there is a downed power pole, with the cables across the road. as you can see from the bright flash, they still have power running through them. downed power lines are exceptionally dangerous and should never, ever be approached. The amount of current running through them can electrocute you by running through the ground near the cables (unless its like, dry sand. but probably best not to experiment with conductivity)
I drove over some downed power lines once. It was the day after a big storm and I was out in the country, driving somewhere for work down a road i wasn't familiar with, because the other roads were closed from downed branches or entire trees. Came around a blind corner and there was a downed power pole with its lines draped across the road. Before I could stop i was on top of them and at that point I decided to gun it
Yep and hasn't learned anything from the experience. Due to them being so monumentally stupid. Beyond logic or reason to full on retard, as displayed here
DWI actually means DUI too. "Driving while intoxicated". i don't know why there can't be a standard name for it. some places have OWI - operating while intoxicated. OUI is operating under the influence. OVI - operating vehicle impaired. OMVI - operating a motor vehicle intoxicated. OVUII is opperating a Vehicle Under the Influence of an Intoxicant. etc
AWD is awesome on ice. Way way better than 2WD. If you have winter tires. This is why the average German or Scandinavian in an Audi station wagon will drive circles around an American 4X4 Pickup truck in weather like this.
Winter tires aside, the handling of trucks tends to be terrible. They have a high center of mass and a large gap underneath for air to create lift. Simply accelerating or braking, or being in a gust of wind, shifts the weight of a truck more than it shifts a sedan, potentially unbalancing the weight on the wheels. Though since internal combustion engine vehicles tend to be front heavy, accelerating has less negative impact than braking on weight distribution.
Like modern tech in general? (sorry that was mean) Keep in mind tho that an Audi Quattro (not the rallly car) from the 80s would also handle better than a modern American pickup in that weather. So would any FWD car.
I'd argue that even one of those overpowered RWD BMWs with their overconfident drivers handle better in those conditions than a pickup that has a center of mass that is trying to reach new heights. ;)
They are stuck in the snow, sometimes rocking back and forth can get you unstuck, but.... this is really really really bad technique. I mean I'd say he has just absolutely no clue what he's doing.
Guy in the video says "just get out of the truck" - if you're ever in a situation where current is running through your car, doing this could KILL YOU.
You CAN get out but you have to be very careful. Do not touch the vehicle once you're touching the ground, keep your feet together, and hop away. If you try to walk or run you'll find a difference in potential between your foot closest to the electrical source and the one furthest = voltage =shocked or electrocution. Keeping your feet together keeps the potential the same (so long as you don't trip and fall. See previous statement).
Obviously, your best choice is to wait in the car until power is shut off, but if you were in a situation where you couldn't wait, then doing the above is the safest way to get out danger.
it's pretty damn hard to ignite the gas IN the tank at all; you have to spark into the right fuel-air mix and the tanks are lined with nonconductive materials for obvious reasons. Fire is a risk after a crash because the gas leaks onto the ground and starts evaporating, creating that dangerous air mix over a wider, less protected area. The hollywood thing where someone shoots at a gas tank is VERY unlikely to make boom, though. The risk in this video is, he's gonna get out of the truck. Zap.
However ... Much of the danger is in grounding out the wire (which we saw happen when the insulation stripped away under tension), or more precisely, being a conductor that connects the wire to ground. So, being that the rubber tires insulate the vehicle from ground, the main hazard here is probably more related to hot sparks starting an engine fire.
Fun fact: the carbon black in rubber tires makes them conductive. Similarly, a guy on the Honda insight forum rebuilt his battery (sticks of 6 cells shrink-wrapped) and put the sticks back into the black rubber holders without the shrinkwrap for testing and whoops! The smoke! https://www.insightcentral.net/threads/diy-read-battery-burning-yikes.25470/
Somewhat true. Primary voltage can easily jump around (possibly through as well) the tires to the ground if the line is on the car, though they wouldn't hurt the person inside...unless that person gets out and touches both the vehicle and ground simultaneously. Or has their feet too far apart when standing on the ground, as there is a potential gradient in the ground from the downed wire.
I'm not entirely certain what happened there, though, as I can't see the lines clearly enough to identify them. In my experience, primary wires are almost never insulated, though, so tearing away insulation shouldn't be the cause of the flash. But if those are going to the building, they should be secondary, which is generally just 120/240, which would not cause the flash seen. Actually, I think I just figured it out.
