Video of HS250h spewing gas on highway
06-13-12, 09:43 AM
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Video of HS250h spewing gas on highway
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=5Y2_tzs_8ao
Link to Jalopnik article: http://jalopnik.com/5917789/put-down...as-spewing-car
In the video he says someone should tell her but he's still recording? I agree that he is a idiot for not attempting to alert the driver.
Apparently whoever posted this video on YouTube decided that it would be better to film a hybrid with gas pouring out of the bottom than it would be to flag down the driver and have them shut off the engine. This is true asshattery, folks.
The poster, High Tech Corvette, seemed to be salivating over the possibility that the worst would happen.
The other day I saw this car run over a driveshaft on the freeway and it either cut a gas line or punched a hole in the gas tank. The car was spewing gas everywhere, I was afraid it was going to turn into a rolling fireball.
Thankfully the Lexus didn't turn into a rolling fireball as it traveled down Highway 59 near Sugar Land, Texas, although HTC followed it as far as the freeway exit ramp to make sure (not that he/she was in much of a position to help out). One of the post's commenters pointed out HTC's possible motivation for unabashed tragedy stalking.
"somebody needs to tell her" but not us. We will just film it and hopefully it will burst into flames and I will get lots of youtube hits lol.
The poster, High Tech Corvette, seemed to be salivating over the possibility that the worst would happen.
The other day I saw this car run over a driveshaft on the freeway and it either cut a gas line or punched a hole in the gas tank. The car was spewing gas everywhere, I was afraid it was going to turn into a rolling fireball.
Thankfully the Lexus didn't turn into a rolling fireball as it traveled down Highway 59 near Sugar Land, Texas, although HTC followed it as far as the freeway exit ramp to make sure (not that he/she was in much of a position to help out). One of the post's commenters pointed out HTC's possible motivation for unabashed tragedy stalking.
"somebody needs to tell her" but not us. We will just film it and hopefully it will burst into flames and I will get lots of youtube hits lol.
In the video he says someone should tell her but he's still recording? I agree that he is a idiot for not attempting to alert the driver.
06-13-12, 01:11 PM
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lowered the hybrid's mpg a bit. 
06-13-12, 03:05 PM
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Ummmm 2 things here.
Why the hell was there a driveshaft on the road? That's not something you'd find on the road everyday LOL
and wowww what has the world come to when people would rather record a car with gas spewing out to get hits on Youtube rather than actually help the person and possibly save their life...
sad day.
Why the hell was there a driveshaft on the road? That's not something you'd find on the road everyday LOL
and wowww what has the world come to when people would rather record a car with gas spewing out to get hits on Youtube rather than actually help the person and possibly save their life...
sad day.
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06-13-12, 05:23 PM
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I agree that the moron who posted is an asshat. Perhaps the Texass highway patrol will visit him to thank him for not doing his civic duty or keep him in mind when he's driving around. One can only hope.
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06-13-12, 05:31 PM
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Only the RH turn signal was on, and there was plenty of time for her to exit onto the shoulder of that off ramp, but she kept going, so I'm not sure how you can say she knew something was wrong.
I agree that the moron who posted is an asshat. Perhaps the Texass highway patrol will visit him to thank him for not doing his civic duty or keep him in mind when he's driving around. One can only hope.
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I agree that the moron who posted is an asshat. Perhaps the Texass highway patrol will visit him to thank him for not doing his civic duty or keep him in mind when he's driving around. One can only hope.
Big Mack
And yes, asshat (also one of my favorite words!)
06-14-12, 07:42 AM
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MIght want to have someone check their local statute before you say something like that. There are places where you are legally required to act as long as you are not required to put yourself in harms way (Good Samaritan Law).
With the amount of video footage that's posted these days of people just standing out filiming while stupid crap happens, I can see a movement to expand. You don't want to get involved, fine, but to go the next step of filming and posting online is just asinine....
06-14-12, 07:47 AM
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MIght want to have someone check their local statute before you say something like that. There are places where you are legally required to act as long as you are not required to put yourself in harms way (Good Samaritan Law).
With the amount of video footage that's posted these days of people just standing out filiming while stupid crap happens, I can see a movement to expand. You don't want to get involved, fine, but to go the next step of filming and posting online is just asinine....
With the amount of video footage that's posted these days of people just standing out filiming while stupid crap happens, I can see a movement to expand. You don't want to get involved, fine, but to go the next step of filming and posting online is just asinine....
Isn't that what we have police for though? If the person filming was that worried, could he not have just called the cops and relayed the information to them?
06-14-12, 08:00 AM
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if it's a law it's going to be legal. "help" could simply mean calling 911. Doesn't have to mean intervention.
Also protects first responders from lawsuits if they assist someone while off duty but causes them harm at the scene.
Enforcing a good samartan law is another matter. BUT if you're in a jurisdiction where there is a good samaritan law on the books and not only do you not help, but film it out of stupidity for online posting; maybe those people should be prosecuted.
Also protects first responders from lawsuits if they assist someone while off duty but causes them harm at the scene.
Enforcing a good samartan law is another matter. BUT if you're in a jurisdiction where there is a good samaritan law on the books and not only do you not help, but film it out of stupidity for online posting; maybe those people should be prosecuted.
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06-14-12, 10:54 AM
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why didn't the HS driver just slow/stop pull over immediately? 