VIDEO: Watch your height...
Miraculously, the driver of the '08 Dodge Ram in the video above escaped unharmed, along with his ten-year-old son. Apparently, he had miscalculated his position when pulling past the drive-thru station at his Dallas-area bank. Disaster quickly ensues after his tall camper trailer impacts the awning covering the entire area. Fortunately, no other cars were having transactions processed at the time. While the bank's going to remain open, the drive-thru area's going to be out of commission for a bit...
[Source: NextAutos]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)
Frank 11:45AM (7/17/2008)
love the fact that its shown over and over and over. The good news: He's OK. The bad news: the world is still up one stupid person.
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Randy 3:27PM (7/17/2008)
Yeah it was cool that it was looped! I'm just glad it wasn't a gas station! There would almost certainly been other people pumping gas etc. Thank God they're okay!
catgirlshyla 3:39PM (7/17/2008)
Darwin's not doing his job.....
That One Person 4:06PM (7/17/2008)
I guess you can call him stupid but things like this do happen.
I have heard tons of stories of guys in my department hitting bridges with backhoes and such. Heck, one guy forgot to drop the box of his truck and almost ripped down the canopy for our fuel pumps. We have taken down countless phone, cable and power lines before.
It slips people's minds sometimes. This guy is a little on the dumb side...
That One Person 4:09PM (7/17/2008)
I guess you can call him stupid but things like this do happen.
I have heard tons of stories of guys in my department hitting bridges with backhoes and such. Heck, one guy forgot to drop the box of his truck and almost ripped down the canopy for our fuel pumps. We have taken down countless phone, cable and power lines before.
It slips people's minds sometimes. This guy is a little on the dumb side...
Torrent 5:06PM (7/17/2008)
All I can say is: DAYUMMMMMM!!!!!!!!!
an0nym0uz@live.com 9:16PM (7/17/2008)
that is one HUGE F'in miscalculation... How the hell do you "miscalculate" so badly?
s13hybrid 11:46AM (7/17/2008)
I saw this on the news this morning and was like 'this guy is an idiot,' but at least he admited it.
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Lucas 11:46AM (7/17/2008)
OMG, speechless.... but hilarious though haha.
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Tai 11:46AM (7/17/2008)
That is pretty sick.
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Alexander Tang 11:46AM (7/17/2008)
So how do you explain that one to the insurance?
Durr....
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Ted 11:47AM (7/17/2008)
Holy sh*t.
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Tony 11:47AM (7/17/2008)
Holy sh*t! Hopefully he doesn't have the bare minimum liability insurance. Something tells me $100k isn't going to cut it for repairs.
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amnigo 2:11PM (7/17/2008)
Luckily banks tend to have more than adequate insurance.
kwsdurango 11:49AM (7/17/2008)
Almost a Darwin Awards candidate... Maybe next time?
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Will 11:49AM (7/17/2008)
Would have been a frontrunner for a Darwin Award. Glad no one was seriously injured though.
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Mi key 11:52AM (7/17/2008)
That's some cheap construction material used to build that bank if a trailer can do all that damage.
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John R 12:12PM (7/17/2008)
I was going to say the same thing. I was thinking, "Can Rams really come with that much torque, or is this bank constituted with shoddy stuff?"
RJ 12:30PM (7/17/2008)
Almost every gas station / drive-through is supported by columns, which by nature are very strong in the verticle direction but gives very low horzontal strength.
That 8000lbs diesel ram and 15,000 lbs 5th wheel combines to over 10 tons! That's a lot of weight to push sideways on a couple columns.
bakka 1:01PM (7/17/2008)
Maybe the bank is as strong as the economy? :)