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“Deserve To Be Flung Into The Sun”: 50 Dumb Drivers That Are A Danger To Themselves And Society (New Pics)
Cars are one of the most dangerous forms of transportation, second only to motorcycles. But since they’re such a routine part of daily life, it’s easy to forget how risky they can be. Being on the ground doesn’t feel nearly as intimidating as flying 40,000 feet in the air, after all.
The real concern, though, is that on the road, you’re constantly surrounded by other people—unlike planes, which don’t exactly have to worry about traffic jams in the sky. And let’s be honest, people can make some pretty ridiculous decisions behind the wheel.
Just take a look at the pictures we’ve gathered of some truly questionable drivers, and you’ll see exactly what we mean. Stay safe out there!
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#1
My Friend Was Hit By A Car Running A Stop Sign Today And The Dude Left The Scene, But Hey, At Least He Left Her A Little Souvenir
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#2
Sometimes It Pays To Have A Dirty Car. My Son Got Rear Ended Last Night, The Other Driver Was Aggressive And Left Without Exchanging Info
#3
Don't Tailgate A School Bus When Your Car Is Shaped Like A Door Stop
Beth Wheeler 2 days ago
That bus probably didn't feel a thing and barely got a scratch if at all.
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David 2 days ago
Anybody remember the Triumph TR7 adds back when, bragging that their wedge shape was "the shape of things to come"? I'd never really thought about it but this is likely one of the reasons it wasn't actually the shape of things to come. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrgF38F_qw0
Luis Hernandez Dauajare 1 day ago
"Don't tailgate" is a solid advice regardless the shape of the vehicle...
RedMarbles 2 days ago
That car should be able to stop way more quickly than that bus, so it must have been extremely close, unless the driver wasn't looking at all.
Geoffrey Scott 2 days ago
Quite a few years ago, a woman (just happened to be) was driving behind a semi on US 127 near Harrison Mich in a whiteout condition. She got too close, and the front of the car was somehow hooked by the ICC bar. She went on an unwanted ride. The news footage of the vehicle after the fact was hilarious (no one hurt, just scared sh**less), absolutely caked with snow.
Robert T 2 days ago
Still don't understand why there aren't safety requirements in the US to have bars fitted to the rear and sides of vehicles to guard against this. It is the law in the UK and Europe that such bars are fitted. This particular incident may well have been the car driver's fault, but accidents like this do happen through no fault of the smaller vehicle and it results in severe injuries or at higher speeds in death by decapitation.
Sand Ers 1 day ago
There are bizarre holes in US safety regulations that can't be accounted for. Two that infuriate me are that red is still allowed for turn signals. And it's still permitted to blink a taillight to function as a turn signal, instead of a requirement that the taillight, turn signal, and brake light be in separate housings illuminating separate lenses. And the reason this is infuriating and not mildly annoying is that we've been buried in a blizzard of requirements for expensive computer operated "safety" features, but these trivially simple fixes are ignored. And when all those electronic gizmos stop working, good luck finding somebody who can fix them.
Load More Replies... Warren Peece 2 days ago
Don't lower the bed of your truck to unload the car while there is a bus parked behind you.
#4
Last Weekend, I Was The Idiot. Didn't Notice Until 1h Down The Road
I called them as soon as I got in cell phone range. The hose was busted up by dragging so long. I agreed to pay for a new one which came out to $500.
#5
Gee Whiz, I Sure Hate Being Able To See Anything At All While Driving At Night So Thanks For Illuminating My Visibility To Zero
Disclaimer: photos taken safely at a red light!
While no picture can capture the essence of this somehow not illegal car lights, I feel like the literal twinkle streaks is a good indicator.
This person was behind me (and several others) most of my commute. Lights like this clearly aren’t for the driver’s visibility benefit since many are affixed to trucks requiring a miniature ladder to hop in, so what is the point other than Main Character douchebaggery?
Bi.Felicia 2 days ago
I legit just had this happen to me, less than an hour ago. I ran to McDonald's to get a late night snack and I have a pretty low to the ground car. It's a Honda Accord coupe and I had some dbag, who was clearly overcompensating, in an F-350, lifted, with those ridiculously bright lights, behind me in the drive thru. I had to sit with my arm in a certain position, in order to help me from being blinded, from his lights reflected in my mirror, for almost 10 minutes. They're the worst and I've pulled over to let some of them pass me, just so I don't have to deal with it.
