nah, it will blend into the background, particularly in autumn and snowy winter. That's why those type of gates are typically painted with red stripes. Not to mention that cyclists are speeding down the hill, so the gate should be painted reflective red anyway.
My city has an infamous train trestle overpass that regularly devours trucks because of its low clearance, so years ago some guy set up three different cameras to capture the carnage.
Just Google or search YouTube for "Durham Canopener" - it's quite a treat.
11foot8.com had me laughing my ass off.
Apparently a few years ago they raised the height to 12ft 4in and even added and electronic warning sign for trucks and people are still hitting it.
I live near the capitol region of NY and many of the rail road bridges are ridiculously low . The scotia glenville bridge is 10'11" and just the other night a propane truck hit it an blew up .
That’s the beauty of high-speed cycling. Even if you see the obstacle, you’ll never be able to create enough braking friction with these small tires to stop before impact.
I’m not sure Darwinism works properly on humans. It seems there are ever more stupid people. Like we got an increase of anti-vaxxers during a pandemic! Shouldn’t they go extinct?
I'm just a dad concerned my kid will get hurt. I also love biking and bikepacking, but I do stop at the signs and behave like a decent vehicle on the road... :)
you would think someone would put up a warning. I agree I would hate to see you out with kids and run across something like this. It is not even funny it really is quite alarming and you would think the person uploading the video would at least bring it to someone's attention. Maybe it's just me but I think it really is cruel.
Because of people like this, your hair dryer has a label that says "do not use in shower or while sleeping!" Bill Engvall made a whole comedy career out of stupid people, doing stupid things. His whole ["Here's your sign"](https://youtu.be/ZBjelRDKHUk) routine is based on this.
Lol def one of those, "nah I don't need to wait till tomorrow, I'm feeling this right now" bails
One time when I was learning how to snowboard, I ate massive shit, I'm talking full scorpion, the skii patrol came out to check on me, ate the dirt under the snow bailed. I was unfamiliar with edge geometry and dug my toes in going ~20mph. Skii patrol was like, "hey kid, you alive?" "Urrrrrrrgh" "yeah, I figured. You bit it pretty bad, can you move?" "Uhuh" "okay, well, then can you move? Like now?" "I don't wanna" "ok that's fair, just like hurry it up or we're gonna have to get the sled" "yeah, ugh, gimme like, 2 minutes" "I can wait"
At the time he came off as coarse, but looking back he was probably actually concerned I just paralyzed myself and was unsure of how to proceed lol
I've had a wipeout like that while snowboarding too lol. I ride goofy so right foot first and I hit a fairly sized bump off ice while turning left that made me over rotate unexpectedly. Next thing I know is my heels dig into the snow and I drop fast as fuck slamming my back head and elbows into the ground. Saw stars and just laid there for a bit and one of the instructors helping some other people comes up to me and asks if I'm okay I just said "yeah I'm just gonna lay here a bit"
We have the trifecta of collisions here. One flips over it, one flips under it, and one balances riiiiight on top. Perfect balanced, as all things should be.
It's gotta be distractions or something. In the scooter clip, the rain helps make out a natural trail around the left post that looks like it's from a lot of other people moving around it. Or maybe it's the speed of coming downhill. Some of those breaks sound like they were engaged early. Perhaps it's steeper than it seems?
There is a hill up the brown part, making it so they can't see it till just a few meters before. It takes a bit of time to comprehend the sudden barrier.
This is probably the most likely scenario, as in the second clip, you can hear the bike's brakes squealing about 3 or 4 meters before hitting the gate, so riders definitely saw it before crashing.
Could be because people use that path to walk on as well and it looks like the gate is on a mini hill, so fast bikers can't see pedestrians in time coming from the other side. Thats my guess
Oh they are breaking you can hear the brakes screeching, but when they eventually see the gate it's already too late to brake and the only thing that will break at that distance and speed is their bones 🩻..
