Comments for "Speeding ticket, that's nothing. Watch what happens next!" Video at VideoSift.com

By viewer_999

viewer_999 (http://www.videosift.com/member/viewer_999) — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:04:00 -0700

Okay I admit it. I didn't see that coming!

By Januari

Januari (http://www.videosift.com/member/Januari) — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:49:37 -0700

Congrats... enjoy prison.

By rychan

rychan (http://www.videosift.com/member/rychan) — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:10:31 -0700

Pretty impressive climbing. Also, I thought the cop was very professional.

By 8198

8198 (http://www.videosift.com/member/8198) — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:36:26 -0700

This was not a mistake?

By Zonbie

Zonbie (http://zonbie.videosift.com) — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 16:04:03 -0700

Someone has a case of the Mondays!

By brycewi19

brycewi19 (http://www.videosift.com/member/brycewi19) — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:50:48 -0700

Dude, I've gotten a speeding ticket before. I've even bit pissed off about it.

But to do this - mother trucker's outta his mind!

By Baera

Baera (http://www.videosift.com/member/Baera) — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:09:36 -0700

Citation to Felony in 60 seconds!

By rymin

rymin (http://www.videosift.com/member/rymin) — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:48:12 -0700

"Am I being detained?"

By Xax

Xax (http://www.videosift.com/member/Xax) — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:08:38 -0700

Great way to handle a speeding ticket... well done.

By MycroftHomlz

MycroftHomlz (http://www.videosift.com/member/MycroftHomlz) — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:18:43 -0700

I think it was an accident. He puts on his blinker. Then there is an opening, he guns it. Thinking he is in drive. Poor guy was probably all freaked out, seemed like the cop realized that and was trying to get him to understand it was not a big deal. He was just going to fast.

That is my interpretation of the events.

Good cop, though.

By perfectlysane

perfectlysane (http://www.videosift.com/member/perfectlysane) — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 21:25:39 -0700

I can't decide if that was intentional or not. My instinct is not.

By grinter

grinter (http://www.videosift.com/member/grinter) — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:21:16 -0700

Good spot on the blinker MycroftHomlz. Looks like an accident.

oh and 'citation to top15 in 60 seconds'

By deathcow

deathcow (http://www.videosift.com/member/deathcow) — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:11:55 -0700

OMG I thought this is what you are supposed to do

By rgroom1

rgroom1 (http://www.videosift.com/member/rgroom1) — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 06:17:46 -0700

Was this in GA? I definitely remember seeing it on the news. Great picture here ( http://taylhis.tangents.org/tag/funny-police-story/ )
p.s. can some one teach me how to hyperlink? no experience with html

By rgroom1

rgroom1 (http://www.videosift.com/member/rgroom1) — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 06:18:04 -0700

p.p.s.
Niles, Illinois

By budzos

budzos (http://www.videosift.com/member/budzos) — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 07:40:52 -0700

I think he unintentionally reversed and then ended up in some weird position inside the car where he couldn`t get his foot off the gas. My new policy of late is to stay at least 10 feet away from any running vehicle unless I`m getting in or out of it.

By gorillaman

gorillaman (http://www.videosift.com/member/gorillaman) — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 07:54:19 -0700

^yeah it terrifies me, the faith I used to have as a pedestrian in the competence of drivers.

By Sagemind

Sagemind (http://www.videosift.com/member/Sagemind) — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 08:20:54 -0700

Everyone Makes Mistakes...,
Some are just bigger than others...!

By MarineGunrock

MarineGunrock (http://www.videosift.com/member/MarineGunrock) — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 11:34:14 -0700

No, that had to be intentional. "drive" is two gears away from "reverse" and he never took his foot off the gas. It would take a lot of power to put the car up like that. He had to have floored it. Hell, the blinker may have been accidental.

By Fred_Chopin

Fred_Chopin (http://www.videosift.com/member/Fred_Chopin) — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:07:41 -0700

I'm surprised at how easy it was for the idiot's car to climb like this...

By rgroom1

rgroom1 (http://www.videosift.com/member/rgroom1) — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:54:00 -0700

had to be accidental. no idiot would have kept it floored for 20 seconds, and you can clearly hear the engine "bouncing" off it's rev-limit.

By blankfist

blankfist (http://blankfist.videosift.com) — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 01:43:48 -0700

>> ^MarineGunrock:
No, that had to be intentional. "drive" is two gears away from "reverse" and he never took his foot off the gas. It would take a lot of power to put the car up like that. He had to have floored it. Hell, the blinker may have been accidental.

It's hard to believe someone would do something like this intentionally, though it does seem to look suspicious. Still, MG, have you never had one of those automatics with the crappy shifters that appears to be in drive but is still in neutral? I have. In plenty of automatic cars. And to think it's outside the realm of possibility that maybe, just maybe, if an automatic gear shift can appear to be in drive and still be in neutral, then maybe, just maybe, it can also be mistakenly placed in reverse instead of drive if the driver is incredibly agitated or nervous.

Keep an open mind, copper.

By Mandtis

Mandtis (http://www.videosift.com/member/Mandtis) — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:25:15 -0700

+1 for "not intentional" here... He was probably just nervous and messed up.

By budzos

budzos (http://www.videosift.com/member/budzos) — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 06:14:10 -0700

An automatic looks like this:

P
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N
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1
2

The old guy wanted to gun it away from the cop in defiance. He was too excited and slammed his foot down while the shifter column was passing from reverse into neutral, on its way down to drive. He was probably not in a comfortable forward-facing position when this motion started. I would guess he was partially twisted backwards to sneer or flip off the police officer. Even just looking backwards in the rearview mirror when unexpectedly reversing could cause enough disorientation that he'd collide with the cop car.

If your car suddenly goes backwards and ass-up, your weight is pushed forwards. The sudden reverse movement, followed by the downwards position, probably resulted in the guy actually standing on the gas pedal to support his weight. In the moments after the collision he was probably so bewildered and panicked that he just didn't think to take his foot off the gas.

I was once in a car that was hit by someone who accidentally reversed in an automatic. They had parked it waiting for a red light. When it turned green they got flustered and put it into reverse by mistake.

By oileanach

oileanach (http://www.videosift.com/member/oileanach) — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 08:30:11 -0700

Accidental or not, I gotta agree that cop deserves a pat on the back for self control throughout.

By Krupo

Krupo (http://krupo.videosift.com) — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 11:35:49 -0700

Hee hee, be careful pulling out.

>> ^gorillaman:
^yeah it terrifies me, the faith I used to have as a pedestrian in the competence of drivers.

Yeah, I never really had much of that to begin with.

By Krupo

Krupo (http://krupo.videosift.com) — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 11:36:36 -0700

Hmm, that article *does* say the driver was 70.

He was having a senior moment.

By Memorare

Memorare (http://www.videosift.com/member/Memorare) — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 19:01:19 -0700

bah, no excuses, shoot the driver and get him the fok off my freeway.

By jwray

jwray (http://jwray.videosift.com) — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:48:11 -0700

If it was intentional, he would have had an escape plan.

By 13321

13321 (http://www.videosift.com/member/13321) — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 09:51:53 -0700

TURN THE CAR OFF!

By NetRunner

NetRunner (http://netrunner.videosift.com) — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:30:08 -0700

Never forget 3/11.

*promote

By siftbot

siftbot (http://siftbot.videosift.com) — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:30:08 -0700

Promoting this video back to the front page; last published Wednesday, October 8th, 2008 2:19pm PDT - promote requested by NetRunner.