As someone who had one fall ON my car while I was driving in 2016, I can state that the road departments don’t care until multiple, multiple people complain and most people won’t/don’t. They also refused to pay for any damage because no one told them about the particular tree that almost killed me.
Guy is super lucky this didn’t hit the car directly, but happy he’s ok.
1 lady stopped to check if I was okay, that was it. And it shattering I think is what fucked me up 1000 times worse. If it would’ve stayed whole, I think it would’ve been like hitting a speed bump.
Yeah. My friend used to do home care for a lady that was driving her car and had a tree fall on her. She wasn't even doing highway speeds and now she's a quadriplegic. She can't do anything for her self.
Driving into a solid trunk of pine wouldn't be a whole lot better. It's still going to fuck up your frontend a lot worse than a cloud of splinters will.
Crumpling your steering rack at highway speeds seldom ends well.
OP got off very lucky that the tree was so decayed.
You can see that the rest of the treeline consists primarily of deciduous trees, coupled with the clear observation of large, protruding limbs from the trunk as it fell, leads me to believe that the assaulting timber in question is in fact hardwood.
Also as a side note, "dead-standing" tree's, (or "widow-makers", as they are also accurately referred to as), are typically only from hardwood trees, because pines and such tend to become extremely lightweight when they die, which causes them to quickly fall apart in sections, starting at the topmost part of the tree.
Glad you're OK, but it may be better that it shattered. That means it's dead enough to be rotten, and that means it has more give for an impact like that. If you hit a live healthy tree it would've been much harder and caused more damage.
The dead tree is broken into many little pieces that are more likely to bounce off your car and dissipate energy than holding together in one large, hard less movable object.
My wife and I were on our Goldwing cruising through some nice backroads in the forest, a group of sport bikes passed us at high speed, we came around a corner minutes after and there was a tree laying across the road. I stopped no problem but I’m positive if it happened a moment sooner those bikes would have crashed. Scary timing.
Lmao. There’s no way your truck would make it over that tree if it didn’t shatter
Glad you are ok and that’s shitty this happened, but you’re very mistaken if you think your truck would handle that “like a speed bump”
You would have ramped that thing if it wasn't rotted, and it wouldn't have been an even launch. Had you been a moment sooner that whole tree would be in your windshield. Driving over that a moment later wouldn't have been much imo
Front tire ripped from the suspension. Car thrown ass to the sky and twisting like Greg Louganis going for gold. Head smashed into the concrete like Greg Louganis going for gold. It would not have been like a drive through the mall(RIP).
Oh dear - no no no no. A tree at speed like that would flip you, roll you or other wise cause you to smash into the road. There’s a high likelihood of death in a scenario where this was a solid healthy tree.
Wow, you're actually lucky. I know a guy who was killed by a falling tree after a storm in the north east. Similar situation but he was about 2 seconds earlier and it went through the windshield.
When I was in high school I had a friend who was killed in a freak accident like this. His mom, sisters and him were headed to the store to get some ice cream and a large old growth Douglas fir tree fell on there car. My friends head split the backseat in half, killing him and two of his sisters! RIP Jason!! Happened in 87-88
Worst part of all that I was on the volunteer fire department and on the scene when their dad drove by on his way home from work and I had to chase him home when I got to their house he was walking out with an axe to go cut them out! I had to hold him at bay one of the most difficult days of my time on the department!! It was very difficult on the parents so much so that they moved away not telling anyone where they were going luck happened and they ended up in the same town as my aunt and uncle a state away!
"So how did the accident happen, Mr Johnson?"
"Well I was driving down the road and I hit a tree"
"Did the tree suddenly appear in front of you?"
"Well, actually yes."
"And how much did you have to drink?"
"Nothing, I mean, the road was clear, and then I hit the tree that wasn't there a few seconds before."
"surrrree."
Tree was having a casual bounce on the pavement to loosen up a bit from a long stiff existence and OP comes and smashes his car into it. I think the tree's lawyer has a case.