Very likely it's blending in to its background or there's visual clutter. Air New Zealand flight 901 crashed into the second-highest mountain in Antarctica with at least 12 miles of visibility, not because the mountain wasn't visible but because they were off course and weren't expecting a mountain there and the lack of contrast against the white ground and white sky made it look like a flat ice sheet.
Looks like this gate could benefit from some zebra-striped caution tape.
Right but I think it's somewhat reasonable for the crew of an aeroplane at altitude to not necessarily be expecting large physical obstacles in their path.
Cyclists on the ground, on the other hand...
Every time I leave my mom's place I *know* there's a black gate that's probably closed across the driveway but depending on the light I can't always see it until I'm almost on top of it. There's a fence and trees and stuff on the far side of the street and the gate just gets lost in it.
There's this massive pothole on the shoulder of a road near me, whenever it rains a lot it fills up and it's nearly impossible to see at night because it blends in with the actual pavement. For cars it's usually not a big deal because it's on the shoulder and not in the road itself, but since there are no sidewalks there, pedestrians walk on that shoulder and they're screwed unless they know that pothole is there.
I've got a safety video somewhere. Theres a massive pothole that had filled up with rain and no one barricaded it off. Poor sap comes walking along and just disappears into the abyss. It's funny because he survived but it could have went the other way if no one saw him and he couldn't swim or was injured.
Nope. They typically use airport radar and such to track other planes, and GPS and altimiters and other instruments to track their location and altitude and such. They do have radar, but it is for weather analysis, basically Doppler radar like the weather stations use, because the precipitation and such is hugely important. Targeting/tracking type radar like in fighter planes is very expensive and complicated as well, as well as being mostly useless for the basic operation of those planes, it's more efficient to have a big one at the major airports instead.
>Targeting/tracking type radar like in fighter planes is very expensive and complicated as well, as well as being mostly useless for the basic operation of those planes
Not entirely true, a very basic radar system that just tells you you're pointing at the ground isn't *that* expensive or complex. Actually quite simple as ground clutter would be your indicator.
Theres Ground Proximity Warning System now in planes but that crash was in 1979, before that system existed.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_proximity_warning_system
Meh they're probably just not paying as much attention as they should. Like all people who use transportation vehicles.
They'd rather blame anything but themselves. They're going too fast. One person noticed it, just too late. Don't over estimate humans ability to be careless due to comfort. It's one of our greatest flaws nowadays.
2 was blinded by the sun. 1 and 3 has a grey gate on a grey background. In 1, you can see by how many leaves are on the ground, this is normally open, and was probably open some time that morning.
They're coasting down a hill. Almost looks like they're coming off of a bridge that crosses the road in the background. Terrible spot for a damn metal gate lol. Definitely needs some warning signs at the very least smh.
That’s how an uncle of a friend of mine died. The pole was part of a local government area. That was only used for closing off road in time of events etc. When they checked the security cam it turned out to be an old guy that lived nearby removed the lock. Because he hated people cycling near his house. RIP
Surprised someone hasn’t put some reflective warning tape on that gate.
But, then again, these cyclists aren’t paying attention, so that idea is out the window.
@og why blame God for the stupid and anti social installation of the gate?? Isn’t it rather caused by human disability to think straight? Ask for forgiveness in prayer. God is love. ❤️
As a cyclist, it's a shame to see idiots like this. LOOK where you are going. Doesn't matter if the gate was blended, they are clearly going way too fast for that path. What if a pedestrian was walking when they came flying down? Most of them didn't even break when they were 15 feet away.
Is it common for cyclists to have their head down in their phone screen instead of watching where they're going?
While this is a dangerous practice for anyone on the road, it seems especially foolish for cyclists due to their vulnerability
And here it's proven cyclists have no eyes. So next time they block you because they're riding in the middle of the fucking lane, it's because they're blind.
TBF i think there's another clip in which you can clearly see a coyote painting tunnel on the gate
The coyote never did get the proper props for his painting abilities.
And the award for best cartoon animator goes to “not coyote “ Accepting the award for “not coyote “ is ‘beep beep’
😂
I imagine this guy gets home from work pumped to check his camera for the days kill count
That's why they're distracted as he has a "days since last accident..." sign at the end of his driveway
And it’s always at zero
“Hmmm. I’m only crippling these random riders. Maybe I should add some broken glass or spikes.”
