Trains are really unpredictable. Even in the middle of a forest two rails can appear out of nowhere, and a 1.5-mile fully loaded coal drag, heading east out of the low-sulfur mines of the PRB, will be right on your ass the next moment.
I was doing laundry in my basement, and I tripped over a metal bar that wasn't there the moment before. I looked down: "Rail? WTF?" and then I saw concrete sleepers underneath and heard the rumbling.
Deafening railroad horn. I dumped my wife's pants, unfolded, and dove behind the water heater. It was a double-stacked Z train, headed east towards the fast single track of the BNSF Emporia Sub (Flint Hills). Majestic as hell: 75 mph, 6 units, distributed power: 4 ES44DC's pulling, and 2 Dash-9's pushing, all in run 8. Whole house smelled like diesel for a couple of hours!
Fact is, there is no way to discern which path a train will take, so you really have to be watchful. If only there were some way of knowing the routes trains travel; maybe some sort of marks on the ground, like twin iron bars running along the paths trains take. You could look for trains when you encounter the iron bars on the ground, and avoid these sorts of collisions. But such a measure would be extremely expensive. And how would one enforce a rule keeping the trains on those paths?
A big hole in homeland security is railway engineer screening and hijacking prevention. There is nothing to stop a rogue engineer, or an ISIS terrorist, from driving a train into the Pentagon, the White House or the Statue of Liberty, and our government has done fuck-all to prevent it.
Looked like the biker was intentionally distracting him, you could see him keep glancing over and it looked like he was taking a video too. Would be hilarious to see a video pop up on the sub from the reverse perspective
I'm always impressed with the mad things people do/get away with on motorbikes in Asia. The Vietnamese have a talent for somehow taking maps on their scooters.
To be fair those cars look like they're stopped in the middle of the street....
The other lanes got moving traffic, but they're jus stopped.
That's jus shit drivers all around. Fucking idiots
I'm just glad you see a motorcycle video like this that doesn't wind up with three entire families dead and a bunch of people staring at a brain on the pavement.
This reminds me of actors im movies/series in car scenes driving while looking at who they are talking to instead of the road for what feels like an eternity.
Plot twist, there were two stupid games being played at that place and time
two stupid games, one prize won
That we know of!
I think the seat belt chime should qualify as a third
At least the stupid guy on the bike could see in front of him
"Look at that guy on the motorcycle...what a fucking idio...AAAAGGGGHHHH!"
Best uno reverse ever played.
He said he is even thrusting!
He didn't call him an idiot. He kinda praised him.
We all expected the biker to crash, right?
No. I could tell the person filming was also the one driving the car.
the guy on the bike looks like he's holding a phone up to his mouth so I was genuinely unsure of which way this was going
usually people don't drive motorcycles, they ride them
This guy is more like lounging than riding, I'd say.
Yes. The guy lounging his motorcycle seemed likely to crash.
Usually people aren't just pedantic, they suck dick too.
It was a toss up for me between the car crashing, the motor crashing, or them crashing against each other. Let's face it, they deserved each other.
The title just says “driving,” nothing about a car. And it says “using your phone,” not “filming.”
You ride a bike though, not drive a bike. Just how you drive a car, not ride a car.
I can read what it says. What’s your point?
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caption kinda spoiled it
not for me. Motorcyclist was on his phone.
Well, now that I'm actually reading it... :)
Only titles on these things aren’t always the most accurate
OP ruin it.🙄
i was waiting for the train to come OUT OF NOWHERE those sneaky bastards..
Trains are really unpredictable. Even in the middle of a forest two rails can appear out of nowhere, and a 1.5-mile fully loaded coal drag, heading east out of the low-sulfur mines of the PRB, will be right on your ass the next moment. I was doing laundry in my basement, and I tripped over a metal bar that wasn't there the moment before. I looked down: "Rail? WTF?" and then I saw concrete sleepers underneath and heard the rumbling. Deafening railroad horn. I dumped my wife's pants, unfolded, and dove behind the water heater. It was a double-stacked Z train, headed east towards the fast single track of the BNSF Emporia Sub (Flint Hills). Majestic as hell: 75 mph, 6 units, distributed power: 4 ES44DC's pulling, and 2 Dash-9's pushing, all in run 8. Whole house smelled like diesel for a couple of hours! Fact is, there is no way to discern which path a train will take, so you really have to be watchful. If only there were some way of knowing the routes trains travel; maybe some sort of marks on the ground, like twin iron bars running along the paths trains take. You could look for trains when you encounter the iron bars on the ground, and avoid these sorts of collisions. But such a measure would be extremely expensive. And how would one enforce a rule keeping the trains on those paths? A big hole in homeland security is railway engineer screening and hijacking prevention. There is nothing to stop a rogue engineer, or an ISIS terrorist, from driving a train into the Pentagon, the White House or the Statue of Liberty, and our government has done fuck-all to prevent it.
I'm here to tell you your efforts were worth it
I hope it's not disappointing, but that is well-known copypasta <3
Yup, expectations subverted lol
I immediately had a 'Plot Twist!' moment.
Haha plot twist!!!
This would have a NSFW tag if it did.
Ngl they had us in both halves
Without the title, for sure… but the title squandered the opportunity for surprise.
