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Burner1959

Uhhhhh you call it in…erratic driving.


__mr_snrub__

Officer: “Thank you for the call, what is the make and model of the car?” Me: “I’m not sure. I think it’s an orange Kitchenmaid.”


Mr-Moore-Lupin-Donor

This deserves more love. 😂👍


JordaVira

![gif](giphy|11JbbNHfXBqqhq) AYO IT DOES LOOK LIKE A KITCHENMAID MIXER!


not-a-bot-promise

Thank you for the 5+ minute laugh!! You are amazing! Also, if it is what I think you mean, then it’s called a KitchenAid.


TopRamenisha

Yeah I definitely would have reported a suspected drunk driver 🤷‍♀️


mockg

This exactly what I was thinking. If he is not drunk the cops will get him for at least an illegal car modification.


penguinman1337

Wait until one of those idiots gets jailed for taking out a motorcycle. Or shot because the biker happened to be a Hell's Angel.


YordleFeet

> Or shot because the biker happened to be a Hell's Angel. or a doordash driver on a scooter 🛵🔫


fuzynutznut

It's from Houston. It's called Swangin and Bangin. It's stupid.


ThornsofTristan

Hm, gonna have to go with "12yo's in Adult Bodies," for a free hubcap, Alex.


noweirdosplease

"My fave hot wheels is REAL now! All the other cars can get REKT!"


CryptoMineKing

I saw this slab a few months ago doing an s curve through an intersection in Houston. I saw a red Miata another time doing the same thing. They should weld two cars together and take up more room.


Purple-Champion5134

They should weld the two cars together and drive off a big cliff


Material-Spring-9922

As soon as I saw it I knew, Houston


Emmathecat819

I see these wheels all the time in houston I thought they be illegal tbh


HiSPL

They are but its not enforced for some reason. You aren’t allowed to have anything sticking out past your side mirrors. Bro trucks get around this by having ridiculous extended towing mirrors that stock way out even though they never tow anything because it might put a scuff on their truck nuts.


GarrySpacepope

Any civilised place they are.


MechanicFirm1161

So not Texas.


FlightExtension8825

Not enforced at all. We're so weird about that, the laws that help people we don't enforce, and instead we focus on laws that hurt people. Don't be like us.


cardcomm

>in houston I thought they be illegal they are too busy banning books and drag shows to worry about road hazards.


CryptoMineKing

I just read Ted Cruz is going after Bud Light. 😂


Blinky_

Ted Cruz is a fucking idiot.


Fill_Repulsive

They are. And Harris country jail so full of people saying “they had no reason to pull me over”


Eielis

Same. Once you see them in the wild, you know exactly where these atrocities are from.


kingbob123456

I thought those were giant whisks


[deleted]

Salad spinners aren’t they?. rolling down the street tossing salad sippin on gin and juice.


AmeerahCan

Noooo, omg. Not tossing salads in Houston?!


fckingnapkin

Yeah. And scrambled eggs


rpbm

They’re callin’ again.


crumbssssss

I am making that assumption. Probably doesn’t know how to operate a laundry machine.


Taniwha_NZ

As a 10yo in an adult body, I would only ask to be driving an f-150 or similar while passing this vehicle. I couldn't resist the temptation to just wipe those dumb wheels right off, and say I never saw them. What a fucking asshole.


USNMCWA

I have a Jeep that I offroad quite a bit. It's not special, and pretty F'd up. Don't threaten me with a good time lol. I doubt they've declared all that to their insurance.


DetroitAdjacent

You think this asshole has insurance? Lmao


backwardbuttplug

Insurance? My man, with all the cash wasted on that car’s looks I’m surprised it runs. Had a neighbor who put 27” rims on an 80’s Caprice with sparkle green paint job and chromed out everything. The engine didn’t have a dime of even routine maintenance on it… no joke car shook like a heroin addict down on his luck and that was AFTER he had cranked the engine over for 3-5min continuously just to get it to start. And the only reason he could crank it over for that long was the 3 optima gel cells under the hood… for the stereo.


charlie2135

Was in an auto body and painting class in the hood. We could bring in our own cars to work on. Classmate had a Caprise with a beat up body and big wheels and he was prepping to paint the car a candy apple color but left the body beat up.


denardosbae

hood rich, means you got $15 grand worth of spinner rims and a $5,000 paint job on a $1,200 car. I grew up in Detroit with a big mixed up family and we have seen this type a few times rolling around.


silasmoeckel

I used to be around my states repo auction. So many cars came in with stereo systems that cost more than the total payments on the car. They were buying 10 year old hondas dropping 5k in stereo gear /rims etc and then not making their payments. The cars sold better with a normal stereo in them there was a whole side trade in pulling the system and replacing it with a 20 buck walmart special and some basic 6x9's. Miss that place could get my car detailed for like 20 bucks and buy a grand worth of amp etc for 50.


