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Old 02-26-18 | 01:03 PM
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Default Don't drive into floods MEANS don't drive into floods.

Another classic example of what happens when ego and overconfidence exceeds common sense:

Old 02-26-18 | 07:14 PM
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Land Rover or a Land Cruiser would of made it.
Old 02-26-18 | 07:18 PM
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Originally Posted by LexsCTJill
Land Rover or a Land Cruiser would of made it.
LOL. Not though a flood of that caliber. Even a snorkel probably wouldn't have helped much.

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Old 02-26-18 | 07:26 PM
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Why do people still record videos in portrait?
Old 02-26-18 | 07:34 PM
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Originally Posted by LexsCTJill
Land Rover or a Land Cruiser would of made it.
And that's the attitude that causes people to die in flood waters.
Old 02-26-18 | 07:35 PM
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Why do people still record videos in portrait?
It's just mind boggling. It's killing our society.
Old 02-26-18 | 07:42 PM
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Originally Posted by jmtamu
Why do people still record videos in portrait?
Because people are idiots, and they're not pro videographers. They barely understand their smartphones so they're conditioned to use the video aspect of the phone the same way they use it in normal operations vertical vs sideways. Generally the phone's screen is a widescreen and its lens is engineered to work that way, strange. I'm sure there is some smartphone engineer right now who's hacking away at a swivel lens that detects how the phone is oriented and will show a vertical pic/video to the user and remind them to tilt sideways to get the widescreen.
Old 02-26-18 | 08:00 PM
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Originally Posted by MattyG
Because people are idiots, and they're not pro videographers. They barely understand their smartphones so they're conditioned to use the video aspect of the phone the same way they use it in normal operations vertical vs sideways. Generally the phone's screen is a widescreen and its lens is engineered to work that way, strange. I'm sure there is some smartphone engineer right now who's hacking away at a swivel lens that detects how the phone is oriented and will show a vertical pic/video to the user and remind them to tilt sideways to get the widescreen.
If it was a Tacoma (with a snorkel) you can add a factory GoPro to the windshield.
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Typical pickup douche. He can no longer bully people one road at least.
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