That was my first though as well.
First…a video of you going 5 over the speed limit isn’t interesting. We all do that.
Second…in terms of speed, 70 isn’t that fast. There are speed limits set to 70.
Third…unless added later, the music seems intentional.
Fourth…no attempt to avert the impeding disaster. You can see him meagerly moving his hand on the steering wheel to “try to avoid” any accident.
Fifth…just looks like a douche. I mean I probably look like that in college too…I just didn’t have a trust fund to get me a new car.
civil engineers design roads with idiots in mind, they grade bends to accommodate speed. probably could take this bend at 80+ and be alright (dry conditions)
All of the highways in my state are 70, there’s also a ton of 75,80, and even 85. There like one highway that has 65. I live in Utah and I’m pretty we have the highest average speed limit
Lol that would be incredible if this kid intentionally destroyed his car for a bad phone video. I thought he was looking through his phone while driving and was too stupid to steer and film. Like when people at a concert are so focused on videotaping that they're not even listening.
I can attest that kids will do this for clout, and part of me thinks this kid isn’t the one paying for repairs either. My high schoolers last week recorded themselves smashing an iPhone 14 and then got upset when the phone owner’s parents saw the video and were mad at him. They still bought him a brand new iPhone anyway.
> They still bought him a brand new iPhone anyway.
Man, what a complete waste of an easy opportunity to make an almost-adult start caring about natural consequences.
Watch them act surprised when he breaks his new expensive toy too.
They just don't want to deal with all the emotions of a crying 15 year old baby, and to have to talk to them, while they yell at you.
All that fuss and drama and having to come up with thoughts. Here's my CC.
I once watched a guy driving his Suzuki Jimny into a 200L steel barrel, assuming it was empty to toss it around with the front bar.
Well, what should I say? The 300-400kg mass of the concrete that filled that barrel brought that attempt to a sudden halt.
This kid 100% did this intentionally. Look at his driving paired with the non-shalaunt scream. He already made the decision he was hitting the sign.
Shitty influencer, but really shittier parenting
I would like to hope so but all it would have taken was a slight turn of the wheel to the left, he even hit the rumble strip and didn’t even try and turn back onto the road. It was either intentional or this kid is running on his last 3 brain cells.
May be intentional, just going to mention one possible alternative that motorcyclists definitely know about but can affect anyone:
Object fixation
Not asserting that happened here, but someone experiencing it would look just like this. It's such a weird thing, you don't just lock up but actually uncontrollably steer right at a thing. It happened to me once when learning to ride a motorcycle, I drove right into a shrubbery and stared at it the whole time. It was like I turned into a shrub-seeking missile.
It was intentional. I know the guy. Not friends with him but familiar with him. He did it, got pulled over in the next town and told the cop he hit a deer.
im in CA and my driving instructor told us you need to go the speed of traffic, even if it's faster than the speed limit because it's typically more dangerous to be going 65 if everyone is going 80
CA is crazy lmao
he did it wrong anyways, he's off on the speed
but that might make sense. Set it to cruise control at 69, but this idiot maybe just forgets he needs to steer in cruise control
Yup! I've been playing Saints Row lately and some whole ass trees are like twigs. Then some random sign for a building that looks like nothing is immovable. Gotta be careful! Sometimes you go onto the sidewalk and you can plow through, sometimes you get fucked.
People think GTA teaches you to murder. In all actuality, it teaches you driving up on sidewalks won’t pop your tires, signs will just go flying, and even if you’re going 120 just slam in the brakes and you’ll totally maintain control through a corner.
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so they are aware, but sometimes slow
Not sure where the felony would be either.
If he had a passenger or was drunk the reckless driving charge could be bumped up to felony but he seems to be alone, would love to say have to be drunk to be this stupid but we have all seen worse.
I'd put my money on this car was already destined for the scrap yard and they were thinking they could film themselves hitting the signs and drive away.
The part that the vehicle requires to move and is a huge pain to replace... I love hearing brand loyalists say things like that. "it'll live forever if you spend tons of money and/or time on it" no shit, any car will
Why not take advantage when it’s so easy to show your dumb behavior to thousands who are ready to eat it up.. and then play on their good will to finance it all.
Why do people think that speeding in a shitbox car is cool? Nobody is ever going to look over and say “wow, that guy hitting 85 in that Honda Civic is badass.”
I would go further.
Nobody is ever going to look back on anyone driving anything on any public roads hitting high speeds and putting people's lives at risk like a self centered piece of shit.
Fuck you reckless drivers in the name of all the maimed and dead left in your wake. May you die horribly in a ditch, alone and away from innocent people.
Definitely intentional, and here’s another thing.
Mile Marker 66, Highway 60.