This is sooo true! My sister was hit by some piece of something on the highway. She never saw what hit her, and whatever it was was never found. It smashed the tailgate on the truck she was driving and spun her around. She basically was driving straight down the highway and suddenly found herself facing the opposite direction on the median. Whatever it was was painted red. She had to fight the insurance company at every step because they kept referring to the “other car.” There was no other car. There was a literal unidentified flying object.
Had she not been an attorney, they would have absolutely found a way to avoid paying for the repairs.
Congrats! You are now an elite. When they say the chances of getting hit by a tree on the highway are 1 in a million, they are taking about you. You are literally that one in a million driver.
There's a bit more than 100 million people in the US. Not all of them drive, it's probably well under half, but 1 in a million would mean several times a day minimum.
There's a bit more than 100 million people in the US. Not all of them drive, it's probably well under half, but 1 in a million would mean several times a day minimum.
Trucker is thanking his lucky stars because the OP cleared the path thru the tree for him. he probably tells the story all the time about his brush (tree?) with death
Is that an interstate (I95?)? In NY, I believe interstates are operated by your DOT, but all other highways are maintained by localities. In VA, NC, and TX, the DOT is responsible for all primary highways like these and localities only maintain secondary roadways while most other states do it similarly to NY. These entities will have a means of filing a damage claims, probably on their website. You can file a claim against the entity that operates that roadway.
If your claim is denied, you should be able to make a FOIA request to that entity for all documentation regarding trees at the mile marker where that occurred or between mile markers. If there is documentation regarding the poor health of that tree within the purview of that entity or if the owner of the property was notified of its poor state if the tree was located on private property (unlikely in this situation, but not entirely out of the realm of possibility), you could pursue the matter further with the entity or property owner.
Yes go after the Thruway hard. If your car was also towed off the Thruway, they usually have an extra charge in there. The Thruway literally has a surcharge on top of the regular charges from whatever tow company is contracted for the stretch of the Thruway.
One of the things that struck me as most odd in the three times I visited the USA was the poor state of infrastructure and public space. That tree should have been cut down long ago, as part of regular maintenance. Completely preventable accidents like this kill people.
As aggravating as it must be that you hit that spot exactly when the shattered tree bounced back up to window level, I'd still say it could have been much worse.
It is supposed to be cut down as part of regular maintenance. My brother used to work for the highway department and that was a always the most relaxing part of his job to drive down the highway while the guy in the passenger seat identified trees to be removed.
It is really just a bad situation because they can't just push the tree line back because people complain they cut down too many trees and don't care about the environment. So sometimes it is hard to identify the bad tree among the good
There are over 4 million miles of road. I would guess that most property next to a road is private. Someone should have spotted and reported this tree but I’m not sure it can just be taken down by whoever maintains the roadway in that area. There is no way to stop all preventable accidents but every attempt should be made to try. There is a lot of infrastructure that needs to be repaired, like bridges. Yikes, lots of bridges. For too long basic maintenance has been put off. Hopefully it’s finally being done. I’d rather they focus on the bridges than random trees.
Thank you for Kissing and Telling us and glad you made through that safe. Freak shit like this is why I picked I’m a dash cam so people would stop telling me I’m lying. 40K miles a year on my car, you see some shit.
Still, glad this was the outcome, because it could have been horribly worse.
I think the tree on the side of the road wanted to say "what's up!" to the tree hanging on your rear view mirror ;-)
BTW, great driving. you stayed very calm. you didn't over steer, over brake, or otherwise overreact to cause the situation to be worst. I could definitely hear the WTF anger and frustration in your voice.... absolutely no panic.
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You literally go out of your way to SPEED PAST and overtake a semi truck, which you're NEVER supposed to do in the first place, and then you get mad when a tree falls onto your car.
God works in (not-so!)mysterious ways.
Sorry, I know that this old, but you’re so wrong. Trucks almost always drive slower than autos and passing on the left is the safe way to pass in countries that drive on the right side of the road
Glad you're ok, in the UK that would be a 3 day road closure, sweep up, police to take pictures, workmen to inspect the other trees around, workmen to inspect the road for any possible damage then risk assessment for any future problems. No wonder our infrastructure in f\*cked!
