Comments on: Car does reverse donuts

By: Lonnie

Lonnie — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 00:22:00 +0000

This happened in Wildwood NJ last year. Wildwood Fire Department Captain Christopher D’Amico was the guy who jumped in to stop the car.

http://statter911.com/2011/10/03/wildwood-nj-fire-captain-jumps-into-driverless-car-1970-thunderbird-was-in-a-constant-reverse-spin/

By: DewiMorgan

DewiMorgan — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 09:28:00 +0000

OK, now that was funny. And I don’t even know why!

By: Labbit

Labbit — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 02:12:00 +0000

Smother it with a tarp!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KvxOuC7Bhc

By: Kimmo

Kimmo — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 00:35:00 +0000

That was pretty amusing.

I was expecting something more like this, though…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uo4_UZazs7U

By: semiotix

semiotix — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 23:38:00 +0000

Police cars were necessary to direct traffic away from the street, shoo away unwary pedestrians or overly curious children, and investigate who the hell left a car doing donuts in the middle of the street. No civil liberties were harmed in the making of this video.

Firetrucks respond to the same dispatch calls as ambulances, because they carry EMTs and lifesaving equipment. Even if they get there only thirty seconds ahead of the nearest ambulance, that may be enough to save someone’s life. There is also a nonzero risk of fire whenever a car crashes (or might crash).

Ambulances were there because EMTs prefer to be on-site BEFORE people get seriously injured, whenever possible. Runaway cars, even ones in freakishly stable orbits, are reasonably likely to cause serious injury.

In short, emergency vehicles responded because this was a potential emergency.

By: IronEdithKidd

IronEdithKidd — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 21:36:00 +0000

Well that’s odd. A redshirt saves the day without sacrificing himself in the process.

You LIED to me Star Trek!!!

By: chaopoiesis

chaopoiesis — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 20:19:00 +0000

Car going forward with driver = boring.

Car going backward in circles without driver = funny.

By: EH

EH — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 19:50:00 +0000

Not even a handshake from the cop.

By: Boundegar

Boundegar — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 19:17:00 +0000

You totally missed the best part!

By: Adam Reese

Adam Reese — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 18:35:00 +0000

Rule 34 strikes again

By: TheOven

TheOven — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:40:00 +0000

So OJ Simpson is free and involved in another police chase?

By: Jaan Q

Jaan Q — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:01:00 +0000

This is surprisingly common. Old car, worn out shifter gate…person leaves it idling and puts it into park but not quite all the way into park. Idling car vibrates and shifter drops down into reverse.

By: rocketpjs

rocketpjs — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:39:00 +0000

Sounded like Seth Rogen on the camera.

I think I might be getting too internet-cynical. Was I the only one who made the deduction that a 7 minute movie was likely a lot of the same circling, and skipped ahead to the last minute?

By: Kevin Pierce

Kevin Pierce — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:07:00 +0000

And there, in a nutshell, we have the Romney/Ryan 2012 campaign!

By: Quiche de Resistance

Quiche de Resistance — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:06:00 +0000

I’ll just leave this here.

http://www.carstuckgirls.com/

By: RedShirt77

RedShirt77 — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 16:03:00 +0000

Who says driver-less cars are of the thing of the future. The cars of the 70′s can slip into gear and drive themselves for hours.

By: ahecht

ahecht — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:58:00 +0000

And why exactly did that need a firetruck, an ambulance, and three police cars?

By: GuyInMilwaukee

GuyInMilwaukee — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:57:00 +0000

That was strangely hypnotic. I was kinda disappointed when it stopped.

By: AwesomeRobot

AwesomeRobot — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:57:00 +0000

A shame someone didn’t jump in sooner, it didn’t really seem that complicated — nice car.

By: welcomeabored

welcomeabored — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:41:00 +0000

Never worried for the human beings at the scene. Spent 7:34 on the edge of my seat waiting for the car to make a circle large enough to snap the trunk of the tree off.

By: Max Allan

Max Allan — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:30:00 +0000

I’ll bet the saviour got arrrested for reckless endangerment or something.
I’m amazed it was so consistent, I’d expect the donuts to spiral out and eventually get stopped by a wall.

By: nixiebunny

nixiebunny — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:29:00 +0000

And I thought Superman was dead.

By: Ramone

Ramone — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:23:00 +0000

I love it when the guy says “This is better than Eagles football.” INDEED.

By: knoxblox

knoxblox — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:22:00 +0000

Dullest episode of Starsky and Hutch ever.

Well, at least until the end.