So, being grounded alone doesn't make a line safe, because the potential between a primary and the ground is not as high as the potential between a primary and a different phase primary. So if one line is touching one part of your car and another is touching a different part, you can get a fault between them, and the current would likely take that path even if one of the primaries is also touching the ground.
I think that's what happened, and then one or both of the lines was pulled off of the insulator, and arc over as it was being disconnected (causing the flash at the pole).
Yeah, that's terrifying. Call the 911 and the power company if something like that happens; a lot of times, it might trip a recloser and go offline, then energize again (basically, the vast, vast majority of faults are from tree limbs touching a conductor from the wind or something similar, so the recloser will close again to see if the fault is still there). Stay away from downed lines, even if you think they aren't energized (and even if they're phone lines).
this is covered in first responder training. when responding to an emergency, first be safe, otherwise you're just making more work for the EMTs/coroner.
That's an important lesson I funnily enough learned from playing Team Fortress 2 in my youth all the time: As a Medic you are not healing anyone if you are dead. Choose your battles wisely. People want to rush blindly into chaotic danger that's gonna get you killed? Let them. Stay alive and take care of the ones that make it back hurt but alive.
Yup or in my DND group last week. Im the healer and our paladin was down. I pumped myself with a cure wounds and the party was "ummm our paladin is down idiot" me "yea and I had 7 health. I gotta survive to bring him back up!
ThePhystopian
SecurityBadger
That's a not a MA plate. Possibly NY or PA. At first I thought it was a Maine plate, but they don't have the blue bar at the bottom.
RElGNMAN
⚡can't park there mate⚡
dextarrogue
I work for a power company. I need to share this.
ssumner13
Wanna bet he voted for you know who
Sturdycrotch
https://media4.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1enFzYXY3YWkwOW5qaDZmcTZtZzZvc3puajg3bDlmYnFoMzRxZjN6aiZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/l2JhOVyjSHGejoXXq/200w.webp
clarkWhogotsanity
It's fine, natural selection needs to happen to these people anyway.
codenameRadical
Well. Don't do that.
weave
What am I missing, what was that big flash from?
SmergBlaerghl
He (or someone) has broken a pole holding up the power line, and he's pulling it around and breaking it, I would guess.
karcain
there is a downed power pole, with the cables across the road. as you can see from the bright flash, they still have power running through them. downed power lines are exceptionally dangerous and should never, ever be approached. The amount of current running through them can electrocute you by running through the ground near the cables (unless its like, dry sand. but probably best not to experiment with conductivity)
fulcrims
Shocking!
ActionJohnnie
This wouldn’t happen if he had his truck nuts hanging
abtei
Thats gender affirming care, you know? That would make that truck trans. It wasnt born with nuts, you changed it AFTER the fact.
trans AM?
TheVillageGrouch9000
Stupid is everywhere.
IlIIII
No no, that’s just stupid. Stupid is global.
gnowmgnight6
Looks like he needs new shocks.
Bundalicious
What else do you expect from Americans? Their leader is literally a retarded pedophile.
mightybushkin
Nothing stops ram
LutraLazuli
Someone who decided that going [redacted] very good idea, in other words, a candidate for a Darwin Award.
PetricusGaming
i wish the worst on that guy
bloxxing
or maybe just don't drive over fallen lines.
taez555
UnderpantsWithPockets
Such a banger of a song. I irritate the shit out of my friends with it and it brings me such joy
chumpacabra
I drove over some downed power lines once. It was the day after a big storm and I was out in the country, driving somewhere for work down a road i wasn't familiar with, because the other roads were closed from downed branches or entire trees. Came around a blind corner and there was a downed power pole with its lines draped across the road. Before I could stop i was on top of them and at that point I decided to gun it
TooSoonOldTooLateSmart
And, and ... ?
chumpacabra
sadly, i died
slidewhistlesymphony
Stupid is as stupid does. Carry on.
RooGryphon
Yep and hasn't learned anything from the experience. Due to them being so monumentally stupid. Beyond logic or reason to full on retard, as displayed here
jimhotep
Arrested for DUI down the road.
Astramancer
Pretty sure it would be a DWI -- Driving While Idiotic
PotatoPirateTheThird
DWI actually means DUI too. "Driving while intoxicated". i don't know why there can't be a standard name for it. some places have OWI - operating while intoxicated. OUI is operating under the influence. OVI - operating vehicle impaired. OMVI - operating a motor vehicle intoxicated. OVUII is opperating a Vehicle Under the Influence of an Intoxicant. etc
furballsoffury
Evoo
yingjun
dodge ram, checks out
Emjayen
Did you expect anything else from the guy driving that thing? Small brain, small dick.