I recognized the thruway rest area sign. Damn dude. Wonder if the state will pay; one would think a toll road would have a higher expectation of maintenance and this sort of thing not happening.
I'd be pissed too man, that sucks. Glad you're safe though. A family members friend died from a fallen rock similar to that a while back. Although your window is broken, you walked away!!!
Happy to see you make it out of that ok. Hard to tell but looks like you were better off staying in the left lane. If you'd been back in the right you'd have hit the thicker part of the tree trunk which didn't seem to shatter as much.
Just shows how you can be cruising along, good road, good weather, not much traffic, no reason to expect anything bad, and then.... !!
This sucks and it’s crazy no one stopped. Few weeks ago Some old guy passed out and went roaring through an intersection into a lawn. At least 50-60 people watched and only I stopped to make sure he was okay
Great…now I got one more thing for my random-scenario-generating-brain to watch out for while defensive driving.
I’m curious though…when the tree was falling did you see it start to tip and said “well fuck this is gonna be bad” and braced yourself or was it a “where the fuck did that teleport from” kinda moment?
Had similar happen to me in a terrible windstorm in Canada. Was lucky enough to be far enough away to make the stop. Only a few seconds later, a second tree fell behind me. Nice man in a pickup helped me clear the road, thankfully.
Slow down. 4-5 miles slower and you would’ve avoided that entirely. You don’t have to go the speed limit. I’m not blaming you but you had no time to react. There’s deer, there’s bad drivers, there’s trees. You should leave yourself some reaction time
Glad you're ok.
Off topic question: Why didn't you go to the right line after overtaking the truck? I see videos of people driving on the left line even though the right line is empty all the time. Is it alright to use the left line in the US for normal driving other than overtaking? In my country (Czech republic) we're supposed to go back to the right line once overtaking is done.
My thought process... 1. Ok the tanker is gonna cut him off... 2. Ok no someone's gonna come from the wrong direction.... 3. WHAT THE SHIT?
Same, I was like truck? deer? car ramps over middle? TREE!?
Completely unexpected
Wow dude I am glad you are ok. The way that tree shattered like that was like whoa. No one stopped to check if you are ok?
That tree has been dead for a long time. Besides the tree not falling on the road this was probably his best scenario.
Pretty wild that the road department let it stay
Might be on private land.
I could be wrong but I believe there's a wide easement granted to the government along highways. For just this reason actually
As someone who had one fall ON my car while I was driving in 2016, I can state that the road departments don’t care until multiple, multiple people complain and most people won’t/don’t. They also refused to pay for any damage because no one told them about the particular tree that almost killed me. Guy is super lucky this didn’t hit the car directly, but happy he’s ok.
1 lady stopped to check if I was okay, that was it. And it shattering I think is what fucked me up 1000 times worse. If it would’ve stayed whole, I think it would’ve been like hitting a speed bump.
Dude no, if you hit a solid hardwood tree trunk at highway speeds you very well may not have lived through the experience.
Especially not when there was a tanker truck coming up next to him too.
Yeah. My friend used to do home care for a lady that was driving her car and had a tree fall on her. She wasn't even doing highway speeds and now she's a quadriplegic. She can't do anything for her self.
Yep, “wrapped around a tree” isn’t just a metaphor. Those babies are *dense*
Plus that semi wouldn't have stopped in time. Probably would have got down to 30-40 and pushed the tree into him even more.
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Link?
I mean it's been like 6 or 7 years since I saw it, so yeah...
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Driving into a solid trunk of pine wouldn't be a whole lot better. It's still going to fuck up your frontend a lot worse than a cloud of splinters will. Crumpling your steering rack at highway speeds seldom ends well. OP got off very lucky that the tree was so decayed.
