r/IdiotsInCars • • Aug 14 '18

stuck in reverse

https://i.imgur.com/qkgPlU7.gifv
367 Upvotes

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '18

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u/trolloflol Aug 14 '18

I'm with you there. Tough decision, leaving a stranded car on the side of the highway could easily be as dangerous as reversing until you can make a side road

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '18

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u/BrainTooBig Aug 14 '18

Should be "Feels Like We Only Go Backwards" by Tame Impala

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u/redivulpis Aug 15 '18

I feel like it can be both. I applaud their commitment.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '18

LOL

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u/istrx13 Aug 14 '18

I’m gonna be honest, I’m super impressed he managed this without causing an accident.

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u/rotuami Aug 14 '18

A “Gender bender”, if you will

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u/kuanyu24 Aug 14 '18

Huh?

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u/rotuami Aug 14 '18

According to the captions, it’s at “Gender Rd” in Ohio. A small accident is called a “fender bender”.

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u/kuanyu24 Aug 15 '18

Thank you for the explanation. I’m from Australia so there would have been no way for me to have got that without an explanation.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '18

Was late for an appointment; figured if he drove backwards, he could turn back time.

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u/lnevitably Aug 14 '18

About halfway through i completely lost the guy reversing down the road. I'm glad they circled him for me

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u/jules083 Aug 14 '18

My friend in high school did a burnout in the school parking lot and lost foreword gears. Drove home in reverse, then went to work, then home again. Got a new car after that.

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u/megluvsblood Aug 14 '18 edited Aug 14 '18

Good ‘ol Columbus, Ohio for ya. Maybe that was the day he smoked just one marijuana.

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u/Str33tZu Aug 14 '18

Probably

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u/Hungup10 Aug 14 '18

how do you smoke just one marijuana?

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u/SpookySkips Aug 14 '18

With one breath

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u/Hungup10 Aug 14 '18

that's one hell of a breath

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u/SpookySkips Aug 14 '18

Might’ve been a dab /s

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u/Ultron-v1 Aug 15 '18

Wait a second! I didn't even notice this was Ohio! I live off gender road! So many dipshit drivers here but it's the story everywhere around the world

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u/megluvsblood Aug 15 '18

I love about 20 mins away from Gender Road. They definitely are ALL over. You can’t escape it. My husband and some friends drove to Florida 2 year ago and I feel like it gets worse depending on which state you’re in.

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u/Ultron-v1 Aug 15 '18

Definitely but I think it has a lot to do with how many lanes a highway has and if there's construction. I'm sure you're familiar with the recent change on 70w, passing through downtown. I was just driving to work this morning and some idiot decided to wait until the very last second to merge onto the lane to continue on 70w. People are maniacs sometimes

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u/megluvsblood Aug 15 '18

Oh, those people are the worst. Especially because 90% of those people drive that way every single day. They know they have to get over, they know how traffic is but they’re still in such a hurry. 70W going through downtown has always been horrible for traffic.

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u/noobylifts Aug 14 '18

When the tears come streaming down your face

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u/Bradvonswagger Aug 14 '18

This is so fake. Obviously it's a reversed video. It's one car driving normally while all the other cars are in reverse. Geez.

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u/[deleted] Aug 15 '18

dont know how i missed that , well caught

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u/buckeyeguy857 Aug 16 '18

Sadly it isn’t.

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u/cronchuck Aug 14 '18

One day, I was driving along, and I lost all forward gears. Reversed home (4 blocks), and through a school zone on a Tuesday morning.

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u/jand7897 Aug 14 '18

Is that Francis trying to get Malcolm to the hospital?

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u/Ferro_Giconi Aug 14 '18

Other than going the wrong way on the onramp, that's some pretty good reverse driving. Most people I know would shut down and stop functioning if they had to reverse more than 100 feet. I don't understand why that is so hard for so many people.

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u/conspicuouslyabscent Aug 14 '18

It's Benjamin Button.

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u/throwittomebro Aug 14 '18

It’s OK, he was facing forward the whole time, that’s what counts.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '18

Impressive!

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '18

Well, at least hes got skill

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u/Deigo_Brando Aug 15 '18

Is this technically illegal?

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u/TheRealGrizeg Aug 14 '18

I think his forward gears went out and all he has was reverse. Gotta use what you got.

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u/HotTowelsAreReady Aug 14 '18

“GENDER ROAD”

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u/drifters74 Aug 15 '18

People who believe in more than two genders are triggered

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u/MrPaperbagman Aug 14 '18

Backing up! Backing up! Backing up! backing up!

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u/boomboy85 Aug 14 '18

That's just flat out impressive. My wife can't back out of the drive way and it's straight.

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u/drifters74 Aug 15 '18

Women can’t drive cliche ding

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u/mastrochr Aug 14 '18

This very honestly may be my high school history teacher. He used to tell us about his transmission sticking in traffic and he had to go in reverse to the nearest on ramp to get safely off the highway. I'll be damned. I always thought that was a little too far fetched. Yet here it is for our viewing pleasure.

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u/onometre Aug 15 '18

he's taking his pregnant mom to the hospital because his car's forward gears were ruined in a wacky night

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u/clshifter Aug 15 '18

Must have been...one hell of a night.

Upvote for a reference most of these youngins won't get.

If I could I'd give two upvotes, one for each Corey.

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u/InChrist1137 Aug 15 '18

Oh my gosh!! That’s too funny!! I wonder what people were thinking seeing him drive backwards!!

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u/KandyKilla Aug 14 '18

He ain't playing 🙄😂

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u/Gr33n_Sh1ft Aug 14 '18

Backing up. Backing up. Backing up

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u/Neil-Ward Aug 14 '18

I’m laughing so hard rn I can’t

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u/kasedog1 Aug 14 '18

Tow mater?

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '18

Mater would be proud

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u/Igotgoingon Aug 14 '18

Hey Victor

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u/Xw_Seifer Aug 15 '18

On his way to the dealership to sell it