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break.com — This dummy in a truck doesnt realize that his Dodge Ram is too tall for the drive through ATM Bank Awning. It does not go well.

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  • DeathWish808, on 07/10/2008, -18/+171Looks like he (SHE) was trying to go around it, but didn't take it wide enough.
    • Cancerkitty, on 07/11/2008, -3/+48Or just forgot the trailer was as tall as it was. It's easy to do.
      • ayeroxor, on 07/11/2008, -2/+138If you're stupid. When I'm in a moving van or towing something, I'm scared ***** about any overhangs within sight. I would creep like a snail around this *****, certainly not just plow the ***** through it.


        /2008-07-10: Added '*****' to Firefox built-in dictionary.
      • yeahaboutthat, on 07/11/2008, -19/+13I agree to some extent, but my big question concerns the overhang itself.

        It appears as though the structure was very weak--I mean, a strong burst of wind might have done what that trailer did.
      • remccain, on 07/11/2008, -50/+5This video should be required viewing for every old fart that purchases a camper for their golden years. The video from the autozone across the street shows the overhang literally smashing the truck like a milk carton. http://youtube.com/watch?v=tQ5mMq0zPes
      • Hurricane, on 07/11/2008, -3/+17***** you....I was almost rick rolled... but caught it before it started.
      • ho0ber, on 07/11/2008, -11/+3heh, then you got rickrolled. You gotta either learn the video IDs, or get a good firefox plugin to keep you from getting rickrolled.
      • ayeroxor, on 07/11/2008, -5/+47"a strong burst of wind might have done what that trailer did."

        Please tell me you're kidding and you're not so ***** stupid you think a "gust of wind" has the focused kinetic energy of a solid mass of several tons, with momentum, impacting an area of about one square foot.

        Please?

        Why do people forget that their CARS, let alone multi-ton trucks with possibly multi-ton trailers, are several tons of moving mass? It will ***** THINGS UP THAT GET IN THE WAY.
      • Gizza, on 07/11/2008, -1/+3If more people realised that the roads would be a lot safer.
      • BTraina, on 07/11/2008, -0/+1Regardless if a gust of wind can do that or not, it is very bad engineering. And its not a square foot, the impact area is much larger. Not to mention the energy or your "momentum" looks like it diminishes looking at the truck damage at first contact. What you have to question is why those supports sheared off the roof in the first place, and why isn't there steel composites within that support. If you pause it at 7 seconds in, there is nothing; it just goes to dust.

        anyways... That guy is dead.
    • rukeypoo, on 07/11/2008, -11/+4That's what she said?
    • Namco, on 07/11/2008, -8/+45NO VIDEO



      lulz
    • harlowsmonkeys, on 07/11/2008, -2/+11Mickey, the first name of the driver (Mickey Miller) is usually not a woman's name.
      • Jezon, on 07/11/2008, -0/+7Thats what she wants you to think!
      • selrahc, on 07/11/2008, -0/+6Oddly enough I actually know more women named Mickey than I do men.
      • mc_hambone, on 07/11/2008, -0/+4I got an aunt Mickey
      • lamiaconfitor, on 07/11/2008, -0/+3No, he is saying that that driver is a woman because SHE can't drive.
        sexism is hilarious. /s
    • Mononuclear, on 07/11/2008, -7/+13It was a guy
    • EscapeTheTruth, on 07/11/2008, -1/+7Well, *****.
    • iDiggIt42, on 07/11/2008, -1/+42Sorry for the comment abuse, but if anyone's curious, there's a news story on this at http://209.85.141.104/search?q=cache:KvRSLXgFnk8J: ...
      • siszam, on 07/11/2008, -1/+8Thanks for posting that. I thought no one made it out of that alive.
      • paulperson, on 07/11/2008, -12/+1So it was a woman!
      • pbrubaker, on 07/11/2008, -0/+10Uh, no, it was a man. "Mickey Miller, of Garrison and his 10 year old son were able to exit their vehicle uninjured."
      • lamiaconfitor, on 07/11/2008, -0/+3Its not comment abuse if it is relevant and interesting! TY
      • cosmotron, on 07/11/2008, -1/+3"Somehow he was able to unbuckle the seat beat"

        Lol.
      • FUR10N, on 07/11/2008, -0/+1so does he have to pay for it?
      • linzperc, on 07/11/2008, -0/+2So according to the article its not a chick driver, 'Miller' doesn't sound Asian, and 46 isn't old enough to be senile... Damn it I'm all out of stereotypes. I feel so awkward and unsure of proper hand placement!

      • captmorgan555, on 07/11/2008, -0/+1I don't think that roof should have broken that way. The pillars look like they weren't big enough for the roof. Bad construction maybe?
      • andrew1338, on 07/17/2008, -0/+1Sweet jesus, the guy lived? WTF Lame.
    • handheldchimp, on 07/11/2008, -6/+4That's what she said!
    • DentThat, on 07/11/2008, -12/+4a black man would run and steal the ATM
      • trevah, on 07/11/2008, -0/+1Classy
      • DentThat, on 07/12/2008, -0/+1what? I'm only following the digg trend to hate on blacks and the chinese
    • LeeSoong, on 07/11/2008, -7/+2Obviously she should sue the bank,
      it's all their fault!

      /sarcasm
    • lupuz2k, on 07/11/2008, -11/+14sorry for the comment abuse, but it seems that I'm the only one to notice...

      You've got drive through ATMs in America? Do Americans get out of their car at least once in their lifetime? :)

      I tend to believe, that there is a strong positive correlation between the amount of drive through installations and body weight. You just can't blame everything on high fructose corn syrup :)
      • itsthebrod, on 07/11/2008, -2/+3Why should you have to exit your car for a quick trip to retrieve cash? Otherwise you have to find a parking space, park, turn your car off, go to the ATM machine, go back, start the car again, etc. Drive through ATMs are a great thing.

