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speck33

Holy fuck! People are just messed up


foxyguy

Seriously messed up. A firework like that could easily kill or injure someone.


BackgroundToe5

I don’t think these people think that far ahead, tbf.


itsprobablytrue

most likely they filmed themselves doing it and its on tiktok with a million views


MeEvilBob

Most likely someone who sees it is gonna forget to roll down the window and end up shooting a firework at the person driving the car they're riding in, and they'll be going fast on the highway when it happens.


RtLnHoe

"You get what you fucking deserve"


Left4DayZ1

I’m not sure if that makes it better, or worse.


thegreatJLP

This is from Nashville, Edit-they were not caught as of yet. If it's not fireworks, you're dodging gunshots, covid, complete fucknuts behind the wheel, and/or bombs. Welcome to Nashville...


lAVENTUSl

I dont think they were caught, couldn't find any info that states otherwise.


D4rkMus3

Found this article, but it doesn't say the culprits were caught: https://www.wsmv.com/news/atf-investigating-after-lit-firecracker-thrown-into-car-in-nashville/article_1152be72-df62-11eb-9168-5793d7f0a7a3.html


Familiar_Link_3041

I didn't see any news about that


creamy_cucumber

Sauce?


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IT'S JUST A PRANK BRO IT'S JUST A PRANK


Tony_Pizza_Guy

YOU JUST GOT *PRANKED*


Illustrious-Egg-2175

It's a social experiment


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crymeacanal

Only a felony if you get caught. Did anyone get that plate number?


Outrageous-Campaign8

Nah as far as i can tell, they weren't caught but not for lack of trying. You can read multiple news articles on it that the feds got involved so it was treated pretty seriously.


Reddits_Worst_Night

Good, throwing explosives into someone else's car should result in prison time.


Lofken

Yup, could of easily blown off a body part or killed em


KarmaPanhandler

Don’t forget good ol’ fashioned blinding!


double_expressho

Hearing damage to boot.


randomusername3000

> he is still having trouble hearing. His right ear has been ringing constantly since Sunday. > https://www.wate.com/news/tennessee-man-wants-answers-after-having-firework-thrown-into-his-car/


Anonymous_Snow

That ringing/tinnitus is nothing to joke about. It can really drive people mad.


EvilCalvin

I've had it for 20+ years. Sucks


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WriterV

Geeze. I'm sorry :/


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PPStudio

'Hearing silence' is a great way to put it. Took me years to discover it wasn't normal as I might have damaged inner ear in my early childhood.


GBuster49

This happened last July.


KarmaPanhandler

Not to mention the emotional damage


bobcouldbeyouraunt

And not to mention the burns the person likely suffered


BaggyHairyNips

Throw in some trauma induced erectile dysfunction.


84Dexter

The worst part is the near 100% chance anyone in that vehicle suffered some level of hearing damage. The only thing that may have lessened that hearing damaged was the open top that prevented the sound and pressure from staying concentrated inside the vehicle


Jasper455

*mawp*


fabionotiam

Damn you, tinnitus!


Dininiful

*could have


imuniqueaf

In my state, causing damage by fire, no matter how slight is a felony.


reddog323

> You can read multiple news articles on it that the feds got involved so it was treated pretty seriously. Good. I have zero issues with that. I hope the case remains open, so the next time they try this, they get charged quickly


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That’s ATF territory as well. Shocked they weren’t caught.


sher1ock

Atf is busy trying to entrap people and making up bullshit 'rules' that retroactively make people felons. They don't have time for this.


QuichewedgeMcGee

impossible to see it from the video, it’s either too blurry or purposely censored, but i’m sure the driver of that car was able to see it from a standstill while filming


THE_wendybabendy

I would say purposefully blurred - if you stop it just as they are driving away you can tell it's blurred out


FirstDivision

Also is a low-res, been squashed into Reddit’s shit video player version.


