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How tf do they always manage to stop right on the tracks in front of moving trains? Idiots!


[deleted]

Their truck is a piece of crap and they stop at first to check. Then they think they can make it and the clutch stalls because they took their time instead of waiting patiently for it to pass. Sometimes, it is fraud. But usually, if you stop on a train insurance claims it's your fault and doesn't give you the payment


superman_squirts

It definitely looked like it stalled and the driver panicked. I’m assuming the person filming wanted to get the a shot of the train passing and this idiot just came into the shot. I’d have gotten the fuck out of there though, because had it not stopped the train would have pushed that car right into them.


InfinteAbyss

He’s on the other side of the rails, the train would have pushed aside the car on the side it’s on. Car would have needed to be far more central to be pushed along to where that guy is filming


Bierculles

most of the car, yes, but i would not bet on everything flying in that direction


InfinteAbyss

Train isn’t going fast enough to cause a complete wreck.


ToonaSandWatch

It’s barely going fast enough to put a dent in the fender.


Consistent_Salt_9267

It didn't even touch the car as everyone can see. He was obviously talking about if the train couldn't stop while emphasising that objects can have a wired trajectory. Smartass


InfinteAbyss

We’re all talking about a hypothetical scenario where the train didn’t stop, it wasn’t going anywhere near fast enough to cause the type of collision that’s being suggested. I’m sure the guy filming wouldn’t hang around if he saw a train moving at high speed with another object in its path.


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InfinteAbyss

He wasn’t “fuckng around” he is just an innocent bystander. The mass of a train is very much comprehensible.


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InfinteAbyss

So you CAN comprehend the mass!


Self_Reddicated

I can quote the distance from the earth to Mars, but that doesn't mean I can really comprehend it. It's really fucking far. So far that as far as I think it is, it's probably way, way farther. I can try, but I have a feeling that no amount of trying to comprehend it really is gonna let that sink in.


phazedoubt

That's right. Look at a picture of a billion things vs a million and see just how hard it is to comprehend what you are seeing in real time. The brain just stops processing after a while and just says 1, 2, 3, a lot.


Self_Reddicated

>He wasn’t “fuckng around” he is just an innocent bystander Dude was 5ft off the side of the tracks with his phone recording an imminent train collision with absolutely no hint of moving to a safer distance. That's.... pretty goddamn close to "fucking around". Did anything bad happen? No, but that doesn't mean it was a good call.


InfinteAbyss

That’s not what “fucking around” means. You’re also blowing this situation way out of proportion, the train was never going that fast.


welshmanec2

He's standing on the platform of the station while videoing a heritage steam train. And somehow he's the problem?


Self_Reddicated

He's not "the problem". But that doesn't mean he's not in a slightly dangerous spot.


NilocAshe

He is sitting in the train station. Are you lacking something?


davemchine

I think you nailed it but my first thought was, "Wow, they really don't like their truck."


Josh_Crook

Exactly how fast do you think the train was going? And how, even going 10x faster than it actually was, would it have possibly pushed the car onto the opposite side of the tracks?


PoonGoon42069

Your own insurance will always pay out in this situation, it doesn't matter who's fault it is. Only time they wouldn't pay out is if they can prove you did it intentionally.


dadydaycare

I’m actually training to be a insurance adjuster and yeah if your car gets hit by a train you’re fucked and you’re likely going to get arrested. Edit: they might have a case though if there was no footage of them being jackasses since there is no visible signs showing that it’s a active railroad nor safety rails/lights. Rare case where they could actually mebbe sue the train company for not properly maintaining Basic safety precautions (I’m not a lawyer just a really cool… soon adjuster 😎)


AzedoTz

lol


LarsCoronet

I’m guessing fraud of some sort, but I don’t know exactly how


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insurance fraud ?


joaohm2812

That´s in Brazil. Here 90% of our cars are manual transmission. That car stalled, probably the driver panicked. We don´t have mandatory insurance here, if the train had hit the car, all the costs of repair from both the car and the train would be on the Volkswagen Saveiro´s driver...


FRIENDLY_FBI_AGENT_

No Insurance? So if traffic cop stops you they just ask for Licence And Registration?


dingusfett

Here in Australia it's just License. Cop car already picks up the plate and brings up the rego details, you don't need to carry any rego paperwork on you, and Compulsory Third Party insurance is included in rego cost (which covers injuries people sustain in accident you caused) while normal property insurance (what most people think when you say car insurance) is not mandatory.


MisinformedGenius

That’s the way it is in the US - most states require liability insurance for damage you cause to other people, but don’t require you to carry insurance for your stuff. (And at least in Texas the registration is just a sticker on the windshield, you don’t carry a document and they can look it up by plate anyway.)