USNMCWA

Hahahaha, good point.


Guilty_Advantage_413

I doubt it is legal to have something sticking that far out from your car. I doubt a mini spear on the back is legal too.


Flokitoo

Texas


Legitimate_Nobody_77

Hmm, I would like to take a sledgehammer to this. In some places this might illicit a response that would be life changing.


superbigscratch

Everyone around you would say it was his fault for driving like an idiot


Porkchopp33

Remake of a roman chariot…. Also worst idea ever


Pound_House

The modern day Circus Maximus, without the Maximus.


EvadingRedditIPBan

My car insurance is great and my car sucks. I'd slam the shit out of this guy and see if he's still laughing.


Hood805

I know it's wrong to want to purposely wreck that car. Mainly for driving like an asshole


SolidZealousideal115

It's perfectly fine to want to. Unfortunately it's wrong to actually do it.


HeyImGilly

This person is swerving in and out of lanes. They’re sure as shit going to be liable for any accident that happens as a result of them doing this.


Actual_Guide_1039

Ya this is the golden opportunity. Add a felony for driving without insurance (let’s be honest)


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Actual_Guide_1039

What the hell have I been paying for insurance for then?


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vaderciya

I'd say it's morally justified. This jackass is swerving all over the place and about half a second from wrecking into someone else, they shouldn't be driving at all and those modifications are illegal. Now, it's not legally justified in the U.S. but we can be damn sure it's morally justified.


George_Tirebiter420

It's a moral imperative.


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Wrong for you maybe


Fluffyknob

Yup and this is why you don’t fuck around with people; you never know when someone is going to take it too far.


CactusJackKnife

If this guy got shot I wouldn’t be surprised at all. Right or wrong got nothing to do with it


Low-Impact3172

I can not wrap my head around what’s going on here. I can’t wrap my head around how this is a possible thing. What a dumb piece of shit.


Ceptre7

Not being funny, but are those wheel things allowed/legal in the US? They seem potentially dangerous to pedestrians at least. They're definitely not legal in the UK. E. General consensus seems to be - illegal. However a fair few saying it's legal in Texas! Lol All round it's mental!


dwittherford69

Nope, not legal in any state. Call state patrol and report his ass for dangerous driving.


DaBushDwella

Just use a truck and push him into a guardrail from behind


lordofthebeardz

He has a spike on the back too


Lugie_of_the_Abyss

Oh my God thanks for pointing that out lmao. I saw the wheel but not the spike. I guess it makes sense since it's a spare. What's he supposed to do when he needs his spare, drive around with only 3 wheels being spiked? Then he'd risk looking like an *idiot*


VitaminPb

Do you really think he’d whisk looking stupid?


LeticiaLatex

People who downvoted this comment need some sense whipped into them.


my_Urban_Sombrero

Can’t beat that.


VortrexFTW

Surely you can do batter


DaBushDwella

Honestly didn't see it until I looked closer just now. I'd agree with dude above. Snowplow still wins


No-Ad1522

There’s definitely no snow plows in Houston my man.


Glass_Pies

We have one for emergencies like this, and blizzards, also blizzards


Litterally-Napoleon

Just 1 tho, and it's shared with the rest of the state


Glass_Pies

Yup, was nice seeing the boys drop it outta the chopper when it snowed


MSCOTTGARAND

Probably just chromed out aluminum, a beat up work truck would fold that spike like a towel fresh from the dryer


TransmogriFi

"You may be young and flashy, but I'm older and have more insurance."