RetrogradeLlama
GIFs that end too soon.
But I'm certain people are that stupid everywhere - especially the people driving pickup trucks.
gonzar09
Don't know why that one troll keeps attaching hinself to your thread, but I've reported him several times now.
ijustwonamathdebate
Somebody posted a longer version: /gallery/q7gC8gT/comment/2492361095
wwpadron2718
Top selling vehicle in America 🤷
RetrogradeLlama
… and what does that tell you?
wwpadron2718
https://media1.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1YTkycDRrbzBwcDk0aXlwMmh1ZGhhZW80MnUyM2J6MGRleWM2M3k5byZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/MVgLEacpr9KVK172Ne/200w.webp
azazyel
A big truck and 4X4 doesn't mean shit on ice you stupid fuck.
shalafi71
Coming from Tulsa, my god do those folks think 4x4 is proof against ice. Chicago was much saner. Here in Florida? What ice? JESUS.
aerodynamit3
He ran over a live wire repeatedly, that's what's at issue here I think, more than the ice
Beardedgeek72
AWD is awesome on ice. Way way better than 2WD. If you have winter tires. This is why the average German or Scandinavian in an Audi station wagon will drive circles around an American 4X4 Pickup truck in weather like this.
GOAE
Winter tires aside, the handling of trucks tends to be terrible. They have a high center of mass and a large gap underneath for air to create lift. Simply accelerating or braking, or being in a gust of wind, shifts the weight of a truck more than it shifts a sedan, potentially unbalancing the weight on the wheels. Though since internal combustion engine vehicles tend to be front heavy, accelerating has less negative impact than braking on weight distribution.
SirRichfield
Winter tires and a metric fuckton of other things that differ between an AUDI A6 Avant and a random US Truck.
Beardedgeek72
Like modern tech in general? (sorry that was mean) Keep in mind tho that an Audi Quattro (not the rallly car) from the 80s would also handle better than a modern American pickup in that weather. So would any FWD car.
SirRichfield
I'd argue that even one of those overpowered RWD BMWs with their overconfident drivers handle better in those conditions than a pickup that has a center of mass that is trying to reach new heights. ;)
Beardedgeek72
A modern one? Definitely. Modern anti-spin is exceptionally competent. But also, again:
CaptainYesterday
reurra
Its a Dodge thing.
GemsAreOutrageousTrulyTrulyTrulyOutrageous
What a fucking idiot.
TheMentallyillist
One of the least successful but most deserving of a Darwin Award.
LookingLikeASnack
The survival instincts of a brain-damaged gnat.
thinkybrainpains
I @dmire his end of life determination
INeedMoreGifMeMoreJustOneMore
Jeez. These people were already fucked with the power lines being downed, this clown had to go and fuck up the transformer too? And for what?
ButtscratchMcPherson
To try to escape!
obnoxiouslaughter02
It's like watching a trapped animal knaw off its leg.
Imademyselfsquirtle
Why do they keep going forward like they are going to spook away the power lines.... Wtf.
katzohki
They are stuck in the snow, sometimes rocking back and forth can get you unstuck, but.... this is really really really bad technique. I mean I'd say he has just absolutely no clue what he's doing.
Imademyselfsquirtle
He's not even stuck in one spot. All they had to do was go full reverse.
Meetgeorgejetson4510
bitemark
Guy in the video says "just get out of the truck" - if you're ever in a situation where current is running through your car, doing this could KILL YOU.
Howlingowl
I see that as a net positive in this instance
MrGrundy
Hey, you can get out of it while a current is running through it. But you can only do it once. https://media3.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPWE1NzM3M2U1bmRrMG41bHhzaTE2Y3B2NHI0Zmc3OGNqNWdndWI0bTg2ajh1ejk4cCZlcD12MV9naWZzX3NlYXJjaCZjdD1n/13aSSyJaI5NkTm/200w.webp
Mooversweregood
It would solve a lot of problems
butcherfan0301
You CAN get out but you have to be very careful. Do not touch the vehicle once you're touching the ground, keep your feet together, and hop away. If you try to walk or run you'll find a difference in potential between your foot closest to the electrical source and the one furthest = voltage =shocked or electrocution. Keeping your feet together keeps the potential the same (so long as you don't trip and fall. See previous statement).
CaptainYesterday
Look. Ice is generally a poor conductor. But if you want to take the chance you go ahead.
butcherfan0301
Obviously, your best choice is to wait in the car until power is shut off, but if you were in a situation where you couldn't wait, then doing the above is the safest way to get out danger.
