r/dashcamgifs Jan 15 '23

Trees can be very rude

1.7k Upvotes

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u/threedogcircus Jan 15 '23

Yikes! I think they got the best possible outcome though.

Edit: If they had to get hit, I mean.

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u/peanut_dust Jan 15 '23 edited Jan 16 '23

I see where you're coming from, but the impact on the body and internal organs from that would have been very bad.

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u/threedogcircus Jan 15 '23

But inarguably better than being literally smashed to death by a tree. They were going a reasonable speed, saw it coming and were braking before the impact.

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u/TheChoonk Jan 15 '23

It's obviously not fun but all things considered, this was the best possible outcome.

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u/peanut_dust Jan 15 '23

Yep, I concur, though I prefer the term least worst, given the circumstances.

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '23

Why does OP have all that white paper on his dash causing reflections that diffuse his view?

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u/jalexandref Jan 16 '23

Because driving a car is not something serious for the OP.

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u/Low-Equipment-2621 Jan 15 '23

Its not the tree thats rude. Its the car. Without any shame it sodomizes the fallen tree. The poor thing was already dead, no need to do this to it.

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u/303elliott Jan 15 '23

Did you see what the tree was wearing? It was asking for it

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u/8088PC Jan 16 '23

It leaves little to the imagination.

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u/SatansWife13 Jan 16 '23

I think you mean it leafs little to the imagination. I’ll see myself out.

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u/bklynsnow Jan 15 '23

The papers on the dash are pissing me off.

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u/AvengerTree1 Jan 15 '23

That windscreen reflection though!! For safety you should remove those distractions, you don’t need all that stuff up on the dashboard.

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u/traverlaw Jan 15 '23

Brake lights came on. They saw the tree.

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u/GarfieldLeChat Jan 15 '23

If it hadn’t have been wet and they’d braked more aggressively they would have be rear ended by the cammer. I think they hit the tree knowing they were going to hit the tree but it was better than being punted up the jaxy by the idiot following to closely in the wet…

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u/HermanCainAward Jan 16 '23

This guy has a quantum computer for a brain.

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u/richmondtrash Jan 16 '23

Or just shitty brakes

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u/YardOk3549 Jan 15 '23

Tree was like: fk this car in particular.

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '23

Oh shit

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u/hangingloose Jan 15 '23

Officer Paul Bunyan applied a “Stop Stick” to apprehend a fleeing felon.

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u/NotThePoPo707 Jan 15 '23

I’m assuming this is Northern California

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u/ghrayfahx Jan 15 '23

I’m fairly certain it’s Germany. Plates look to be long like German plates and the paper in the dashboard mentions “K Town” which is the nickname for Kaiserslautern, a major town in Germany where there are several bases.

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u/RCKJD Jan 16 '23

Germany doesn't use yellow middle lines. Yellow lines are "temporary" lines used when the traffic flow has changed due to ongoing construction.

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u/brandon684 Jan 16 '23

My wife had a friend that died from a tree falling on her car while driving :(

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u/Imightbenormal Jan 16 '23

I wish he rear ended him.

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '23 edited Jan 15 '23

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u/Doc_Mercy Jan 15 '23

I don't think that would of helped the tree fall any sooner or later

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u/Method412 Jan 15 '23

I agree. Then the tree would have seen the vehicle and not fallen directly on it. Good call, pointing that out!

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '23

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u/RevolutionarySea261 Jan 15 '23

Best case scenario.

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u/Wild-Bluebird3833 Jan 15 '23

60 to 0 in about 25 feet.

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u/DragonPie83008 Jan 15 '23

What perfect timing I give that tree a 8

1

u/kbstock Jan 16 '23

Reckon the air bags went off? I imagine that would scare the shit out of you. Never experienced it.

1

u/gtaur1 Jan 16 '23

Should’ve gunned it

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u/Sentionaut_1167 Jan 16 '23

this kind of shit will happen to me and my mom will still find a way to say it was my fault.

1

u/SuddenMotivation Jan 16 '23

That's poison ivy getting your asses

1

u/homertje Jan 16 '23

You mean ‘root’

1

u/ImUrFrand Jan 16 '23

"you shall not pass!!!"

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u/Huothar Jan 16 '23

“Oh, no… it’s an ambush!” - All movies when this happens

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u/traverlaw Jan 16 '23

That's no Forester!

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u/Tenbears66523 Jan 17 '23

What timing! I don't think that Hollywood could time that better.....

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u/GroundbreakingBig693 8d ago

Dude with all the white pieces of paper blocking his view wasn’t the one in an accident?

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u/Fun-Bison-3511 1d ago

So unlucky. The odds of that timing !!