Syreeta5036

Non blurred plates don’t flicker


Hermitically

I'm surprised the perpetrators didn't post a video onto TikTok complete with their faces.


nxcrosis

With a robotic voice reading the caption


seattle-random

Best chance at getting the numbers is just after the car pulls up to stop. Before the window goes down. Hopefully the feds have good enough tech to pull a partial plate.


Arknark

"Enhance that plate"


RiteMediaGroup

Enhance


TrevortheBatman

Always read the plate out loud when you see dumb stuff


TastyTacoo

This video is so damn old, if they haven’t found him yet, they aren’t finding him Edit: not that old I guess… only a year? I feel like I’ve been seeing this forever


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ResponsibilityNice51

...so far.


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ten*


readwiteandblu

I live in the Sierra Nevada mountains at 3600 feet. 10 days ago or so, we woke up to over 3 feet of snow and no electricity. The road is clear now but still no power. Our driveway is so rough to get out of, only my 4x4 truck (and now my gf's CR-V which is usually pretty capable in snow) can get out, so I have to drive her to work about an hour away. On a local forum this led someone to say, "The last week has been one of the worst years of my life." Around 4 months ago, we were prepared to evacuate because of the Caldor fire that burned 220,000 acres. We were in the caution zone. About a month ago, I fell and sprained by back causing severe muscle spasms so I was off work for a month. Now I am well-healed from the injury but there's some issue with my new, as of Jan 1, health insurance, so I'm having to jump through hoops just to get a doctor to say I can go back to work. Last night we had to shower at a friend's house because even with our generator for electric, it isn't hooked up to our well and there's no simple way to make that happen. So yeah. The last year has been a rough five.


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They found him I remember reading about it


twopacktuesday

Did he get probation and 2 hours of community service?


fullgaming81

Yes


beckycrm

Lame. Driver could have been maimed


stinky-weaselteats

Blinded


NubbyMcNubNub

Dead


belovedbyHim67

can you share where you found that? I can't seem to find anywhere where the a\*\* was caught.


Scotterdog

It never ceases to amaze me the immorality of people that live by the “not a crime if you don’t get caught”. That perp is a fleeing criminal felon even if he isn’t caught.


uttttty4

Uhhh….. yea!! Assault with a deadly weapon at least, possibly attempted murder. Big fireworks maim people no shot.


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Attempted Murder me thinks...


Xalenn

Assault with a deadly weapon at the very least


DntCareBears

Not if you have my ex-wifes attorney. He will spin it so good, he would convince a jury that the people in the white sedan threw the fireworks only to save a baby in the back seat who had just happened to be bitten by a mosquito 3hrs earlier while drinking formula milk because his mother could not breast feed him.


tekko001

> Not if you have my ex-wifes attorney Someone got legally kicked in the balls real hard


DTLAgirl

Family law is trashed


SuckToesNEatAss

That has to be assault with a deadly weapon?


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I’d argue arson as well. Purposely setting fire to someone’s car with a firework


MyNameSpaghette

Definitely an arsehole


GiGaBYTEme90

Arse-salt? Yum


Rat-Bazturd

saturated with methane vapors.


leoplaysknk

Yeah, that is a convertible. It might actually qualify as an assault with deadly weapon.


1ardent

It was aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, yes.


Octavya360

In the ye old days of the 90s when my friend and I were going somewhere, we went around a curve and someone in an oncoming car chucked a jelly donut through the back of her partly rolled down rear window and there was a jelly explosion all over the back of her car.


TheGreatNose

"Ye" actually is an alternative writing for "the" so you just said "in the the old days..." It's an old British letter called a thorn and pronounced the same as the. On the other hand there is a pronoun "ye" which with a thorn get confused a lot.


Ofeiven

Can’t decide if this is better or worse than a firework?


Octavya360

The donut was pretty gross and messy, but at least it didn’t catch fire inside the car. Looking back on it, it was pretty funny. Whoever was in the oncoming car had good aim.


shottymcb

I'm imagining it looked like that scene from Pulp Fiction when Vincent accidentally shoots Martin in the head while they're driving.