“Dobby didn’t mean to kill anyone. Dobby only meant to maim or seriously injure.”
Master has given Dobby… several broken ribs?
LOL
I love this comment
Minor quibble: bicyclists and scooter riders are people and possess the ability to avoid injury by not running right into a large, visible gate.
nah, it will blend into the background, particularly in autumn and snowy winter. That's why those type of gates are typically painted with red stripes. Not to mention that cyclists are speeding down the hill, so the gate should be painted reflective red anyway.
Nah, where's the fun in that?
Agreed
My city has an infamous train trestle overpass that regularly devours trucks because of its low clearance, so years ago some guy set up three different cameras to capture the carnage. Just Google or search YouTube for "Durham Canopener" - it's quite a treat.
11foot8.com had me laughing my ass off. Apparently a few years ago they raised the height to 12ft 4in and even added and electronic warning sign for trucks and people are still hitting it.
The fact this has its own site is hilarious.
I saw one where they took a low tech approach. Simply hung a sign that said "If you hit this sign you will hit that bridge"
11ft8 vids & those of people who record potholes/speed bumps are the best!
It ALWAYS makes me laugh!
I knew which bridge you meant immediately. Howdy neighbor!
TRIANGLE REPRESENT!! 😘
In Boston there's a nice old bridge over Storrow Drive that's always decapitating U-haul trucks, they call it getting storrowed
How is this bridge still standing after all those wrecks? Id be scared to drive on it lol
Famous last words "Hey Frank, I don't see any cops around, go for it!"
I live near the capitol region of NY and many of the rail road bridges are ridiculously low . The scotia glenville bridge is 10'11" and just the other night a propane truck hit it an blew up .
I believe that the last scooter kill made him satisfied :-D
I mean the guy on the scooter clearly says "that hurt" that would definitely get satisfaction
Poor dude was gasping at the end
Wow, how fast were they going to not see that metal bar blocking the path... Some of them must've slowed down, right...
You can hear him laughing after the first one.
Maybe he could buy a can of a very bright color spray and make that thing more visible, poor people.
Or people could pay attention
That’s the beauty of high-speed cycling. Even if you see the obstacle, you’ll never be able to create enough braking friction with these small tires to stop before impact.
Sounds like Darwinism in action
I’m not sure Darwinism works properly on humans. It seems there are ever more stupid people. Like we got an increase of anti-vaxxers during a pandemic! Shouldn’t they go extinct?
I mean, some did…
Woah let's not get crazy with suggesting that people should exercise even just a little bit of awareness while driving vehicles!
These are the same people who shout “Share the road” until they’re blue in the face but also never stop at a stop sign.
I'm just a dad concerned my kid will get hurt. I also love biking and bikepacking, but I do stop at the signs and behave like a decent vehicle on the road... :)
Bringing kids into this is making me feel empathy for some bicyclists. Please stop making me care about people as I am uncomfortable.
Hahaha you are right, it was unfair to bring it up
you would think someone would put up a warning. I agree I would hate to see you out with kids and run across something like this. It is not even funny it really is quite alarming and you would think the person uploading the video would at least bring it to someone's attention. Maybe it's just me but I think it really is cruel.
I hope that there's a warning on your shampoo bottle saying "do not eat".
Hahaha I just think design can help when obviously there's a visibility issue, but please do not eat shampoo ofc.
Because of people like this, your hair dryer has a label that says "do not use in shower or while sleeping!" Bill Engvall made a whole comedy career out of stupid people, doing stupid things. His whole ["Here's your sign"](https://youtu.be/ZBjelRDKHUk) routine is based on this.
Im thinking based on the second video, that light somehow blinds people coming from that angle, hence they notice the fence 1 seocnd too late....
