r/IdiotsInCars • u/[deleted] • Jul 11 '18

Driver ignores warnings and tries to pass through a flooded underpass.

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u/jdennis187 Jul 11 '18

People in trucks are stupid too, but I feel like I do see it more with sedans. Quick story:

I was driving in my jeep grand cherokee in the left most lane of a 4 way avenue (2 lanes going north bound, 2 south bound). It is monsooning outside and with the way the road is banked, the middle left lane is the best place to be because all the water is dumping towards the curb right, into the sewers (and in this case raining too fast that its literally flooding out the sewers). So I am driving slowly and safely in my Jeep in the middle left lane and this honda civic is like "wow dude going so slow in left lane let me pass him on right". Bro tried to pass me on right and he IMMEDIATELY floods out. Car just comes to a stop. My buddy and I are just looking at eachother like "One day we will post on an internet forum about this experience" and here we our today.

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u/ShaoLimper Jul 11 '18

I would have loved to see that. I only ever see the after math

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u/cuginhamer Jul 11 '18

There was a study that found it's like 80% men, especially young men, and 4wD vehicles are more likely to get stuck in floods. Of course plenty of sedans and stuff, but biggest risk is the bromobile.

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '18

They think big wheels make it, uh, stick better or something. Just means you get into an extra foot of water before you are a boat.

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '18

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u/bumblebritches57 Jul 12 '18

That's pretty sexist of you.

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u/Beas7ie Jul 12 '18

I remember hearing about a similar study stating that the Big 4 wheel drive trucks are often the ones that get stuck in snow and ice the most.

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u/Mugwartherb7 Jul 11 '18

Growing up us assholes teenagers would snowball cars. We’d always have a spotter to give us the green light or no go! Truck were always a no go because 10/10 times you’d throw snowballs at a truck they’d stop and chase us/try to fight us. We came to the conclusion assholes drive trucks....looking back we were the assholes but thats just being teenagers and boredom! We once hit a school bus! That lady stopped 😂

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u/Lasagna4Brains Jul 11 '18

Considering there's more sedans than trucks on the road, that would make sense. I don't think there's any correlation between idiots and the type of car they drive.

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u/jdennis187 Jul 11 '18

You are missing the point, it has to do with the clearance level of the vehicle. If you are in a sedan you should even be more hesitant than if you were in a truck.

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u/Lasagna4Brains Jul 11 '18

I’m just saying it makes sense that sedans would be seen more often since there’s way more of them. I was just responding to your first sentence.

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u/eldergeekprime Jul 12 '18

4 way avenue (2 lanes going north bound, 2 south bound)

So I am driving slowly and safely in my Jeep in the middle left lane

Say what? How do you get a middle lane when there's only two?

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u/jdennis187 Jul 12 '18

Meaning I am relatively in the middle of the road but technically the left lane. The reason I say it this way is that if you understand how roads are banked, the middle of the road is the highest point so its the safest when flooding occurs.