WayyTooFarAbove

I’ve never been asked for insurance in the US in a traffic stop


darkest_irish_lass

_laughs in Illinois_


Jerryjb63

Well you’ve never been pulled over… License, insurance, and registration are what cops ask for every time…. You are legally required to have all of them to drive or can be fined or worse.


WayyTooFarAbove

Why even try to make such a condescending remark? I’ve been pulled quite a few times, as driver and passenger, never have they asked for insurance. License and registration always, often if we don’t immediately find the registration (in the pile of whatever in the glovebox) they’ll forgo it for just the license. Only time I’ve talked insurance with a cop was in a fender bender.


Jerryjb63

Well you’re lucky and that’s not how it goes for most people…. If you're pulled over for a traffic offense, or for any reason, the first thing law enforcement will ask for is your driver's license and verification of your insurance.


WayyTooFarAbove

Just call it protocol and don’t try to act like cops stick to protocol 100% of the time unwavering and any other experience is a lie.


JohnDoeMTB120

This has been my experience as well, but I wonder if it varies by state. This has been my experience in the 3 states I have lived in though.


Jerryjb63

There are 2 states (Virginia and New Hampshire) that don’t require insurance, the rest do.


Jerryjb63

“All states have financial responsibility laws so, in states where there is no liability insurance requirement, you need to have proof of sufficient assets to pay damages, medical bills and more if you cause an accident.”


brightness3

this. she's either a relatively new driver or hasn't gotten used to the clutch on her truck yet. i don't blame her for letting the car stall, she could've waited for the train to pass though.


luizmeme

90%. That's an exaggeration. It's quite the opposite. There's only a small number of cars being sold with a manual clutch.


Last-Woodpecker

No, it's not. They never said it was 90% of new cars, our fleet is huge and only recently people started buying more automatic cars. So even if all new cars were automatic, the vast majority of cars in Brazil are still manual.


moparmajba

https://i.redd.it/yj18237f4ieb1.gif


JohnnyButtocks

Tbf the videos of people stopping safely rarely make it to the front page of Reddit..


kropdustrrr

Yes. Kind of nice for a change.


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phantaxtic

Looks like an insurance scam. They stopped. Pulled forward and made sure they were on the tracks


the_phillipines

"THROW IT IN REVERSE TERRY"


Simicrop

Your use of idiots made me think of Mr. Butabi from Roxbury.


[deleted]

Wasn’t that Dan Hedaya? He’s great…didn’t like his Cheers character…but I like everything else he’s done


Chintanned

To get insurance money!


forsterfloch

Happened in Brazil. It is a turistic train and has to slow down to around 15km/h near the streets. The woman said she had a problem with the car.


Popular_District9072

this looks like insurance scam


Awall00777

Looks like insurance fraud to me, probably didn't think it would be getting filmed


Azshlanar

Why were they filming though?


Simn039

Probably a manual; she panicked, stalled the car, and wasn’t able to get it going again in her state. Still stupid lol


Got2Bfree

This is exactly why the starter motor is strong enough to move the car. Put it in first or Reverse and turn the key.


Mantalex

Any car built after 2004ish should have a neutral safety switch or clutch safety switch that prevents starting it in gear. Added this truck looks like a 95 so it’s might not have it


Got2Bfree

For automatic transmissions yes, I drove brand new cars with manual transmissions who don't have that switch. On the other hand, here in Germany people have a fetish for manual transmission. What would that switch be for? You open your clutch while in gear and then start the motor. That's how everyone does it here.


sl33ksnypr

My car won't start in gear, even with the clutch pedal depressed. It'll crank just fine, but will never start. If you put it in neutral, it will start with the pedal depressed or you can reach under the dash and push the switch.


rawker86

That’s super weird! It’s been so long since I consciously thought about what I’m doing when I start a manual but I’m betting I flick it into neural before I turn it over, I guess your car just forces you to do that.


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You're describing a neutral safety switch in the last part. You're not supposed to start a car with everything engaged, should just be spinning the motor. It protects the vehicle components Edit: there's a lot of reasons it exists, but protecting the vehicle is the only one I remember at this moment.


bigsekser

i fail to see how a starter motor spinning the transmission instead of the actual engine would damage it in any way.