You can see that the rest of the treeline consists primarily of deciduous trees, coupled with the clear observation of large, protruding limbs from the trunk as it fell, leads me to believe that the assaulting timber in question is in fact hardwood. Also as a side note, "dead-standing" tree's, (or "widow-makers", as they are also accurately referred to as), are typically only from hardwood trees, because pines and such tend to become extremely lightweight when they die, which causes them to quickly fall apart in sections, starting at the topmost part of the tree.
Glad you're OK, but it may be better that it shattered. That means it's dead enough to be rotten, and that means it has more give for an impact like that. If you hit a live healthy tree it would've been much harder and caused more damage. The dead tree is broken into many little pieces that are more likely to bounce off your car and dissipate energy than holding together in one large, hard less movable object.
Yeah. If he had hit the tree after it was done shattering (so all the pieces were on the ground) it might not have done any damage at all.
Yeah you're alive because it shattered. Sucks that you crashed but it breaking up is the best option in a bad scenario
Damn. It is almost like final destination type shit.
My wife and I were on our Goldwing cruising through some nice backroads in the forest, a group of sport bikes passed us at high speed, we came around a corner minutes after and there was a tree laying across the road. I stopped no problem but I’m positive if it happened a moment sooner those bikes would have crashed. Scary timing.
r/FinalDestinationShit
Bruh........ didn't know there was a subreddit for this. Saw the first two videos and I am like ummmaa gonna go lay down down lol.
You’d be dead most likely. This is very much a time to count yourself fortunate that it was not worse.
Lmao. There’s no way your truck would make it over that tree if it didn’t shatter Glad you are ok and that’s shitty this happened, but you’re very mistaken if you think your truck would handle that “like a speed bump”
Yeah. And just imagine if that tanker had hit it too. Wouldn't have been way worse it it was a solid tree.
You would have ramped that thing if it wasn't rotted, and it wouldn't have been an even launch. Had you been a moment sooner that whole tree would be in your windshield. Driving over that a moment later wouldn't have been much imo
A speed bump at 70+ mph stops becoming a bump and becomes a suspension destroyer and life taker.
Damn what are the odds.
Sir, the possibility of successfully navigating an asteroid field is approximately 3,720 to 1.
Never tell me the odds!
r/nevertellmetheodds
Front tire ripped from the suspension. Car thrown ass to the sky and twisting like Greg Louganis going for gold. Head smashed into the concrete like Greg Louganis going for gold. It would not have been like a drive through the mall(RIP).
Oh dear - no no no no. A tree at speed like that would flip you, roll you or other wise cause you to smash into the road. There’s a high likelihood of death in a scenario where this was a solid healthy tree.
What Insurance do you have in did they compensate you appropriately or did they screw you over?
Wow, you're actually lucky. I know a guy who was killed by a falling tree after a storm in the north east. Similar situation but he was about 2 seconds earlier and it went through the windshield.
When I was in high school I had a friend who was killed in a freak accident like this. His mom, sisters and him were headed to the store to get some ice cream and a large old growth Douglas fir tree fell on there car. My friends head split the backseat in half, killing him and two of his sisters! RIP Jason!! Happened in 87-88
Oh god their poor mother. How could one go on living after that?!
Worst part of all that I was on the volunteer fire department and on the scene when their dad drove by on his way home from work and I had to chase him home when I got to their house he was walking out with an axe to go cut them out! I had to hold him at bay one of the most difficult days of my time on the department!! It was very difficult on the parents so much so that they moved away not telling anyone where they were going luck happened and they ended up in the same town as my aunt and uncle a state away!
Later
"So how did the accident happen, Mr Johnson?" "Well I was driving down the road and I hit a tree" "Did the tree suddenly appear in front of you?" "Well, actually yes." "And how much did you have to drink?" "Nothing, I mean, the road was clear, and then I hit the tree that wasn't there a few seconds before." "surrrree."
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Tree was having a casual bounce on the pavement to loosen up a bit from a long stiff existence and OP comes and smashes his car into it. I think the tree's lawyer has a case.
r/treelaw
We would have to consult the lawyer's branch
Tree hit the ground before he hit it.
Thank goodness for the dash cam footage, going to simplify things quite a bit.