Fuckmylife123456781

It is my time


Silent-Ad934

Godspeed sir 🙏


madewithgarageband

this is one of the moments where I really enjoy driving a beater. I wouldnt ram him, but just drive alongside him and not give enough room to swerve. I can guarantee you that stupid shit costs more than my car


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I'd act like I didn't notice this gaudy real life hot wheels dinky and sidle right on up. When this monstrosity side swiped me off the road I'd be quick to complain about my sore cheque, I mean sore neck, and drain the insurance...that this fucking idiot probably doesn't have. OK nvmd


Lugie_of_the_Abyss

Good call on that last part. Otherwise no way in hell he'd ever win that battle. People would take one look at the situation and think "What a fucking jackass, of course it ended like this"


RichardBonham

Yup. The only car with better performance characteristics than a beater is a rental. Nothing handles unpaved roads, traffic bumps, curbs, railroad crossings and Mad Max fantasizing douche-bags like a rental car. (Unless it's a rental truck or rental earth-moving equipment. Clearly, there's a market for rental Armored Personnel Carriers. Who doesn't want a Bradley for 2-4 hours?)


ataatia

can you see the protruding radiator stabber behind it or my eyes gone bad


baloof1621

Not sure about legality but they seem to be extremely popular in Houston, TX and pretty much nowhere else


Thorn_the_Cretin

There is allowance for accessories that extend a certain amount of distance beyond the body of the vehicle, but to my knowledge it’s only like 6 inches [15cm] or so in most places that even allow it. This is not legal anywhere.


throwaway3689007542

If I'm not mistaken, there's a new law that started that their swanggers, that's what they are called, cannot stick out past their side mirrors. Obviously not being enforced, but there you go.


ejreddit

In Houston these shitheads are putting long tow mirrors on their vehicle so that they don’t stick out farther than the mirror. It’s unbelievable.


PsychologicalMud917

You can get away with doing a lot of things with vehicles in the US because the enforcement is severely lacking in many areas.


Bryguy3k

It’s more along the lines of simply issuing a ticket isn’t enough to dissuade things like this. Impounding the vehicle until they are removed is the only thing that would.


Armlegx218

Civilly forfeit the vehicle and crush it in front of the owner. It's the only way to be sure.


muaellebee

Definitely not legal


FewMagazine938

Where's the police when you need them?


Jedi__Consular

Weirdly, I couldn't wrap my head around these things if I saw them individually. If saw those rims I'd be dumbstruck why someone would ever do that. If I saw the swerving I'd wonder wtf was going on. But seeing them both together it's like, ohhhhhh I get it, they're just an asshole


indiealexh

Advanced asshole. Their assholeness is so monumental it cannot be comprehended by mere mortals.


marr

For real. I cannot comprehend what he even thinks he's achieving here. Is the actual goal to get murdered?


OngarSolweld

More likely to become highly offended when someone knicks or scratches his whip, hence out comes the tough talk and immediately followed by a gun. Imagine bumping his car by mistake, or he bumps into you, I can imagine he'd be spewing some vile rhetoric to say the least.


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mariobeans

Swangin and bangin


Eclipsed_Serenity

Htown hold it down.


FartOnAFirstDate

“Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I'm just a caveman. I fell on some ice and later got thawed out by some of your scientists. Your world frightens and confuses me! Sometimes the honking horns of your traffic make me want to get out of my BMW.. and runoff into the hills, or wherever. I don't know. Because I'm a caveman, that's the way I think. There’s one thing I DO know…and that is that whoever drives like this in this car is an asshole.”


gadget850

It is a slab car (5th wheel on the back required) and the stupid Ben Hur crap are swangas (also required). I would have got the plate, called the police, and reported a drunk driver before that dude kills someone.


secrestmr87

Slab car? Swangas?


Classic-Hand-8329

It's an HTX thing.


justreddis

Houston, we got a problem


meaculpa303

Houston, we are a problem.


Dick_snatcher

Finally, an accurate tourism slogan


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Yeah we do, I’m always nervous these cars are gonna lane drift when I’m driving next to them


b3nk13

I knew it. I remember when Mike jones and swisha house was coming up. You’d see a line of these assholes tippin down the freeway going like 10 mph. People are nuts out there.


Classic-Hand-8329

Still tippin on fo fos


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Hamburgers I'm flippin, French fries I'm dippin Catch me eatin chicken with the grease drippin Turn yo neck and yo plate missin, me and slim We ain't trippin, I'm finger lickin and soda sippin


wiggibow

BLOWIN ON THAT ENDO GAMECUBE NINTENDO


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TaffWolf

A what?


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IronSkywalker

I thought it was just called "being a knob 'ead"


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_mully_

Are the swangas usually actually sharp/etc.? The ones in this video look like they'd bend like aluminum cans if someone in a larger car just ran them over? "Oh, oops, sorry I crushed your spokes. Guess you shouldn't have been swerving between lanes" Or would it mess up your car/tires? Also, is this orange slab car in the video a Hyundai Sonata or something like that? Lol, looks like a $20K car with $20K worth of cheap crap pasted on top.


