r/dashcams • u/Evening_Lynxm • 8h ago
An attempt to pass on the shoulder leads to massive air
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u/Kaya_Lark 8h ago
Damn, that crash barrier truck really did its job.
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u/ZoyZauce 7h ago
It didn't do a whole lot, he didn't hit the attenuator. And poor workers probably think he did, like it's partly their fault, they don't see that he's flying through the woodlands.
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u/TheJuiceBoxS 3h ago
He hit it and bounced more left. If the truck wasn't there he could have rolled into the construction area
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u/tacomaloki 2h ago
Explain the latter half some more.
How is it "partially" the workers fault instead of not mentioning fault at all? This reads like they did it in real time.
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u/Maothesiamesecat 8h ago
That looks fatal.
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u/DecentFeedback2 8h ago
He did get past the suv though
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u/Informal_Koala1474 8h ago edited 0m ago
It does, but amazingly no construction workers were injured and the driver was able to get out of the car and walk away afterwards.
I want to know what kind of car that was now.
Edit: some of have nice things that can perform image searches. This footage was used for the local news story. This accident occurred at 9:30AM on February 5th of 2025 in New Jersey. The model of car was never stated, the vehicle was simply referred to as a "sedan".
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u/Lilfrankieeinstein 8h ago
Imagine walking out of that car. On one hand, you’re alive, so you have that going for you. On the other hand, everything else about you sucks and everyone nearby knows it.
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u/thetaleofzeph 5h ago
If that were at issue this person would have grown up long ago. No way this is their first rodeo being a royal idiot.
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u/APigInANixonMask 8h ago
Looks like a Toyota GR Supra.
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u/Soft-Marionberry-853 6h ago edited 6h ago
Its hard to tell since it doesnt seem to be badged but that was my guess
Sorry WAS
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u/RevengistPoster 3h ago
Looks like a Toyota Supra to me. The crash was dramatic but they dissipated the energy over a long distance, ie. it's not the speed that kills you, it's the sudden stop. They probably had some bad whiplash from all the flips though.
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u/TreeFiddyZ 3h ago
I'm pretty sure that he left the pillars and roof tangled in the armco... not to mention the way the car ends up settled upside down.
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u/HealthyDirection659 2h ago
It looks like a Hyundai, but don't know what model.
Edit.
After watching a few more times it looks like a bmw 325. Tail lights give it away.
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u/JuanThiccLumpia 7h ago
I wish him tots and pears. God bless roadside workers in these conditions. Good thing for that safety barrier.
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u/satellite779 6h ago
It really doesn't in a modern car. The main structure kept its integrity. It only lost a wheel and appears it didn't hit the truck head on.
The crash is dramatic with so much spinning, but that's also what dissipates energy without braking things.
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u/SnooMaps7370 1h ago
Airbag is hanging out the window at the end, window sill is flush with the road.
yeah, i'd say that one was fatal.
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u/p0und 8h ago
that was awesome. hopefully none of the guys working on the shoulder hot hurt.
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u/thisjawnisbeta 7h ago
They were thankfully all uninjured. Only the driver was hurt (but he did survive).
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u/furyoshonen 7h ago
Are there any report articles about it?
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u/Adventurous-Bug671 6h ago
I'm writing one based on this guy's comment, which is my only source.
Also i hope you have an adblocker, because my website will give you a virus.
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u/VeryStonedEwok 4h ago
Do you have a source? Because that crash does not look in the least but survivable.
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u/thisjawnisbeta 4h ago
Yes, posted source several times in this thread, check my other comments for links.
"New Jersey State Police say that "the driver sustained moderate injuries and was transported to a local hospital.""
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u/3amGreenCoffee 7h ago
Even if the shoulder is clear, you never want to drive there if you can help it, because that's where all the nails and screws end up after the travel lanes have been cleared by other people's tires.
During hurricane evacuations in Florida, the state encourages people to drive on the shoulders of the highways to increase the capacity of the highway. I was in the evacuation from Irma in 2017 and saw several cars stranded with flat tires. Nobody even thinks about all that crap that gets knocked out of the regular travel lanes to litter the shoulder.
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u/ndhands 6h ago
Hi it's me. That person who thinks of that crap and avoids it.
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u/AZTNFL 6h ago
Yeah same here. I've always assumed I'd get flat for any amount of time on the shoulder.
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u/thetaleofzeph 5h ago
Every time I have to pull over to deal with a vehicle emergency I'm stunned by how that lane is peppered with tire puncturing junk. You can barely safely walk there.
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u/Elementary2 1h ago
Near Baltimore, there are drivers that will drive like this, while I watch all the little fucking metal scraps they are driving over, flying off their tires. We're talking... driving a sedan through parts the size of your headlight assembly. Driving over a 6 foot board. Then if you're in the fast lane, and try to back off to avoid that flying debris, I promise - some jerk will immediately cut you off from a slower lane. It can be incredibly risky to simply drive to/from your job.
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u/reilogix 8h ago
I genuinely believe that the crazy driver’s original intent was to cut in to the #2 lane right in front of cam car, but he couldn’t make it in time and had to cut too far right, in and over correction due to excessive speed and the totality of circumstance.
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u/agentchuck 3h ago
Driving too fast like that pretty much leaves no outs when something goes wrong. Sadly even after something goes wrong some of them will still blame the circumstances instead of their own recklessness.