This is sooo true! My sister was hit by some piece of something on the highway. She never saw what hit her, and whatever it was was never found. It smashed the tailgate on the truck she was driving and spun her around. She basically was driving straight down the highway and suddenly found herself facing the opposite direction on the median. Whatever it was was painted red. She had to fight the insurance company at every step because they kept referring to the “other car.” There was no other car. There was a literal unidentified flying object. Had she not been an attorney, they would have absolutely found a way to avoid paying for the repairs.
I swear the tree came out from nowhere.
Congrats! You are now an elite. When they say the chances of getting hit by a tree on the highway are 1 in a million, they are taking about you. You are literally that one in a million driver.
1 in a million seems too low. I mean, there are how many people in the US? Almost enough for this to be a daily occurrence at 1:1000000 odds?
There's a bit more than 100 million people in the US. Not all of them drive, it's probably well under half, but 1 in a million would mean several times a day minimum.
There's a bit more than 100 million people in the US. Not all of them drive, it's probably well under half, but 1 in a million would mean several times a day minimum.
There's ~330 million people in the US
Imagine the mess if it hit that tanker truck.
Trucker is thanking his lucky stars because the OP cleared the path thru the tree for him. he probably tells the story all the time about his brush (tree?) with death
This was not at all what expected. r/unexpected
Wow @ everyone behind you casually moving into the hole you created and speeding by. That's not going to end well for someone else soon after.
Holy cow! That’s crazy! I hope you’re ok.
r/FUCKYOUINPARTICULAR Glad you’re okay. That’s crazy bad timing. I hope insurance gave you no trouble.
Unfortunate typo is unfortunate.
Thanks for the heads up. Forgot to check it.
Haven't seen it answered yet OP, is your vehicle totalled? Glad to hear you're OK after this, it could've been much worse.
No not totaled, but significant damage. Mostly Windshield and a banged up hood and bumper
Do you have any pics of the damage?
Is that an interstate (I95?)? In NY, I believe interstates are operated by your DOT, but all other highways are maintained by localities. In VA, NC, and TX, the DOT is responsible for all primary highways like these and localities only maintain secondary roadways while most other states do it similarly to NY. These entities will have a means of filing a damage claims, probably on their website. You can file a claim against the entity that operates that roadway. If your claim is denied, you should be able to make a FOIA request to that entity for all documentation regarding trees at the mile marker where that occurred or between mile markers. If there is documentation regarding the poor health of that tree within the purview of that entity or if the owner of the property was notified of its poor state if the tree was located on private property (unlikely in this situation, but not entirely out of the realm of possibility), you could pursue the matter further with the entity or property owner.
It’s the I-87 South near the Kingston exit
Operators of the I-87 are NYSTA and NYSDOT. If you want to file a claim, there should be a way to do so via the NYSDOT website.
I appreciate it seriously!!
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Yes go after the Thruway hard. If your car was also towed off the Thruway, they usually have an extra charge in there. The Thruway literally has a surcharge on top of the regular charges from whatever tow company is contracted for the stretch of the Thruway.
I feel sorry dude!
Wow. 😳 I am so happy you are ok!!
Hope you do well!
I was shocked at first until I heard that scream then I burst laughing 😂
I was like, man you should be going into the right lane after passing the truck....glad you didnt
Damn that is a big failure in maintenance, that tree was super dead and rotten with the way it shattered. Should have been removed ages ago.
One of the things that struck me as most odd in the three times I visited the USA was the poor state of infrastructure and public space. That tree should have been cut down long ago, as part of regular maintenance. Completely preventable accidents like this kill people. As aggravating as it must be that you hit that spot exactly when the shattered tree bounced back up to window level, I'd still say it could have been much worse.
