wrote the other.
swedeonamoose
#4 Dont know how they do it in the US but in Sweden if you are hauling something that big you gotta plan your route months in advance and have a ton of permits ready for it
TupacAintDead
We YOLO here in the US.
MoonRiverFrost
They probably are supposed to. But (coming from an American) this country is pretty fucking stupid.
Brittanicus1
In PA you better have an approved permit or the PA State Police will be having a word with you. Without a permit, this word will be in the back seat of the squad car, or in a holding cell.
NationalistCanadianMooseWarrior
Same here too. Still doesn't stop trucks from hitting well known low overpasses near monthly tho
stoots24
‘Murica!
ReconditeEidolon
I've seen a documentary about hauling one of these blades and even if you plan a route, some times you get to a location and something has changed recently. That's when it becomes the guide trucks job to measure and make sure the hauler can make a turn, or clear a bridge, etc. They (are supposed to) measure to within an inch so a hauler can deflate/reinflate tires if it will make the difference. If the guide truck says you won't clear it, you plan a new route.
kelloggs
In the land of freedumb you just do it.
dalicevm
I remember when I was a kid down at our holiday home in France one of those huge wind turbines was being transported, well the village our house was in was tiny and there was one particularly tight bend through the town and the truck got stuck. It jammed the whole town up and they couldn't get it out for the whole day. It disrupted everything as it was right on the main stretch where the bar and shop was and all the locals were very angry.
MagnorCriol
Definitely the way it's supposed to be. Someone didn't plan it right and someone else didn't properly scout and adjust. This one isn't really the truck driver's fault (though you maybe could argue they should've said no to crossing the tracks and refused to proceed, I supposed).
iwishjtmoneywasstillavailableitsmyoldvideogamemoniker
Lots of stuff in the comments about what should be done. I can tell you from personal experience, it gets ignored.
backrideup9
For everything that went wrong, that semi sat still for 13 seconds after the barricades dropped, knowing 100% that a train was coming. I would've run my spotter over to get off the tracks.
ZiomalZParafii
pak0chu
At least the train didn't detail it seems
SteveMND
Prettttty sure it's the same here in the US. Someone got fired big time—and some company got slapped with a major fine—for that little snafu.
Quizz25S
Something like this, gross negligence could easily come with criminal charges. Especially if people get hurt.
casbott
Once again, in America, I'm sure a sizeable enough political donation could help with that.
As well as having friends or just ideological allies in the MSM who can spin it for you.
But then again, that would only be relevant if the charges went far enough up the food chain.
If it's only little people at risk of criminal sanctions then "fuck em" - the CEO.
Rockstarwizkidd
And multiple complex liability civil suits between the trucking contractor, the logistics provider, the railway, the turbine blade manufacture, the installation contractor and the purchasing entity for the turbine. Possibly also the local jurisdiction and anyone suffering from collateral damage. Hopefully no one died or was grievously injured or it gets even more complex. The kinda thing where no one actual wins except the lawyers.
SillySnowFox
I think he was trying to go around the rail arms
GreatLarry
Yeah, he was trying not to damage his payload. However, with the train approaching, he said fuck it and went for it, because some damage is better than total. Maybe if some idiot in a truck who was filming and yelling shit had instead moved his vehicle out the fucking way, things might have gone differently.
witalaska4
I’m an American, and that makes sense. I’m going to write to my senator about this. Thank you for the idea
TrilithonStone
1.5-MW turbine: Blades are typically 110–124 ft long, weigh 11,500 lb, and cost around $100,000–$125,000 each
3.0-MW turbine: Blades are about 155 ft long, weigh about 27,000 lb, and cost around $250,000–$300,000 each
Larger wind turbines: Blades can cost as much as $500,000
pullingsixty
I'm pretty sure that's the standard in most countries, developed or otherwise. Even Dutch Shell in Nigeria had to plan in advance.
Osiricus
We do too, but we're a country that is full of people who think they are way better at things than they actually are. Hubris.
ZuluThreeZero
But Caaaaaarl, regulation bad!
doccynical
You just need to make sure you have a YOLO permit, which you can just print yourself.
cgt9803
It's called a "YEEHAW" in the Southern states
Batman1702
Didn't seem like the truck wasnt working, it started to drive the end, should of just floored it.
fibbertitgibbet
I think he did, but it took a bit of time to get up to speed. I think the driver was thinking of avoiding the corner. Lost the entire load instead..
