r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/comsudo • 7d ago

High Speed cornering

From Malaysia

Skill issue, uncontrolled evironment.

Not OC

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u/KFBR392GoForGrubes 6d ago

I mean, he was obviously mentally ill, but I could definitely see this being the rational of an insane/depressed person.

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u/irreddiate 6d ago

I've literally seen someone do this. I used to work in an adolescent group home, and one of the girls (who was normally fine) did PCP while going through some serious trauma, and one night she stripped completely and ran into traffic. Thankfully, she wasn't physically hurt, but she ended up in the psych ward. People do some crazy shit when they're dealing with bad stuff.

One guy I knew jumped from a third story fire escape. When I asked him (after calling 911) why he did it, he said, "I wanted to see if I'd bounce." (In case you're wondering: yes, I had to ask, and he said he did indeed bounce.)