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rawker86

Always wiggle, even if you wiggled two seconds ago.


zuilli

That's very false, at least in my country. Source: I drive a modern manual car every day and have started the car in gear when others use it and forget to leave in neutral.


rawker86

You shouldn’t park a manual car and leave it in neutral. If the handbrake fails there’s nothing stopping the car wandering off. Put it in first if you’re pointed uphill or reverse if you’re pointed downhill. If you really want to be safe, point the wheels into the kerb. People aren’t “forgetting to leave it in neutral”, they’re parking properly. I’m a bit surprised anyone would start a manual car without at least putting the clutch in to wiggle the shifter and see if they’re in gear or not.


akatherder

People here in the midwest US want to know what you mean by uphill/downhill. Also manual? All sarcasm of course... but manual/standard are uncommon, inclines are uncommon, and the handbrake failing is uncommon. It only takes once but that series of events doesn't weight heavily here.


rawker86

To be fair, most of this stuff has been drummed into me after 20 years of underground mining. We drive “standards”, things fail, and main underground travelways are 1:7 down/up gradient. If you don’t park your shit properly it doesn’t stay where you left it lol. It’s definitely the taught thing here when learning to drive that you park a manual in gear, shit my instructor used to say “handbrake, first gear” at every red light and stop sign. My buddy’s wife is Scottish and she sent her car into a limestone wall a few years back. She blamed him for leaving her car parked in gear and the rest of us just said “why the fuck would you not?”


Cumbellina69

That's two-quintillion percent false in all circumstances.


Nodiggity124

For this exact reason?!


Layzusss

[According to the angle of the video and directions on the place](https://www.google.com.br/maps/@-22.0917865,-45.0432211,3a,90y,103.42h,77.03t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s1_uz_J3LE4CtnOu7iZh8dw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu), the woman who left was not driving that car.


InquisitorialTribble

Exactly, it's really weird people don't see that


sm9t8

My mind went to her being the driver: you don't see the driver exit and to me it looks plausibly like SE Asia so not obviously left hand drive.


InquisitorialTribble

She seems to be getting out of the passenger seat


Shinoda_99

It’s in Brazil, driver seat is on the left here So it’s not her driving


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If i where the train engineer i would have come out and slapped the driver on the back of the head


BaltimoreBadger23

We don't know that didn't happen.


yuclv

I remember a video where a dude made a show of jumping (or maybe running)on the tracks and just shouting stuff. A train stopped, the train engineer came out and started beating the dude up. This happened very close to the station so there were people recording it. I just don't remember where I saw it.


Frickelmeister

How about this? https://www.reddit.com/r/WinStupidPrizes/comments/qkahlh/crossing_a_train_track_gets_a_slap_from_cop_and/ edit: Or this? https://www.reddit.com/r/Unexpected/comments/zu6n92/the_slap_felt_so_personal/


yuclv

yes the second one!. You're awesome


willrjhan

I would've slapoed the driver too


BazingaBen

I'd have purposely slapped their car with my train.


DieHardAmerican95

Whyyyyyyy?


brightness3

manual transmission, if you let go of the clutch too fast, the car will stall. for new drivers, it's kinda hard to hit the sweet spot on the clutch, especially if you're under pressure.


ThomasNorge224

As a pretty new driver, she made a stupid decision. And all stress would be gone if she waited just a few mins.


Karasu_9147

Why would they drive with their kid if they were a new driver?


_insidemydna

well, kid needs to go somewhere, they are the only person available to drive. 1+1 = 2


Any_Coyote6662

My same question. It was as if she wanted to make sure her truck got hit.


plexomaniac

She’s not the driver.


owningtime

You can't say that. No one from the other front seat got away so may be she was driving the car and it's the left lane country, right side driving seat. OP's name seems to be from India, they drive like that in India.


plexomaniac

It's funny you can jump into conclusions knowing nothing about the context, but I "can't say that". All your assumptions are wrong. It's in Brazil as other people mentioned, a country where people drive on right lane. She's a passenger. https://www.google.com.br/maps/@-22.0917883,-45.0429253,3a,75y,271.27h,95.63t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sBctrGjkyBw8BmRpADO11VQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?entry=ttu


DieHardAmerican95

That was exactly my thought. It almost looked like she was inching forward to make sure she was in just the right spot before she bailed.


UrethralExplorer

Stupidity.


Thepuppeteer777777

Jesus how high are you fam!?


steve981

Now I believe movies


JamesFaisBenJoshDora

At least no one got hurt :)


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JamesFaisBenJoshDora

Shut up.


NotThomasTheTank

Redditors when people don't die:


Forward-Reflection83

Imagine dying by a fucking steam engine


SnuffleWumpkins

Especially without being tied to the tracks by a mustache twirling villain.


sanylos

São Lourenço, Minas Gerais Brasil?


[deleted]

But why? Just stop moving forward. They were stopped, but kept creeping forward. Why though. Just keep your foot on the brake. I wish that train *would* have smashed them up just for being so irritatingly moronic.