        Now, if you wanted to make fun of drive through liquor stores, then I wouldn't have a problem with that: http://neonpoisoning.blogspot.com/2007/11/drive-th ...
      • tendonut, on 07/11/2008, -1/+5@isthebrod
        Why should you have to get up to go to the fridge? Otherwise, you would have to move your feet in, push up with your legs, arch your back and become upright. Use your left foot to rotate to the right, lift your left leg, place it on the ground, lift your right leg, place it on the ground slightly ahead of the left leg, repeat that over 20 or 30 times, then extend your right arm, close your fingers around the handle, pull the door open, grab the food, close again, and then repeat the whole process in reverse! What a hassle!!!

        See? I can make a simple task sound really complex too.

        Couldn't you use that "quick trip" excuse for everything? Watch;

        "Why should you have to exit your car for a quick trip to retrieve a burger?"
        "Why should you have to exit your car for a quick trip to retrieve a coffee?"
        "Why should you have to exit your car for a quick trip to retrieve my booze?"
      • Skorme, on 07/11/2008, -0/+4@itsthebrod:

        "Otherwise you have to find a parking space, park, turn your car off, go to the ATM machine, go back, start the car again, etc."

        You forgot pants.
      • ChoiceMad, on 07/11/2008, -1/+1@tendonut
        First, finding a parking spot is not always such a 'simple task'. Second, getting up to go to the fridge cannot be equated to getting out of your vehicle to go to the ATM. The fact that someone is driving to an ATM to retrieve money usually means they have something in particular to do whereas 'getting up to go to the fridge' is usually done when in a relaxed situation (like watching tv). i.e. driving somewhere is usually time-relevant more often than getting food while relaxing.
      • tendonut, on 07/11/2008, -0/+2@ChoiceMad

        I'm not saying I don't use drive-up ATMS. They are definitely convenient...but because the walk-up ATM is closer, I barely use the drive-up ones. I've never found a situation where I couldn't find a parking spot..finding a CLOSE parking spot can be difficult, but I don't think walking an extra 6 car lengths is going to kill you...I am amazed at the number of SUV driving mothers that will spend 15 minutes searching for a parking spot 3-5 spots closer then what was available the moment they got there.

        The point of comparing it to a fridge is just to show that I can make simple tasks sound like they take a lot of effort just by listing every tiny step required. Does turning off your car really waste time? Would it be faster if you left the car on?
      • nosecohn, on 07/11/2008, -0/+2I don't live in America and we have drive through ATMs.
    • joeallam, on 07/11/2008, -1/+3I thought exactly the same and have been searching through the comments to see if someone already covered this. I guess thats how lazy places can get.
    • converge, on 07/11/2008, -1/+12That will buff right out.
  • McBadass, on 07/10/2008, -7/+354Nooooo way that just happened.
    • ayeroxor, on 07/11/2008, -1/+41and yet...
    • Walker2323, on 07/11/2008, -1/+29Holy *****!
    • Jumba990, on 07/11/2008, -14/+5How ironic, a Dodge Ram rams through an ATM
      • K3ITHK, on 07/11/2008, -1/+33I don't think irony means what you think it means.
      • rolawson, on 07/11/2008, -0/+21Fitting, not ironic.
      • gcnaddict, on 07/11/2008, -4/+5Maybe not ironic the way he thought, but ironic in the sense that a Dodge Ram owner has a bank account.

        Okay, I give. Bad stereotype, I'm sorry :(
      • RiouG, on 07/11/2008, -1/+9He should have dodged it.
      • dotvexed, on 07/11/2008, -1/+2Fitting? Didn't look like it "fit" to me.
    • InvertedDonkey, on 07/11/2008, -3/+15close your mouth... i know its open
  • luv2sor, on 07/10/2008, -10/+392It looks like it crushed the truck on its way down.
    • paulajohnw, on 07/11/2008, -79/+4Additional Pics

      shelbycountytoday.com/bank.php

      I think i would sue. Dont think it should have come down like that.
      • honkimon, on 07/11/2008, -3/+138"I think i would sue. Dont think it should have come down like that. "

        Why is our society so ***** up? See above in quotes. Douchebag
      • TheTaoOfBill, on 07/11/2008, -1/+96Sue!? The bank should ***** sue the driver! You should ALWAYS know the clearance of anything you are towing. This was no ones fault but the drivers.
      • ayeroxor, on 07/11/2008, -3/+61"I think i would sue."

        I'm scared to even guess how much of your family is on welfare.
      • EgaoNoGenki, on 07/11/2008, -2/+16I think not. You'd be dead.
      • psion01, on 07/11/2008, -23/+10Nope, that entire structure came down with very little lateral force. It wasn't built right.
      • sczzbckt, on 07/11/2008, -2/+23So its the banks fault that some idiot just drove a trailer into their building?
      • audiodude34, on 07/11/2008, -22/+7Because it is reasonable to expect that an accident of this nature might occur, and therefore a breach of duty by the persons who built the structure to not make it strong enough to not collapse completely in such a case.
      • theOster, on 07/11/2008, -2/+24"very little lateral force"? are you kidding me? a (sizable) gas-powered vehicle drove into it. cantilevers are not designed to withstand lateral shear. period. as mentioned, the responsibility is with the driver in knowing his clearance. it's like me smashing a glass into my head and suing the glass manufacturer because it broke.

        i'm somewhat playing devils advocate here, since i've always been exposed to the "design for stupidity" rule in practice. and i usually take the stance of "everything should be made of over-reinforced cast in place concrete to eliminate any question of danger.

        designing for "normal use" is pretty much gone. "designing for idiots" is in.
      • EntangledPhysx, on 07/11/2008, -15/+2I'm amazed at how many civil engineers are replying to this thread! WOW!!! Next time a structure is built, god do I hope they come to you guys for suggestions!