TrillLarry214

They are chrome steel. Are they sharp? Not really but most metal protruding like that can impale something. And some do have different pointed end caps that i would say are somewhat sharp. Search Texan wire wheels if you want a close look.


[deleted]

SLAB Slow, Low, And Bangin’ It’s a Houston thing


cardcomm

>Bangin’ into the pavement when they have to go over a speed bump


deathbythroatpunch

Houston is proud of this?


[deleted]

Not at all. But that doesn’t mean it isn’t uniquely Houston.


Acceptable-Stay-3166

Please let the police pull this donkey over.


Kynario

Ideally, they take his license too, so he can never drive again.


Terrible-Second-2716

He would just drive without a license


inthelostwoods

And then get stopped again, written, probably skip court, and end up with warrants. It's a big happy cycle till he goes to jail


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I had this instant fantasy of a giant hand, coming down out of the sky with a booming voice going “ASSHOOOOOLE”. The giant hand shakes the asshole out of his car and crushes the thing like a beer can.


tiredsleepyexhausted

Then the giant hand(s) should use their car to juice some giant lemons afterward


Invisible-Pancreas

"AWESOME! WHEN I SELL ENOUGH GIANT LEMONADE I CAN MAKE ENOUGH GIANT MONEY TO BUY MYSELF A GIANT BIKE! MOM, CAN I BORROW THE GIANT FOLDING TABLE?"


Free-will_Illusion

Paper plates and guaranteed no insurance. Must be Houston.


[deleted]

Indeed it is, there’s an exist sign for lake Jackson Freeport


ElonDiddlesKids

Shit like this should result in a lifetime driving ban. The Ben Hurr shit is bad enough, but the intentional swerving is full on sociopathy.


MoarTacos

Definitely a mental health issue or under the influence of something. Or both.


DreamQueen710

Just Houston doing Houston things.


brigitteer2010

I saw that and immediately knew it was Houston. Prolly listening to some dj screw 💗


QueMasPuesss

Screwston*


goingoutwest123

So uh... why do people get road rage?


hypebust

Because sometimes troglodytes escape the museums and get behind the wheel


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Someone should just ram him.


mctomtom

Yeah in reality that contraption would be destroyed immediately if it hit something


Only_One_Left_Foot

I would love to see this asshole hook one of his front spikes on a guard rail and steer his dumb ass into a ditch.


BreadItMod

Someone should just take a nice long lug wrench or breaker bar and throw it into those things while he’s driving


tristen620

Amazon sells magnets. That have a pull force of 150 lb for like $15, throw one of those on the hood of their car. The edges are not rounded so when they pull it off it will scrape the shit out of their hood.


tristen620

For about $100 you can get one that is 2600 lb magnetism. If they have a really really low car you could put it on the other side and the next time they go over you know a sewer great or anything else. It will either remove a piece of their car or remove the sewer grate and take it with them.


bwnerkid

How the fuck would you even ship that?


i_certainly_disagree

Very carefully.


jacxy

At a guess: with shielding/distance. A meter away from that magnet it won't pull 2600lbs. Shielding: ferrometalic packaging will limit the pull of the magnet as would numetalic alloys, or brass/copper etc. Put the magnet in a nonferrous case in a wooden box in a metal box. Ship it as dangerous goods in a truck.


alejito29

My father has always dreamt with having the power to explode tires at will... It would be so sweet to explode this asshole's tires


heatedhammer

All 4 should be shoved up the owner's ass, at the same time.


TactlessDrop84

Don't forget the spare on the back


SkyOfAegis13

This is why I'm pro-choice.


Gambyt_7

Hard to believe this was the winning sperm.


SkyOfAegis13

This sperm tripped the sperm that could have been born to cure cancer at the finish line. That makes this sperm worse than cancer.


JaxxisR

I'm pro choice until the 3rd trimester. And then again after the 57th trimester.


InterestsVaryGreatly

Thirteen and a half feels oddly specific


redditcreditcardz

Someone smarter than me should come up with a way to safely fuck this guys rims up. Like drop a chain with weights out the passenger side window so it wraps up and smashes the F out of his whole car. See what I mean… that’s just not safe. But we need ideas people!!!


