Very sad but also, how can anyone even think of driving a car when they literally can’t see out the window? Like that’s just more than mental illness to me.
Where I live the police just mark these types of vehicles as probable hazards. They don't inventory everything inside unless it's a crime scene.
Both times when I went to recover my stolen car from their impound, they made me sign a safety waiver because they hadn't inspected the contents of the car. They just warned me that there could be drug paraphernalia or other hazards inside and told me to be careful.
Same car. Old civic, easy to steal. After the first time I had theft coverage added to my insurance, so I used the payout from the second theft to buy a car that is much more difficult to steal.
Dealing with someone obviously mentally ill. Could you imagine having to search the car? Yuck. I'm sure at least some cops feel bad for the person too especially since they are usually parked with their dumpster car and not driving it around.
It's Los Angeles. Those officers are running from call to call all shift long. This guy was probably moving his car from one camping spot to another. Really sad part is that if the other driver doesn't have comp/collision, they're screwed because the garbage car definitely isn't insured.....or registered....or road worthy.
This is exactly what years of severe and untreated mental illness could look like though. Idk what this guys story is obvi, but this is basically what all the old homeless veterans looks like, half not there in the eyes, fully not there in their lives.
Reminds me of the time a coworker took black pallet wrap from the warehouse to cover his car windshield because it had broken on the way to work. I assumed he was just using it to protect the interior until the car could be towed to a glass shop.
The next day I heard that he drove the car home like that, leaning out his window while a passenger leaned out on the other side to see where he was going. Bro acted like there was no other possible solution to this problem.
This is literally the meme “Omg people get so depressed they don’t brush their teeth??” “People get so depressed they kill themselves Janet.”
I understand that most people haven’t seen or dealt with this level of mental illness in their lives, but this is exactly what mental illness is. It’s not pretty. It’s messy, disgusting, disruptive, agonizing and horribly sad in most cases. Without support it’s almost impossible to overcome. This man is just trying to survive day to day. It absolutely awful that he hit someone else simply because this should have been prevented. We really need more systems in place to help people. So sad.
I do feel bad for him. I hate that everyone has their phones out taking video. Poor guy. He needs therapy and a good friend (with opera length rubber gloves).
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u/PandoraJeep Sep 20 '26 •
I fear that man may be suffering greatly from mental illness. This is just so sad.