        /sarcasm
      • theOster, on 07/11/2008, -9/+5ok - to all those that say it should've withstood the impact - are you seriously thinking that the truck should've started spinning its wheels? or that it kind of hits it and then bumps backward a little like in cartoons? think of how much weight is moving forward at what looks like about 10-15 mph. thats an amazing amount of force moving forward via a combustion engine, contacting the ground via rubber tires that are designed to grip.

        i challenge anyone to sit on the hood of a car and have your friend drive forward at 5mph and hit the brakes just to see how amazing the forces are.

        anyway, i'm a bit tipsy and realize that i've posted many many comments to this thread. i just think that people don't realize the forces involved in a moving vehicle. if it was a kid on a bike, no prob, but a truck with a trailer? way different.

        ok, im done.

        (no i'm not - entangledphysx, it's not a civil issue, it would be a structural engineer. get your jokes right :)
      • sleepwalkers, on 07/11/2008, -2/+2@audiodude34: By that logic, let's just eliminate all drive-thru and pull-up services, period, because it's plausible that if one were to apply a large amount of force to the roofs of any particular establishment, it would fall.
      • GeorgeStone2, on 07/11/2008, -1/+7Why do drive throughs even need roofs? To keep your arm dry?
        ***** pathetic.
    • JBmtk, on 07/11/2008, -7/+32Let me take a look......yep......O.K......alright.....Indeed, the concrete DID in fact fall down on the truck, making it seem like it was crushed. I also take it that the people that dugg you up were probably wondering the same thing.....
    • arcanesmile, on 07/11/2008, -8/+26R.I.P. who the ***** ever :(
      • siszam, on 07/11/2008, -1/+16He and his son lived. The link it further up in the thread.
    • sporg, on 07/11/2008, -1/+74From the news article:
      "Somehow he was able to unbuckle the seat belt and exit the other side of his truck as it was falling."

      Probably the fastest he has ever moved in his life.




      • grovest4life, on 07/11/2008, -0/+24I bet he just said that to avoid getting a ticket for not being buckled, he probably was never wearing it to begin with. That thing came down to fast to react, unbuckle and get out of the truck.
      • rockandrollmark, on 07/11/2008, -3/+3Yeah. There is a good chance someone got hurt.
    • squaredUP, on 07/11/2008, -0/+8I would have just sat in my seat dumbfounded at what had happened and gotten crushed.
    • wicketr, on 07/11/2008, -0/+4Here's the aftermath:
      http://jalopnik.com/398384/dodge-ram-pulls-down-ba ...
    • S4MF1SHER, on 07/11/2008, -0/+4Here's the backstory on what happened.
      http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=3928352
  • 00000, on 07/10/2008, -21/+6You know you dead
    • Mononuclear, on 07/11/2008, -4/+4He lived
    • theOster, on 07/11/2008, -0/+10i think you meant "i say you he dead"
    • ayeroxor, on 07/11/2008, -1/+4Let me phrase it in a manner that you may understand: "He be livin' my jive turkey."
      • faatbuddha, on 07/12/2008, -0/+1Have you ever met a black person?
  • traveler19, on 07/10/2008, -28/+6wow you can see person in the car as it happens..

    P.S. Ford Tough
  • monkeycatDx, on 07/10/2008, -3/+55That's ***** insane!
    • dlite922, on 07/11/2008, -5/+3insane is the architect who built this.
  • charlieville, on 07/10/2008, -10/+117That Bank has really raised their ATM fee.
    • exomni, on 07/11/2008, -1/+62I think you mean "razed".
      • illdourmum, on 07/11/2008, -0/+11raze:
        1. to tear down; demolish; level to the ground: to raze a row of old buildings.
        2. to shave or scrape off.
      • volonix, on 07/11/2008, -0/+6I like how I already knew what that meant due mainly to playing RTS games :D
    • WELLDOITLIVE, on 07/11/2008, -4/+3Well they're sure gonna raise it now.
    • theOster, on 07/11/2008, -10/+1i dont understand the atm fee jokes...is it that because of this, the atm fess are going up? coz that's not how the video caption is worded...it seems to be suggested that teh atm fees are the cause of the accident...i don't get it.
  • peterjmag, on 07/10/2008, -76/+172*cough*It's a woman*cough*
    • 4Prophecy, on 07/11/2008, -7/+88It's not a woman; read below.

      "HIS SON AND HIM [SIC] SURVIVED.

      FROM SHELBY COUNTY TODAY:
      At approximately 3 PM, Tuesday, July 2, a 2008 Dodge Ram 2500, pulling
      a new travel trailer, hit the corner of the Texas State Bank Drive-In
      on Tenaha Street, causing the complete awning to come to the ground.
      Luckily, the driver of the Dodge, Mickey Miller, of Garrison and his
      10 year old son were able to exit their vehicle uninjured.

      According to Miller he was circling the bank to park on the other side
      when the corner of his travel trailer caught the corner of the bank
      awning. Next thing he heard was a rumble as the awning started falling
      against his driver's side door. Somehow he was able to unbuckle the
      seat beat and exit the other side of his truck as it was falling.

      Mark Ivy of Texas State Bank stated that the main lobby would be open
      for business while the drive-in is being repaired. "
      • Elliuotatar, on 07/11/2008, -0/+15He moved quick enough to get out and survive that? Wow!
      • lot665, on 07/11/2008, -15/+1I had to look up the word "awning." Funny word.
      • mrASSMAN, on 07/11/2008, -0/+2Didn't look like he escaped in the video.. hard to believe he could react fast enough to do that. I thought the awning just clipped the side of the truck and barely missed him.
      • NanoStuff, on 07/11/2008, -2/+2Women everywhere breathe a sigh of relief.
    • exomni, on 07/11/2008, -10/+259*cough* it was a man *cough*





      A woman wouldn't have made it out of the driveway with that trailer.
      • illdourmum, on 07/11/2008, -3/+1http://www.rofl.name/roflcopter/
      • klipseracer, on 07/11/2008, -2/+5i was gonna say the same thing.

        here is an example of a woman not able to get IN the driveway:
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Xz2r3Un9CE
      • gl77, on 07/11/2008, -4/+7its pretty funny to me that racism is by and large not tolerated here on digg, but whenever there's a video of a car accident, the sexism runs rampant throughout the comments and the same people who dont tolerate racism on here are all condoning sexism. what a twisted bunch of ***** you people are. go outside.
      • ScottyQuest, on 07/11/2008, -0/+9gl77, it's because racism is horrible, unreasonable, and false.