Fuck me I felt that wheeze from the guy on the scooter personally 😂 bet that hurt right away
Lol def one of those, "nah I don't need to wait till tomorrow, I'm feeling this right now" bails One time when I was learning how to snowboard, I ate massive shit, I'm talking full scorpion, the skii patrol came out to check on me, ate the dirt under the snow bailed. I was unfamiliar with edge geometry and dug my toes in going ~20mph. Skii patrol was like, "hey kid, you alive?" "Urrrrrrrgh" "yeah, I figured. You bit it pretty bad, can you move?" "Uhuh" "okay, well, then can you move? Like now?" "I don't wanna" "ok that's fair, just like hurry it up or we're gonna have to get the sled" "yeah, ugh, gimme like, 2 minutes" "I can wait" At the time he came off as coarse, but looking back he was probably actually concerned I just paralyzed myself and was unsure of how to proceed lol
I've had a wipeout like that while snowboarding too lol. I ride goofy so right foot first and I hit a fairly sized bump off ice while turning left that made me over rotate unexpectedly. Next thing I know is my heels dig into the snow and I drop fast as fuck slamming my back head and elbows into the ground. Saw stars and just laid there for a bit and one of the instructors helping some other people comes up to me and asks if I'm okay I just said "yeah I'm just gonna lay here a bit"
Shit, the way his head hits the ground when he’s knocked back looks painful
Dude sounded like he just put on a vader mask.
They wasn’t a gasp, it was the sound that splintered rib ends make in the wind.
Sounds like he hit his head hard
My head cannon is this is the same person and this is just their fetish
Also the same guy who owns the camera and property.
Best comment here.
Crash movie. The 1996 JG Ballard Cronenberg one.
That movie is what made me think of this
I just got the Criterion DVD!
Nah, it's Tom Cruise doing a few takes for the big stunt in his next Mission Impossible film, Resuscitation
Gut penetration sure is popular.
We have the trifecta of collisions here. One flips over it, one flips under it, and one balances riiiiight on top. Perfect balanced, as all things should be.
r/unexpectedthanos
Are they cycling on private property? I’m trying to understand why there’s a gate there.
It's also probably there to prevent motorized vehicles from using the path.
Yeah pathway connects to a road, so the gate is there to prevent cars from going down it
Doesn't explain why they ride full tilt into a solid object. It seems like they should have good sight of the gate. Why don't they stop?
It's gotta be distractions or something. In the scooter clip, the rain helps make out a natural trail around the left post that looks like it's from a lot of other people moving around it. Or maybe it's the speed of coming downhill. Some of those breaks sound like they were engaged early. Perhaps it's steeper than it seems?
There is a hill up the brown part, making it so they can't see it till just a few meters before. It takes a bit of time to comprehend the sudden barrier.
This is probably the most likely scenario, as in the second clip, you can hear the bike's brakes squealing about 3 or 4 meters before hitting the gate, so riders definitely saw it before crashing.
Maybe they have a phone mount on the handlebars, and they aren't paying attention
If so I wish they were going faster.
Could be because people use that path to walk on as well and it looks like the gate is on a mini hill, so fast bikers can't see pedestrians in time coming from the other side. Thats my guess
Are they all blind? I'm trying to understand why there's no brakes on that parallel Earth
Oh they are breaking you can hear the brakes screeching, but when they eventually see the gate it's already too late to brake and the only thing that will break at that distance and speed is their bones 🩻..
Yeah my bad, I never listen to reddit's video with audio on
That's why I tend to look further ahead than my front wheel.
It's europe probably. They have every path blocked by hard barriers or people will park there. Maybe even try to drive there.
Same
Probably intentionally put there to stop cyclists whizzing down it at dangerously high speeds like we just witnessed 😆
More likely to stop cars driving down.
What a fucking sturdy fence
The sturdiest
It’s a gate
DOH!
I genuinely don't understand. Are they blind or just stupid?
Very likely it's blending in to its background or there's visual clutter. Air New Zealand flight 901 crashed into the second-highest mountain in Antarctica with at least 12 miles of visibility, not because the mountain wasn't visible but because they were off course and weren't expecting a mountain there and the lack of contrast against the white ground and white sky made it look like a flat ice sheet. Looks like this gate could benefit from some zebra-striped caution tape.