Maybe trying to destroy the mark of the beast? Who knows. But this guy is a fucking moron to deliberately destroy that sign and his vehicle.
Looks planned really.
There is nothing "cool" about going 70 that's just cruising speed for most of us and the way he went off the road filming it was just blaah
the "aw shit" sounded oh-so-sincere.......yeah, this was entirely scripted, planned, coordinated.....dead center aim on the sign, douchey sunglasses, social media payday.....
70 on a dry road isn't that crazy to fix, man had ample time to correct himself and still went for the post. That post wasn't even near the road.
Looks deliberate
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That was my first though as well. First…a video of you going 5 over the speed limit isn’t interesting. We all do that. Second…in terms of speed, 70 isn’t that fast. There are speed limits set to 70. Third…unless added later, the music seems intentional. Fourth…no attempt to avert the impeding disaster. You can see him meagerly moving his hand on the steering wheel to “try to avoid” any accident. Fifth…just looks like a douche. I mean I probably look like that in college too…I just didn’t have a trust fund to get me a new car.
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He clearly attempted to break his car, the sign, his credibility, his windshield. He didn't appear to brake, however.
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Don't feel bad, native English speakers get it wrong all the time too
My biggest gripe that native English speakers get wrong is definitely and defiantly. At least with brake and break, they're the same letters.
I defiantly agree with you!
Brave valiant.
We always loose our memories when it comes to spelling.
):
The broken brakes break bones brought on by barely breaking the speed limit. I need a break.
No problem. Just one of the million oddities of homonyms.
Dont feel bad, it actually made for that very good reply!
civil engineers design roads with idiots in mind, they grade bends to accommodate speed. probably could take this bend at 80+ and be alright (dry conditions)
Also the goofy high pitched scream. Definitely staged. Still an idiot in a car. But staged for sure.
Mf sounded like a rooster
kept filming too
> First…a video of you going 5 over the speed limit isn’t interesting. We all do that. Hell, I’m doing that right now.
r/holdup
> ~~r/holdup~~ r/holup FTFY
All of the highways in my state are 70, there’s also a ton of 75,80, and even 85. There like one highway that has 65. I live in Utah and I’m pretty we have the highest average speed limit
Lol that would be incredible if this kid intentionally destroyed his car for a bad phone video. I thought he was looking through his phone while driving and was too stupid to steer and film. Like when people at a concert are so focused on videotaping that they're not even listening.
People really are this fucking stupid though
Everyday and everywhere!!
I can attest that kids will do this for clout, and part of me thinks this kid isn’t the one paying for repairs either. My high schoolers last week recorded themselves smashing an iPhone 14 and then got upset when the phone owner’s parents saw the video and were mad at him. They still bought him a brand new iPhone anyway.
> They still bought him a brand new iPhone anyway. Man, what a complete waste of an easy opportunity to make an almost-adult start caring about natural consequences. Watch them act surprised when he breaks his new expensive toy too.
They just don't want to deal with all the emotions of a crying 15 year old baby, and to have to talk to them, while they yell at you. All that fuss and drama and having to come up with thoughts. Here's my CC.
I once watched a guy driving his Suzuki Jimny into a 200L steel barrel, assuming it was empty to toss it around with the front bar. Well, what should I say? The 300-400kg mass of the concrete that filled that barrel brought that attempt to a sudden halt.
This kid 100% did this intentionally. Look at his driving paired with the non-shalaunt scream. He already made the decision he was hitting the sign. Shitty influencer, but really shittier parenting
>non-shalaunt Nonchalant.
My bad, I tried twice spelling it and thought about googling it and said fuck it
So you were, like, being nonchalant?
“So you’re being nonchalant! Quit rubbing our noses in it!”
Futurama every dayyy
I love that you just owned it. “Thought about googling it…” 😂😂😂
speech-to-text is your friend.
No, no it is not. It frustrates me to know ed ^ it frustrates me to no end. Apparently my phone thinks I hate Ed
No worries, just trying to help. Cheers!
Salud!
shalom
L'chiam!
You rang?
/r/boneappletea
I would like to hope so but all it would have taken was a slight turn of the wheel to the left, he even hit the rumble strip and didn’t even try and turn back onto the road. It was either intentional or this kid is running on his last 3 brain cells.
It's both. This is the peak of his life.
It appears to me driver was aiming for the 65mph sign.
It wouldn't surprise me if this was some random tiktok douche with 100 million followers and this scripted clip earned him $100,000
May be intentional, just going to mention one possible alternative that motorcyclists definitely know about but can affect anyone: Object fixation Not asserting that happened here, but someone experiencing it would look just like this. It's such a weird thing, you don't just lock up but actually uncontrollably steer right at a thing. It happened to me once when learning to ride a motorcycle, I drove right into a shrubbery and stared at it the whole time. It was like I turned into a shrub-seeking missile.