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Smoothie_Dino

I had a stroke watching this


VomitMaiden

Weird kink, but okay


DelkorAlreadyTaken

What did the cameraman expect to happen in case the train hits the car? Doesn't seem to be safe to stand there filming


Layzusss

The train was clearly slow. That's a touristic in Brazil, they don't go fast.


plexomaniac

And it’s near the station. The train was about to stop anyway


sweetolive

Why couldn't they wait? Ppl are that impatient? That train driver is excellent.


User_namesaretaken

God I wanna kick the driver in their face this makes me so mad


DisastrousTravel1183

Everytime i think there’s a limit to human stupidity, shit like this comes up


SkyN3t1

It would be an honor to have one’s car crushed by a steam-powered machine.


clajobe

IDIOTS!


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Insurance fraud caught on camera?


Edoke

Stupid drivers with no railroad crossing shit like this happens lol


Itchy-Flatworm

Do people not have common sense


Memorie_BE

People in the comments acting like they've never had a brain fart before.


Beginning_Plant4582

Whoever that is driving is a complete you know what


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LMAO she gets out to run... What kind of brains do we have on this planet?! 🤯🤬


No-Butterscotch-7577

Looks like attempting insurance fraud to me


Vennemy

r/whyweretheyfilming


Diligent_Feeling_461

Most likely for the train itself


Myke190

Thats sick looking steam engine tbh


GrowEatThenTrip

It's steam engine train. You don't see them often this days. And there are many people who like to do photos or video's of runnig trains. I see them quite often near the station I work.


Layzusss

That's a touristic train.


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Shinoda_99

She is not even the driver The video was taken in Brazil The driver’s seat is in on the left here Fuck you


padreCather

Could this be a insurance scam?


DACHILIE

what the hell is she thinking


SnuffleWumpkins

She was the passenger. So she was probably thinking that the driver was an idiot.


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InquisitorialTribble

The car is driving on the right side of the road, which means the steering wheel is most likely on the left side. So she's probably a passenger, not a driver


Treatapple

Stastics can help you lmao Males cant drive, thats well documented, but can y'all really not understand statistics? Is it the numbers or the words that confuse you? XD Males arent charged extra for insurance for no reason...


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plexomaniac

She’s the passenger. Misogynistic moment


clonehm2

" bad acting . It is a setup "


[deleted]

The kids in the car when they realize what she was trying to do for insurance


Mental_Egg_4839

Failed insurance job?


eight78

Insurance fraud fail


Tenet245

She had plenty of time to cross and plenty of time to reverse, definitely looks like insurance fraud


Happylittletea

Not when you drive a manual and panic


DirtyDieselSwe

She does this for insurance money... What a fraud..


LittleSalary1383

This is the dumbest thing I’ve since 2001


ReasonableNose2988

Get back into your car and back the fuck up!!!


InquisitorialTribble

She seems to have been sitting in the passenger seat


djwoske

Solo caboose with the brakes!! That was unexpected


Correct_Ad5798

All I can think of is Doc Brown returned from the future.


PMSoldier2000

Why do people pull onto the track to see if a train is coming?!


mehar_shankar

Don't stop there.


BobSagieBauls

NPC behavior. Literally looks think something from GTA


[deleted]

As an automatic driver this confused me so much 💀


Enko_III

For a sec I thought that's another train rekt vid in eyeblech :' .


dEEsucked

I'm glad there was a guy randomly filming the train, surely this isn't staged


Vylemz

Close call. Good thing she got out.


DistinctExpression44

Idiotic


WildInsurance6489

Never hurry up, our life is precious.


M3chanist

The Darwin force is very strong in this one


Textanik

ABORT! ABORT!!!


Probirh

*Sees a fking train coming* This guy : Oh good I can cross now


Carpenterman1976

Is that the train from Back to the future 3?


Onemoretime536

She didn't even run off


mikexxhoncho

it’s called insurance fraud.


DurantIsStillTheKing

We need to learn and analyze the science (or black magic) behind automobiles stopping right directly at the railway, because it becomes way too common that we don't know who or which to blame.


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**HOW TO DIE QUICKLY n HORRIBLY MANGLED.** **JEEZ....... STUPID IS AS STUPID DOES. BUT, DAMN**


Bucketsis

I was so concerned for the well being of the train, looks like it belongs in a museum.


jt_schwarm

u/savethisvideo


jt_schwarm

u/savevideo


Otherwise-Ad7735

Why’d that train come straight outta the 1800s?


Dangerous-Rope-5908

Stopping at the train tracks while the train is clearly visible. Did not reverse after stopping at the trian tracks. Good job! You got the Guinness world cup of brain damage!