This is a very experienced operator to be able to quickly know how to orient the arm at the best angle to catch themselves. Or just extremely lucky. But either way good on them. Shitting substrate and area to be working.
If it wasnt for our prisons already being overcrowded, man do i wish there was far harder punishments for people running red lights or otherwise driving dangerously in traffic, here it is just a slap on the wrist, revoked license and then they take the same driver a week later and give him another slightly harder slap on the wrist for driving whitout a license.
"Speed Kills" was such an accurate slogan. Unfortunately, when you purposely build a world around everyone owning a car and make sure there's no decent public transport, licencing basically everyone becomes the de facto standard.
Some of these are people being stupid. A lot of it is because a lack of government regulation, which is what Republicans desperately want to do here. Is that the kind of country folks want to live in?
The animated Chinese safety videos always come to mind when people want to claw back on workplace safety regulations. Or watching the Indian videos with the safety flip flops
It Is Not Roling. It Is flying.... So Poss. Someone of camara did something To It to make it Fly.... No dust. No small pepples. Just flying. So. Wind or Person... don't matter...
It is possible. The bike hit the corner of the bumper and seemed to catch. The motion would pull the bike forward at an angle that could just pull it out from under him. The rider had his weight on his feet so he didn't fall and it was too fast for him to react. I think it's an older video. That's what makes me think it's real.
Exactly. I've seen that one a couple of times. For me it looks like the hose popped completely off the top of the hydraulic cylinder. I'm wondering why the drop ceiling was so flammable. Here in Norway it's made of rock wool or something like that
Same here in Germany. Factories using hot metal and flammable liquids like hydraulic oil have very specific security regulations to follow. Fires are not impossible here but the outcome would be very different
Honestly seems like they fucked up a little, they had WAY more room on the left then the right when it actually fell, and if you're gonna lean towards something you lean towards the fence, not the building. Neither is a cheap repair, but they're not even in the same ballpark. let alone for liability reasons.
If they went through the effort of chopping all the limbs off, why not cut it down from the top down? Why fall it in such a narrow safe area to begin with?
I imagine they cut the limbs off to fell it in such a narrow safe area. Idk the metrics of cutting top down but I'd guess it's more effecient to fell it like that.
Not that much more effort to section it then do this if you're alreayd getting up there to get all the limbs off. Maybe half an hour? less for a professional team.
Yeah, they did a good job, I'd argue if they were going to lean to one side or another, I'd have cut closer to the fenceline then the house, as I'd rather take the hit on a fence repair then a gutter and roof if it went 3 inches in the wrong direction. But job got done and well in the end.
I don't understand the language but looks like it was a funny "here it's sunny, here's it's raining" bit, rudely interrupted by a lightning strike a few meters away.
My Arm got stuck between the Door and the Road when the truck turned over, the Hospital took 2 days to remove all the Glass shards stuck in my Elbow and Forearm.
The Nerves inside my Arm got damaged under my elbow , and i had to take a year and a half in rehab to make in functional again *God Bless Canada* but now i'm stuck with Painkillers ...
Yeesh, that sucks to hear. I know its trite and probably sounds repetitive, but I genuinely am glad you stayed intact overall, I'm glad it wasn't way worse. Hopefully the pain fades further over time. I'm glad you can access the care needed to get better!
tootuncommon
#29 is always the goat. Looking right at it and still leaning forward first. To try to help, no guarantees there
drousnavat
CP3oh
#26 My god, kids are just suicidal little drunks aren't they.
LrrrRulerofThePlanetOmicronPerseiVIII
#33 what a hero
Ghlargh
#18 whoever put a fence like that next to a skate bowl did not think, at all, probably ever.
martysmoon
FinancialRavioli
#19 That's gotta be a broken ankle.
AllAnusMorissette
https://imgur.com/hGPpXX4.mp4
friendsofsandwiches
There's a 'NOT TODAY!' mindset.
ImAGrower
This is a very experienced operator to be able to quickly know how to orient the arm at the best angle to catch themselves. Or just extremely lucky. But either way good on them. Shitting substrate and area to be working.
discostewsm
It makes me sad, because we can probably assume just as many times there are people not so lucky.
swedeonamoose
If it wasnt for our prisons already being overcrowded, man do i wish there was far harder punishments for people running red lights or otherwise driving dangerously in traffic, here it is just a slap on the wrist, revoked license and then they take the same driver a week later and give him another slightly harder slap on the wrist for driving whitout a license.
dghughes
I'm Joe Lombardo.
