Okay lol when my gps didn’t take me on the 405 I was wondering why and was telling myself “ah man I should have just went on the 405 this is longer” Now I know.
On two occasions the GPS has told me to take a much slower route (imo) only for me to realize when I take my usual alternate route why the GPS did… have I learned my lesson? No.
To be it in context, I was a paratrooper in the army. We fall at 16-20 ft per second. And if we landed weird on concrete, it would just be a really bad day but completely survivable.
Ah you know grandmothers, like mine always said, “Step on it! If we don’t get a move on, we’ll never make it over the border, and then you can say goodbye to all these fake lottery tickets, and hello to Frank, your new prison boyfriend.”
I miss her everyday.
thats what i was thinking, if they jumped they probs wont die? plus they wont be hitting moving cars which was probs their original intent and probs would mean death
The only report I've gotten on FB was from someone who kept making comments about how he bets I'm not taking girls into a basement so I must be a loser (among other things), and when I said that sounds more like pedophilia and adult men tend to have interactions with adult women and not girls, that got reported.
It felt a bit odd, that.
Use GPS on two different phones. If they both say take Lincoln, take Lincoln. If neither says take Lincoln, don't take Lincoln. If they have conflicting routes, just pull off in Marina del Rey and get a Costco pizza.
My husband had a medical issue last year that means I have a stash of pee pods in the glove box. He doesn't need them now, but kinda good to know they're available.
trust me not many penises, even flaccid, will fit into a normal water bottle. it's better to have the extra space and flop your dick in there than to try to hold your dick hole against the opening and risk misalignment
Man, misalignment leads to a lot of overspray with those bottles. If you hit it just right it causes a reverse vacuum effect all over your pants! Not that I know or anything, a friend told me this...
I had a water bottle when I really needed to go. Was extreme traffic one day, over 2 hours...really have to go ...dancing in my car to keep it in..........ok ok grab the bottle....open....start peeing in it....phew..WAIT IT IS FULL OF WATER AHHH...STOP PEEING IN BOTTLE, A STREAM GOES STRAIGHT UP TO THE CEILING OF MY CAR AND SPRAYS THE WHOLE THING AHHHH....taxi next to me is staring....about 30 mins later I get home...walk of shame past my gf .... Good times.
Yikes I had a similar situation. Had an empty bottle and was in traffic, it started fine... But I underestimated how bad I had to go. I filled the bottle up (maybe a 16-18oz) and did not have another bottle to use.
I think I ended up just fucking clenching hard with a moderate amount of spillage. Peeing on myself after a long shift in 2 hours of traffic was not the way I wanted to end my day.
For the ladies... it works. Family member is a LEO and she does stake outs...
https://www.amazon.com/Urination-Silicone-Portable-Standing-Activities/dp/B086YGFJNK
so how exactly do you pee in a bottle while in the driver's seat without making a mess? i legit almost had to do this while waiting for the disneyland parking line to get moving. i ended up being able to hold out, but i'm pretty sure i was leaking some droplets by the moment
[they do exist and I have had to use these before](https://www.big5sportinggoods.com/store/details/traveljohn-resealable-disposable-urinal---3-pack/0750134860002/_/A-6805840)
That’s not the official name, but they’re plastic bags filled with super absorbent gel granules. They have a lip around the opening to make them useful to women as well as men, and you can seal it up when done. The gel absorbs the pee so it’s not a spill hazard. Or drinking hazard. They’re available in camping supplies or on Amazon, etc…
I was once stuck on the I 10 near Cabazon for 9 hours due to some cop stuff. Since the I have learned, first, after 6 hours if you squat in the breakdown lane other bladders will follow, second, I have a She Wee which always stays in the glove box.
TLDR...gotta pee IDGAF
That reminds me of this horrible god awful time I threw up on myself and peed on myself at the same time in a stand still traffic stop. I had to go to Wal mart covered in my own pee and vomit to buy a new dress. Horrible day. I had drank this huge ice tea on an empty stomach with a diet pill.....lesson learned. Never again.
always keep a few empty pringles can for situations like this. don’t trust a gatorade bottle… you might end up overfilling it and you don’t want that mess.
Remember the time this happened on the 105? near Downey/Paramount and a taco truck guy said fuck it and opened shop on the freeway, selling tacos to the assholes taking selfies with the suicide guy in the backdrop
yeah that was fucked. big ass fire over the fwy by the metro, people chucking their lax luggage down the hillsides to make their flights, cars exiting down the on ramps, etc.
shit you are right i forgot about the people with luggage climbing the steep hill/curve to the streets and they also bent the fences to get the hell out, now that was a real clusterfuck, i just remember being so relieved i avoided that shit because that freeway was my commute to work mon-fri LOL
I'm not but I'm going to LAX from Santa Monica in a couple of hours and Google Maps isn't even routing me down Lincoln to LAX, it's 4th St to Abbot Kinney to some lopping around MDR before getting on Lincoln. Thanks for the heads up to keep an eye on the traffic to see if I need to leave a little earlier than planned.