        Sexism is accurate.
    • rainydaywoman, on 07/11/2008, -16/+40And you diggers wonder why you don't have girlfriends.... You guys suck.
      • innocentsinner, on 07/11/2008, -16/+6omg like get back to the kitchen. no girlz on the intarwebs lulz.

        Welcome to digg :-/
      • STARTSOMETHING, on 07/11/2008, -13/+9Calm down, or no voting for you.

        I also wouldn't want to date someone without a scence of humor!
      • exomni, on 07/11/2008, -17/+18Whoa, your husband allows you to have a computer in the kitchen? Damn. Crazy feminazi atheists!
      • theOster, on 07/11/2008, -10/+5is "scence" meant to be funny? i mean i dont want to STARTSOMETHING, i was just curious...

        also, it's funny coz she's been here 21 days more than you, innocent (though she was 3 days behind you START, and good old exomni has you all beat...)
      • vat0r, on 07/11/2008, -4/+1But yet, you troll around anyway ;)
      • princesspeche, on 07/11/2008, -2/+2oh get your panties out of a knot. everyone knows women can't drive.
      • rainydaywoman, on 07/11/2008, -2/+1panties?
      • STARTSOMETHING, on 07/12/2008, -0/+1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Start_Something


        Im also sorry for being late O.
    • homersaysdoh, on 07/11/2008, -6/+4The majority of all videos that I have seen regarding incidents involving vehicles has been when a man was involved. Moron....
    • homercles337, on 07/11/2008, -1/+3@ homersaysdoh, the majority of all statistics in online forums are made up. Way to keep the trend going.
    • wakeupmrfox, on 07/11/2008, -0/+2Men have higher insurance rates than women. There must be a reason.
      • zeabu, on 07/11/2008, -0/+3Crash less, but harder. We also kill more people in traffic.
    • Decipi, on 07/11/2008, -1/+0If its not a manual I wont drive it. Whats that say about women guys?
  • TomTruelle, on 07/10/2008, -7/+179Wow... I replayed it about a dozen times. Still trying to figure out if there was maybe a way this person couldve survived...
    • kleptomaniac, on 07/11/2008, -2/+91He lived. Natural selection doesn't work all the time.
    • exomni, on 07/11/2008, -0/+45He did. And so did his 10-year-old son in the passenger seat.

      The corner of the awning only hit the driver's-side of the truck.
      • ayeroxor, on 07/11/2008, -2/+49Apparently, hyphens were strewn everywhere.
      • feoren, on 07/11/2008, -3/+5"10-year-old" is a single, multiple-word adjective (a little bit like "multiple-word" there) and should therefore be hyphenated. You'd have to be pretty anal to correct someone about missing hyphens where they should have them, but correcting them for having them is just plain wrong. You still get dugg up for the wit though.

        Edit: Unfortunately, I didn't notice "driver's-side". I HAD FAITH IN YOU, EXOMNI!
    • NikoKun, on 07/11/2008, -4/+12Yeah... it just scraped the side of the car... didn't actually crush it.
      • ayeroxor, on 07/11/2008, -1/+13Exactly- Just a scrape. It'll buff out. A little touch-up paint, and good as new...
    • expert01, on 07/11/2008, -9/+4Unfortunately he robbed himself of a Darwin Award. To qualify, both he and his child would have to have died.
      • KennMac, on 07/11/2008, -1/+2Yes folks, you read that right. He really is disappointed that this man didn't die. Douchebag.
    • xenoc1de, on 07/11/2008, -10/+5I don't understand why everyone is acting like it fell on the truck. It barely scrapes the door...............................
      • caborobo, on 07/11/2008, -3/+11Barely???
      • ayeroxor, on 07/11/2008, -6/+2You know, like the year 32 was just barely a little bit ago.
      • TecK415, on 07/11/2008, -2/+5It looked to me like it ripped it off and ate that ***** for breakfast.
      • edmoser, on 07/11/2008, -0/+1I don't know if barely is the right word, but the OP is right. The truck wasn't using the ATM, it was driving outside of the overhang and the corner of the trailer caught it.
    • AboveandBeyond, on 07/11/2008, -4/+3if this was in england, he would have survived because we drive on the right.
      • chedabob, on 07/11/2008, -2/+21We don't have drive-through banks in England, because we're all capable of walking the few yards to the ATM.
      • wild, on 07/11/2008, -10/+5If it was in England, his teeth would have already been ***** up.
      • seraph582, on 07/11/2008, -4/+2HAHAH ^ win
      • sphigel, on 07/11/2008, -7/+2"We don't have drive-through banks in England, because we're all capable of walking the few yards to the ATM."

        Wow, what a dick.

        Maybe you need money when you happen to be in your car and you don't feel like spending 15 minutes looking for a parking place. You can call that lazy but I'll just go ahead and call it logical.

      • eviljolly, on 07/11/2008, -1/+2At the risk of being dugg down, I somewhat agree with sphigel.

        Although it has never taken me 15 minutes to find a parking place at my bank, it does take more time to stop your car unbuckle, get out, make the transaction, and get back to your car and start it again. Using a drive-thru ATM isn't laziness, it's EFFICIENCY.

        I personally rarely use drive thru, even for food, but it does save wear and tear on your vehicle if you don't have to constantly stop/start the engine. And some people wonder why their starter goes out in the first 40K miles of owning their vehicle...
      • faatbuddha, on 07/12/2008, -0/+2If you've ever spent any time looking at a drive-thru ATM's patrons, you start to realize they're, on the whole, lazy fat-asses.