Darkwell
"Speed Kills" was such an accurate slogan. Unfortunately, when you purposely build a world around everyone owning a car and make sure there's no decent public transport, licencing basically everyone becomes the de facto standard.
AllAnusMorissette
https://imgur.com/AdYoFwG.mp4
thelebaron
uhh holy shit
NumptyDumptyLump
I will always up @AllAnusMorissette solely because it is the best imgur name ever. Fight me.
AllAnusMorissette
end of the laneway, don't come up the property.
NumptyDumptyLump
PepperoniAndFingernailPizza
#3 remember kids, parking brake and also turn your steering wheel so the car will turn into the curb if this happens.
Malathiel
Skevoid
SirWeakLink
#19 either the driver was also on their phone not paying attention or they purposely veered to clip the walker. Looks a little malicious to me
FinancialRavioli
#29 Ninja-dad fucking wins at life.
DonL9
I couldn't follow what happened to the woman in pink.
Spudd86
He grabbed her too.
Findlocalsloths
They were both rescued by ninja dad (he grabbed them both).
Illinifan88
Some of these are people being stupid. A lot of it is because a lack of government regulation, which is what Republicans desperately want to do here. Is that the kind of country folks want to live in?
OldnSpicey
The animated Chinese safety videos always come to mind when people want to claw back on workplace safety regulations. Or watching the Indian videos with the safety flip flops
Iplaybadguys
#6 like playing jenga, lolol “carefuuul caaaarreeefuulllll” *crash* that dejected “head hang” too, pure comedy
lordsupafly
I called my wife, who was sitting right next to me. Does that count as a close call?
JustAName00
Close, but not too close for comfort.
FinancialRavioli
#7 Drunk af?
IPoisonedDorcasMutton
Or high, yeah. Waaaaay too zen for what just happened.
zFUBARz
Yeah, that was my thought.
pelon365
#20 made me flinch. That camera man almost got a blood shower
LrrrRulerofThePlanetOmicronPerseiVIII
#7 This killed me. At least he was gracious about the first near-accident but man, take a hint and walk home
AlexSomething
#24 "Hmm, there's a lot of loose, broken rocks here, wonder where they came from... but I'm sure it will be safe. Let's camp."
Exhibit A of why you shouldn't camp on a scree/talus.
Snooj
That dude almost got A Train'ed.
Rosenaa
Or someone out of the camara had just kick the rock...
Rosenaa
It Is Not Roling. It Is flying.... So Poss. Someone of camara did something To It to make it Fly....
No dust. No small pepples. Just flying. So. Wind or Person... don't matter...
AlexHamil
Someone kicked a rock the size of a grand piano?
idiotsonfire
Yeah! Someone kicked a rock that weighs probably 5-8 tons, at that speed, at the camp!
HandoB4Javert
Everest.
blfpd
In two words?
HandoB4Javert
Ever-rest.
pareidoliaperson
If it's not on the rocks, it's on frozen bones.
EBlade19889
Or poop
tolgabrotha
#1 Fucking moron, still coasting alongside the truck. Some people truly continue to live by luck.
JustAName00
#14 Lightning strike or too close to power lines? Not sure if that was a close call or just a call.
TheLeanWolf
#4 is it real? Lacking a few pixels, but the bike just disappears without him even budging?
idiotsonfire
Yes. The vehicle took off with the bike.
CP3oh
Pretty sure I've seen this a few times, pre-AI. He's stood up on his feet when the car grabs the bike and just yanks it out from under him.
Bitesizedmoose
Looks real enough, even though it's unbelievable.
zFUBARz
I'm with you, Real, but edited or missing some frames I'd guess. there's no way you don't even stumble a little if that happens.
youtinybrainedwipersofotherpeoplesbottoms
It is possible. The bike hit the corner of the bumper and seemed to catch. The motion would pull the bike forward at an angle that could just pull it out from under him. The rider had his weight on his feet so he didn't fall and it was too fast for him to react. I think it's an older video. That's what makes me think it's real.
Bitesizedmoose
#13 That's hydraulic oil being sprayed out, probably from a fractured hose. The spray mist hit the exhaust, and then boom...
