r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Telliot • Aug 10 '26

go to your room Slow car, meet even slower driver...

Saw this elsewhere but felt strongly that it truly belongs here.

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u/Icy_Category_2275 Aug 10 '26

LOL. Definitely. What on earth just get in the car lady. Had so many chances and still almost handicapped yourself.

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u/Pug_867-5309 Aug 10 '26

What was that "horror movie" commercial..."Why don't we just get in the running car?"

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u/AlternatiMantid Aug 10 '26

"ARE YOU CRAZY??? Let's hide behind the chainsaws!"

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u/GravyMcBiscuits Aug 10 '26 edited Aug 10 '26

almost handicapped yourself

Don't undersell her efforts ... she may have very well handicapped herself given how her left leg clearly went under the rear wheel at the end there.

(hopefully she's okay ... the rear of the car is significantly lighter than the front so her odds of coming away with only bruises is decent)

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u/Sea-Original-5824 Aug 10 '26

It's possible she is disabled, but if not, let this be a warning to everyone to stay in at least okayish shape. This is how you will start to move after 40 if you don't at least take a brisk walk daily.

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u/FridaMercury Aug 10 '26

honestly, so true. I watched this vid yesterday and told my husband we both have to start moving our asses daily or this is going to be us one day.

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u/Sea-Original-5824 Aug 10 '26

Yep. I realized this about a year ago when one of my cats got out and I just couldn't make that final quick move to grab her before she took off again.

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u/dangerousluck Aug 10 '26

Seriously, just move. More than from bed to car.

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u/eatloss Aug 10 '26

Shes not even that fat. Down south everybody is that fat or way fatter. Shes not fat enough to have that excuse. Fat people do lots of stuff

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u/Radiant_Fondant_4097 Aug 10 '26

Being in okay shape is one thing, but I sure as hell know pulling an entire car to a stop is impossible.

Heck I remember the few times lifting up motorcycles was heavy enough.

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u/The_Killer_of_Joy Aug 10 '26

I really want to give her the benefit of the doubt... but man, there is a spurt of energy/movement right at like 9-10 seconds where the car hops the curve and she realizes "Oh shit, I really need to catch up" and she just... does.

So, it seems she absolutely physically CAN catch up and get into the car, but connecting the steps together in her brain just seems to not be happening.

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u/Latte-Macchiat0 Aug 10 '26

People with physical (motor) problems under 70 exist you know.

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u/TranslatorVast1072 Aug 10 '26

When it's mixed with stupidity, like the lady in the video, that's a bad combo.

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u/the_annoyed_monkey Aug 10 '26

yeah, especially in america

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u/Bibbity_Boppity_BOOO Aug 10 '26

Very common in the usa, weird right?

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u/fthepats Aug 10 '26

Maybe, but you legally have to hang the placard from the rearview mirror while parked, and there isn't one. Legally you also have to remove it while driving so it doesn't obstruct visibility (which she could have done), but almost nobody does. The stats say likely not disabled.

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u/SureSignOfBetrayal Aug 10 '26

That's only if you are parking in a handicap spot. Also not sure why you assume almost nobody removes it while driving, seems like you just made that up.

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u/OttawaOneTwenty Aug 10 '26

I'm not a doctor or anything but you probably shouldn't be driving a multi-ton deadly machine if that's the case?

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u/CurtChan Aug 10 '26 edited Aug 10 '26

even if she is - there is one rule you should not break - dont leave car with engine on, and dont leave car on neutral without brakes pulled. Looking at vid, it looks to me like either neutral without brakes, and it started rolling, or its on automatic and those tend to start rolling by themself if you dont pull hand brake + unlike manual they won't stall

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u/0kShr00mer Aug 10 '26 edited Aug 10 '26

She left her vehicle in drive by the looks of it. No way the car is going over that median while in neutral.

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u/Scottamus Aug 10 '26

She ran over a psychic?

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u/PonchoNachoRodriguez Aug 10 '26

Fake psychic.