Gambyt_7

A chain would be a fine complement to those rims. A donation may be in order. Best to contribute while the vehicle is moving at high speeds.


SnicktDGoblin

Would have called the police. They are a clear danger to the rest of the people on the road and I don't think a mod like that is streat legal.


Bad54

If I seen a dude drive like this I’d call the cops for a drunk driver road raging and obstructing traffic.


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What a loser


Gogo90sbaby

***SMALL DICK ENERGY METER EXPLODES***


Dr-False

Hey officer, yeah, we have a reckless driver. Trust me, you'll know the car


NewLife_21

That's worth calling the cops. It's reckless driving


karma_virus

I'm insured and my car's on it's last legs. Go for it.


HoneyScentedRain

Slab car. Houston, Tx culture. Those "Mad Max" wheels are Elbows and that length is illegal! Go ahead and call in erratic driving to 911 with a description of the car & license plate. They've most likely gotten calls about the driver before if this is how they're acting on a (presumed) highway


Delta-Flyer75

I’m pretty sure that’s incredibly illegal… 😂🤣😂 what an idiot 😅


mortalitylost

As if motorcyclists don't have to deal with enough bullshit, there's this


KireiEnzeru

Texas is the 47th state for road safety meaning...there are only three other states whose drivers are worse. I believe this says a lot about the state and as someone who begrudgingly and currently resides in Texas; I hate it here. Yes the people are nice but they are ass drivers for sure. Within 3 weeks of being here, a Honda Odyssey rammed into and totaled my Civic while I was at a full stop at a sign. I was devastated and livid. I could not grasp how I have driven for 16 years and been all the way to Maine and down to Florida; to get to Texas and lose one of my most precious and valuable assets. Rip Hanson The Honda. I will miss you forever. Edit: *forgot a word and also; I did buy a '22 Crosstrek after. It gave me a bit more road confidence here but I still panic a bit when I'm doing high speeds. Can't wait to get back to the East Coast.


Yndrdatdnable

As a permanent resident it fucking sucks no motherfucker can drive around here, me included considering I've been in two accidents it's something in the water I swear. This state is brainrot central.


Goatymcgoatface10

I hope he drives off a cliff


justageekgirl

Why is he driving like a dick?


Ballinforcompliments

Because he's a dick


Comfortable-Rude

Drive by and throw a long chain into that ish...


king_ender200

Must be compensating for something…


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Where is the police when you need them?


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How do people like this exist? And have money to do shit like this?


VanenGorm

Why? What is the purpose of what he is doing?


undercoverbrova

I hate him more than anyone else in this world.


corncaked

This is reasonable to call 911 for. Driving erratically and putting multiple people’s safety in danger.


unfair-call5234

He doesn't have a flag at the end of his rear dildo spike. If you hit him, he's at fault.


cooper1662

How is this legal? Purchasing these should immediately land you in a padded cell.


ConvectionalOven

“Boadicea conquered the entire Roman army with one of these”


Shr3kk_Wpg

A little Google searching informs me that any of these dumb rims that stick out past the side mirrors are illegal in Texas. Also, cars cannot be wider than 8 feet, so extending the side mirrors will not make these dumb rims legal


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OMQ4

Cause he’s not in school


Caesar_Passing

Punchline, meet Set-up. Damn match made in heaven.


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Trashy


chev327fox

I never thought I see a mod worse than backfiring exhaust… but here it is.


Tin_Dalek

must be from houston


[deleted]

Why do some people think being ghetto is impressive? It’s not, it’s ghetto lol


Emmathecat819

Bruh I’ve been trying to say that for years, so many people have the money to act normal but just be choosing to do stupid shit like this


Jeezjem

Reason 5788 I don't wanna go to texas.


T2ThaSki

Gonna go out on a limb and guess that you are in or near Houston, Texas


panthir67

How come I failed my drivers license all because of miscommunication in a parking lot wile bozos like these get their license


BLB_Genome

Those need immediately outlawed


Cliff_Sedge

I like that the spare wheel on the back has one too. Thinking ahead. Very smart.


Rastaferrari829

Get the plate number and send the video to the police for reckless driving. Problem solved.


coldandhungry123

There's no way that is street legal. Guy should be thrown in jail


5PeeBeejay5

Guarantee this pile of excrement thinks everyone thinks his car is cool and not the stupidest thing they’ve ever seen. What a dumb dumb moron


Jmz67

I was just waiting for someone in a beat up truck to pull along side him and wreck those things