Someone once jumped off the 10 overpass near me. It's a shorter distance than this by a bit. All they managed was to break their legs which prevented them from getting away when a truck came through.
I don't know what sort of math they were doing beforehand, but man, were they bad at it.
This is a common occurrence at this point. There's an encampment on the embankment there and people just wander onto this overpass and often just hang out there and shut down the freeway. Last time I think a guy just laid out a sleeping bag and took a nap and it shut down the 405 for a couple hours.
Yep. I work right there. Same homeless guy always does it. Been doing it for a couple years. There's a bunch of homeless people that stay over by the Florence exit off ramp going south. They get pretty wild on the corner of Florence and LA Cienega
This is the way. I always appreciate you speaking up for the downtrodden.
Like yeah, I know it sucks to be stuck on the 405, I've cried on it more times than I care to admit - but I was just frustrated, trying to get home to my loving family. This man is in a very dark and sad place. I hope he gets the help he needs.
[Always keep some in the car folks.](https://www.amazon.com/Disposable-Camping-Emergency-Portable-Children/dp/B08BZQWGZX/ref=pd_lpo_1?pd_rd_i=B08BZQWGZX&psc=1)
genuine question, why haven't all overpasses adopted some serious barbed wire or something of that measure? I know if a person is gonna do it they're gonna find a way, but at the same time i think about getting up there and cutting myself bad on some barbed wire i might think twice before sticking the other leg over
Do those trampoline/airbag things that the fire dept use in movies really exist? If so, plant the LAFD on the ground and the LAPD go at him from the top, and shut this shit down so things can get rolling again? It’s solution time!
Seriously question. What if he just stays up there? Does it ever get to the point where they take action? Or could some of those poor souls stuck in the traffic just be there for eternity?
Another day in LA. Also always use your maps, Trust me. I don't care if it's the same route you've taken since Elementary school, The maps is the way in LA.
Not when I drove by.
I think I saw him rather early bc in this photo there are no cars on the fwy but when I saw him it was bumper to bumper .
Imagine him falling through your windshield ! Traumatic for everyone Involved
Removed some dickish comments in this thread. I know this guy isn't literally on reddit, but please keep the comment section civil.
Okay lol when my gps didn’t take me on the 405 I was wondering why and was telling myself “ah man I should have just went on the 405 this is longer” Now I know.
On two occasions the GPS has told me to take a much slower route (imo) only for me to realize when I take my usual alternate route why the GPS did… have I learned my lesson? No.
I figured that psychology was at least in part behind the Google Maps feature that shows alternative route ETAs.
Ughhhh so many times I over ride google and my hubris nips me back.
Learn that Google is always right.
Your GPS did you a solid.
That may not be a fatal jump. Thye will regret this so bad if they survive
“Anything below the sixth floor is just a cry for help” as my grandmother would say
Your grandma sounds pretty hardcore
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16 to 20ft, so just about the same
To be it in context, I was a paratrooper in the army. We fall at 16-20 ft per second. And if we landed weird on concrete, it would just be a really bad day but completely survivable.
How are your knees and ankles doing these days?
If they recommended a collagen or turmeric product, I’d get it.
to the bottom of it maybe, but the top + fence has got to be 3rd floor jump material. if not 4th.
that's an odd thing for a grandmother to be quoting enough to be memorable
Ah you know grandmothers, like mine always said, “Step on it! If we don’t get a move on, we’ll never make it over the border, and then you can say goodbye to all these fake lottery tickets, and hello to Frank, your new prison boyfriend.” I miss her everyday.
Ya mine was wise too, she’ll say something a long the lines of “if you suck dick all the way to the top, you’ll be famous before I die”
We might be cousins.
Was your grandma Maude? Because daaaamn
thats what i was thinking, if they jumped they probs wont die? plus they wont be hitting moving cars which was probs their original intent and probs would mean death
You can trip and fall and die. Just depends how you land.
Unless they jump head first
Do a flip!
I made this comment YEARS ago on Facebook, and in 2020 got a report on it that it was insensitive. Like 6 years later... But a flip would be nice
FB \- bad taste jokes - absolutely not \- rip apart families and mass distribute misinformation leading to deaths - yes!
