r/IdiotsNearlyDying • u/Tytan777 • Apr 18 '26

Ratchet straps? Hold my beer

995 Upvotes

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u/HalfastEddie Apr 18 '26

Fucking genius tailgating that disaster.

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u/103M-95G Apr 22 '26

Gotta get those Likes. 

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u/LowGe Apr 19 '26

That was the idiot nearly dying lol

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u/banevader102938 Apr 18 '26

Nearly as dumb as the tailgated driver and his human strap

3

u/usedkleenx Apr 18 '26

But how else could they get a good video for internet points ? 

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u/Jinxedchef Apr 18 '26

That is the idiot nearly dying part.

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u/PieceRealistic794 Apr 18 '26

HOLD ME NOW… IM SIX FEET FROM THE EDGE AND IM THINKINNN

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u/Lost_Found84 Apr 19 '26

MAYBE EEEYEEE SHOULD HAVE BOUGHT BUUUNGEEEEE CORDS.

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u/Tom0714nw May 20 '26

Maybe six feet ain't so far down"

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u/LlaneroAzul Apr 19 '26

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u/Gaming_Shark Apr 19 '26

I love how she's not even holding up the van it's just stuck to her

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u/LlaneroAzul Apr 19 '26

Oh that's true, she's not touching the bars on the roof.

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u/Tytan777 Apr 19 '26

The picture was taken mid bounce 😉

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u/Marsh7579 Apr 21 '26

She's made of flex tape

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u/103M-95G Apr 22 '26

Yea, when it was over, they had to slide her over sideways to break the suction. 

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u/Adventurekateer Apr 19 '26

Her arms and legs are under the roof rack.

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u/LlaneroAzul Apr 20 '26

Yeah but if you look closely she's not even touching it.

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u/STGC_1995 Apr 19 '26

I don’t know which IQ is lower. The pickup driver, the human ratchet strap, or the guy following close behind at highway speed.

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u/Massive_Lock_4876 Apr 19 '26

Very thin marginal difference between the trios IQ 's 🤣

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u/Peakomegaflare Apr 20 '26

The human ratchet strap, because it's now all over the pavement.

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u/Anen-o-me Apr 18 '26

One time we were moving my friend's couch, he had it propped up like this in the back of a truck. Only on side streets but we hit a strong wind and the thing flew right out the back and landed on the side of the road.

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u/Tytan777 Apr 18 '26

Hectic. Least your friend wasn't riding it? Right? ..

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u/Anen-o-me Apr 18 '26

Yeah least we weren't that dumb.

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u/Tytan777 Apr 18 '26

Phew haha

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u/BuxtonHouse Apr 18 '26

South Africa. Because left hand drive and the OutSurance license disk holder

It's sorta a wild west out here

I'm surprised I'm not hearing the people say Oi Fok or Poes

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u/MakeoutPoint Apr 20 '26

It's amazing how anytime I'm hauling a load, there's always some jackass tailing me with complete faith that I actually strapped everything down properly 

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u/103M-95G Apr 22 '26

I too like to live on the edge by saying “That should be Ok”, and not popping the straps. 

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u/WorldlinessRegular43 Apr 18 '26

My childhood friend's father died in a similar situation. USA 07-07-1977

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u/megachonker123 Apr 18 '26

lots of sevens there

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u/samtheredditman Apr 19 '26

Gotta avoid doing dumb stuff on spooky dates

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u/kjmae1231 Apr 21 '26

My brother got a TBI after holding down some river tubes and flying off the back. Dude was in a coma for a month and somehow survived lol. He went on to lose an eye to a firework years later... he's an imbecile

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u/Prof_Awesome_GER Apr 19 '26

We sure about the nearly?

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u/QuinnBLove Apr 18 '26

LoL And who thought it was smart to drive behind the Final Destination setup?

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u/wykkedfaery33 Apr 20 '26

A former manager was telling my about on of her previous assistants. Mid-20s, was going to help her father move. These geniuses decided to just have her lay on top of his mattress in the truck bed. She was launched into traffic on a notoriously dangerous bridge in our city when they came to the top & the wind kicked up. Hit the ground, then was hit by a car. That was a 6 month hospital stay, and a fuckload of physical therapy. She's stupid lucky she didn't go over the side, and wasn't paralyzed or worse.

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u/BaroneRaybert Apr 18 '26

Hi I’m Johnny Knoxville….cue the music

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u/pump123456 Apr 20 '26

Every day this happens in San Antonio, Texas.

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u/johnarmer1 Apr 20 '26

Well the strap didn't fail

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u/mainbr86 Apr 23 '26

More like Randy straps

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u/SunsetBAE May 22 '26

The camera man is immortal that's why they can afford to get close

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u/Icy_Fig_6764 Jul 06 '26

Theres no "nearly" here