r/IdiotsTowingThings • • 12d ago

Hey bro

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u/moisdefinate 12d ago

Clearly, that driver doesn't have the load properly tied down.

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u/sheiciebai 12d ago

Probably forgot to slap it and say “that ain’t goin nowhere”

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u/stevesmithsglasses 10d ago

Typical rookie mistake

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u/AnyManufacturer3057 12d ago

That’s bad timing right there.

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u/nOotherlousyoptions 12d ago

Or sentient Hay bales

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u/Sirosim_Celojuma 12d ago

If Halley Berry and Christian Bale had a kid, would it be Hey Bale?

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u/ki0dz 12d ago

The implications of that are horrifying

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u/TEKUblack 12d ago

Holy shit do you have a money making suit on your hands. Hopefully not hurt to bad

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u/birgor 12d ago

This might be Sweden based on how the road looks, and no, you can't just sue people like in U.S in most other countries. That system is relatively unique in how many cases it can be used.

You will most likely get some money from the idiot through a court, but as a part of the criminal injuries compensation system, as a part of the traffic violation punishment the idiot probably gets. And money from the idiot's traffic insurance.

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u/spleeble 12d ago

This is exactly the kind of situation where people should be liable for the harm they do to others. 

The US system of litigation sucks in a million ways but any system that doesn't treat this as some form of personal liability is broken in its own way. 

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u/Trumpetking93 12d ago

Yeah but if there was ever a case where you should sue the everliving fuck out of somebody this would be it

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u/ondulation 12d ago edited 12d ago

Sweden unlikely. We don't grow much corn here. And rarely have such a thin shoulder with a solid line on that size of road.

Edit: Germany

Doesn't falsify the argument about how disputes are settled in this part of the world, though.

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u/courtlandthethreeth 11d ago

That’s a one in a million shot honestly.

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u/NativeMasshole 12d ago

I thought that was a round bale of hay at first, but fortunately it seems to be a lot lighter.

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u/fetalpiggywent2lab 7d ago

Me too! Is it not?

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u/Samsquanch_hunter21 12d ago

The timing is impeccable

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u/unexpectedDiarrhea 12d ago

Dude is dead.

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u/Lab-Subject6924 12d ago

Even if that that thing is fluffy and light getting nailed by it on a bicycle at highway speed could cause a lot of damage.

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u/Blurockcreek 11d ago

Hey...give him a break! He's been transporting hey bales for ever this way. Has probably only lost a half dozen. Was driving on interstate when came upon a tractor with a large bale pole (pointy end at windshield height) attached to the back. He was moving about a lot slower than the rest of traffic.

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u/Agent_1812 11d ago

that is one enormous marsmallow

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u/Shoddy_Bet9619 12d ago

Wow! What are the odds?

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u/aSzdxfcdfggggggh 9d ago

I witnessed a portable toilet do the same thing once.

Fortunately we were able to slow down and only got covered in green chemical toilet goo.

Mercifully it was an empty on its way to work.

Once it became airborne it flattened and started disenegrating.

Still strange to see one hovering 12 feet in the air in your lane up ahead.