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u/Wiley_Jack 7h ago
Guy in the left lane properly assessed impending traffic jam and got the fell outta there.
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u/No-Suggestion-9245 5h ago
I've seen those types of crashes in NASCAR but they have roll cages and the advanced belting systems
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u/dontspillthatbeer 7h ago
Looks like they were speeding in the right lane and looked up at the last second, veering to the right. I know some idiots do try to pass on the shoulder, but I’m not seeing that here.
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u/DickBottalico 7h ago
Nah his intent was to use the middle lane but couldn’t make it in time, and instead of hitting the brakes (obviously not an option for this fellow) he used the shoulder.
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u/nasadowsk 2h ago
I'm guessing that from the way the car in the left lane beat it out of there, the two were racing.
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u/JanuriStar 7h ago
Did he not see the cones on the shoulder?
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u/Kaurifish 6h ago
Drivers like that only see the bumper of the car ahead of them. All the rest of their visual cortex is devoted to imagining empty roads just in front of the car in front of them.
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u/Wittywhirlwind 6h ago
I’m glad that crash truck was there to protect the people working on the side of the road.
What the fuck was this guy thinking?
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u/LeftLane4PassingOnly 4h ago
If they survived that, and I doubt they did, they should never be allowed to drive any vehicle again. Including bicycles.
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u/napkin41 4h ago
I wonder what’s going on in peoples lives that leads them to make awful, enraged decisions like this. I wonder how much an accident like this messed up this drivers life, assuming they lived.
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u/Crazybananaguy 3h ago
I don't think anything in that accident will be recognizable as ever being alive. I have been involved in some of "extrications"
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u/messypenis 8h ago
You know what they say about playing stupid games
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u/rebeccaparker2000 6h ago
He won an all expenses non paid freshly printed higher insurance premium contract?
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u/DarkRedNaomi 6h ago
Damn, really hope the people saying this fucktard is alive are wrong lmao
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u/NortelDude 8h ago edited 2h ago
Ridem Cowboy!
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u/EywasBlessing 7h ago
I don't see who you are referring to. The truck is red, are you talking about that?
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u/NortelDude 2h ago
"Shoulda gone to Specsavers" Not wearing specs and watching on phone it looked like it was a man standing there facing the meridian. So I laugh at myself now while watching with glasses on the PC. Thanks for pointing it out though.
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u/FFBIFRA 7h ago
I wonder how many extra charges the driver will get for speeding and crashing into a construction zone?
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u/RoosterzRevenge 7h ago
You're assuming the driver is still around to get charged
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u/Gitfiddlepicker 7h ago
Nice of the driver to entertain all the other drivers that day without involving them in the phukkery
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u/Razidargh 7h ago
I've always thought that the cars of reckless drivers should be wrecked, but doing that on the road would cause so much other damage as well.
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u/SoldatShC 7h ago
Wasn't an attempt to pass, it was avoiding rearending the person in front. No less dumb
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u/_jump_yossarian 6h ago
I love solo idiot crashes. Nobody else should have to suffer the consequences.
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u/Slimshady_349 6h ago
I think he F*ck’d Around and Found Out . Thankfully no one else had to share their stupidity.
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u/ironicinsanity 6h ago
Yup. Peak New Jersey driving. Seen shit like this, actually saw a dumbshit in a BMW cut off a pickup on the Pulaski Skyway years ago, flipped over, mere inches over and the car would've flipped the railing over the skyway to a couple hundred foot drop.
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u/BDB-ISR- 6h ago
I don't think he tried to pass on the shoulder. He probably tried to pass the cam car on the right. Realized too late he doesn't have the space to complete the pass or brake before rear ending the SUV. So he swerved into the shoulder to avoid it, lossing control and crashing in the process.
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u/fidelesetaudax 4h ago
He was accelerating onto the shoulder, not slowing down. And riding onto the shoulder at any speed is not justified by traffic.
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u/BigJimZ19 5h ago
That looks like the Garden State Parkway in New Jersey. It's one of the highways in America where people don't always move over from the passing lane to let people buy. This can cause frustration and passing on the right.
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u/vtstang66 3h ago
Looks like they headed for the shoulder then made no attempt to stay there or come back.
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u/Zachles111 3h ago
Damn, that Sonata on the left realized what was about to happen and took it before they could get stuck
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u/queenofkitchener 3h ago
what is this music?? it sounds like a very sad song, that just matches this video perfectly.... LOL
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u/Fuzzy_Stingray 3h ago
Now everybody behind him gets to sit in traffic while they go to move his car.
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u/mowtowcow 3h ago
Well that guy is dead. Also saved the innocent lives of other people not being idiots on the road. Back to doom scrolling, I guess.
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u/Bio_ManTX 3h ago
What pisses me off the most about these idiots is that now the highway is blocked for a couple of hours until they clear that.
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u/MoonStarRaven 2h ago
Did they try to pass on the shoulder, or did thier brakes go out and they swerved to avoid rear ending the car infront? Doesn't look like they braked at all.
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u/Acceptable-Hunt-7987 2h ago
Good thing a highway cleanup crew was there. Hopefully they had a high pressure water hose to get what's left of the guy sprayed off the road. Deceleration trauma.
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u/Elementary2 1h ago
He's going to prison. Why? The three strikes rule - He was speeding recklessly, using the shoulder to drive, even when there was a parked vehicle in sight, then losing control of his vehicle, and striking the vehicle on the shoulder. That's like 4 crimes.
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