        At least in my town.
  • beans7178, on 07/10/2008, -20/+1kind of like your mom crashing down last night

    god i love corny jokes
  • veeesh, on 07/10/2008, -27/+1dont call someone who most likely died a dummy....not cool...wow
    • xenoc1de, on 07/11/2008, -0/+5dummy
    • ayeroxor, on 07/11/2008, -2/+2What if they were? ***** historical revisionists.
    • ace429k, on 07/11/2008, -1/+1break doesnt post things of ppl dying. or at least they used to not do that. idk anymore.
    • itspuddingtime, on 07/11/2008, -0/+1plenty of people die doing stupid *****. And we're here to laugh at them. When I die doing stupid *****, you guys can laugh at me too. Anyway, this guy didn't die.
  • zeabu, on 07/11/2008, -22/+275Darwin approves.
    • Breticus07, on 07/11/2008, -21/+1so?
    • xsquirrel378x, on 07/11/2008, -5/+28I dont know. Seems like an honest mistake. Dude was trying to go around
    • Elliuotatar, on 07/11/2008, -1/+11Post above says he survived.
      • skyshock1, on 07/11/2008, -0/+8And produced offspring already. Darwin fails. :(
    • killerknives, on 07/11/2008, -1/+34I disagree, in 3 seconds he unbuckled his seatbelt and exited the other door, that guy's survival instincts are ***** amazing
      • zeabu, on 07/11/2008, -2/+1.... and that disagrees with "Darwin approves", how?
    • carleethian, on 07/11/2008, -1/+2edit: nvm
    • shawn1122, on 07/11/2008, -6/+13You're a dick, the corner of his trailer caught onto the awning and brought it down. Hahahaha, its all so funny until something unfortunate happens to you, right? Learn to have a bit of empathy...
    • BossKey, on 07/11/2008, -4/+3Darwin doesn't win unless the guy doesn't reproduce.
      He already did.
      • spookycheddar, on 07/11/2008, -2/+1do you know him personally??
      • BossKey, on 07/11/2008, -2/+1Don't ask me, ask the guy who claims Darwin approves. All I'm stating are pure facts, dude.
  • vidar808, on 07/11/2008, -16/+4The roof hit right in the middle of the trailer. I think it is fairly safe to bet that the roof landed on the middle of the cab, killing the driver.
  • voyetra8, on 07/11/2008, -8/+49How is it that someone had access to the actual surveillance video, yet decided not to post any information whether the person lived or died?

    It is a mystery.
  • qpingu, on 07/11/2008, -1/+52Playing the clip in slow motion, it actually looks like the roof only landed on the side of the car. At very worst, the ceiling may have hit around the driver's shoulder area, but I don't think this accident was fatal. You'll also notice that the trailer hit the roof on the very edge, and it looks a bit wider than the car as well.

    I doubt they were trying to use the ATM driving at that speed and that far away, just trying to get around but misjudged the ceiling. The driver was more unfortunate than stupid, and I certainly hope things turned out for the best.
    • gregsamsa222, on 07/11/2008, -0/+4so you read the story, Sherlock, before making your deductions...?
    • ozziegt, on 07/11/2008, -0/+1He's pretty damn stupid for trying to go around that fast.
    • merrickx, on 07/11/2008, -4/+1Look again. It looks like enough of the left half of the cab was crushed to kill him. Also look at the bottom of the truck in the last second. The whole truck is smashed into the ground and the cab folds in past the steering wheel. My guess is the driver's faced was crushed into the steering wheel and downward.
    • merrickx, on 07/11/2008, -1/+2Previous statement withdrawn.
  • moviscop, on 07/11/2008, -0/+510HIS SON AND HIM SURVIVED.

    FROM SHELBY COUNTY TODAY:
    At approximately 3 PM, Tuesday, July 2, a 2008 Dodge Ram 2500, pulling
    a new travel trailer, hit the corner of the Texas State Bank Drive-In
    on Tenaha Street, causing the complete awning to come to the ground.
    Luckily, the driver of the Dodge, Mickey Miller, of Garrison and his
    10 year old son were able to exit their vehicle uninjured.

    According to Miller he was circling the bank to park on the other side
    when the corner of his travel trailer caught the corner of the bank
    awning. Next thing he heard was a rumble as the awning started falling
    against his driver's side door. Somehow he was able to unbuckle the
    seat beat and exit the other side of his truck as it was falling.

    Mark Ivy of Texas State Bank stated that the main lobby would be open
    for business while the drive-in is being repaired.
    • CosmicJustice, on 07/11/2008, -30/+18Dugg you up for the information but seriously, "His son and him survived"????
      Try "He and his son survived."
      Obama wants us to learn a second language. Many of us are still working on our first.
      • christophe971, on 07/11/2008, -7/+4moviscop must be french, or something related.
      • IllBeBack, on 07/11/2008, -2/+9Hey, that's how they talk down there in Texas.

        Don't Mess With Texas
      • tcpip4lyfe, on 07/11/2008, -14/+12Obama can ***** off.
      • TheTaoOfBill, on 07/11/2008, -9/+9You're not doing a good job disproving the belief that Obama and his supporters are elitists.
    • Impeller, on 07/11/2008, -0/+50Have they stopped screaming yet?
    • TheTaoOfBill, on 07/11/2008, -14/+7You're not doing a good job disproving the belief that Obama and his supporters are elitists.
      • razorsharp84, on 07/11/2008, -0/+12No, I suppose he didn't address that very well at all
      • InnerRayg, on 07/11/2008, -1/+2Who, exactly, would you be talking about?
      • ruddy, on 07/11/2008, -1/+10i'm gonna bite your nuts off
      • TheTaoOfBill, on 07/11/2008, -2/+2Sorry I guess I hit the wrong reply...It was meant for cosmic bury this and I'll respond to that thread...
    • DanQuist, on 07/11/2008, -1/+9That video must be sped up for him to have responded that quickly. Insane though.
      • mojoface, on 07/11/2008, -0/+3It isn't sped up. There's a clock in the top of the video.
    • Zoxy, on 07/11/2008, -0/+56Good, now I can laugh.
      • byaselli21, on 07/11/2008, -0/+2Actually, It seems less funny now,
    • SolidForce, on 07/11/2008, -0/+5Good find!
    • moviscop, on 07/11/2008, -3/+14my apologies for the grammar, i swear im not stupid, but it not like i can fix it now...
      • moviscop, on 07/11/2008, -5/+16ITS!