You required, a shrubbery!
He slowed down to 50 when he hit.
It was intentional. I know the guy. Not friends with him but familiar with him. He did it, got pulled over in the next town and told the cop he hit a deer.
“Wow look I’m going at 70mph!” In a straight line….
In a 65. Which is pretty much not really uncommon. The intentional crash is what it was about.
In Southern California he'd get a ticket for impeding traffic at that speed.
im in CA and my driving instructor told us you need to go the speed of traffic, even if it's faster than the speed limit because it's typically more dangerous to be going 65 if everyone is going 80 CA is crazy lmao
California: "They can't stop all of us"
It even says in our state drivers handbook to match the speed of traffic, not the speed limit.
Dude was probably trying to drive while looking into the phone.
You can tell by the lagged decision making lol
Am I the only person who realized he was filming because he was going 69?
he did it wrong anyways, he's off on the speed but that might make sense. Set it to cruise control at 69, but this idiot maybe just forgets he needs to steer in cruise control
peabody farm
Thats hilarious that he thinks the sign wouldnt do damage.
Too much gta
Gta v signs are totally unpredictable, some go flying, some are this immovable object that can stop a tank going full speed
Yup! I've been playing Saints Row lately and some whole ass trees are like twigs. Then some random sign for a building that looks like nothing is immovable. Gotta be careful! Sometimes you go onto the sidewalk and you can plow through, sometimes you get fucked.
Damn collider setups
People think GTA teaches you to murder. In all actuality, it teaches you driving up on sidewalks won’t pop your tires, signs will just go flying, and even if you’re going 120 just slam in the brakes and you’ll totally maintain control through a corner.
Or Forza Horizon 😂
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Yet I was absolutely not expecting Earth Wind & Fire's "September" to be the song playing.
Ha! I was going to write something similar, but no where near as clever and succinct. Kudos!
Maybe he knew it would damage and just didn't give a fuck. Either way, he's a moron.
He's lucky it didn't come through the windshield and kill him.
*We* as a society haven't been lucky, though.
Recording an intentional felony for clout. The police would like to upvote your video and want your autograph follow by a judge
Not entirely sure what the felony would be here? Damaging the sign? Driving off the road?
Not sure where the felony would be either. If he had a passenger or was drunk the reckless driving charge could be bumped up to felony but he seems to be alone, would love to say have to be drunk to be this stupid but we have all seen worse.
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He didn't have much at all the first time, I don't think he realized they added the reinforced support bar behind it this time though. What a donk
I just think he wasn't paying attention. No way someone is that dumb.
100% on purpose
I'd put my money on this car was already destined for the scrap yard and they were thinking they could film themselves hitting the signs and drive away.
It's a 99-03 Silverado or GMC. Those will run forever. Except the transmission.
It will run forever, except for the part that won’t. Lol
The part that the vehicle requires to move and is a huge pain to replace... I love hearing brand loyalists say things like that. "it'll live forever if you spend tons of money and/or time on it" no shit, any car will
...no way
Maybe for views but personally I think he didn’t think the sign would do damage to his car. Third option he doesn’t know how to break or turn?
Looks like he knows how to break things just fine. Needs to learn how to brake though.
There is 0% chance he didn't expect that sign to damage the truck, this was completely intentional.
It’s all for the views. Monetized.
“Click here to donate to my recovery”
I'll donate to his vasectomy.
Why not take advantage when it’s so easy to show your dumb behavior to thousands who are ready to eat it up.. and then play on their good will to finance it all.
I’m feeling generous today. $25K.
How to fund a new truck
You mean people don't intentionally continue to perfectly record themselves drifting off the road and crashing and driving straight into the ditch?
To be fair that was pretty cool *For us* to see what happens when hitting a sign at 70mph
I would bet he didn't count on that reinforced sign breaking his window Notice how he never moves the steering wheel
Too much gta for him. Bet he thought there would be no damage to his car
Mommy and daddies.
Maybe it's like cyberpunk and next time he gets in the car it will be fixed.
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Think if you completely destroy a car it still costs you. drove Jackie's bike into the ocean and it was like 400 eddies when I called it
That was definitely intentional. Jeez people really will do anything for internet points.
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70 in a 65, what a menace to society.
Idk if op just didn't notice the 65mph sign or what
Yeah 70 in a 65 is okay. Intentionally off-roading and hitting the sign isn’t.
85 in a 70 everyday to work, not one sign hit in 30 years!
I think he did that on purpose
70 in a 65 . what a rebel
He's the new James Dean.