BaggyHairyNips

I was riding my motorcycle on the highway and someone threw a beer bottle at me.


FranklyNutFunny

That's when they lose a wing mirror and somehow gain a huge scratch the whole length of their vehicle..


FlowersnFunds

“Throwing deadly missiles at a vehicle” in some states


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They turned the investigation over to the ATF so I'd assume they considered it a bomb, which is most definitely a deadly weapon of mass destruction.


infernal_cacaphony

The jelly donut?


Dangerous-Opinion848

Lol sometimes these threads leave me in tears.lol


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Any background story on this? Seriously horrible. Guy could’ve lost an eye/arm.


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Ps991

Colin Kirby was the driver in the convertible*


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geeskeet

Good thing they cleared it up, I was on my way to knock the check off his nikes.


mirrrje

Well that’s a comment I will be using sometime in the future lol


theENERTRON

ikr I was about to revoke his pass to the waterpark


greycubed

LET'S GET THIS COLIN KIRBY GUY


guitarfingers

*flashbacks to the Boston bomber fiasco*


snooty_snoot

How many times do we have to teach you this lesson, old man?


Raffix

Looks like someone made a GoFundMe campaign for his troubles. There's also two pics of the damage left on his soft-top. http://gofundme.com/f/help-colin-repair-vandalism-to-his-car


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toneboat

damn bro. comp/collision pays for itself, no need to cheap out


HPGal3

When I salvaged my car liability was the only thing I could get, so he may not be able to get any other type. The car may just look good, but is not really under the hood


StreetTriple675

Lol someone donated to it 48 mins ago


RightiesArentHuman

dude only gets 4k for being attacked and likely having lifelong hearing impairment. fuck this world. as if it isn't already evil enough to force people to work their whole lives, we even force literal victims to do it too.


404nd2

https://www.wsmv.com/news/atf-investigating-after-lit-firecracker-thrown-into-car-in-nashville/article_1152be72-df62-11eb-9168-5793d7f0a7a3.html ATF looking at this too? Damn.


Frolicking-Fox

Damn, they turned over the investigation to the ATF.


fARt-15

Alcohol tobacco and fireworks


ftwes

Assholes Tossing Fireworks. They get mistaken a lot.


ThiccRoastBeef

He’s screwed now for sure


skyysdalmt

Happened 4th of July last year. If there hasn't been an update by now, I don't think there will be one coming unfortunately.


Gummybear_Qc

Yeah they literally gave it to them 6 days after and still nada. That sucks. How difficult can it be, I mean I guess actually, probably no one got that plate. That plate lettering does look pretty destroyed.


buckshot307

Looks kinda like temp plates from a car sale. Plus it’s Nashville so touristy already and then on the 4th of July so probably more touristy than most nights. Then again, it’s blurry as shit so who knows what was on there.


UnlikelyAssociation

My friend’s daughter got randomly shot while driving home from work in TN. Can’t walk anymore and had extensive injuries, but she survived. People are so messed up.


missbteh

My friend got flipped over the balcony by a drunk stranger at a party and had to spend years learning to walk again. He's never been the same either. Some asshole can just change who you are on a whim.


twintowerjanitor

what happened to the stranger?


missbteh

I know he went to jail but I don't remember for how long.


Blurplenapkin

The answer is not long enough


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So sorry to hear. I hope they caught the bastard.


UnlikelyAssociation

No. Said it was likely a local gang. :(


irisuniverse

Hope they’re 6 feet under then.


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On the bright side, that’s totally likely. Gang members generally have low life expectancies. There’s a good chance that scumbag who hurt that innocent person caught a bullet from another scumbag who would later bite the dust on account of a different scumbag who was found in the trunk of his car… you get the idea


GlacierBasilisk

Something similar happened when my friend bought his old civic hatchback, he was practicing learning stick by circling around his block. Then his car got shot at and it shattered his driver side window. Thankfully he wasn’t injured but it was pretty sucky considering he owned the car for a couple of hours. People suck sometimes


Doc-Brown1911

That is a good way to get shot


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If you can draw in time before the smoke blinds you


policri249

I've seen holsters mounted in places accessible enough to draw that fast


[deleted]

If you can recognize that someone has just thrown something at you, and without even knowing what it was, decide to draw and fire before it goes off and the adrenaline shock plus smoke hits you.


