r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Dangerous_Deal_1945 • Jun 03 '26

Video Seattle light rail service was suspended after a driver somehow got their SUV onto the tracks 30 feet above street level

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u/Argo505 Jun 03 '26

There’s a section of track leading up to the station that’s at street level. She claimed she was just following the GPS directions. Still, having used that station many times, you have to drive on the elevated portion for a pretty decent distance before you get to the station.

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u/BackPorchBlues Jun 03 '26

You have to jump a curb to go from the street section to the tracks. So she had at least one big hint something was wrong before she hit the tracks but just kept trucking

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u/redblack_tree Jun 03 '26

Let's be honest, if she didn't stop when she hit elevated railways, a tiny curb would be immaterial. That brain allows her to breath and little else.

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u/HyperlexicEpiphany Jun 03 '26

breathe is the verb form. “breath” is always pronounced “breth”

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u/New_new_account2 Jun 03 '26

There isn't a curb if you drive on through the intersection at Walden

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u/Renotro Jun 03 '26 edited Jun 03 '26

People who are this unbelievably fuckin stupid need at minimum a serious chewing out and driver’s license taken away.

Like… did they not notice that the tracks were not going away AND that it’s getting steeper, and so continuing to go forward was not a sensible option?

Was ANYTHING going through that empty skull of him/hers?

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u/Sufficient_War_1891 Jun 03 '26

Agreed. Her license should be revoked.

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u/Worthyness Jun 03 '26

probably gonna fine her up the ass to repair all the damage she may have caused on the rails + delays she caused + additional hired work to get her stupid car off the tram tracks.

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u/Argo505 Jun 03 '26

Okay. You seem really mad about this.

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u/Renotro Jun 03 '26

I’m just so baffled at how that happens and why. And will there even be any consequences for this? There’s bad drivers and then there’s this person.

Yea, I’m also in a cruddy mood so I’m more angry and judgmental about this than I would usually be.

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u/Nimzitseemz Jun 03 '26

Considering zero damages, she'll most likely get a ticket and that's it.

Then she will run people over one day following her GPS. Then society will revoke her license.

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u/rIceCream_King Jun 03 '26

The circle of life

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u/NotYourReddit18 Jun 03 '26

And she didn't notice that she was driving on train tracks and not on a road, especially when coming up to the slope that took her up to the station, where the tracks without any road around them would be fully visible in front of her?

She was either severely mentally impaired or acted deliberately stupid!

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u/Argo505 Jun 03 '26

Why are you telling me this?

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u/TacTurtle Jun 03 '26

1200 feet. Almost a quarter mile on the tracks.

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u/DimmuBorgnine Jun 03 '26

I thought it was dumb enough the people who follow GPS straight into Pike Place and find themselves driving down what should really be a pedestrian-only street.