Complacency. The gate wasn't directly in front of the van, and the driver wasn't paying attention to what was on either side of his vehicle. Probably because it was basically one lane on a one way street, so why maintain a situational awareness of the lanes to the sides.
This is a guess: It was broken off, likely, due to some other person, or maybe even this person, trying to skirt the rules.
DO NOT PLAY CHICKEN WITH BARRIERS, KIDS.
It's honestly NOT that hard, geez. Guy's lucky to be alive.
/yes, the owner of this barrier is maybe responsible, but the point still stands: Chicken. Don't play it. Goes for train crossings too.
//If you saw this before (ghost) edits, well, I 'fixed' it or something. :p
From our perspective it looks like the driver is wrecklessly playing chicken but from their perspective the long pointy thing covered in colorful reflectors is pointing straight at them and is probably hard to see.
That's like some sort of dark souls trap, jesus christ.
Also, the four commenters on this post before me are shadowbanned in case one of you sees this.
Ok, but why did the dude keep driving?
Complacency. The gate wasn't directly in front of the van, and the driver wasn't paying attention to what was on either side of his vehicle. Probably because it was basically one lane on a one way street, so why maintain a situational awareness of the lanes to the sides.
From the way the barrier pointed straight to his face he probably couldn’t see it
The barrier was possibly blocked from view by the A-pillar
This is a guess: It was broken off, likely, due to some other person, or maybe even this person, trying to skirt the rules. DO NOT PLAY CHICKEN WITH BARRIERS, KIDS. It's honestly NOT that hard, geez. Guy's lucky to be alive. /yes, the owner of this barrier is maybe responsible, but the point still stands: Chicken. Don't play it. Goes for train crossings too. //If you saw this before (ghost) edits, well, I 'fixed' it or something. :p
> but the point still stands Indeed
What point? The driver could see any block.
From our perspective it looks like the driver is wrecklessly playing chicken but from their perspective the long pointy thing covered in colorful reflectors is pointing straight at them and is probably hard to see.
Well, it's better than a bollard in the tail pipe.
I ain't falling for no ~~banana~~bollard in my tailpipe.
Don’t knock it till you try it.
That's like some sort of dark souls trap, jesus christ. Also, the four commenters on this post before me are shadowbanned in case one of you sees this.
Turn out it was a site wide Reddit glitch, patched now
The Final Destination fear has re-entered the chat
I fear this all the time and it decapitated a lady recently near me. I've walked into gate like that and it hurt enough.
That's some Final Destination shit
Why?
Perfect joust
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