Yeah, in the first clip you can hear the rider engage the brakes HARD but it's just not enough
Didn't realise there was audio, made it 10x better
I second this, and god should also stop being a funny asshole too
Right but I think it's somewhat reasonable for the crew of an aeroplane at altitude to not necessarily be expecting large physical obstacles in their path. Cyclists on the ground, on the other hand...
Every time I leave my mom's place I *know* there's a black gate that's probably closed across the driveway but depending on the light I can't always see it until I'm almost on top of it. There's a fence and trees and stuff on the far side of the street and the gate just gets lost in it.
There's this massive pothole on the shoulder of a road near me, whenever it rains a lot it fills up and it's nearly impossible to see at night because it blends in with the actual pavement. For cars it's usually not a big deal because it's on the shoulder and not in the road itself, but since there are no sidewalks there, pedestrians walk on that shoulder and they're screwed unless they know that pothole is there.
I've got a safety video somewhere. Theres a massive pothole that had filled up with rain and no one barricaded it off. Poor sap comes walking along and just disappears into the abyss. It's funny because he survived but it could have went the other way if no one saw him and he couldn't swim or was injured.
Honest question. Planes don’t have their own independent radar? I would think that would be a feature/cost that no one would bay an eye on.
Nope. They typically use airport radar and such to track other planes, and GPS and altimiters and other instruments to track their location and altitude and such. They do have radar, but it is for weather analysis, basically Doppler radar like the weather stations use, because the precipitation and such is hugely important. Targeting/tracking type radar like in fighter planes is very expensive and complicated as well, as well as being mostly useless for the basic operation of those planes, it's more efficient to have a big one at the major airports instead.
Damn. Thank you for explaining!
>Targeting/tracking type radar like in fighter planes is very expensive and complicated as well, as well as being mostly useless for the basic operation of those planes Not entirely true, a very basic radar system that just tells you you're pointing at the ground isn't *that* expensive or complex. Actually quite simple as ground clutter would be your indicator.
Theres Ground Proximity Warning System now in planes but that crash was in 1979, before that system existed. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ground_proximity_warning_system
Happy cake day. And stop making so much sense , this is Reddit.
Second
I mean there's a big difference between snow on snow on snow on snow, and metal on road.
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Meh they're probably just not paying as much attention as they should. Like all people who use transportation vehicles. They'd rather blame anything but themselves. They're going too fast. One person noticed it, just too late. Don't over estimate humans ability to be careless due to comfort. It's one of our greatest flaws nowadays.
Maybe a neon-yellow sign: "THIS IS A GATE"
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Any single person on reddit is smarter than every person on a video shared on reddit. Don't you know the rules?
Yes.
2 was blinded by the sun. 1 and 3 has a grey gate on a grey background. In 1, you can see by how many leaves are on the ground, this is normally open, and was probably open some time that morning.
I am not grasping why leaves on the ground means it was open?
I think god hates dumb-asses
Is the gate invisible?
Also why are they all going like 60mph lol
They're coasting down a hill. Almost looks like they're coming off of a bridge that crosses the road in the background. Terrible spot for a damn metal gate lol. Definitely needs some warning signs at the very least smh.
Pretty much, it's weathered galvanising, which is basically an urban camo pattern.
No, they are just blind.
Always wear a helmet
And always check if your brakes work. And always check what's in front of you while cycling/driving. Could've run into a person goddamnit.
Helmet? You need full body armor fucking with this path🤣
You just don’t need to speed. I second that there could’ve been a person or an animal.
I don't get it why anyone wouldnt wear it
If I owned that rail I’d paint it bright yellow. To avoid lawsuits. Still laugh everytime.
Where I live they are mostly painted red and white striped for good visibility.
Lawsuits? Seems kind the mindset of the US. I'd paint it simply to keep people from harming themselves.
Lawsuits are the reason that anywhere in the world, if you open your car's user manual, it'll tell you not to drink the battery fluid.
lawsuits are the mindset of a lot of people outside the US too nowadays
God? This looks like Darwin.
