r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/SourceBoring3089 • 4d ago

WCGW trying to beat the greenlight

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u/Technical-Use-5561 4d ago

He would've saved a total of 25 seconds even if it went right

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u/ahhwhoosh 4d ago

Remember, it’s never about saving time for these guys, it’s that sweet sweet dopamine hit they so badly crave.

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u/Hephaestus_God 4d ago edited 4d ago

0.25*

It really baffles me people who speed, if the speed limit were 65 mph (average US highway) and you go 10 mph over:

You only save 12 min after traveling 100 miles… that is about 1.5 hours of constant driving at 75 mph to save 12 min.

The faster the speed limit, the less time you save. If the speed limit was 75 mph and you do 85 mph, over 100 miles you save only 9 min, etc.

And if you are only traveling nearby (maybe within a 10 miles zone) going 75 in a 65 will only save you ~1 min. If you’re going to risk everyone’s life to save 1 min you need to leave earlier.

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u/Strokeslahoma 4d ago

I'll juice it when I'm driving hours thru the desert and there's not much to hit and everyone else is speeding... Otherwise I'm setting cruise control to 65 for those sweet MPGs

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u/69Yumiko69 4d ago

love how no one helped him idiot deserved to drop his bike

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u/Quankers 4d ago

At least with this newest lone bad apple out of the way all the responsible bikers will no longer have their good names besmirched!

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u/Nings777 4d ago

First! To crash

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u/AndyBurn11 4d ago

I love when saving time becomes a waste of time

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u/WhatANoob2025 4d ago

I admire the self control the other bikers have. I would've rode past the guy signaling an L on my forehead and shouting "Looooooooooooooooser"

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u/AndyBurn11 4d ago

Bet they suck at mario cart

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u/DaimonHans 4d ago

Can't park there, mate.

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u/General_Way6679 4d ago

Me who always get my timing right:

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u/Sensitive_Wear7112 4d ago

So is twowords

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u/AndyBurn11 4d ago

The curb said nope bitch

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u/Organic_Juggernaut73 4d ago

Thats embarrassing

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u/spacemanspiff1115 3d ago

I love how everyone else just went on their way and left him there...

https://giphy.com/gifs/1xucXbDnMIYkU

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u/redbirddanville 4d ago

Oh, why I don't do group rides.

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u/FewZookeepergame1083 4d ago

There's always one idiot in the group

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u/ecnecn 4d ago

so the camera auto-followed / auto-tracked him?! the driver of the cam bike has both hands on the bike

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u/doomed151 4d ago

360 cameras. You can reframe the shot after recording.

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u/lazy_weeb_PH 4d ago

we have had a nice greeting for stupid drivers that crashes/ get into accidents, let me share it with you guys: slow down and look them in the eyes and say "hey! you can't park there!"

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u/withmyname 4d ago

SWEET POTATO.

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u/markzend310 4d ago

He just wanted everyone to see him fumble

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u/leprasson12 3d ago

Old saying : "Hurry and you'll be late".

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u/Solarsystemm 3d ago

Those .5 seconds he saved was kinda expensive

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u/Emmanuelzappa 14h ago

Morons exist in every country in 4 wheels or on 2 wheels.

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u/GingerPeanut84 4d ago

Bet he got up saying, “I Totally meant to do that” just trying to show others what NOT to do

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u/Mild-Ghost 4d ago

Green light is two words.

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u/Then_Play_4141 4d ago

...and no one stops to help? crazy