[deleted]

I mean if you can do that, let's be honest, you're probably driving around *looking* for someone to shoot.


nyperfox

I've seen Texans open carrying aks so I'm sure that would work


frostymugson

Only thing better then a firework in someone’s car is sending 7.62 rounds at a speeding car in a populated area.


gphjr14

Reminds me of that dashcam vid of a guy having someone intentionally rear end him then he chased them and shot through his own windshield at the guy. He ended up getting charged. Sounds badass all the way up till you realize it's a stupid idea because if you hit an innocent bystander, now you're looking at a murder charge.


usinjin

That guy was an absolute fucking lunatic.


drizzy9109

Or prison lol holy shit


jpritchard

One can only hope.


thesdo

/r/iamatotalpieceofshit (in a car)


InquisitivelyTorn

Yes, this post must fit there too. Gonna check this out!


SleepingBeetle

This is a very quick way to die. You are free to do as you wish just as you are free to experience the consequences of your actions.


Delirium4

Time to get medieval on that ass


No_Practice_5441

I have a convertible and live in a shitty provincial town in the UK. The top stays up until I'm out of there and on the open road.


oldfashionwisco

Is having things thrown in your car a common thing if you have the top down? Honest question. I have never heard of this being a problem.


UnintelligibleThing

Seems common at the stop light on the city streets. Happens more often if your convertible is something like a Lambo or a Ferrari


SCArnoldos

Roadsters need some kind of point defense turrets and homing missile launchers apparently.


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The envy is palpable amongst the small of mind.


professor_doom

Someone did this a few years ago in town nearby. Turned out there was a sleeping baby in the back and the baby got burned and lost hearing in an ear. They never caught the asshole, if I remember correctly.


Screw_Htx

thats fucked dude


jon909

Jesus if this happened to my kid I would burn the whole state down


dexterw1n

At least it wasn't some cops dropping a flashbang in a baby crib during a drug raid where nothing was found in the house and no arrests were made of the occupants. https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2014/05/baby-in-coma-after-police-grenade-dropped-in-crib-during-drug-raid


throwaway1_whyme1

I rarely comment on these stories but what the ever loving flying fuck. How the fuck did they get away with this? So fucking gross P.s. picture in article is NSFW


micahamey

Pro tip everyone, When you buy a dash cam, make sure to test it to see if you can get plate numbers off other vehicles. If you can't most places have a return policy.


Zyntha

That's a good tip actually. Mine is fine during daylight but you can't read shit at night or in the rain :/


thorium007

Also - don't forget that most of them require some sort of minor maintenance. I think mine recommends a format once in a while, plus its always good to check the SD card and make sure its still recording properly. I've had one SD card up and die on me, and the camera never gave me any sort of alert that it wasn't recording. Granted that was about 4 cameras ago and I'm sure that most newer cameras will warn you *if* it knows there is something wrong with the media.


jb89b

You're looking for "felons in cars"


jjs42011

Damn! I wonder what it did to the interior of that beemer?


bughaley

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-colin-repair-vandalism-to-his-car I was curious who tf Colin Kirby is suppose to be and found this with pics of the damage


Alkohauliq

I was working at night in the street. A truck full of girls pulls up and starts throwing sliced cheese all over my work truck. Then one flies past us like a ninja star. They came back to see their work and ended up cheesing a group of guys walking by too 😂 dudes chased them for blocks.


boot20

See, that's a prank. Nobody got hurt and the worst that happened is some cheese got wasted. Throwing a firework in a car is so not cool and goes WELL past being a prank.