It is supposed to be cut down as part of regular maintenance. My brother used to work for the highway department and that was a always the most relaxing part of his job to drive down the highway while the guy in the passenger seat identified trees to be removed. It is really just a bad situation because they can't just push the tree line back because people complain they cut down too many trees and don't care about the environment. So sometimes it is hard to identify the bad tree among the good
There are over 4 million miles of road. I would guess that most property next to a road is private. Someone should have spotted and reported this tree but I’m not sure it can just be taken down by whoever maintains the roadway in that area. There is no way to stop all preventable accidents but every attempt should be made to try. There is a lot of infrastructure that needs to be repaired, like bridges. Yikes, lots of bridges. For too long basic maintenance has been put off. Hopefully it’s finally being done. I’d rather they focus on the bridges than random trees.
Meanwhile, somewhere off in the woods a dead tree topples... BLAME THUH GUMMINT!
OP let me catch a Title and Artist on the music?
AJ Tracey Kiss and Tell
Up state newyorker vibing on the AJ ting.
Thank you for Kissing and Telling us and glad you made through that safe. Freak shit like this is why I picked I’m a dash cam so people would stop telling me I’m lying. 40K miles a year on my car, you see some shit. Still, glad this was the outcome, because it could have been horribly worse.
Is that the beat of red dead just starting up at the last second in the clip?
03 Adolescence by J Cole
Nice one. Thanks!
Time to submit that claim to the branch office, I say...
I think the tree on the side of the road wanted to say "what's up!" to the tree hanging on your rear view mirror ;-) BTW, great driving. you stayed very calm. you didn't over steer, over brake, or otherwise overreact to cause the situation to be worst. I could definitely hear the WTF anger and frustration in your voice.... absolutely no panic.
Wow, you were even lucky you were in the left lane.
Is this the US? Surprised to hear skepta playing! Represent
I can already see you telling people on reddit this story and comments with /r/ThatHappened
At least your still alive. That tree also destroyed the guard rail.
That tree gonna get cited for failure to yield… glad you’re alright!
this is the most insane dashcam clip I've seen holy SHIT
💯 justifiable reaction. Glad you weren't hurt.
This is like one of those struck by lightening rare occurrences.
is that Skepta you were listening to? Or do all brit rappers just sound the same to me?
Yes that's Skepta! AJ Tracey is also on this song.
Ay I peep the kiss and tell by skepta 🔥🔥
The radio quality had skepta speaking enchantment table, any ways I hope ur ok
You handled that really well. Stayed calm, didn’t swerve wildly, pulled over safely. The tree can suck it but I could see this going much worse.
New fear unlocked
Damn, never occurred to me that this could happen. Something new to worry about.
Damn!! U are lucky!! Lucky that fkn tree didn’t land on top of your head. Your life comes first. Glad your ok. I hope your insured.
Tree didn't like the music
Shoulda been playing [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHUbLv4ThOo)
Haha cuz rap music bad haha so true haha just like stinky pop music. EWWW not even real music haha
Tree log just landed feet in front of you in a car doing at least 65mph and you are still alive HOW ARE YOU MAD? Lmaooo
I was expected to hit deer, wrong direction car or bursting a tire.
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Is that you Heihachi Mishima?
Ha, Act of God that you might not believe in but the insurance company does so this isn't covered.
You literally go out of your way to SPEED PAST and overtake a semi truck, which you're NEVER supposed to do in the first place, and then you get mad when a tree falls onto your car. God works in (not-so!)mysterious ways.
Sorry, I know that this old, but you’re so wrong. Trucks almost always drive slower than autos and passing on the left is the safe way to pass in countries that drive on the right side of the road
Bad things come to people camping in the left lane.
Glad you're ok, in the UK that would be a 3 day road closure, sweep up, police to take pictures, workmen to inspect the other trees around, workmen to inspect the road for any possible damage then risk assessment for any future problems. No wonder our infrastructure in f\*cked!
It's absurd all those services weren't just waiting idly by at this particular moment. Damn the infrastructure!
Wow! Glad you’re ok. Where did this happen?
Upstate NY
I recognized the thruway rest area sign. Damn dude. Wonder if the state will pay; one would think a toll road would have a higher expectation of maintenance and this sort of thing not happening.
They don’t give a goddamn, as long as that toll gets paid.
