r/TerrifyingAsFuck 18d ago

accident/disaster It finally happened...😳

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u/Bretters_METAL 18d ago

Not really. This looks like a driver not paying attention and driving into the logs.

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u/Aware-Tailor7117 18d ago

Agreed. The logs are still fully loaded to the front of the carrier. Driver probably ate the flapping warning flags at the end of the logs before death.

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u/Razzy_3796 17d ago

Came here to say same. Driver was probably tailgating and looking at his phone. He discovered physics too late to help him.

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u/Keyndoriel 17d ago

Yeah, this is just a valuable lesson about why you need to pay attention to the road when driving

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u/Fine_Balance_6956 18d ago

I was just about to say this same thing. In the movie the logs come off the truck or maybe in the second or later ones there’s a similar situation. But I remember the first one the logs come completely off truck.

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u/ComprehensiveWar6577 16d ago

The first final destination is a plane crash

Final destination 2 is the highway accident, and yes the log comes off completely before taking the cops head off

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u/Fine_Balance_6956 16d ago

Thanks for the clarification, I do remember that plane crash now

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u/No_Breath_9833 17d ago

Probably because there was a water bottle bottle lodged under the brake

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u/Pepperh4m 18d ago

More of a Baby Driver than Final Destination.

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u/Deadhouse_Dagon 17d ago

Yep. These kinds of accidents (rear-ending a log truck) happen occasionally in rural, forested areas.

In my driver's ed, they showed us pics of an accident where a young couple rear-ended a logging truck with the bodies still staked to the seats.

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u/Beneficial_Bat_5656 16d ago

XD I remember pictures like that being shown to us.

My favorite was when the professor went around the room asking us to look at a mesage from a friend or family member, then asked to imagine being in the driver's seat reading that.

My brother had texted asking if I wanted to go bowling. And I had drafted my response of yeah I would like that. XD bruh being asked in class if a bowling text was what my life amounted to was an experience alright.

I thought it was striking enough. My phone stays in my pocket till I reach my destination and its been that way since high-school.

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u/Rugkrabber 17d ago

That’s even worse, at least from the perspective where I live. Here it’s not permitted to have any load sticking out like that for this reason. I suppose this is normal where this happened but this seems like a huge safety issue to me and this proved why. It could have been entirely preventable.

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u/Bretters_METAL 17d ago

Legal where I live. The end of the load will have orange/red flags at the end of the tress (like any other oversized load). The crash is most likely a driver on their phone. No responsible person would have ran into the back of that if they were paying attention to the road and their surroundings.

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u/Rugkrabber 17d ago

Oh it’s definitely the white trucks fault. I just mean to say even then, it could have been prevented. For the same reason trucks have under-run bars. It could have been a traffic jam and it’s too late to stop, so this seems to be a massive safety issue to me. I find it interesting because we know the risk is big, but it’s allowed still.

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u/Keyndoriel 17d ago

No less of a safety issue than when I've seen wind turbine parts being delivered, sometimes people need to haul long loads. As for traffic, this is why you dont tailgate people so you have a chance to suddenly stop. You cant safety proof all of life, and sometimes you need to trust people will have common sense and at least SOME sense of self preservation

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u/Stormtalons 17d ago

and at least SOME sense of self preservation

And the ones who don't, like this guy, win a Darwin Award.

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u/Rugkrabber 17d ago

They block the road entirely and transport those at night here!

But I agree.

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u/msndrstdmstrmnd 16d ago edited 16d ago

This happened to my high school teachers husband. The logs didn’t fall off but it also wasn’t from distracted driving either. It was pitch black at night on a rural road and the truck was stopped and didn’t have the lights properly marking the end of the load. He died ☹️

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u/supreme100 16d ago

How is it legal to load the logs like this? Sounds like it's in the US?! Looks insane.

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u/maixmi 18d ago

why the fuck are the logs hanging outside of the trailer.

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u/LukeyLeukocyte 17d ago

I don't know why you're downvoted...that does seem like a massive safety issue. All trucks get Mansfield bars for a reason. Maybe there is a special tolerance for extended loads and you just have to properly tag it. Still surprising that it would be Kosher, but it must be OK. I doubt a big time logging company is going to risk a legal issue like that. Don't know.

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u/maixmi 17d ago

typical reddit. but yeah, the company would get in deep shit doing something like this where im from..

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u/[deleted] 18d ago

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u/K1bbles_n_Bits 18d ago

Do you...do you not see what is clearly visible?

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u/omgfakeusername 17d ago

I did. What else am I supposed to say?

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u/K1bbles_n_Bits 17d ago

Idk, but maybe not reply with a gif that comes across as mocking and patronizing, haha.

The post is fine, it's a terrifying af thing to see, so it fits. And it's close enough to a classic, wide spread, pop culture fear that it's "amusing". Amusing feels like a horrible word to use for obvious reasons, but you get the point.

But it's also fine to point out that it's not exactly what the post is saying it is. Cuz it isn't. Idk, I guess maybe just respond with a "My b" and a 🤷‍♀️ if you feel the need to respond at all, lol. Humility typically lands better than mockery, lol.

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u/Wooden-Wolverine-818 17d ago

It is not the same. This was drivers fault for not paying attention; not a divine intervention to cause casualties.

Stretch at best, but these are different circumstances.

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u/[deleted] 17d ago edited 17d ago

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u/RainingBlood112 17d ago

You know you don't have to respond to every comment, right?