#6
This Happened In My City. She Was Arrested
#7
No Straps. No Chains. On The Left Lane Of I-25 In Colorado Springs On Labor Day Weekend
Smart car balanced at an elevated position in the bed of a truck being towed by another truck with a rope
#8
This Guy Doing 65mph+ On A Highway With His Tiny Dog Hanging Out The Window. What The Actual
#9
Saw This Idiot Who Got His Tesla Stuck At The Beach Today
#10
I Quickly Moved Over
#11
Truck Lifted Too High To See The Porsche In Front Of Him
#12
Guy Riding Down The Road Holding A Dresser On Top Of A Car On A 50 Mph Road
Glen Ellyn 2 days ago
IRE - Idiots R Everywhere. I wonder what happened at the first turn. 🤔¯\_(ツ)_/¯
#13
This Is What You Look Like When Your Don’t Have Your Headlights On
#14
The “Snooze Button” Crew
#15
Just Now, At The Gas Station
#16
Dude Blocked Three Parking Spaces Which Also Happened To Be: An Emergency Vehicle Space, A Handicap Space, And A 10 Min Space For Delivery Drivers
#17
Entitled Tesla Driver Refuses To Back Up To Allow Truck To Complete Turn Willfully Blocking Traffic For Over 30 Minutes
#18
If Only He Had A Truck
#19
Saw This Today While Driving On A Major Road. They Had Three Kids In The Bed And The Two Women Are Sitting On Lawn Chairs. Bonus Points For The Cigarettes Too
#20
Why Aren’t There Any Signs?
#21
Ratchet Straps? We Don’t Need No Stinking Ratchet Straps
#22
Now That’s Sitting In Traffic
#23
Stupid People Are Not Born Stupid, They Simply Exist
#24
If Only There Were A Better Way
Anonymous Fox 2 days ago
Hmm, yes. Quite a predicament. If only someone invented small trucks that could pick things up. And maybe they could be called "Pickup Trucks"
#25
Just Grabbing Some Wood
#26
He Drove On That For Miles
#27
Til You Don’t Need A Truck To Pick Up A Hot Tub. We’ve All Been Missing Out. (This Happened Yesterday Just Outside Of My Hometown)
#28
Sunday Cruise
StrangeOne 2 days ago
"Hello? I'm reporting a child endangerment situation involving an idiot on a motorcycle"
#29
Ever Heard Of A Thing Called A Strap?
#30
Encountered One In The Wild Today. Look Closely, You’ll See The Driver. He Almost Rear Ended Me Twice. I Got Out After The Second Time And Snapped This Beauty
#31
At Some Point Last Night Someone Hit Our Neighbors Mailbox. Nobody Heard Anything. Just A Stab In The Dark Here, But I'm Willing To Bet They Were Drunk Since They Left Part Of The Flippin Car
Bi.Felicia 2 days ago
Also, that they seemed to have obliterated, that brick mailbox post/encasement. They definitely were driving pretty fast and I don't see any skid marks either, which can be another indicator of drunk or distracted driving.
#32
Idiot Holding Her Baby Like This While Driving
#33
Funny Looking Bikes
Glen Ellyn 2 days ago
Just wait until they get rear-ended by some idiot looking at their phone instead of the road ahead. 🙄
#34
Yeah I’m Changing Lanes
#35
These Collective Idiots Making An Illegal Left And Causing Gridlock
#36
The Most California Tweet
#37
Saw This Driving Home Today. Driving 65mph, No Straps, No Door, No Problem
#38
No Straps No Nothing. Just Pure Idiocy
#39
Meanwhile In Phoenix
#40
Leaving A Puppy Out Back On The Highway
#41
Truck Full Of Small Children On The Back. One Was Standing Before I Took Out My Phone
#42
Idiot Didn’t Strap The Pepsi
Lord_CrumbleGamer 2 days ago
On the plus side, FREE PEPSI! (If you don’t mind it a bit shaken up.
#43
This Looks Safe. I Particularly Like The Propane Tank Next To The Bundle Of Rebar On The Back
Glen Ellyn 2 days ago
Remind me of the Okies - those desperate Dust Bowl farmers who loaded up everything they owned and headed west to California in search of jobs. Okies-6780...8b91e0.jpg 
#44
This Is Never Okay! Going 60+ Mph On The Highway, Poor Dog Was Stressed And Pacing In The Bed. There Is No Excuse
#45
Saw This Today. Lady Told Me She Was Reaching Down To Get Phone And Accidentally Hit Accelerator
Multa Nocte 2 days ago
I am always amazed at things like this because I would have predicted that this couldn't ever actually happen.