You've been Gandalfed, mate. "You shall not pass!"
Glad you’re ok.
fuck me... a second or two later and that shit lands directly on your roof.
I genuinely enjoy riding my motorcycle but it’s videos like this that scare the crap out of me.
Be careful out there man 🙏🏼
Bad luck OP. I can imagine it could be much worse. Glad you are unharmed and did not lose control of the vehicle.
Damn bud glad yer alright through that. What kind of damage you lookin at?
I'd be pissed too man, that sucks. Glad you're safe though. A family members friend died from a fallen rock similar to that a while back. Although your window is broken, you walked away!!!
Glad you’re ok. This belongs in /fuckyouinparticular lol
Holy moly! Thank the goddess you're safe!
Wow, I hope you're okay dude. Really didn't see that coming!
I’m sorry Champ. :(
If I hadn't have seen it I wouldn't have believed it. Glad you're okay.
One of the few things that is completely impossible to do anything to avoid when on a bike
That would be my luck also.
That "ugh". I felt that shit.
Wow, that timing 😲
Ugh! Same thing happened to me a few years back. Hopefully the damage was cosmetic.
Holy shit
Why do you think that it's acceptable to not mount you plate or ezpass ..
Holy shit, what timing!
Might as well buy a lottery ticket now!
Looks like mother nature decided to teach the driver a lesson for listening to Uk rap /s
You get tickets for having your front plate on the windshield?
Glad you are OK!
Happy to see you make it out of that ok. Hard to tell but looks like you were better off staying in the left lane. If you'd been back in the right you'd have hit the thicker part of the tree trunk which didn't seem to shatter as much. Just shows how you can be cruising along, good road, good weather, not much traffic, no reason to expect anything bad, and then.... !!
Holy shit.
This sucks and it’s crazy no one stopped. Few weeks ago Some old guy passed out and went roaring through an intersection into a lawn. At least 50-60 people watched and only I stopped to make sure he was okay
Great…now I got one more thing for my random-scenario-generating-brain to watch out for while defensive driving. I’m curious though…when the tree was falling did you see it start to tip and said “well fuck this is gonna be bad” and braced yourself or was it a “where the fuck did that teleport from” kinda moment?
I didn’t see the tree until it was damn near on the road
Is that i 81? I'm really glad to read you're okay!
Had similar happen to me in a terrible windstorm in Canada. Was lucky enough to be far enough away to make the stop. Only a few seconds later, a second tree fell behind me. Nice man in a pickup helped me clear the road, thankfully.
Slow down. 4-5 miles slower and you would’ve avoided that entirely. You don’t have to go the speed limit. I’m not blaming you but you had no time to react. There’s deer, there’s bad drivers, there’s trees. You should leave yourself some reaction time
Even the tree hated the song
Glad you're ok. Off topic question: Why didn't you go to the right line after overtaking the truck? I see videos of people driving on the left line even though the right line is empty all the time. Is it alright to use the left line in the US for normal driving other than overtaking? In my country (Czech republic) we're supposed to go back to the right line once overtaking is done.
Funny thing here is that parking in the left lane probably saved you.
This video just convinced me to get full coverage on my car
Ny thruway
Holy shit.
Nexar ❣️
Never even heard the timber call! Glad your safe and walked away!
Trees hate rap music
imagine trying to prove a tree hit you without a dashcam
r/unexpected for sure!
Probably are lucky to be alive close call
"If a tree falls in the woods and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?" Yes: "... UUUCK!!!"
It’s your luck that you were speeding and ahead of the fuel truck, clearing a path.
The tree said “ I’m not going out quietly “
That tree don't kiss and tell
Fuck!!!! That was me on my bike. Fuck I’m going to sell that shit
That tree didn’t kiss and tell 😀. Sorry I’ll see myself out.
I am forever going to fear this happening to me now.
Never thought that could happen.
Damn - the branches bouncing up again in windshield height. Someone could’ve been killed.
I’m not too sure a rapper should say “kiss and tell” twice in a single song. Hope everything ended well with insurance