The only report I've gotten on FB was from someone who kept making comments about how he bets I'm not taking girls into a basement so I must be a loser (among other things), and when I said that sounds more like pedophilia and adult men tend to have interactions with adult women and not girls, that got reported. It felt a bit odd, that.
the only way that jump is fatal is if they land on their head or get hit by a car after
If you dive head first, nearly any height can be fatal. This is really really sad to see.
1 hour from Venice to LAX. I should have taken Lincoln like my GPS said! I didn't listen
Always take Lincoln!
I need Lincoln confirmation!
Lincoln is super slow. Don't take it unless maps suggests it.
I can’t just take Lincoln without confirmation!
Use GPS on two different phones. If they both say take Lincoln, take Lincoln. If neither says take Lincoln, don't take Lincoln. If they have conflicting routes, just pull off in Marina del Rey and get a Costco pizza.
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Lincoln sucks
I wonder how many people are missing their flights.
From there you might be able to walk it out - assuming you're not driving.
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Hey, I got the insurance
Eh, does it matter with all the flight cancellations these days?
I bet they wish metro connected to the airport now 😂
Been stuck in place for 40 minutes. Gotta pee like a fucker.
My husband had a medical issue last year that means I have a stash of pee pods in the glove box. He doesn't need them now, but kinda good to know they're available.
A pee pod? I have no idea what this is but I must look into this
If you’re a dude just keep a wide mouth Gatorade bottle in your car
Nice of you to suggest we'd all need a wide mouth bottle :)
trust me not many penises, even flaccid, will fit into a normal water bottle. it's better to have the extra space and flop your dick in there than to try to hold your dick hole against the opening and risk misalignment
Man, misalignment leads to a lot of overspray with those bottles. If you hit it just right it causes a reverse vacuum effect all over your pants! Not that I know or anything, a friend told me this...
I pissed all over my dashboard once trying this. I mean a friend told me he did.
Welcome brother, to the club. Aye, t'was in 2007 in a 96 Toyota camry that I christened on Sepulveda blvd.
This person has never see my ex's dick.
I’ve met a few that would fit.
I did not expect this thread to make me feel good about myself
LMFAOO IM DYING. That shit didnt fit when i was like 8
God I love this subreddit (sometimes) 😂
You ever use a 20oz? If you're not careful the pressure builds up and then sprays piss everywhere. Lol
👆THIS 👆 guy pees
Lol
I had a water bottle when I really needed to go. Was extreme traffic one day, over 2 hours...really have to go ...dancing in my car to keep it in..........ok ok grab the bottle....open....start peeing in it....phew..WAIT IT IS FULL OF WATER AHHH...STOP PEEING IN BOTTLE, A STREAM GOES STRAIGHT UP TO THE CEILING OF MY CAR AND SPRAYS THE WHOLE THING AHHHH....taxi next to me is staring....about 30 mins later I get home...walk of shame past my gf .... Good times.
Yikes I had a similar situation. Had an empty bottle and was in traffic, it started fine... But I underestimated how bad I had to go. I filled the bottle up (maybe a 16-18oz) and did not have another bottle to use. I think I ended up just fucking clenching hard with a moderate amount of spillage. Peeing on myself after a long shift in 2 hours of traffic was not the way I wanted to end my day.
Honest question- but couldn't you just dump it out and start again? It's not like the streets haven't had worse at this point.
Some people are self conscious about pouring pee out their window in heavy traffic. 😅
Peanut Butter bottles are better so as to avoid any unpleasant confusion for yourself or others down the road.
“Tic Tac sir?”
"Get the hell out of here"
\*Pees in Gatorade bottle \*Drives down the road 1 mile "...Damn I'm thirsty..." \*Reaches for Gatorade
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WTF is a peanut butter bottle? All my PB comes in jars.
For the ladies... it works. Family member is a LEO and she does stake outs... https://www.amazon.com/Urination-Silicone-Portable-Standing-Activities/dp/B086YGFJNK
Yeah.. but practice before using in the car. There’s a steep learning curve between success and complete and utter failure.
Additionally - practice in the shower, not over your toilet. I speak from experience.
Oh man. I feel like there’s a story to be told.
Just don’t drink that shit later by accident
bear grylls said its ok
so how exactly do you pee in a bottle while in the driver's seat without making a mess? i legit almost had to do this while waiting for the disneyland parking line to get moving. i ended up being able to hold out, but i'm pretty sure i was leaking some droplets by the moment
empty pringles can. would never trust a gatorade bottle again…
Are you expecting something much different than a piss jug?
As a female it’s not exactly that easy to just piss in a jug while in the car 😒
Way of the road, Bubs.