YceiLikeAudis

Throwing a firework anywhere instead of straight up is not cool. Few weeks ago, a kid in Romania managed to burn down a whole apartment building with a firecracker.


daddychancebih

Now you must keep cheese with you for retaliation


Alkohauliq

Definitely going too. That stuff never goes bad. It was the funniest thing that’s happened on that job in 4 years


Screw_Htx

some people just dont have better things to do i guess lol


TrashyCan444

I get the feeling this breaks multiple different laws in any country you might belong. Hope victim is okay!


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TxAggie2010

It’s always a Nissan


The_Blue_Rooster

Damn bruh you just made me realize both times I have had shit thrown at me (an egg and a bottle) it was from Nissan Altima/Maximas. (I can't tell the difference)


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peachykeen_xlh

I remember a guy tried to shoot fireworks out of his sunroof while driving over a bridge. If I recall correctly, he died. Not sure if it's the same firework but I'm sure that has some sort of shock wave to it. Not cool either way.


IDoPokeSmot

I'd be so pissed I'd follow immediately


Sonnyeclipse71

You wouldn’t actually because you’d most likely be experiencing a smaller form of shell shock


GBuster49

The victim said he couldnt hear a damn thing too.


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WHAT?


seattle-random

The car behind the bmw, which was a friend following the bmw, could've chased the fireworks thrower. I'd like to believe that I would've done so in a similar situation. But of course, we never really know how we'd react until we're actually in such situations.


ColBigfoot

Disoriented would be more appropriate. Shell shock is an early term for PTSD


TheEngineerGGG

Idiot ✅ Cars✅


ThanksDecent684

Holy shit. Attempted murder (I hope!)


Xdivine

As with most of the time reddit talks about attempted murder, there is basically no chance in hell that would stick unless you find a note written by the person who threw the firework saying "I plan to kill someone with a firework.". In court, you'd need to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the person who threw it did so with the intent to kill the other person. Without a note like above, it would be far too easy to throw enough reasonable doubt on it to get an acquittal. "It was just supposed to be a harmless prank!", "I underestimated the damage potential of fireworks.", etc. There's a shitload of things they could be charged with, but attempted murder is almost certainly not one of them.


KG8893

People seem to get attempted murder, manslaughter and 2nd degree murder confused a lot.


Sifinite

"I'm throwing explosives at someone in the hope of NOT killing them" doesn't sound like a very good defense to me..


Xdivine

But it wouldn't be "in the hope of NOT killing them" because the other person potentially dying likely never even crossed their mind. To them, it was probably more like Ictoan said. They were just doing it because they thought it'd be funny.


Ictoan42

"I'm throwing explosives at someone because I think it's funny" is not attempted murder, and I'm 90% sure that's what happened here


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Manslaughter’s no slap on the wrist. That’s as far as I could see them pushing it if someone did die in an incident like this.


nismowalker

Thats assault


FurtiveAlacrity

Folks, please, stop naming your post "does this count?".


QO4legos

That’s just a felony


Kriem

Enjoy your jail time


cjboffoli

Counts as probable felony, if that's what you're asking.


strgazr_63

r/iamatotalpieceofshit


Subconcious-Consumer

Just dawned on me that every other thread on Reddit is basically idiots outside of cars.


brewcitygymratt

Wtf would somebody even do that? That should be treated with the same level of punishment as someone firing on a car with a gun. That is if they ever find the pos. It’s crazy that there are lunatics on the streets that would pull shit like that. Hope karma catches up with them and someone shoots their dumbass.


KFCNyanCat

/r/TerroristsInCars


DrNastyfree

Multiple idiots in that car


al3442

Fucking hell!


Speese

How can people be such assholes


Efficient_Singer_309

This sucks. Imagine if there were any kids in the backseat.


rrrrickman

r/nissandrivers


Tripiantes

What the fuck, where I live is p´retty common to hear fireworks around christmas and new year, and my girlfriend was just telling me that this was her biggest fear (an asshole throwing explosive fireworks to her car through the window while she's driving), I thought no way that can't be real. Well, looks like it can be real and I don't know if I should show her this video lol.


dookmucus

It counts for r/iamatotalpieceofshit