buttermeupandcallmebiscuit
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Just saw today on Facebook.
Dec 4, 2019 10:33 PM
buttermeupandcallmebiscuit
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Just saw today on Facebook.
TrapsAreIllegal
Why did they keep driving?
joot
Why the fuck would you keep driving through some unknown chemical like it’s just in your way?
Deffentlynotagnome
Humans can be trash.
TKRBrownstone
Side note, did you know that parking over tall grass could spark a fire as well? Undercarriage gets hot as fuck. And so does your mom's.
maxplaBeast
If I saw that happen irl, I would burn rubber headed in the opposite direction. That shit is explosive
MicahtheMartian
I'm concerned at the several cars more focused on carrying on with their day than the (negligent) driver or what they're driving through.
raven112789
My fat ass thought it was milk till it caught fire.
MutePoliticalPosters
I hope that car on other side of the road had his windows rolled up.
NotAMorningPerson
Need to have the wherewithall to close air vents. Heard of someone driving through gas/fire and the fire entered car cabin and burned folks.
Cenodoxus
Well, it looks like it was raining so odds are they were up.
GameDaddy7175
No one died. Veracruz November 16th. https://imgur.com/SMgj4M1
IAmAnthonyStark
Thanks, mate!
ayakano
The truck died.
chewybacon
Nice thx
Friendo2
Am I the only one that wouldn’t assume wtf the substance is, and decide not to cover my car in it?
NowYourJustBeatingOffaDeadHorse
Id like to think Id be the kind to stop and actually help, but at the smell of gasoline, I honestly don't know what Id do... Shits scary....
NothingToDoWithBakingBread
Avoid! There was no way that much open gasoline can end well. Call 911.
funkmaster40
Call 911. This is a death trap, leave it to the professionals.
NervAssEva
Spicy water
2manycars
horse semen
BugEyedLemur
Don't tell me that's a tanker full of flammable horse semen
Bgizzy
Why doesn't anyone stop??
ZeldaHyruleGold
gonna take a guess and say his catalay convertor was a little spicy.. as him and the other car behind him go "damn I should coulda stoped"
SnartHelg
Thought it was sewage for a good minute there.
NothingToDoWithBakingBread
Might be what the drivers thought as well.
xochristoxo
Been said but OMG WHY WOULD ANYONE DRIVE THROUGH???
humblewordsmith
Because where we are going is the only thing that matters. When we are driving,safety takes a back seat.
geodude2014
There’s always that one car that catches on fire and ruins everyone’s fun
aDrugAddictThatIsntDeadInside
No one stops to check on the driver lol
imgjim
Just wait until the day arrives when a bunch of electric cars in a tunnel at rush hour have lithium battery fires that spread from one.
charlietrundlethegreat
Hey I had fun only because that car caught on fire. Speak for yourself
Southampton
Crazy how no one stops to help the truck driver
JustAnotherImgurAsshole
It’s basically the game “Red Rover, Red Rover,” except instead of getting caught, you get set on fire.
KillroyJenkin
And die.
pookieeatworld
Red rover hard mode.
CaitHanrah
Jesus Christ just stop. What on the earth could you possibly have to do that’s more important than checking to see if someone is alive?
funkmaster40
Yeah, who is going to run through ankle deep gasoline? This is one for trained professionals. Should stop and call 911 though.
FiftyShadesOfMascarpone
I don't blame anyone for getting some distance between themselves and the spill before calling 911.
user1847294837
gotta get home to check how my imgur comments are doing
TXGodzilla
only had 15 minutes left for $1 off lunchtime burgers
skincancerisfun
BUT WHAT IF THE PEOPLE BEHIND ME GET MAD, AND BEEP?
humblewordsmith
I think you mean "I am the only person on the road and what I am doing is the only thing that matters"
skincancerisfun
Yes, that's what I mean, I just didn't have the wherewithall to put it into words like that. Thank you so much. From now on, you will be my
skincancerisfun
dedicated interpreter, acting as a layer inbetween me and the world, to speak the words as I intend them.
humblewordsmith
Ha ha. Does the job pay well?
iMuteMorons
Source? Rest of gif?? Final death count??
PrinceVanPilot
That happened over 2 weeks ago in the highway, the traffic made by the accident slowed me for about an hour. Death count? only the driver.
phantomninjachick
Location?
IAmAnthonyStark
Which driver? The truck or the car that caught fire?
CyborgScribe
In guessing the truck driver since he didnt get out before it ignited.
seldombeaton
As a professional driver that tank hauler perhaps could've been more professional and not flip his vehicle in the first place...