IAmASentientWaffle
should have*
EveryGuyonImgur
First, we consult the Bible. Next we consult the US Constitution. If there is no clear guidance in either, we do what we think a bald eagle would do.
Becker37
Sounds about right.
blwoodcock
Normally the driver of the truck and the lead car would just shoot the train until it praised god and got out of the way.
TheOneThatGotBanned
TheOneThatGotBanned
It also seems they only start to haul ass when they can see/hear the train, because why would you do it before that
Bhargo
we used to have a lot of regulations, but republicans have made a pretty good effort at removing many of them. we are having more and more of these types of accidents and its only going to get worse.
AllTheGoodOnesWereGone
Also don't get out of the cab to film, stay in and be prepared to duck if the shrapnel comes your way.
28dayslaterwasawarning
Most importantly, turn your phone sideways.
ShitsNGiggelz
In the US we have guns.
ausernamewhat
We do, and idiots with those said guns. We can't forget the ability to comment on Imgur.
Nathanyel
Go on, try to stop a train with your gun.
ShitsNGiggelz
Been done before.
davefleming19903
Just need a big enough gun
swedeonamoose
We also got those.
trythebleucheese
But we have more of them. And we like to let everyone know. We also have plenty of morons to use them carelessly.
ShitsNGiggelz
Thank you!
Quizz25S
100% correct. 2 train engineers were killed December 19th 2024 when their train collided with an oversized load stuck on the tracks in Pecos Texas. It is HEAVILLY regulated. There's a lot of people involved and how something like that happens is INEXCUSABLE. I hope somebody gets brought up on manslaughter charges this.
lildude52ca
how did they die from this? here the engineers have like... how to describe. . . a crush proof closet they enclose themselves in if an acci
lildude52ca
accident is about to happen. they hit the emergency breaks then run to the safety of the crush proof room / closet / box thing.
Quizz25S
Locomotive jumped the tracks and slammed into a building. Rock and a hard place.
twatson21
The train was going 70mph, and they hit a giant steel refinery cracker. Meant to have extreme pressure and heat. No safe room, if there were such a thing, would have helped.
Wolfshead009
That was INEXCUSABLE. The track was blocked for FORTY-FIVE MINUTES and no one bothered to call the number on the crossing gate to warn the railroad. The families of the train crew should be suing everyone involved in that clusterf$ck.
twatson21
The truck was on the tracks for roughly a minute according to the NTSB preliminary report. Doesn't change that it shouldn't have happened, but the facts are important.
Wolfshead009
Then either we are talking different instances or several news reports were grossly in error.
twatson21
The reports were inaccurate, mainly due to the reports spreading on tictok and Facebook as far as I can tell. They also said it was the base of a wind turbine which is also inaccurate. It was a refinery cracking unit, which is much heavier.
twatson21
https://www.progressiverailroading.com/federal_legislation_regulation/news/NTSB-reports-early-findings-in-fatal-UP-train-derailment-in-Texas--73552
gablestout
It's also the responsibility of the pilot car in front of him to contact the railway and ensure no traffic is coming. It's his fucking job to ensure the route is clear, safe, and accessible
swedeonamoose
ye for something that size that would be like 2-3 pilot cars here
andwings2go
This is why I prefer small projects I can do myself, big projects with multiple people always has mistakes. Mainly from everyone assuming someone else did the thing.
cloverleafbane
Turbine blades in the US also get 3-4 car pilot crews and an incredibly detailed and planned route. Rail crossings only happen as a last resort even if it means going well out of the way. Same for moving houses and aircraft fuselage. This one was a major fuckup on the pilot team side.
GMkOz2MkLbs2MkPain
This footage could be why this is the case... safety regulations at least in the USA tend to be written in blood rather than caution and planning.
ChaosInherent
Well sure, because companies don't want to spend money on safety until enough people die to force them to let legislature pass.
darsfog
That footage is from 2021. That rule has been around for much longer than that.
cloverleafbane
It’s been the law for a very very long time.
BorkasonBork
and a moose
TheSkeksis
A møøse once bit my sister..
swedeonamoose
emotional support moose
MightyZephyr
A moose once bit my sister