r/dashcams • u/wronghoIe • 18h ago

Flipping your car at 5 mph

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u/dyslexicAlphabet 17h ago

realistically you would go into a ball but i think his instincts because it was so slow was to put his arms out.

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u/1sthomehelp 17h ago

Omg, such a wrong move. But that's awful that he lost 7 fingers though 😢

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u/Square-Singer 16h ago

I know a guy who did basically the same when the folding chair collapsed below him. Cut off his middle finger.

20 years or so later his son lost his thumb to a circular saw when building his sauna.

That guy's son is now fearing for his fingers.

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u/hendergle 16h ago

Are these people the direct descendants of the first high school shop teacher or something?

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u/Uglyyellowfrog 14h ago

You mean 'Chop Teacher'?

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u/clammajamma96 14h ago

for real, im over her thinking sure ive lost a few nails here and there and my fingertips have met their fair share of doorjambs but when the hell is going on in these peoples lives

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u/SquirrelFluffy 13h ago

Ice fishing, drunk, come home lose your fingers in the table saw, shop teacher.

Oh wait, that was my high school.

The teacher's wives shut down a lot of ice fishing at that point.

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u/Nearby-Yak-4496 7h ago

Every shop teacher I have ever known was missing at least a part of at least one digit...

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u/OberonDiver 11h ago

"Quit screwin' around!"

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u/AFecklessWeasel 2h ago

I had either the laziest or smartest wood shop teacher. He wouldn’t demonstrate anything. He’d just give directions and then call up a student and talk them through it. Had all 10 fingers too. Always explained that just because he could do it didn’t mean we could so it was better for us to learn while he explained the steps. I never figured out if that was his way of keeping everyone focused and involved or if it was bullshit so he didn’t have to have his hands near the machines in case one of us leaned too closely and bumped him.