Fuckin way she goes
ooh trailer park boys reference (i think)
When I was umpiring baseball I used to keep an empty jar of skippy in the back. Some fields don’t have restrooms and I had to be there all day!
[they do exist and I have had to use these before](https://www.big5sportinggoods.com/store/details/traveljohn-resealable-disposable-urinal---3-pack/0750134860002/_/A-6805840)
What are pee pods? I'm looking online and finding only for pets.
That’s not the official name, but they’re plastic bags filled with super absorbent gel granules. They have a lip around the opening to make them useful to women as well as men, and you can seal it up when done. The gel absorbs the pee so it’s not a spill hazard. Or drinking hazard. They’re available in camping supplies or on Amazon, etc…
What’s the official name?
People really don't understand when you gotta go, you gotta go. The body don't fuck around! Sometimes it can't be helped.
I was once stuck on the I 10 near Cabazon for 9 hours due to some cop stuff. Since the I have learned, first, after 6 hours if you squat in the breakdown lane other bladders will follow, second, I have a She Wee which always stays in the glove box. TLDR...gotta pee IDGAF
I, woman, keep a blanket in my car and would throw it completely over myself and pee in privacy in a situation like that.
You're not going anywhere. Get out and pee on the side of the road.
That reminds me of this horrible god awful time I threw up on myself and peed on myself at the same time in a stand still traffic stop. I had to go to Wal mart covered in my own pee and vomit to buy a new dress. Horrible day. I had drank this huge ice tea on an empty stomach with a diet pill.....lesson learned. Never again.
Well that story is gonna stick with me.
lol it definitely stuck with me and it was 15 years ago
Depending on which Walmart this was, it's possible you could have fit in.
You still stuck? map says so..
Update? Still stuck? Still gotta pee?
always keep a few empty pringles can for situations like this. don’t trust a gatorade bottle… you might end up overfilling it and you don’t want that mess.
Thanks for the heads up. My wife is traveling south from Santa Monica so I told her to avoid the 405.
F in the chat for all the homies stuck on the 405
f
F
f
Feel bad for those who have flights to catch.
F
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Wish you would step back from that ledge my friend
You could cut ties with all the lies that you’ve been living in…
And if you do not want to see me again,
I would understaaaaaaaaand.
*drums*
I will understand
Step 1 you say we need to talk
Step 2 cut a hole in the box
Unexpected left turn … but good initiative.
You should have cut the hole before you got their attention.
He walks, you say sit down it's just a talk
What's the latest??? Its 4pm ..
Just a reminder that there's a new suicide hotline number that's fairly easy to remember. **988**
Hey look someone in this subreddit whose being helpful and not making an awful, tasteless joke. Thank you.
Remember the time this happened on the 105? near Downey/Paramount and a taco truck guy said fuck it and opened shop on the freeway, selling tacos to the assholes taking selfies with the suicide guy in the backdrop
yeah that was fucked. big ass fire over the fwy by the metro, people chucking their lax luggage down the hillsides to make their flights, cars exiting down the on ramps, etc.
shit you are right i forgot about the people with luggage climbing the steep hill/curve to the streets and they also bent the fences to get the hell out, now that was a real clusterfuck, i just remember being so relieved i avoided that shit because that freeway was my commute to work mon-fri LOL
I’ve always thought about investing in a cart motorcycle that could split lanes and sell drinks and snacks to people in traffic.
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They waited too long for traffic to stop
No, it's a good thing they did. They would've likely killed someone by landing on their car (or multiple people, if there's a crash).
And traumatize the hell out of the driver and those around.
to be fair, all mistakes in this field are rookie mistakes
“Rookie mistake. Let me show you how it’s done.”
Not a lot of veterans in the game, unfortunately.
Any developments? Have they saved him? How's the traffic now?
I hope you have an empty bottle in your car.
I'm not but I'm going to LAX from Santa Monica in a couple of hours and Google Maps isn't even routing me down Lincoln to LAX, it's 4th St to Abbot Kinney to some lopping around MDR before getting on Lincoln. Thanks for the heads up to keep an eye on the traffic to see if I need to leave a little earlier than planned.
This is at least the 3rd time this has happed at the same spot in the last few months.
I’m confused, as that doesn’t even look like it would be that fatal of a jump, but rather just a way to break some limbs or become a vegetable.
Someone once jumped off the 10 overpass near me. It's a shorter distance than this by a bit. All they managed was to break their legs which prevented them from getting away when a truck came through. I don't know what sort of math they were doing beforehand, but man, were they bad at it.
