Its crazy how many people would reflexively try to catch that lol. I work in a tool and die room and we deal with heavy plates and such and every so often a plate will tip a little and I watch dudes that have been working here longer than I've been alive jump to try and catch it as if thats not a one way trip to the hospital. Btw the pieces are usually attached to cranes but sometimes you have to slack them off to get another piece on and sometimes the plates have to just sit there with basically a crane to catch it right before it hits the floor. Its not ideal but building a frame or something to put them together would be expensive and as long as you just let it fall no one will get hurt
This guy fell victim to one of the classic blunders - the most famous of which is 'never get involved in a land war in Asia' - but only slightly less well-known is this: 'Never try to stop a tumbling ATV with only your face!â
I've stopped someone from trying to stop a rolling boat trailer before...
I get freaking out over something expensive but literally nothing is worth your death unless you're going to save a child imo.
Worst I saw was a video on LiveLeak, it no longer exists as it did, in which a door-sized sheet of thick glass heinously and cartoonishly flattened a worker that tried to catch it as it fell. I think it was a Chinese factory.
I worked in a slaughter house around a bunch of kids. I wasn't in anyway the boss but I preached all the time that a falling knife has no handle. Well sharpen it or buy a new one. Trying to catch it is how you stab a coworker.
I wonder what instincts in our brains tell us we can stop something moving. Is it just a difficulty for our flight-or-fight responses to accurate judge how heavy things can be?
People especially men vastly overestimate their strengthâŚthis is way less of an issue if youâve actually done a lot of manual labor ( many of them have learned their limitations the hard way or will) âŚ.some huge percentage of men think they could fight a bear successfullyâŚ.people are dumb.
Unrelated probably, I have a thing for flipping/catching long objects or tossing things behind my back and catching them with the same hand. I was working in a kitchen and showed off how I can do it with a knife. My coworker was instantly sure he could but was a bit scared. I told him he shouldn't start with a knife and I've been doing it for a long time with objects that aren't dangerous. I told him that I watch the object spin, intuit where the handle will be, move my hand there, and wait for the object to land in my hand. I have honed my perception so that this is second nature.
He continued to insist he could and I can't control an adult so I told him nothing bad will happen if he drops the knife and that if he has any second thoughts while it's floating to let it hit the ground. He tossed the knife rather well but chickened out and when the knife hit the ground the handle cracked off the hilt and the knife was toast. I told him it wasn't bad because he didn't get cut.
I had a teacher growing up that early one morning was ironing. Set the iron down. It fell of the board. And she instinctively tried to catch it. Burned her hand
My thoughts exactly. One time I faceplanted super hard in a crowded bar and I started yelling "I'M OK!" before I had assessed the damage. I was just embarrassed, and hurt, but not as bad as this guy.
God the impact is one thing, that's his neck fucked up for sure, but the part I really worry about is the crush. I actually hope it full-on hit his helmet because that could maybe survive it. Everything else about him is much more... squishy.
Might have prevented himself getting damaged if he just rode his atv out of the way. But I get it, not much time to think when itâs coming straight for you
It was a very fun, quirky, and original game that never really succeeded as a franchise because after the second entry or so they kept making them worse...
I think it's likely he was just getting off his own vehicle and not getting out of the way in time. I don't think he was throwing his hands up to try and stop it. I think it was a defense mechanism.
Yeah, I think the fish-eye style to the camera is clouding the fact that the ATV was sort of rolling in a curve, I dont the guy realized it was going to change direction and come right at him.
Except his position and stance says he was moving forward into it while bracing for the impact. Arms didn't fly up, they were held forward to absorb impact, elbows bent to take the shock.Â
He had already gotten off his own vehicle, for long enough to step into the oncoming atv. He definitely had time to step out of the way, and chose to step forward instead.
He could've left the other side and hidden behind his ATV as a defensive reaction. It really looks like he gets out of his ATV right before it hits it to protect it thinking it won't be that heavy since it's almost stopped. Watch it again.
I understand that people don't often make perfect decisions when reacting in a panic, but I don't think most people would move TOWARDS the danger when supposedly trying to protect themselves
That guy at the end is walking pretty nonchalantly for having seen this happen. He is either extremely trusting of the helmet and safety equipment, or he's seen this happen a couple of times...
Similar thing happened when me, my brother and some other guys were pulling into our remote camping spot after spending the day wheeling our jeeps.
About 100 yards away from us were a couple very steep short, dirt runs that led up to the top of the hill (maybe 50 yards - not very tall but very steep) and then had a turn around up top so you could come back down.
A couple guys on 4 wheelers pull up to
It and start egging each other on. One guy attempts it and it catches our attention because he was going pretty fast. He gave up about half way up had a hairy experience driving hos 4 wheel backwards back down to the flat area but did a great job keeping his front wheels facing straight ahead to keep his front and back tires in a straight line .
His buddy takes the challenge and pegged the throttle making it up almost to the top before his wheeler started spinning tires and it started to roll backwards. He panicked, turning his wheels and the wheeler starts a violent tumble down the hill. The driver jumped clear and slid down the hill on his butt.
Meanwhile the 4 wheeler is now doing somersaults, ass over front over and over and the guy the made the earlier attempt decided heâs going f to try to stop step in front of it and stop it somehow.
It crashed into his upper torso and head with incredible force knocking him back about 25 feet sending him head over heels backwards.
We immediately rushed in because his buddies just froze. When we got to him the entire left side of his skull was visible; it had basically de-skinned his scalp, his ear and the skin lining that side of his face and jaw where it had ripped away. It was all clumped up dangling down to his shoulder in a pile but still intact but not in place. His shoulder and clavicle was broken and his arm had a compound fracture.
We told his buddies to call an ambulance BUT THEY REFUSED saying they would take him to a hospital in their truck - which was about 1 miles further down the trail at the parking lot trailhead.
We got his arm and shoulder stabilized and and wrapped his head and face as best we could and watched them load the poor guy on the back of one of the wheeler and go screaming down the trail jostling him all over the place.
It was absolutely crazy. We had several similar incidents over the years where we were bystanders but ended up rendering aid because their buddies froze up.
Back when I was growing up, I would have describe this as the most retarded dumb shit I have ever witness, but I have survive to 2026, I have seen even more retarded dumb shit than this, and Idk how to feel about it.
He is trying to save face but Iâm pretty sure his back and neck got fucked up from that squish. He is gonna be feeling that for the next ââ years
saw a video few years back where a woman jumped from the 30th or higher floor in china and a man infront of that building really tried to catch her from down there.
both died as i remember correctly.
how can ppl not think that thru. i mean even if the woman was 20kg. even if the quad was 10kg and half as big.
this is half a ton rolling down with a good amount of speed and forceđ
More like r/whatcouldgoright. This was the best case scenario. Like it or not, he crushed it. It also crushed him, but it didnât hit anybody else or their rides!
Watched someone lose the ability to use his legs trying something even less dumb than this. It was on a downhill road and the guy riding it was already sent to fucking space. Don't ever drive a four wheeler on the road with those knobby tires, only like 3"² of surface in contact with the road.
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u/Simsider113446 2d ago
That helmet is protecting empty space