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Driver Performs 26-Point Turn on Narrow Cliff in Heart-Stopping Viral Video
New York Post ^ | January 25, 2022 | Liam Coleman

Posted on 01/25/2022 12:28:24 PM PST by nickcarraway

A daredevil driver shows nerves of steel — as he performs a 26-point turn teetering on the edge of a ­terrifying sheer drop.

The motorist repeatedly reversed so the back wheels were almost over the cliff.

But he kept control and completed the hair-raising maneuver in under two minutes. The nail-biting video has had more than 18 million views online.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


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1 posted on 01/25/2022 12:28:24 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Or. You could just back down the road to a wider part.


2 posted on 01/25/2022 12:33:28 PM PST by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Gwarden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: nickcarraway

Wouldn’t it have been easier to just back down the road?


3 posted on 01/25/2022 12:34:05 PM PST by vikingd00d (chown -R us ~you/base)
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4 posted on 01/25/2022 12:34:17 PM PST by NohSpinZone (First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
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To: vikingd00d

“Wouldn’t it have been easier to just back down the road?”

Yes, but then he wouldn’t have 19 million views.


5 posted on 01/25/2022 12:35:41 PM PST by TexasGator (UF)
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To: nickcarraway

Amazing!


6 posted on 01/25/2022 12:35:52 PM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: vikingd00d

Saw that, another adrenaline junkie?


7 posted on 01/25/2022 12:36:00 PM PST by JJBookman (Ass-end in space )
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To: NohSpinZone

See #5


8 posted on 01/25/2022 12:36:09 PM PST by TexasGator (UF)
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To: nickcarraway

Uh. Yeah, Bob? Yeah, that address was correct. You’ll need to turn back around and head uphill again.


9 posted on 01/25/2022 12:36:27 PM PST by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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To: nickcarraway

Amateur!


10 posted on 01/25/2022 12:36:58 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: nickcarraway

Pizza delivery.


11 posted on 01/25/2022 12:40:26 PM PST by neverevergiveup
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To: nickcarraway

Having had to parallel park a full size sedan in spots with about 1 inch of clearance in either direction, I’m confident I could pull this off.


12 posted on 01/25/2022 12:44:30 PM PST by Boogieman
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To: nobody in particular
got nothin' on Austin Powers
13 posted on 01/25/2022 12:45:38 PM PST by SGCOS
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To: nickcarraway

Around the 1:20 mark, the driver side passenger door opens, and someone exits the car.


14 posted on 01/25/2022 12:47:50 PM PST by zeestephen
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To: nickcarraway

It was just this guy getting to the start of his hiking location.

“El Camino Del Rey, Malaga”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmDhRvvs5Xw&t=128s


15 posted on 01/25/2022 12:48:45 PM PST by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: nickcarraway

The laws of gravity and physics were kind to him this day.


16 posted on 01/25/2022 12:49:41 PM PST by Cecily
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To: zeestephen
Around the 1:20 mark, the driver side passenger door opens, and someone exits the car.

Wasn't me. I would have exited the car at the MINUS 1:20 mark or earlier.

17 posted on 01/25/2022 12:55:46 PM PST by CommerceComet ("You know why there's a Second Amendment? In case, the government forgets the first." Rush Limbaugh )
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To: TexasGator

I wonder if one of the 19 million views was from his auto insurance company?


18 posted on 01/25/2022 12:56:44 PM PST by Steve_Seattle
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“I wonder if one of the 19 million views was from his auto insurance company?”

When we go to the track we ‘hide’ the license plates.


19 posted on 01/25/2022 1:01:19 PM PST by TexasGator (UF)
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To: nickcarraway
The nail-biting video has had more than 18 million views online.

And if he'd failed and creamed in the vid would have had half a billion views by now!

20 posted on 01/25/2022 1:11:54 PM PST by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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