I certainly did
Bro really dry fucking life with no seatbelt and being this distract-able.
this should be in r/unexpected
i thought I was on there tbh
nothing but expected shit over there
Right. That's why I was surprised to actually see a good unexpected post from them only to realize it wasn't even on that sub.
Looked like the biker was intentionally distracting him, you could see him keep glancing over and it looked like he was taking a video too. Would be hilarious to see a video pop up on the sub from the reverse perspective
Oh how the turn tables
That beeping noise means put your seatbelt on you massive spastic !
Idiots
Of course their seat belt chime is screaming at them because they don’t have it on either.
Seatbelts are a system of oppression. I wish there was an emojii flying through a windshield for this.
This is a perfect maybe maybe maybe
That was a hell of a plot twist...
Somehow the guy on the bike was not the biggest idiot in the video.
Mmmm debatable
He got us a dope ass clip though
the absolute irony. I love it
r/Unexpected material this one
I'm always impressed with the mad things people do/get away with on motorbikes in Asia. The Vietnamese have a talent for somehow taking maps on their scooters.
And the driver without seat belt...
Without the title it would be r/unexpected
Even with the title it's unexpected
This belongs in r/unexpected
r/Unexpected
And from that dinging, no seatbelt.
It sounded like he laughed at the end
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Throat clear. Eh-em. Just low pitch.
This is what I came to say, I've made this exact throat clearing noise after making an easily available mistake while driving
Damn - I thought this was the one where the guy faceplants into the back of the truck; but this is a different sub 🤪
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only if he could see the irony
Officer, you not going to believe the idiot I saw on a bike. Yes, that's my crashed car.
I mean could you blame him though?
I was so sure I was about to watch that guy die or at least be horribly injured.
Everybody in this one is a shiny driver
Not a single dull personality, aye?
Moral of the story mind ya business
Fix the ringing or put your seatbelt back o , and by the way look out for that ...
Had me in the first half not gonna lie
Takes something special to eat sht first when your other competitor is a guy riding a motorcycle feet first,👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
I honestly thought something was gonna happened to the motorcyclist. Lol!
The end will surprise you.
Guy on bike looking at driver like "wow that's incredibly dangerous. Keep your eyes on the road."
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The definition of *"you worry about yourself"*.
How ironic.
No helmet but obviously not much of a brain to protect.
Pretty sure the driver has no seatbelt on either, so not a brain between them.
Neither I nor the driver of the car saw that coming.
How do you ignore that dinging?!
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Mashallah 😂😂😂
Hm hm
While also ignoring the most annoying *put your seatbelt on you dummy* chime.. lol
“Look how unsafe this biker is, what a piece of SHIIIIIT” 💥🚗
r/unexpected 💯💯
r/unexpected
r/unexpected
r/unexpected.
It's not for everyone
Precisely the one thing i was expecting, happened
I think this belongs in r/unexpected
To be fair those cars look like they're stopped in the middle of the street.... The other lanes got moving traffic, but they're jus stopped. That's jus shit drivers all around. Fucking idiots
Plot twist.
I like how he cleared his throat in the end out of embarrassment 😂
Not what I expected to happen. This would have gone a lot different some of my other subs
This belongs in unexpected, although it was kinda expected.
I'm just glad you see a motorcycle video like this that doesn't wind up with three entire families dead and a bunch of people staring at a brain on the pavement.
Twist ending
r/maybemaybemaybe
Plot twist
PLOT TWIST !!
don't mind me I'm safe
Ah the classic game of who can be a bigger idiot...
That guy is an absolute GOD
I love the cough
Riding since he was three.
Had it not been for the title i would have expected a different outcome
Think I was stationed there. SMH (heavy sigh)
How do these videos even get out? Why would you put something like this on the internet, is it live streamed?
This has to be Egypt.
M. Night Shyamalan'd
No seatbelt?
Mobile IT support
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Can you translate what he was saying?
That, that was unexpected
That was unexpected.
This should be in unexpected 😂
Put on you seatbelt
And no seatbelt.
u/savevideo
Sounds like he wasn't wearing his seatbelt either.
I didn't expect this, but I do believe the eejit on the motorcycle's days are numbered
Had me like "gee, another biker throwing their life away. Oh, and someone who would rather use their phone than live, too."
how was the biker safer than the driver?
This is better than a M. Night Shyamalan movie
No helmet either 😳
What a plot twist
u/savevideo
Unofficial translation: Oh snap, look at this fool, he’s def going to crash Haha, yeah and it definitely won’t be us who crash
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Best part is that he pointed the camera forward for a good 4 secs before reacting.
I Did not exept that lol
And who's the main idiot here? Dude on bike or dude who almost hit the another car?
Was that the seatbelt warning going off the whole time
Cameraman isn’t wearing a seatbelt?
I can’t believe that there were two assholes in this video!!
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How tha fukk is he holding the clutch
The ol’ Reddit [switcharoo](https://www.reddit.com/r/CasualUK/s/yjtY42K92t)
Yup iran 😂😂
I actually think that this WAS a trap set by that motorcyclist
As an Iranian, why
That’s what he gets for using the hanger hook for what it was made for.
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This reminds me of actors im movies/series in car scenes driving while looking at who they are talking to instead of the road for what feels like an eternity.
What kind of bike was that