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/hawk135 Jun 03 '26

No, I got that part. I'm not trying to figure out the physics of it. She's still in control of the car. That ain't road underneath her. Why did she keep going was my main question.

Nevermind though someone explained that it could just be the simplest explanation of sheer stupidity.

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u/DaRootbear Jun 03 '26

Panic is a hellva great way to make bad decisions worse.

My guess would be hoping that if she continued a bit farther there would be another part that went out onto the street again and being too freaked out to think of reversing backwards.

Sorta like when people get stuck somewhere and then in a panic try to force themselves forward because their mind is stuck on “we were going forward” instead of backing out of the position

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u/hawk135 Jun 03 '26

Sunken costs fallacy... In this economy!

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u/DaRootbear Jun 03 '26

Look going back gets her embarrassed, going forward could lead her to a secret path behind a waterfall with legendary loot

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u/koticgood Jun 03 '26

Right? All these comments respond with all this other shit ... how about the part where she's driving on the rail system????????

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u/PotatoMajestic6382 Jun 03 '26

We lost all common sense in the world. Literally only a few of us with working brains exist.

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u/GloriousIncompetence Jun 03 '26

This happens multiple times a month in Charlotte. It’s so bad

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u/RodediahK Jun 03 '26

With the way they're positioned on the tracks they might not be able to reverse without getting wedged. Might have thought the only way out is through at that point and didn't want to get hit by a train.

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u/TehBrawlGuy Jun 03 '26

fwiw, that's the shitty alt-right Seattle sub that got founded after the main sub (/r/Seattle) booted them. They do not represent us.

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u/Qwirk Interested Jun 03 '26

One of the posts shows a good foot drop that she rolled over to get where she wound up in the video. No idea how that didn't destroy her oil pan.

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u/_badenoch Jun 04 '26

Oh geez... makes me sad to ever see this festering cesspool be called "Seattle's" subreddit.

For folks info, this is the real subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/Seattle. That other one was made by a splinter cell of dbags