#46
Driving Open Trunk With A Dog Sitting Right There…
#47
They Hit At Least 1 Vehicle - Hit And Run
#48
This Was My Driver From Today. Not Sure If This Belongs Here But This Is Just Pure Insanity. Why Not Just Buckle It Completely, It's Like 2 Inches Away
#49
"Two Cops In The Middle Of The Street Chatting. Road Is Open, Cars Have Gone By, Including A Bus That Had To Maneuver Past. Been There 15 Mins. "
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Bernd Herbert 2 days ago
I am not surprised at all. There's a reason why the US have one of the highest rates of road fatalities and road accdidents per capita within the "western world".
El Cucuy 2 days ago
There were plenty of photos in this thread that were not from the US.
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Carl Roberts 2 days ago
As I mentioned in a comment above, it is perfectly legal in 46 out of 50 states, to ride in the bed of pick-up truck with no seats or restraints (although 25 of those states have various age & speed restrictions).
Michael MacKinnon 1 day ago
There's a design / behaviour flaw here: modern pick-up trucks don't have a long enough bed and are treated as strictly decorative vehicles (compensation / rather than people buying a stationwagon) and so can't actually haul stuff safely. Back in the 70s my parents had a Ford F150 supercab -- the rear seating area was tiny, but you could carry full-length 2x4s safely in the back. Designed to actually haul things, not to double as the family car with a postage stamp in the back.
Katie Barnes 1 day ago
One time a lady backed into me in a parking lot. She had a cover over 80% of her back window. She asked me "how could you expect me to see you with my window covered like that?". The idiocy still blows me away... She also claimed it was partially my fault because I didn't "toot at her" before she hit me.
lluf eman 2 days ago
There are cases that puzzle me and perhaps there should be some kind of road psychologist? I think people too often transfer their domestic frustrations to the road to their driving style. For example, what I often encounter is a vehicle that has been following me for a long time calmly suddenly starts to overtake me in front of a pedestrian crossing and then the driver, probably preoccupied with his phone or thinking about an argument with his wife and snapped out of his lethargy by the desire to overtake me, notices that he is in front of the crossing so .... ... gives all the gas the factory gave to fit in, but still does not fit in front of .... so I have to brake... madness. Maybe the police should be able to send drivers to a psychologist?
Carl Roberts 2 days ago
You act like people don't do this stuff in other countries.
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Bernd Herbert 2 days ago
I am not surprised at all. There's a reason why the US have one of the highest rates of road fatalities and road accdidents per capita within the "western world".
El Cucuy 2 days ago
There were plenty of photos in this thread that were not from the US.
Load More Replies... Carl Roberts 2 days ago
As I mentioned in a comment above, it is perfectly legal in 46 out of 50 states, to ride in the bed of pick-up truck with no seats or restraints (although 25 of those states have various age & speed restrictions).
Michael MacKinnon 1 day ago
There's a design / behaviour flaw here: modern pick-up trucks don't have a long enough bed and are treated as strictly decorative vehicles (compensation / rather than people buying a stationwagon) and so can't actually haul stuff safely. Back in the 70s my parents had a Ford F150 supercab -- the rear seating area was tiny, but you could carry full-length 2x4s safely in the back. Designed to actually haul things, not to double as the family car with a postage stamp in the back.
Katie Barnes 1 day ago
One time a lady backed into me in a parking lot. She had a cover over 80% of her back window. She asked me "how could you expect me to see you with my window covered like that?". The idiocy still blows me away... She also claimed it was partially my fault because I didn't "toot at her" before she hit me.
lluf eman 2 days ago
There are cases that puzzle me and perhaps there should be some kind of road psychologist? I think people too often transfer their domestic frustrations to the road to their driving style. For example, what I often encounter is a vehicle that has been following me for a long time calmly suddenly starts to overtake me in front of a pedestrian crossing and then the driver, probably preoccupied with his phone or thinking about an argument with his wife and snapped out of his lethargy by the desire to overtake me, notices that he is in front of the crossing so .... ... gives all the gas the factory gave to fit in, but still does not fit in front of .... so I have to brake... madness. Maybe the police should be able to send drivers to a psychologist?
Carl Roberts 2 days ago
You act like people don't do this stuff in other countries.
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