JustStopTalking
Don't worry he won't do it again.
imzurchian
This is obviously much worse but shows I think why we're asked to turn off our engines at the gas pump
bmbmunoz
This caught fire because the fuel got splashed right onto the hot exhaust manifold under the car. Nothing wrong with keeping the car running
imzurchian
Someone told me once that cars run on combustion engines and that made it safer to turn them off with the chance of fumes being lit
youlooklikehalfabuttpuppet
That one car got completely covered in..is that milk? Oh no! Not it’s not!
tschallacka
at least all fat was removed from the car in an instant...
MatthewJohnsona
I was going with milk or sewage until it exploded.
fatality51
Goes to show, people couldn’t care less about other people
darkpandoraz4
Why should they?? There damn coffee was getting cold
fukkettinha
I mean TBF he was speeding like an idiot knowing well the contents of his truck.
LooseyGooseyBrett
I doubt any of them had the PPE necessary to save the driver. It's better to have just one casualty instead of multiple would-be responders.
wadatahmydamie
We call those people libertarians
rosebudthesled
My first thought is: I am not trained for this and my life could be ruined if i tried. I'll call for help.
Justinicus
People care TONS about another PERSON. But other PEOPLE are just statistics.
AvianFox
*flicks cigarette into water* shit that guy didn't spill water.
lafe
When you're in the highway driving headspace, your first instinct here is 'obsticale - avoid'. 10secs later you might be able to comprehend.
Rips4w
That's not what was going on. That was pure, straight up "not my problem"
kwayit
Gifs that end too soon
RustyMcKraken
In OP's defense, if the gif had lasted any longer it would probably be showing people dying
geekstergifs
i found the end for ya https://imgur.com/account/favorites/CsyH6cT
Erutanmi
False
theFBIguy
The worst cut off gif I've ever seen!!!
Usiris23
I too, wanted to see boom boom
alaskan86
lol stupid people not helping and just driving through things they don't know.
messmor
You’d think people would’ve smelled the gas.
Markuspsyches
If you have no idea what's on the road why would you drive in it?Could've been acid that dissolves the tires. Just stopping would be helpful
xj4low
Had a semi overturn on a high cross over last summer here in Dallas. Was carrying resin that could ignite in high temp. Closed traffic (1/2)
xj4low
for 5 hrs: https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2018/06/21/dallas-overturned-tanker-truck-closes-high-five/
experiencemike
You provided a source too. Dopeee
imsam77
0 people stopped to help. Cool.
bonifangith
So much this. I fucking hate that was my first thought. 2nd was that it's going to go boom soon. Idiots
Elonmusketeer
Only excuse I could think of would be if they knew it was gas and knew less cars around the better
Vegonbrei
I mean, I hope they were physically okay. But they deserved to have their car burnt.
MikkelFox
I mean. At least stop the traffic. People are not good at not dying.
thedarkcanuck
I watched a woman burn to death in her car because I couldn't get her out in time. All those cars driving past and only one of them stopped
difficultdifficultlemondifficult
I’m sorry you had to witness that. Are you doing ok?
aneyeholeman
Who downvotes this?!
difficultdifficultlemondifficult
People who like to watch things burn, I guess?
LooseyGooseyBrett
I doubt any of them had the PPE necessary to save the driver. It's better to have just one casualty instead of multiple would-be responders.
becauseurwrong
Nobody had to think of urgently saving the driver until people didn't stop. I think everyone means "stop and call 911" not dive in.
GrumpyOldMillennial
As shitty as it feels, this is absolutely correct SOP for a chemical spill scenario. If you dont have the training or the PPE, then GTFO.
GrumpyOldMillennial
Most confined space fatalities are people trying to help the initial victim and then becoming victims. Chem spills are even worse.
cptcr
i would stop to turn around and gtfo. feel bad from the trucker but i'm not getting burnt alive.
Zacharighteous
I can be a hero, but I'm not a superhero
Stenheim
If that is a fuel truck they can't do much. Never go close to a transport with dangerous goods thats crashed. Call emergency vehicles.
Keeperofthe7keys
Not only did they not stop to help, they ignited it driving through it.
NZSheeps
They stopped after it burst into flames
jemajo
If there is a hazmat issue, you shouldn't stop to help.
LumpWithaLeafHat
I'm not stopping to assist in a dangerous chemical spill. Im not trained and also I don't want to die in a potential explosion.
AfterTheRainComesTheRainbow
Stop and stop traffic. Call 911 or whatever. Don't just do nothing.
GoddamnitClown
You don't stop and start cleaning! You stop so that exactly what happened in the video doesn't happen. And you call the emergency services.
