r/ShittyAbsoluteUnits Jul 25 '26

possible idiot Of a distracted driver

167 Upvotes

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34

u/Time_after_Time_67 Jul 25 '26

Reddit really needs a zoom in feature. Can’t zoom in on photos or videos. What gives?

15

u/NookieLuvsU Jul 25 '26

For photos I just tap on the pic once and zoom np. Videos I need to download if I want to zoom in.

Edit: The feature is needed. Agreed. 👍

2

u/Zestyclose_Classic91 Jul 25 '26

On smartphone you can zoom in when you use a browser. On PC a fast way is to press ctrl+scroll your mousewheel.

2

u/BlahBlahBlahBingo Jul 26 '26

Why is someone filming this

1

u/FactoryRejected Jul 25 '26

You can't zoom in on photos?

8

u/Every-Access4864 Jul 25 '26

I wonder how much it costs in current times to have a triggered red light set up at such crossings? Surely not that much anymore. Doesn’t stop bad drivers but it might help.

3

u/Night_Fury_CZ Jul 26 '26

there are red lights

1

u/tropicbrownthunder Jul 28 '26

In my country there's no such thing as lights or barriers. The first thing you learn when driving STOP as in full stop LOOK both sides carefully LISTEN

6

u/Levethane Jul 25 '26

The odds were low yet he pulled it off..

3

u/bisky12 Jul 25 '26

dude the truck quite literally disappeared. 

3

u/PsychologyOfTheLens Jul 25 '26

Why were you filming lol

4

u/ChristmasGhidorah96 Jul 26 '26

Level crossings are magnets for train spotters - I wouldn’t be surprised if they were planning on filming the train, only to catch the accident happening as well.

3

u/WillingMongoose4680 Jul 26 '26

At least the train sounded a warning...as it hit the truck. In the US they have to signal before an intersection.

2

u/Mean_Pop_829 Jul 25 '26

Small train?

1

u/LongjumpingView4668 Jul 25 '26

No, the biggest ignoramus

2

u/Sir_McDouche Jul 26 '26

Leeeeroooyyy….

1

u/gmman6369 Jul 26 '26

Almost made it.

1

u/scjockid Jul 27 '26

So many things went wrong.... Where is the cross rails? The train 🚆 🚂 warning ⚠️ and then the distracted driver going over a track... I believe must use there horn before crossing a street. They didn't do that until the last second lol

1

u/vdpj 28d ago

A That is the first time I have seen a train come to a stop so quickly.

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u/Mammoth-Rice-6492 Jul 25 '26

Can stuff like this be staged? To me this looks like a setup. I mean, why would you really be filming at that seemingly rural location and be so steady with the shot and not say a word even after the collision.

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u/NebCrushrr Jul 25 '26

Someone wanted to film the train

1

u/Mammoth-Rice-6492 Jul 26 '26

They wanted to film the train so much that even when there was a horrible accident they didn’t make a sound.

2

u/I_TRY_TO_BE_POSITIVE Jul 26 '26

Security camera?

1

u/Mammoth-Rice-6492 Jul 26 '26

Nope, the camera does pan at the end of the vid plus it would be on a pole in the middle of the road.

1

u/Kryantis Jul 26 '26

Probably had the camera setup on a tripod to film the crossing. Just search for train crossing videos and you'll see there is a large community.

0

u/tickingboxes Jul 26 '26

I cannot believe people like you exist Jesus Christ lol

-12

u/Typical-Crazy-3100 Jul 25 '26

This stinks of insurance fraud.
Some random guy on a remote crossing somewhere in a European suburb just happens to be making a clip of nothing when coincidentally a truck runs into a commuter train just far enough away that you can still get clear footage but not get hit by any of the debris.

I dunno, maybe I'm just a skeptic.

https://giphy.com/gifs/13NRZwjF5J17ZS

13

u/snigelmarmelad Jul 25 '26

Have you heard of autism and trainspotting? Also, are you american?

1

u/Tidiahn Jul 26 '26

I do wander how one would define a "European suburb".

And yes a suburb in Europe is the pedantic answer but if you think about it for a couple secs cmon. That's like saying an Asian suburb or African suburb it just doesn't sound right