ArcUlfr
Somebody really seems eager for a closed casket funeral, holy fuck. Do not fuck around with those.
TexMexHex
Too bad it didnt get him. Now he will be am idiot and ruin someone's life tomorrow, or the next day, or/and the next day
Grimmrog
if you roats yourself to ash you get the entire thing cheaper.
djhash
From Masshole to Ashhole!
darkninja2992
I imagine it's very possible for the amount of electricity in a power line to ignite the gas in a car's gas tank
OlaphOfTheNorth
it's pretty damn hard to ignite the gas IN the tank at all; you have to spark into the right fuel-air mix and the tanks are lined with nonconductive materials for obvious reasons. Fire is a risk after a crash because the gas leaks onto the ground and starts evaporating, creating that dangerous air mix over a wider, less protected area. The hollywood thing where someone shoots at a gas tank is VERY unlikely to make boom, though. The risk in this video is, he's gonna get out of the truck. Zap.
pareidoliaperson
https://youtube.com/shorts/X4BNz7XyYd4?si=Ln91kq3NG6eXWvyt
ATacoWalksIntoABar
I hope this guy casually got outta the car
spontaneous9
You're right.
However ... Much of the danger is in grounding out the wire (which we saw happen when the insulation stripped away under tension), or more precisely, being a conductor that connects the wire to ground. So, being that the rubber tires insulate the vehicle from ground, the main hazard here is probably more related to hot sparks starting an engine fire.
Evenmoreuselessname
Fun fact: the carbon black in rubber tires makes them conductive. Similarly, a guy on the Honda insight forum rebuilt his battery (sticks of 6 cells shrink-wrapped) and put the sticks back into the black rubber holders without the shrinkwrap for testing and whoops! The smoke! https://www.insightcentral.net/threads/diy-read-battery-burning-yikes.25470/
ArcUlfr
Somewhat true. Primary voltage can easily jump around (possibly through as well) the tires to the ground if the line is on the car, though they wouldn't hurt the person inside...unless that person gets out and touches both the vehicle and ground simultaneously. Or has their feet too far apart when standing on the ground, as there is a potential gradient in the ground from the downed wire.
ArcUlfr
I'm not entirely certain what happened there, though, as I can't see the lines clearly enough to identify them. In my experience, primary wires are almost never insulated, though, so tearing away insulation shouldn't be the cause of the flash. But if those are going to the building, they should be secondary, which is generally just 120/240, which would not cause the flash seen. Actually, I think I just figured it out.
ArcUlfr
So, being grounded alone doesn't make a line safe, because the potential between a primary and the ground is not as high as the potential between a primary and a different phase primary. So if one line is touching one part of your car and another is touching a different part, you can get a fault between them, and the current would likely take that path even if one of the primaries is also touching the ground.
ArcUlfr
I think that's what happened, and then one or both of the lines was pulled off of the insulator, and arc over as it was being disconnected (causing the flash at the pole).
SerialChickenLover
Two winters ago, a family in Portland got wiped out because they got out of their car near a downed power line.
avastmehearty
There was a horrific accident a few years ago, multiple people died including one who was trying to help the others after they were first electrocuted
ArcUlfr
Yeah, that's terrifying. Call the 911 and the power company if something like that happens; a lot of times, it might trip a recloser and go offline, then energize again (basically, the vast, vast majority of faults are from tree limbs touching a conductor from the wind or something similar, so the recloser will close again to see if the fault is still there). Stay away from downed lines, even if you think they aren't energized (and even if they're phone lines).
ArcUlfr
You know, I can't seem to get through a post without a typo tonight. Ah, well.
NickRivieraMD
this is covered in first responder training. when responding to an emergency, first be safe, otherwise you're just making more work for the EMTs/coroner.
Grimmrog
yes but regular people may not know this, and I guess if they don't see the power lines they may not even be aware of that.
WhoReadsPeoplesUsernamesAnyway
That's an important lesson I funnily enough learned from playing Team Fortress 2 in my youth all the time: As a Medic you are not healing anyone if you are dead. Choose your battles wisely. People want to rush blindly into chaotic danger that's gonna get you killed? Let them. Stay alive and take care of the ones that make it back hurt but alive.
RyanSilver612
Yup or in my DND group last week. Im the healer and our paladin was down. I pumped myself with a cure wounds and the party was "ummm our paladin is down idiot" me "yea and I had 7 health. I gotta survive to bring him back up!