Zefram86
The Irony is those cars who didn't stop to help would've been safer if they had. What kind of idiot drives through an unknown substance?
LookingLikeASnack
Or, hear me out, you can stop and call emergency services.
LumpWithaLeafHat
"Siri, call 911." I'm not stopping near spilled chemicals.
LookingLikeASnack
Seems your option here is to either stop, turn around into oncoming traffic, or drive over it.
icyanddicey
They didn't think it was a dangerous chemical, otherwise they wouldn't just drive over it.
craque
yeah i think they would, people are morons
becauseurwrong
Wouldn't it smell like gas tho? You can smell gas stations and the gas there is contained.
SciencePetsComputers
Lotta cars have zeolite/activated carbon in the cabin air filters, especially new ones. That would absorb the smell.
ameranthe
Ok, but judging by the car that drives through it, it's some kind of caustic chemical. The worst thing would be becoming a second victim.
ameranthe
But yeah, if I saw this I'd at least stop. I'd be ineffectual because chemicals, but I'd like to think I'd at least stop.
becauseurwrong
I love most replies thinking "stop and help" means jump into danger and not the obvious stop, flashing lights and call emergency services
jellybeandaddyjl
A combination of ain't nobody got time for that and not my problem...or maybe they realize that isn't a great spot to be hanging out lol
humaneffigy
How? Just charge into a dangerous ass chemical spill, increasing the amount of people who need help?
TheGreatBlueHeron
It's very dangerous to stop and help in a situation like that and can make things much worse. Call emergency with location details.
brianearl
That’s not necessarily true. Yes it’s a risk to take for your fellow (wo)man but it can take emergency services a while to get there
humaneffigy
I think that's how groups of people die trying to help one another.
ilikestuffsomeofthetime
I'm sure stopping would have been better than driving through the flammable liquid...
Qualtagh
Doesn't seem like they realized in the moment that it was flammable. When in doubt, keep driving normally; freaking out = more accidents
ilikestuffsomeofthetime
That's true, but I think it looks like a tanker, and if I seen any tanker roll I would like to be safe instead of sorry
LooseyGooseyBrett
I doubt any of them had the PPE necessary to save the driver. It's better to have just one casualty instead of multiple would-be responders.
Mentok
I have no idea what I'm doing, I'd probably make it worse. I'd rather make way in case someone more qualified is nearby, and call 911
paranoidplatinum
Thats the bystander effect. Everyone tells themselves someone else will help and it doesn't get done. But if 1 people stops others will too.
ninetenduh
The fuck are they supposed to do? Burn alive? If it was a Car, they could have helped, but that's a couple thousand Litres of Gasoline.
ThisDique
If you help you're liable. Good samaritan laws don't exist everywhere in the USA federally. Texas is one of those states. So much for
dcl88
All states in USA have good Samaritan laws. Unless you try to do sth stupid like a c-section in the middle of the street, you're fine.
ThisDique
Southern hospitality right?
xj4low
Sure about that? - A person who in good faith administers emergency care at the scene of an emergency or in a hospital is not liable (1/
xj4low
2) in civil damages for an act performed during the emergency unless the act is willfully or wantonly negligent.
churroschurroschurros
My first thought too!
ottotravel
Even better let me drive my hot engine over this flammable liquid so I can kill myself and the driver in a fiery tortured death.
CaptainCanada1984
We must always fear evil men. But there is another kind of evil that we must fear the most, and that is the indifference of good men.
Jellybeanboom
The dude on fire at least stopped...
TheRealPumpkinQueen
And they cqused it to catch fire and I didnt see the driver get out
ProfessorPritt
Russia
confanity
I'm wondering exactly what you think they could have done to help by stopping near such a dangerous accident site on a highway.
bumwithguns
Maybe not drive through the chemicals causing them to ignite for starters...
confanity
True, but not actually on the same topic.
notme222
It's all "follow the leader". After the first one goes "not my problem" it becomes easier for everyone after him to go "not mine either".
xxsurferboyxx420
Group mentality absolves obligation to help
DarkerSavant
Bystander effect.
CmfMttnPpl
Bulshit ass people being bitches.. I have things to do fuck that drivers life...fuck those people
Qualtagh
What are you talking about? When the clip ends only 2 cars had left. The rest hadn't reached a safe stopping place.
imsam77
The one driving through the fire?
Qualtagh
If you're going through hell, keep going
seenunseen
How many times have you risked your life to help someone?
chromMemeAthlete
Ive risked my life twice to help someone, both times worked out well.. and 4 times for some booty, also worked out well.