        *****, I'M A DUMBASS!
      • beajk002, on 07/11/2008, -2/+24it's
      • r3574r7, on 07/11/2008, -4/+2O RLY?
      • dlite922, on 07/11/2008, -9/+1Go shoot yourself.

        You're not using Firefox, because it would underline all spelling errors. As for the grammar, you are a flaming dumb ass.

      • magicaltrevor, on 07/11/2008, -0/+3dlite922: You sound like a real joy to be with.
      • zeabu, on 07/11/2008, -0/+1Everything is underlined as this is a Spanish Firefox and ditto dictionary. Oh yes, the world speaks more languages than English only.
    • Tweets, on 07/11/2008, -10/+3 Figures. Male driver.
    • craigg77, on 07/11/2008, -2/+5"Mickey Miller, of Garrison Tx drives like a woman."
    • DraxusD, on 07/11/2008, -0/+3Did he climb over his son? Or unbuckle his seat belt and get him out as well, all while it was falling?
      • nimawin, on 07/11/2008, -1/+2like George Constanza running out of the house on fire while pushing away all the children?
    • g00ee, on 07/11/2008, -0/+5How the hell could he unbuckle his seat belt and move out of the way that quickly? How did he even know the structure was falling?
      • moviscop, on 07/11/2008, -1/+2he said he heard it start to creak and crack so he made a quick move to exit.
      • timsline, on 07/11/2008, -0/+5He wasn't wearing a seat belt. He just said that he was.
    • mrhaines, on 07/11/2008, -1/+6I guess we can't tell "must have been a woman" jokes now.
    • majorbta, on 07/11/2008, -0/+3You can actually see him open the door and move at 14 seconds
    • Arrizer, on 07/14/2008, -0/+0If you are too stupid to drive, let it be
  • AmyVernon, on 07/11/2008, -1/+13we have railroad overpasses all over in my neighborhood, and every single one has multiple signs warning of the height. trucks constantly get stuck in them anyway. constantly. people pay no attention to that stuff.
    • centran, on 07/11/2008, -0/+5Sometimes semi's will get stuck because those signs where put in decades ago. What happened is the road was repaved over(maybe several times) and the height listed in the sign is off by several inches.
      Other times, the semi driver might think he is smart if there is only an inch off and will deflate his airbag suspension to try and make it.
      • djpants428, on 07/11/2008, -0/+3A bridge close to me has a height sensor for the exact clearance. It will warn you 1000 feet before you get to it if the vehicle is too tall to fit, with large flashing signs. Someone still manages to hit it about 3 times a year.
    • BossKey, on 07/11/2008, -0/+1We have a few bridges like that.

      They all have suspicious-looking chunks of concrete missing from the archways above the approach lanes.
  • GregFD3S, on 07/11/2008, -19/+6Epic ***** failure.

    All in favor of a Darwin award nomination, say "aye".
    • audiodude34, on 07/11/2008, -1/+1He lived.

      ...dumbass...
    • EntangledPhysx, on 07/11/2008, -2/+2The guy jumped out of the truck with his son as the awning was falling. That's the opposite of a Darwin award. You're an idiot who regurgitates the same old ***** every other idiot is spewing, in an absurd intent to appear funny and sociable.
  • thashiz, on 07/11/2008, -8/+77I love that there's an Auto Zone across the street.
    • tnoy, on 07/11/2008, -0/+7He can start repairing his truck with those plastic fake-chrome-looking hub-caps.
    • tinkafoo, on 07/11/2008, -0/+3well, the front fell off.
    • a3sax, on 07/11/2008, -3/+1i never respond to the front page fast enough. kudos on the autozone comment.
    • music2play1, on 07/11/2008, -3/+2you took that right off of the video page... dugg down for plagiarism..
    • Amlethus, on 07/11/2008, -0/+1"Gosh, Joe, it sure is slow today. I hope we get some business today."
      "Uh, don't worry, I have a feeling something's gonna fall on our laps soon."
  • andy2125, on 07/11/2008, -20/+10Oh that was in Texas? I'm no longer surprised.
  • Jenadae, on 07/11/2008, -13/+8My jaw just literally dropped...
  • ViSHiX, on 07/11/2008, -24/+64The best part was when the thing fell down!!!
    • jjohnstn, on 07/11/2008, -2/+30Really?
      • sysop073, on 07/11/2008, -1/+13I was going to say he's probably trolling because nobody's that stupid, but then I looked at his comment history
    • SeanRoss, on 07/11/2008, -1/+7It's a Simpsons reference... At least I hope that's what this guy is getting at
  • mrfreeziexp, on 07/11/2008, -10/+77At worse, that should have just damaged whatever they were towing. That roof should not have fallen down so easily. I guarantee you that whoever built that will be in court very soon.
    • greenlight2001, on 07/11/2008, -4/+13Exactly. Idiot driver but the awning should have been able to withstand that hit without collapsing. One good hurricane would have taken that bitch down just as easily.
      • josereyes0, on 07/11/2008, -0/+9or a Wolf blowing
      • yuanzhoulu, on 07/11/2008, -0/+5no, those trucks are pretty tough force. it's hard to build a structure to be that strong to survive vehicle impacts like that.
      • theOster, on 07/11/2008, -0/+1completely different forces. if it was in FL, all you need is a continuous tie-beam at a certain elevation (based on overall height) and the appropriate ties. upload is nowhere near the same as lateral shear.
      • mojoface, on 07/11/2008, -0/+1Or a flock of geese.
      • Hurricane, on 07/12/2008, -0/+1I tend to leave bank awnings in central Texas alone, on the coast however........
    • mrASSMAN, on 07/11/2008, -1/+12That was a heavy-duty truck (and apparently accelerating .. likely with a V-8 engine over 200 HP) with a large and heavy trailer attached.. awnings aren't built to withstand great forces, it isn't really structurally connected to the actual building so it's basically just there to shelter the area from rain and sun. Awnings are one of the first things to go in wind-storms and hurricanes..
      • SatansSpatula, on 07/11/2008, -2/+3Dude, it was a *trailer*. Do you have any idea how weakly constructed trailers are? Look into it, it's amazing.
      • Zlorp, on 07/11/2008, -0/+4over 200 hp? this isnt 1988, 4 cylinders have that kind of power these days. if its a v8 it has at least 300. but chances are that its a diesel with 300+ hp and 600ft lbs of torque.

