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Speeding driver crashes directly into plow while trying to pass a semi on snowy NY road, wild video shows
NY Post ^ | 01/19/2024 | Katherine Donlevy and Patrick Reilly

Posted on 01/19/2024 8:27:38 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27

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To: Verginius Rufus

Why the driver didn’t back off once he saw the snow plow showed he’s an absolute moron. He decided to still try to pass. Dumbo.


41 posted on 01/19/2024 11:12:12 AM PST by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Too many people are really that dumb. Otherwise, why would highways have posted signs saying don’t pass snowplows on the right? It’s kind of like saying don’t eat yellow snow.


42 posted on 01/19/2024 11:12:18 AM PST by Retain Mike ( Sat Cong)
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To: Steely Tom

Take excessive amounts of speed, drive at excessive amounts of speed for a challenger to become a Camaro as one hits the dozer blades.

That’s the best I can come up with.


43 posted on 01/19/2024 11:16:26 AM PST by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure..)
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To: VTenigma

Not only a Subaru, but a WRX. Most WRX drivers a a-holes.


44 posted on 01/19/2024 11:17:51 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Nothing says "democracy" like trying to throw your opponent in jail.)
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To: Fresh Wind

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45 posted on 01/19/2024 11:19:46 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Nothing says "democracy" like trying to throw your opponent in jail.)
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To: FamiliarFace

Maybe he has set himself a personal challenge to win a Darwin Award.


46 posted on 01/19/2024 11:26:22 AM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

The road is curved where you can’t see around another vehicle.

These are always (usually?) marked with two double lines for no passing.

In any case, can’t see around the truck? Don’t pass.


47 posted on 01/19/2024 11:26:23 AM PST by texas booster (Join FreeRepublic's Folding@Home team (Team # 36120) Cure Alzheimer's!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Stupid as stupid does.


48 posted on 01/19/2024 11:27:46 AM PST by seabeeson
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The snow creamed it... the semi that was being passed might have gotten a piece of that too.


49 posted on 01/19/2024 11:28:02 AM PST by Clutch Martin ("The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right." )
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To: z3n

Yep....


50 posted on 01/19/2024 11:29:08 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: Verginius Rufus

When at first you don’t succeed, try, try again!


51 posted on 01/19/2024 11:34:42 AM PST by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: VTenigma

Why is it always a Subaru?

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What’s up with Subaru drivers being obnoxious douches these days?

If they aren’t driving 5mph under the speed limit or blocking the passing lanes, they are driving like jerks and trolls.

About 5 years ago it used to be honda drivers that were like that, but they have definitely passed to torch to the subaru generation who have kicked it up a few driving troll notches


52 posted on 01/19/2024 11:35:22 AM PST by z3n (Kakistocracy)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Well I wouldn’t call that a “head on”... car was struck on the side... seen a few head ons, they are nasty.

However, this wasn’t due to speed, this was due to someone thinking they had enough room to pass and didn’t... Road could have been perfectly dry and likely had the same result.


53 posted on 01/19/2024 11:42:39 AM PST by HamiltonJay
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To: z3n

Yep, that’s a glancing blow... back seat driver side passenger if their was one, was going to be very messed up, but driver and other passengers probably survived.

This was just misjudging how much distance they had and needed to pass... Witness some head one, this one I wouldn’t put into a head on.


54 posted on 01/19/2024 11:45:16 AM PST by HamiltonJay
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To: SaveFerris

Yeah, we knew that.


55 posted on 01/19/2024 11:58:32 AM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore)
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To: HamiltonJay

However, this wasn’t due to speed, this was due to someone thinking they had enough room to pass and didn’t... Road could have been perfectly dry and likely had the same result.

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Had something similar happen in my neck of the woods last year. An impatient driver likely caused 5 deaths passing an ammonia truck on the outskirts of a small town..

https://www.wcia.com/news/effingham-county/teutopolis-leaders-reflect-on-deadly-ammonia-spill-three-months-later/


56 posted on 01/19/2024 12:41:46 PM PST by EVO X ( )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

reckless/ignorant driving, four wheel drive makes some people stooopid...


57 posted on 01/19/2024 1:08:14 PM PST by Chode (there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
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To: Fresh Wind
Not only a Subaru, but a WRX. Most WRX drivers a a-holes.

I am not a WRX owner but my screen name suggests I have a similar car. That said, I find the most obnoxious drivers of mid power cars to be BMW 330 series owners that have similar HP.

58 posted on 01/19/2024 1:10:42 PM PST by EVO X ( )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I used to drive on the snow a lot, and was good at it. But it has been many years since I have driven on snow, so I’m going to stay home if it snows. We don’t get a lot of snow here, but occasionally we do.


59 posted on 01/19/2024 1:22:22 PM PST by gitmo (If your theology doesn't match your biography, what good is it?)
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To: telescope115

Yes. The End of the Road.


60 posted on 01/19/2024 1:53:17 PM PST by Semper Vigilantis ('Legal' and 'Right' are not synonyms)
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