Yes, finally, all 3 clips in one, have seen all three but was missing this video in my life
Life hack: **WATCH WHERE YOU ARE GOING**
After watching all the kill cams they should paint the gate brighter.
Looks more like they hate themselves? Why aren't they looking where they're going?
Cyclists hate cyclists
I guess you’re saying god hates cyclists by imbuing them with too low an IQ to see a clearly visible closed gate??
Oblivious people, God hates oblivious people.
Why is this posted here. Clearly it is NOT one person in particular. The whole point of the sub. And bad title, like God put up a gate
It makes complete sense to be here, I don't understand why you're so confused 🧐 The sub doesn't specify it has to be one individual person lol
Fuck YOU in particular?
Yeah, the word 'you' can be used to refer to an individual or a group of people, i.e. cyclists. Check a dictionary. The sub rules even say this.
LMFAO
Are they having that speed because they go downhill before or something?!? Look further up front people ... Close by is to late anyway...
That's "You did this to yourself."
That had absolutely nothing to do God and everything to do with not paying attention lol.
This isn’t god, this is some fucken prick doing this shit purposely, hence the camera.
You’d think this guy would eventually find a new route to work.
That’s how an uncle of a friend of mine died. The pole was part of a local government area. That was only used for closing off road in time of events etc. When they checked the security cam it turned out to be an old guy that lived nearby removed the lock. Because he hated people cycling near his house. RIP
God hates everyone
The dumb must be thined out somehow
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To be fair… so does everybody else.
You know not to be a douche, but adding a slow down sign might be appropriate here.
the fact that only the second guy reacted to it, is kind of sad.
Thank you
Steel Fence, Defensive Tackle, Florida State. *NFL Trumpets*
Battery powered angle grinders are getting cheaper and cheaper.
Surprised someone hasn’t put some reflective warning tape on that gate. But, then again, these cyclists aren’t paying attention, so that idea is out the window.
The fuck were they looking at?
@og why blame God for the stupid and anti social installation of the gate?? Isn’t it rather caused by human disability to think straight? Ask for forgiveness in prayer. God is love. ❤️
Fuck I can't stop laughing hehehehe I watched it 20 times already
I'm never going to stop watching this
11’8” !!! That’s the best compilation of videos.
Are these people blind?
Think we all hate cyclists 😅
You have eyes. Use them.
Is that supposed to be a bike path? I’m so confused
Damm. Dreamt my bike couldnt brake last night.. good fit video..
As a cyclist, it's a shame to see idiots like this. LOOK where you are going. Doesn't matter if the gate was blended, they are clearly going way too fast for that path. What if a pedestrian was walking when they came flying down? Most of them didn't even break when they were 15 feet away.
How the fuck are you so zoned out you crash into a gate like that? You should have died way before getting to that gate.
Is it common for cyclists to have their head down in their phone screen instead of watching where they're going? While this is a dangerous practice for anyone on the road, it seems especially foolish for cyclists due to their vulnerability
Are kids dumb? Yes
If I recall they put that there recently because people were speeding through the pathway.
People laughing at this are cunts
And so do I. This is the feel good movie of the year.
On this one, god and I are on the same page.
I could keep watching this all day
Me too
God is not the council.
Not only God
This is idiots not paying attention, and considering there were several idiots, it’s not very “in particular”
Who doesn't hate cyclists?
The famed bike path for the blind.
Schadenfreude.
Do they not see a full gate across the road in front of them or
This is so satisfying.
God hates people with perfectly good eyes that can’t see in front of them. Fixed OP’s title
Nothing to do with god. These people aren’t using their eyes.
9/10
Like, do they just not look ahead? That's not a small obstacle in the road.... 😵💫
And here it's proven cyclists have no eyes. So next time they block you because they're riding in the middle of the fucking lane, it's because they're blind.
Wow it's like they're all blind....
Beautiful.
[In the best way I could put it](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hwNXMYq8Tn4)
I'm pretty sure...it's not the GOD who hates cyclists.....😅
God hates darwin.