        just in case anyone cared to know
      • mrASSMAN, on 07/11/2008, -1/+4Zlorp.. yeah I know, I was just underestimating, most likely has 300 or more. I said over 200 because it varies depending on the model.
      • mojoface, on 07/11/2008, -2/+1@ Zlorp "at least 300" is greater than (over) 200.
      • timsline, on 07/11/2008, -0/+4Did you see how that awning crushed everything underneath it? That structure had some serious weight to it, or else it would have just laid on top of that truck. A structure that heavy should have had much more support. Any one under that awning could have easily been killed.
    • Renster84, on 07/11/2008, -5/+8That is the american way.

      Sue the person for building a building that collasped when YOU drove into it. It seems totally crazy that anyone can get by in that kind of society.
      Seriously, i would be counting my lucky stars for just living through that, then bricking it incase i got billed to fix it. The last thing i would be thinking is "Well i suppose they should of made it better".

      Alas, we brits are just not ment to understand this.
      • Hurricane, on 07/12/2008, -1/+1Yep, idiots in here who are blaming the bank are as stupid as the fools who drove his trailer into it.
    • Waffle07, on 07/11/2008, -2/+4No

      When that truck hits the awning it is creating a huge reaction force at the base of the pillar. There is no way it should have been able to withstand those types of horizontal loadings.
  • zxcasd, on 07/11/2008, -15/+0repost!... or rather too many people trying to get the best digg...

    http://digg.com/comedy/How_not_to_use_the_drive_th ...
    http://digg.com/comedy/How_Not_To_Use_The_Drive_Th ...
  • baskingturtles, on 07/11/2008, -3/+43holy *****, that is terrifying
  • schmitey, on 07/11/2008, -3/+19Don't think crash test quite have that in mind.
  • koolmoecraig, on 07/11/2008, -16/+111Guess he couldn't DODGE that roof could he? Get it Eric? Dodge truck. Dodge. Ha, man that's witty.
  • Badewell, on 07/11/2008, -7/+4I didn't read the description beforehand. I was expecting someone to run into the ATM somehow, was pleasantly surprised.
  • DRC1, on 07/11/2008, -11/+3OMG! CLOVERFIELD IS REALLY HAPPENING!
  • ferg2k8, on 07/11/2008, -10/+2Holy WoW!!! I just saw that sh*t happen I think. The first thing I thought of is, what about the driver" That was nutz!!
  • sfcaptainrob, on 07/11/2008, -9/+125What was the awning made of balsa wood or something?
    • expert01, on 07/11/2008, -1/+49It was a 250 ton steel plate balanced on 4x4's surrounded with fake bricks. Obviously.
    • EvoPsy, on 07/11/2008, -0/+3Yeahhh, just like those cool planes.
    • pros599, on 07/11/2008, -1/+3Yep... Crafted by some of the finest American architects.
  • xero69, on 07/11/2008, -4/+21Wow he's pretty lucky nobody else was underneath that awning at the time he collapsed it, can you say lawsuit?
    • yuanzhoulu, on 07/11/2008, -5/+6***** lawsuits, this stupid country always wants to sue.
      if he was hurt, it was his own fault.

      nobody else was there to get hurt.

      therefore, no lawsuit.
      • Linake, on 07/11/2008, -0/+4I think xero is saying that if another person were underneath (say, using the ATM) when it collapsed then there would be a lawsuit -- probably between the customer and the truck driver. I'd imagine there would be some hefty medical bills to pay. It wouldn't be the ATM customer's fault if some other truck collapsed the roof on top of them.
    • magicaltrevor, on 07/11/2008, -0/+3You can always say lawsuit in America.
  • Kajico, on 07/11/2008, -8/+1...
    • necromancer, on 07/11/2008, -1/+2So they faked the whole scene? For what purpose? That would be a pretty expensive clip to fake...
  • BikerDude69, on 07/11/2008, -4/+46I agree with mrfreeziexp. This looks like defective contruction. There should have been supports at the far corners as well as stronger support throught. The awning looks far too heavy for what little weak brick supports it had.
    • pizpot, on 07/11/2008, -0/+7the bolts of the supports would just rip out. there needed to be a major diagonal x, and I doubt that is in the code. however, driving has rules to cover this.

      The solution is to put cement filled poles in the ground protecting the structure.
      • pizpot, on 07/11/2008, -0/+1cement filled poles protecting the building would do it
      • Elliuotatar, on 07/11/2008, -2/+2Uh, what good would cement poles have done to stop a vehicle which is too tall from hitting THE CEILING?