EmeraldLight
Just once, but we got them out of the river and they weren't swept away and didn't drown!
tjm1226
3! I was successful twice!
10tacles
Did you die in the third?
seenunseen
Congrats! Some people are responsible for others lives though and risky their life for a stranger could cost the lives of their loved ones
TigerThong
whats wrong with you?
SoftMousse
It is possible to panic and make weird decisions though, like running from someone in need
NikolaiJakovtheheadoftheKGB
People going on about no one stopping, who is actually qualified to leap into a petrol spillage and save a life? Not me
GoddamnitClown
"Help" doesn't have to be roll up sleeves, start cleaning. Stop the traffic, call authorities, feed them information, communicate w/ driver.
humblewordsmith
That's fair. There are also like a dozen other options aside from jumping into the fire. Like stopping traffic,for one. Calling emergency...
TigerThong
well driving through with a hot engine isn't gonna help now is it
mijk
The ability to save a human life trumps qualification.
madmatt2024
I've tried to help on 2 crashes, I just freeze and other people help and call 911 before I can do anything. No point in me even stopping.
NothingToDoWithBakingBread
In this case qualification and ability are hand in hand.
ambiencenever
"Ability"
availlableusername
Indeed, but Instead of driving through, I think the proper reaction is : use warnings, stop your car, call the police.
Mairoa
Yeah I'd try to get my distance and encourage the same. Not getting ANYWHERE near that shit
DreadPierateRoberts
But droving thru not a great idea
ImgurianGeographic
It wasn't until selfish people drove through it that the gas caught on fire. Jesus
girlyThings84
Reminded me of a gas truck accident where idiots started filling up spilling gas, it caught fire and 350? died in instant explosion in Pak
NothingToDoWithBakingBread
I would be stone cold white faced if I saw that much open gasoline. It would not cross my mind to try to steal it.
SilverEagleCafe
That's because you don't live in absolute grinding poverty. People that do only see something to steal. Poverty makes them blind to risk.
NothingToDoWithBakingBread
Touche.... it's just that approaching a lake of gasoline would be much akin to approaching a lion. Which people have done out of desperation
ImgurianGeographic
What on earth?!?! O.O... That's insane and terrible.
MothMonsterMan
It was a gas line in Mexico iirc. The video is tremendously difficult to watch. People start walking out of the fire on fire
MothMonsterMan
They all eventually fall down and die
MothMonsterMan
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tlahuelilpan_pipeline_explosion
FoxFyre
Why would you do this? Reading about it was enough for me thanks. My psyche can’t take video right now.
LooseyGooseyBrett
I doubt any of them had the PPE necessary to save the driver. It's better to have just one casualty instead of multiple would-be responders.
Deadmanwalkn
... what? He's saying the trucker wouldn't be at eminent risk of a gruesome death if the cars just stopped on the highway.
Mrlurksalot
If only it was diesel...
CmfMttnPpl
The fact the no one stopped pisses me off.. I have family who drive trucks
ACESandEIGHTZ
Hmm gasoline on a hot muffler what could happen?
MothMonsterMan
The flash point was on that car. Exhaust manifolds are lava hot. This driver should be charged with something.
histrionic
Did he survive?
MothMonsterMan
I honestly don't know. I can't seem to find any info on this
PrinceVanPilot
The first 3 couldn't stop because speed and there was traffic incoming. Driver #4, 5 and 6 are @s$h0les indeed
joveice
Everyone here could have stopped. If with that time they had where unable to stop they should not be driving
StuieG
Yeh 1,2 and 3 could have stopped too.
pfshfine
You can 'assholes' on the internet, if you want to.
HunterCop
You can leave them jerks behind.
ShiftingPattern
Yeah, the morons driving through it may very well have killed the driver.
slowpoop
I mean, the driver was carrying flammable liquid and driving rather recklessly. Not exactly a poor, hapless victim here.
Mezinov
Unless it was a brake failure due to neglect of a company owned vehicle that he had reported the poor condition of the brake system on...
slowpoop
Possible, far less likely than being reckless. Rigs and drivers for hazardous cargo are under far more scrutiny - insurances sake of course
Mezinov
... dozens of times but wasn't financially stable enough to abandon his job to find a better employer.
notsponsoredbycorsair
Yeah but you cant be serious about him deserving to die?
slowpoop
Didn’t say they deserved to die at all, only suggesting they’re not entirely innocent and also put those drivers’ lives at risk
YoMissSpaceQueen
It was just an accident. Truck didn’t seem to be going all that fast. Not enough to turn over like that, anyway