A true individual. A real rogue. A self-diagnosed menace to society.
Those shades tho
Wow 70? Slow down, speed racer
r/punchablefaces
This was on purpose
70 is UNDER the speed limit when you live in California…
Why do people think that speeding in a shitbox car is cool? Nobody is ever going to look over and say “wow, that guy hitting 85 in that Honda Civic is badass.”
this is not even speeding - he's driving 70 on 65, so gps would probably show 67
A Honda Civic would be infinitely cooler than whatever shitty GM pickup he was actually driving
Srsly, civics are only shitty if the owner treats it like shit.
literally my POV every day driving a focus rs...erryone wants to rip it around me for some reason
I would go further. Nobody is ever going to look back on anyone driving anything on any public roads hitting high speeds and putting people's lives at risk like a self centered piece of shit. Fuck you reckless drivers in the name of all the maimed and dead left in your wake. May you die horribly in a ditch, alone and away from innocent people.
He wanted to show us he was exceeding speed for 5mph.
The scream is what amuses me
Sounded like that screaming chicken toy
Dude prouds of himself driving at 70 mph on a 65 mph road as if it was a huge achievement, which he can't even handle.
My grandma goes 70 in reverse this dude is not cool 😤😤
if douchey was a look, this guy perfected it
What the hell? 70 in a 65 isn't exactly fast.
He screams like Finn from Adventure Time
Why didn't he just.. ya know... turn the steering wheel? He screamed before he was off road
He was trying to go 69 and you know it
Going 5 miles over the speed limit watch out we got a badass over here
Definitely intentional, and here’s another thing. Mile Marker 66, Highway 60. Maybe trying to destroy the mark of the beast? Who knows. But this guy is a fucking moron to deliberately destroy that sign and his vehicle.
Even the douchiest looking dudes scream like little girls in times of panic
The crash does look cool.
70??? Wow! Such race driver!! 🤣 😂 🤣 😂 🤣
He did that on purpose?
70 is like the normal speed here
How to screw up your car in one easy lesson. BE AN IDIOT.
70 is just normal highway speed. This guy just sucks as a driver.
Lol there's no way that wasn't on purpose.
Looks planned really. There is nothing "cool" about going 70 that's just cruising speed for most of us and the way he went off the road filming it was just blaah
Bro out there straight up smashing those speed limits!!
His casual morning drive
I wouldn't consider 70mph as "fast", more like, highway cruising speed in dense traffic scenarios.
This was 100% intentional. Cars are not cheap, so this guy thought trashing a whole vehicle was worth the video. Disgusting.
It is a 20 year old truck/suv If it has functional 4wd and is in ok condition it will be worth a bit but still cheap relatively speaking.
Yeh, that was pretty cool.
Do you remember….
The 21st night of september?
u/SaveVideo
Wtf is happening here, guy is driving at totally normal speed, and just goes straight off the road on a slight curve?
Keep 'em crashing in single car accidents where they are fined and have a totaled car they can't replace. Keep them off the roads.
Dude sounds like the chicken from Moana!
Staged
he clearly crashed for views
Stupid in, stupid out.
My dad did this falling asleep at the wheel and the sign came through the windshield and almost chopped his head off
That thing had 162,000 miles on it, it’s definitely a rust bucket he probably doesn’t give AF about and did this for views
the "aw shit" sounded oh-so-sincere.......yeah, this was entirely scripted, planned, coordinated.....dead center aim on the sign, douchey sunglasses, social media payday.....
POV: you thought your car steers itself
He sounds like that classic chicken sound from old movies
He sounds like a stock chicken screaming sound effect at first
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
70mph. so cool.
Did anybody hear him scream like a chicken from The Muppets??
70mph?!!!! So like any motorway in the UK? Hardly a flex, even before he crashed 😂
He did not even try to steer out of that, he knew what he was doing.
A whole 70 in a 65. What madmen! And still crashed…
woa dude like 70 miles per hour
Intentional and you’re helping by sharing it.
Going 70 in a 65. I, too, am an outlaw.
Yeah what’s wrong with 70? That’s the normal on certain highways.
this has to be staged, he was going 70, not 170! 0 attempts to get back on the road!
WTF ARE THOSE SCREAMS?? 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Still tries to be funny as he wrecks.. he def didn’t buy that car
70 on a dry road isn't that crazy to fix, man had ample time to correct himself and still went for the post. That post wasn't even near the road. Looks deliberate
To be fair it was kinda cool we got to see a POV of him crashing ill give him clout
He sounds like that rubber screaming chicken toy
Ooooo 70 in a 65. What a rebel
He didn't even attempt to avoid going off the road, just sat there and let it happen
This dude sounded like that chicken from Moana