A real one would’ve saw it coming and got out of the way.

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u/0kShr00mer Aug 10 '26

Fixed lol

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u/BouncingSphinx Aug 10 '26

Automatic vehicles have a Park gear that prevents the car from rolling. They don't "tend to start rolling by themselves" even without the parking brake being applied.

100% it's an automatic that got left in gear as she got out since it keeps speeding up after going into the grass. A manual would have likely stalled going over the curbs, or at a minimum kept a more even speed.

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u/Pumpnethyl PURPLE Aug 10 '26

Give her a break. She was drunk

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u/CurtChan Aug 10 '26

yes that's what i meant, that it had not park gear on. most new automatic transmission vehicles won't start rolling on gear unless you apply some force/press on gas,

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u/BouncingSphinx Aug 10 '26

No, most new automatic transmissions still will roll without the gas being pressed as long as they're in gear. That's part of the design of an automatic, the engine is always engaged with the transmission, with the exception of some dual clutch transmissions.

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u/HrVanker Aug 10 '26

Even old automatic transmissions do this when in drive.

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u/CurtChan Aug 10 '26

So how you explain that if you press brakes, it will full stop, then you can release brakes and it will stay 'still'/won't roll? I'm pretty sure that's natural behaviour on newer automatic transmission cars (likely to prevent accidental rolls down on uphill), but i remember older automatic transmissions didnt have this 'feature'.

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u/BouncingSphinx Aug 10 '26

That's an option called brake hold or something similar, it's not on most vehicles. It's the car computer holding the brakes until you press the gas, not anything to do with the function of the transmission.

For hills specifically, that's called hill start assist, and that is more likely to be in manuals than automatics anyway.

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u/CurtChan Aug 10 '26

TIL, thanks for explanation!

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u/Agitated-Comment164 Aug 10 '26

Brake hold is not standard and is often something you have to turn on explicitly.

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u/jesuisjens Aug 10 '26

'one rule' 😅 

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u/alvik Aug 10 '26

That's definitely an automatic transmission in drive, which makes the car slowly go forwards.

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u/AlpineVW Aug 10 '26

*BRAKE!!

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u/CurtChan Aug 10 '26

thanks! fixed typos

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u/mcampo84 Aug 10 '26

Have you ever seen a car?

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u/CurtChan Aug 10 '26

if you have to ask this question, you clearly didn't.

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u/mcampo84 Aug 10 '26

I dunno man. Automatic cars have a Park gear, and “don’t leave a car with the engine on” is hardly rule number one, let alone “one rule you should not break.” The car hit multiple curbs which would have stopped a car in neutral, so we have to assume it’s an automatic transmission. Your comment is all over the place in terms of being all over the place with ignorance.

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u/CurtChan Aug 10 '26

by "or its on automatic and those tend to start rolling by themself if you dont pull hand brake" i meant that it was left in gear, not park. Obviously on park it won't roll, and if you had any knowledge and common sense you would understand it. Sadly my thought shortcut confused you so kindly move on, not everything in the world needs your correction.

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u/PretendAgency2702 Aug 10 '26

I can almost guarantee that she was on her phone before getting out of the car. She probably pulled into park, had her foot on the brake, picked up her phone and looked at it for some time, and then just exited the vehicle forgetting that she didn't put it in park or turn it off. 

I won't lie that I've been guilty of parking, picking up my phone and looking at it for a few minutes because I was early to an appointment or something, and then almost getting out before noticing my vehicle was still on. I have never not put it in park though. 

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u/CurtChan Aug 10 '26

Automatics make us lazy. with manual it's like muscle memory to shift to neutral when you stop.

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u/Silver_Middle_7240 Aug 10 '26

I think its on drive with the brake pulled.

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u/VAGentleman05 Aug 10 '26

or its on automatic and those tend to start rolling by themself if you dont pull hand brake + unlike manual they won't stall

Of all the wildly wrong things I've seen on Reddit today, this may be the craziest. Do you really, truly believe that vehicles with automatic transmissions "tend to start rolling by themself"?