LastEverUsername
The whole thing looks remarkably inefficient!!
vicvalour
Didn't realize how flammable it is,
ironymus
You have no idea. This video is from an aluminium extrusion line. Just watch how fast the fire spreads fueled by the hydraulic oil
Bitesizedmoose
Exactly. I've seen that one a couple of times. For me it looks like the hose popped completely off the top of the hydraulic cylinder. I'm wondering why the drop ceiling was so flammable. Here in Norway it's made of rock wool or something like that
ironymus
Same here in Germany. Factories using hot metal and flammable liquids like hydraulic oil have very specific security regulations to follow. Fires are not impossible here but the outcome would be very different
GoneThenBackAgain
holy shit, hopefully that guy that went back for something got clear, that got incredibly bad, very very fast
ironymus
about twenty seconds to get to a full fire.
pyr0max
#27 This seems intentional, and not because of bad luck or just completely stupidity.
idiotsonfire
It isn't. A qualified logging company would have chopped that tree down in sections. That's blind luck.
youtinybrainedwipersofotherpeoplesbottoms
Absolutely intentional. Amazing planning and execution.
zFUBARz
Honestly seems like they fucked up a little, they had WAY more room on the left then the right when it actually fell, and if you're gonna lean towards something you lean towards the fence, not the building. Neither is a cheap repair, but they're not even in the same ballpark. let alone for liability reasons.
honeybadgersRus
It's easy to mistake ignorance for malevolence. It's more often the former but not always.
Bjokobzen
Very precise tree felling, but one could argue there are safer spots to stand than 1 inch to the side of the landing spot 😀
Rips4w
That's why he was standing 2 inches to the side. Double the safety!
Bjokobzen
*Buster Keaton noises of disapproval*
IMakeLotsOfReferencesAndRemakes
Well yeah... but it is still a close call. I would have erred on the side of destroying the fence personally.
butcherfan0301
If they went through the effort of chopping all the limbs off, why not cut it down from the top down? Why fall it in such a narrow safe area to begin with?
Zamerine
Love of the risk.
Or love of money, you choose.
chatawillybilly
He's an expert who's done this dozens of times before.
diabeetussmith
I imagine they cut the limbs off to fell it in such a narrow safe area. Idk the metrics of cutting top down but I'd guess it's more effecient to fell it like that.
zFUBARz
Not that much more effort to section it then do this if you're alreayd getting up there to get all the limbs off. Maybe half an hour? less for a professional team.
diabeetussmith
No disagreement there lol I'm not an arborist but im sure theres a reason for doing either method. At least this guy seemed to know what he was doing.
zFUBARz
Yeah, they did a good job, I'd argue if they were going to lean to one side or another, I'd have cut closer to the fenceline then the house, as I'd rather take the hit on a fence repair then a gutter and roof if it went 3 inches in the wrong direction. But job got done and well in the end.
NChomsky
#14 DA FUQ was that? Any context?
AlexSomething
I don't understand the language but looks like it was a funny "here it's sunny, here's it's raining" bit, rudely interrupted by a lightning strike a few meters away.
youtinybrainedwipersofotherpeoplesbottoms
A close lightning strike is all the info I have.
PlacentaEaters
Looks like lightning struck the fence post that was right next to them
swedeonamoose
Ye that fence post fucking exploded in his face.
TrumpRapesAndEatsChildren0002
Lightning strike. Pay close attention to the interference to the camera sensor before that. He should've felt that long before it struck.
TrumpRapesAndEatsChildren0002
unless thats the rain, but not convinced. There's a massive electric field buildup before the lightning (hair stands up)...
Snooj
You can but its only for a few seconds and you barely have time to recognize it. You gotta get struck a couple times first.
Bitesizedmoose
I didn't notice that at first, good call. I guess it's the white specks appearing on the video
Vendura
#1 It happen to me and i wasn't that lucky
SergeyPrkl
so, the video isn't showing it all? What happened?
Vendura
My Arm got stuck between the Door and the Road when the truck turned over, the Hospital took 2 days to remove all the Glass shards stuck in my Elbow and Forearm.
SergeyPrkl
Man, what a unpleasant ride. Thanks for telling the story behind it all.
TheFastpaws
Ya, a semi ran my mum and step dad off the road in a hit and run in the early 2000s. Nearly killed both of them. I hope that driver rots in hell.
throwawayaccount321
I would say that you were lucky to just have that
WhatSchwaMeansToMe
In the car or in the truck?
Vendura
In the Truck
idiotsonfire
You're still here, and you have some scars. That's not ideal, that still sucks ass, but considering what could have happened?
idiotsonfire
I'm glad you're still with us.
Vendura
The Nerves inside my Arm got damaged under my elbow , and i had to take a year and a half in rehab to make in functional again *God Bless Canada* but now i'm stuck with Painkillers ...
idiotsonfire
Yeesh, that sucks to hear. I know its trite and probably sounds repetitive, but I genuinely am glad you stayed intact overall, I'm glad it wasn't way worse. Hopefully the pain fades further over time. I'm glad you can access the care needed to get better!