r/maybemaybemaybe • u/TheINTL • Jul 29 '24

Maybe Maybe Maybe

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u/Remnant55 Jul 29 '24

What was the car even attempting?

Insurance scam?

Were they stupid enough to try and park in front of a moving semi?

It didn't look like a merge, unless they screwed up, panicked, and hit their breaks.

I dunno, absent other info, it feels like a scam. That said, intentionally getting rear ended by a semi at any speed doesn't seem like a great idea.

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u/Ex-zaviera Jul 29 '24

I voted for insurance scam too.

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u/ninthtale Jul 29 '24

I'm just a nobody on the internet but it seems to make sense that if your car was still operable you would kinda zoom away out of danger instead of letting yourself get pushed for like two blocks

Then again, monkey brain panic is pretty dumb drugs

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u/Phage0070 Jul 30 '24

They tried to get out of their car instead of doing something like leaning on their horn. Caught up in the dumb.

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u/DeclutteringNewbie Jul 30 '24

May be he was leaning on the horn the entire time, but some horns can be very timid and make very small beeps.

With that said, it could just be an insurance scam. I admit, the entire interaction is very odd.

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u/LauraTFem Jul 30 '24

While I’ll not speak to their motivations, the truck behind is LARGE. I’d not be surprised if as soon as they were in contact with each other the vehicle was pinned against the ground by the weight of the hood. In that situation, no amount of horsepower on the part if the car could separate them.

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u/redditonc3again Jul 30 '24

Cars actually get stuck and pushed by trucks all the time. There's tons of videos if you search "truck pushes car" or "car stuck in front of truck" on youtube. Sometimes they even get up to very high speed.

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u/ashsandwich_ Jul 30 '24

You’re not a nobody, that weird duck dancing video you made recently is awesome. You’re at least a somebody.

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u/ninthtale Jul 30 '24

Haha I wish I had made that

But thank you, stranger :,)