        /edit

        I guess if his goal was to drive around the awning though, rather than under it, poles would have helped, but it would still leave it vulnerable to this sort of failure if someone did intentionally try to go under it.
      • Hurricane, on 07/11/2008, -0/+1Cement filled poles are standard around here.
    • ThaDRD, on 07/11/2008, -0/+5Even fake columns at the corners would have helped them steer wider than the awning, which they were trying to do according to the article.
    • yuanzhoulu, on 07/11/2008, -0/+7most awnings are constructed the same way, i can tell you that.

      yes, it's bad construction. realistically you want thin aluminum on top, not solid rock on top.

      but this country's building codes are written by losers, they also go overboard with safety on other issues but not the most basic ones.
  • digichris, on 07/11/2008, -12/+3*Flava flav waaaaoooooooooooooooowwww*
  • Khanvalescent, on 07/11/2008, -1/+16I could only view the story on Shelby County's webpage through google cache. There were a few aftermath pictures, and the ceiling landed on the rear corner of the truck cab, just barely missing the driver and passenger section.

    http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:KvRSLXgFnk8J: ...
    • bills534, on 07/11/2008, -0/+1Funny thing is the trailer is in the best shape of everything and it is what caused that whole mess.
  • Definition, on 07/11/2008, -0/+40Way to ram through it.
  • exomni, on 07/11/2008, -9/+24Not fake, by the way. This happened in Shelby County (only in Texas). The dumbass driver was actually not trying to go through the drive-in ATM, but hit the corner of the awning as he was driving around the side of the bank. He and his ten-year-old son escaped unscathed.


    ""At approximately 3 PM, Tuesday, July 2, a 2008 Dodge Ram 2500, pulling a new travel trailer, hit the corner of the Texas State Bank Drive-In on Tenaha Street, causing the complete awning to come to the ground. Luckily, the driver of the Dodge, Mickey Miller, of Garrison and his 10 year old son were able to exit their vehicle uninjured.

    ""According to Miller he was circling the bank to park on the other side when the corner of his travel trailer caught the corner of the bank awning. Next thing he heard was a rumble as the awning started falling against his driver's side door. Somehow he was able to unbuckle the seat beat and exit the other side of his truck as it was falling.

    ""Mark Ivy of Texas State Bank stated that the main lobby would be open for business while the drive-in is being repaired.""

    http://tinyurl.com/579q3x


    pics:

    http://www.shelbycountytoday.com/imgsTemp/bank2.jp ...
    http://www.shelbycountytoday.com/imgsTemp/bank1.jp ...
    • BSeffrood, on 07/11/2008, -2/+13thank you for reposting this for the fourth time
  • SweetyTreaty, on 07/11/2008, -18/+0Damn, he must be dead. What a way to go.
  • rmeddy, on 07/11/2008, -1/+26You Fail ,The enemy has captured your intelligence.
  • EmailAddress, on 07/11/2008, -8/+2LOL!!! this is so ***** funny. It's a nice prank to do at 2am.. workers some in the morning see the drive through.. driven through..... HAHA......
  • WTFppl, on 07/11/2008, -6/+8I've driven motor-homes for years for an RV sales lot, I always double & triple think of my clearances on both sides and top.
    This guy is an idiot, for, from the CCTv-cam you can obviously see the shadow of the awning on the motor hood. That should have been enough indication that his vehicle was too close, not to mention the fact the the old fart was doing at least 15 to 20 mph near a building with an over hang. Furthermore, I hope the gentleman who was driving is made to pay all of the damages that were caused to the bank, for negligence. Even more so, I hope his son learned a valuable lesson from his father!
  • Hypomanic, on 07/11/2008, -1/+24This happened in Center, Texas. I can say from experience: this town is full of morons.
    • weech, on 07/11/2008, -3/+0Don't mess with Texas.
    • BossKey, on 07/11/2008, -0/+15That explains a lot, since Center, Texas is nowhere near the center of Texas.
  • OpCzar, on 07/11/2008, -5/+4"drive through ATM"
    Never seen one of those... I just use Interac.
  • X9001, on 07/11/2008, -10/+2Wonder if the driver lived?...
  • Ymeg, on 07/11/2008, -2/+17What the hell? How could anyone build that with such weak structural integrity?
    • alexpigment, on 07/11/2008, -2/+3well to be fair, it's only held up by a few beams so that people can drive under it and that all cars can be seen visibly from the teller window. if you think about it logically, i doubt there are many with the "structural integrity" to survive that sort of forward-moving force. i'll let you break out the paper and do the physics work
      • Ymeg, on 07/11/2008, -0/+2If you are assuming that that is the only way to build the overhead, then it would be difficult.

        There are different building models that would have prevented this.
      • alexpigment, on 07/11/2008, -0/+1It's not the only way to build one, I'm just saying many are built like this out of utility, so it's not like this one is way subpar. The real issue is that it's just being pushed forward with a decent amount of momentum. That type of force is hard to stand up against unless you have diagonal support beams (which would take the forward moving force on the roof and direct it into the ground, which can't move), which I have NEVER seen on a bank drive thru. I would love to draw you a diagram and show you how the force is distributed, but I feel like I'm pretty clear here.

        EXAMPLE: screw the legs of a table into the ground, then fall on it. It likely not break if you fall on top of it (DIRECTLY on top of it). Fall against it at an angle and it will likely break and fall in the same way this building does. Lastly, push the table sideways, and it will take significantly less force for it to break. It's just physics.
    • SeanRoss, on 07/11/2008, -0/+2I was thinking the same thing, who the heck built that... I'm scared to go under any drive-thru ATMs now.

      Why did they not reinforce the pillars with Poles further in the ground? It looks like they just started the pillars by building the bricks above ground.
  • tavisjohn, on 07/11/2008, -0/+11The truck was not too tall, the trailer he was towing was!
  • YancyFryJr, on 07/13/2008, -3/+7I wish there was audio:

    "OH SHI-"
  • doritostapatio, on 07/11/2008, -10/+5Wow no comments about natural selection here, thank god.
    • chikuten, on 07/11/2008, -2/+3there are
    • Hurricane, on 07/11/2008, -1/+1Well, he nearly took out his offspring too, almost got an honorable darwin award.
  • Richgarner, on 07/11/2008, -0/+48Idiots. They keep the internet amusing.
    • NoDisk, on 07/11/2008, -1/+4Dugg for not making that a motivational poster.
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