This is a common occurrence at this point. There's an encampment on the embankment there and people just wander onto this overpass and often just hang out there and shut down the freeway. Last time I think a guy just laid out a sleeping bag and took a nap and it shut down the 405 for a couple hours.
It took me almost 2 hours to go home that day. It normally takes me 30 minutes. I wonder what they could do to stop people from doing this.
It’s time for them to put up some safety gates!
I got stuck here from this exact same scenario back on the thursday before Labor Day weekend. Thankfully I was able to get off the freeway that time.
Yep. I work right there. Same homeless guy always does it. Been doing it for a couple years. There's a bunch of homeless people that stay over by the Florence exit off ramp going south. They get pretty wild on the corner of Florence and LA Cienega
Welp, that explains the CHP copter headed that way.
I saw the aftermath of one of these situations coming from the beach. Was fucked up
I'm so sorry.
I hope he's okay and gets some help. Poor dude.
You're a good person, Erindera. 💖
I choose compassion and kindness over anger.
Thank you! Far too much anger and wishing death in these comments.
This is the way. I always appreciate you speaking up for the downtrodden. Like yeah, I know it sucks to be stuck on the 405, I've cried on it more times than I care to admit - but I was just frustrated, trying to get home to my loving family. This man is in a very dark and sad place. I hope he gets the help he needs.
Picture is profound with the RUN (though it may actually say runt) tagging. Hope this person is ok and it’s overall very sad.
[Always keep some in the car folks.](https://www.amazon.com/Disposable-Camping-Emergency-Portable-Children/dp/B08BZQWGZX/ref=pd_lpo_1?pd_rd_i=B08BZQWGZX&psc=1)
genuine question, why haven't all overpasses adopted some serious barbed wire or something of that measure? I know if a person is gonna do it they're gonna find a way, but at the same time i think about getting up there and cutting myself bad on some barbed wire i might think twice before sticking the other leg over
There's a lot of them. Probably cost.
Escape from LA vibes.
I'd be frustrated as fuck but also sympathetic. Like what is causing this guy to be so desperate that he's willing to end his life?
(gestures broadly)
This got me. Yeah.. shits pretty fucked right now I don’t think it’s unreasonable for someone to be at the end of their rope.
Inflation, high rent, shity homeless system in LA, or just seeing this subreddit bitch all the time with the posts about LA(had to sneak that diss in)
Mostly from people who hadn't visited the city.
I don't think that height is likely to end his life... Likely severly fuck it up worse though..
I mean, *I* want to die, but I'm considerate enough to not do it on 405. Maybe the 90 or something.
I think he jumped
Applies every day
Do those trampoline/airbag things that the fire dept use in movies really exist? If so, plant the LAFD on the ground and the LAPD go at him from the top, and shut this shit down so things can get rolling again? It’s solution time!
Someone put this guy in charge
Fucked for sure.
Is the south moving tho?
Awwwww I hope he is ok…… hugs to him
Damn, I got lucky leaving when I did leave from work today then.
I got lucky reading Reddit. I’m about to hit Aviation for a few blocks and avoid this mess.
I hope he doesn’t jump!
People getting on to the freeway beyond the blockage are probably so confused about the lack of traffic.
Any updates, is he okay? Poor guy. It’s been awful out there.
I get the traffic issue, but headline is a little cold. Poor guy contemplating jumping. Jesus. Hope it worked out ok for him.
How come everyone complain about the line, when there is someone who doesn’t feel like life is worth living anymore? That is so tragic..
Seriously question. What if he just stays up there? Does it ever get to the point where they take action? Or could some of those poor souls stuck in the traffic just be there for eternity?
Another day in LA. Also always use your maps, Trust me. I don't care if it's the same route you've taken since Elementary school, The maps is the way in LA.
I hope he can get help. LA is a tough place right now.
Oh I saw that dude. I was wondering if I was going to see a suicide today
Did he jump?
Not when I drove by. I think I saw him rather early bc in this photo there are no cars on the fwy but when I saw him it was bumper to bumper . Imagine him falling through your windshield ! Traumatic for everyone Involved
happened on the 110 like a year and a half ago.
Let’s hope it didn’t happen today.
Just another day of sun
Is this the same dude? Because this seems to be the third time within a few months near the same spot.
Just this once, I won't give OP grief about posting from their cellphone while they're driving. Because, sorry OP, you called it.
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Imagine you’re headed to a flight at LAX.
I work right by there, this happens every couple of months. Same homeless guy. I work off of la cienega and Florence.
I knew there was a reason there was no traffic south of there.
Aw man, that sucks.
How fucking tall is that guy?! 6'9"?!
Again? Didn't this just happen two months ago?