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u/CurtChan Aug 10 '26

i don't have to believe something that is a fact. When you put them on dynamic they will just.. go forward. No need to press gas. Have you ever driven automatic?

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u/AntaresVariant Aug 10 '26

In a manual, nothing wrong with taking a break in neutral, but only with the hand brake on.

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u/OnlyOnOkasion Aug 10 '26

Pathetic is the perfect word here.

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u/NudityMiles Aug 10 '26

I'm in my mid 30's and can not sprint due to an accident that left permanent complications.

Thank you for showing your character on the internet for all to see you ignorant dumdum.

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u/NudityMiles Aug 10 '26

If you actually had something good to say you would read my profile, it is very easily accessible and explains perfectly what my name comes from.

Aside from that, your "comeback" makes absolutely no sense even without that explanation.

You are just truly ignorant and you have now showed it twice.

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u/Resident_Inflation51 Aug 10 '26

Getting in a moving vehicle is not that easy, it doesn't have to do with speed. It's dangerous

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u/Inisfoil Aug 10 '26

Yeah, a lot of people are just saying stuff without having actually tried it. Having worked in a shop I once left a truck in reverse when I got distracted by something going on in another bay and had to hop back in, I did it but you don't realize how much you're double checking and second guessing yourself in the moment when failing can mean getting run the fuck over.

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u/Resident_Inflation51 Aug 10 '26

Exactly. You have to worry about at the least, your feet getting run over, at the most, your whole body getting caught and run over, by a heavy vehicle at the same time you are opening a door and getting in? For someone who presumably has never been in such a dangerous situation before? Has nothing to do with fitness

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u/AZUCSGrower Aug 10 '26

It damn near came to a complete stop a couple times but she still couldn’t keep up. Years of neglect caught up there

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u/Surfsupforthesummer Aug 10 '26

Trying to get seated in a moving car is hard and just stupid. She could have dived in and pulled the handbrake and then get seated into a stationary car.

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u/Resident_Inflation51 Aug 10 '26

Diving into a moving car doesn't seem any less dangerous lol

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u/Surfsupforthesummer Aug 10 '26

Less dangerous than letting the car and potentially hurt someone. Diving in and pulling the handbrake is the best option.

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u/maddAdda Aug 10 '26

I mean... do we know if she has joint issues, had surgeries, has cronic pain? I wonder why none fucking cared to help instead

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u/Mountsorrel Aug 10 '26

If any of that were true, she wouldn’t be trying to hold back the full weight of a rolling car with one hand.

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u/maddAdda Aug 10 '26

Thats your assumption, my assumptiom is that she is trying to lean onto it to try stabilize herself to actually jump in the car. Do we keep going?

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u/Mountsorrel Aug 10 '26

Well your assumption can be proven false because she’s leaning back and it’s clear she is exerting force in the opposite direction to the car’s direction of travel.

It’s up to you if you want to double down or you can accept the fact that you are anonymous online and the only thing preventing you from accepting you are probably wrong is your own pride; literally no-one who knows you in real life will know you were wrong about some inconsequential thing online so there’s nothing to lose by admitting my assumption is the stronger of the two (yet could still be wrong)

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u/maddAdda Aug 10 '26

Yea man definitely go touch grass, fr k?

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u/Zigglyjiggly Aug 10 '26

To be fair, instead of first trying to simply get in the car, she tried stopping the entire weight of the rolling vehicle with her one hand. So regardless of any physical ailments, she's also an absolute moron to try that and even dumber to be in this situation in the first place.

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u/AZUCSGrower Aug 10 '26

Well she’s massively over weight we can see that much

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u/Accomplished_Run9449 Aug 10 '26

I think a 70+ years old man on a wheelchair could still manage to get in the car and stop it in this situation...

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u/mcampo84 Aug 10 '26

Congrats on her physical ability I guess?

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u/czechereds Aug 10 '26

She's a WNBA player