Today, I witnessed a hit-and-run. I used my phone to write down the license plate for the police. However, I didn't notice that my phone had autocorrected the number. FML
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Today, I had a rude awakening after a traffic accident the day before. I'd fled the scene to avoid having to pay hefty damage fines. I would have gotten away with it too, if my license plate hadn't fallen off and incriminated me. FML
Today, I accidentally rear-ended an undercover police car. FML
Today, during a driving lesson, I accidentally rear-ended a BMW at a traffic light. The number plate was "Law Man." FML
Today, I realized that I accidentally said my phone number wrong when I was giving it to a really smart, cute guy with all the same interests as me that I met at a bar last night. I'd had a few drinks and had gotten the middle three digits mixed up. FML
Today, I was at my friend's house. It was dark and downpouring so I couldn't see as I was backing out of his driveway. I made it out, but then my phone went off, scaring me, and I accidentally hit the gas pedal, hitting his neighbor's parked car. Turns out he called to warn me to watch out for it. FML
Today, I rear ended a cop while talking on my cell phone. FML
Today, I was writing my rough draft of an essay, and I forgot how to spell a word. I waited for auto correct to help. I was writing on paper. FML
Today, I hit a parked car which was sticking out in the road and practically unavoidable. I left a note on the windshield saying, "You deserved to get hit - you park like an asshole." Later I realized that the paper I tore to write on was the back of my bank statement, name and address included. FML
Today, while driving, I got a call on my cell phone. Trying to be safe and avoid an accident, I pulled into the nearest parking lot before answering. While I was turning in to park, someone rear-ended me. FML
Today, I was waiting in the McDonald's drive-thru and listening to some music. I was tapping my non-driving foot to the song when I accidentally tapped the wrong foot and rear ended the cop car in front of me. Whoops. FML
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OohSheRatchet 11
IPhone supports hit and runs confirmed. FYL
SarahSehhati 40
Damn you auto erects!
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Comments (102)
Dro23 10
Autocorrect doesn't change numbers because it doesn't really know what you're trying to say like when you write words it changes then there's no way it can autocorrect numbers.
brand125 17
theres ALSO letters in a license plate number, and possibly a short string of them thst autocorrect thinks is a word. duh
silencebabyy 23
If you had time to open something on your phone to write down the number. You should have just taken a picture.
SarahSehhati 40
That could take even longer!
sunnyray812 42
It wouldn't be at all easy to take a good picture of a license plate of a moving/speeding vehicle. It could come out blurry.
garrett_8614 14
Snapping a picture doesn't take long at all actually. Cameras these days are good enough to where even if the phone is moving you can still zoom in and read what is being displayed.
DenverTyrrell 13
Don't worry it's not your fault, at least you tried probably more than what most people would have done
MegMeg362 9
at least you tried? instead of not doingnanytjing about it. you can still try to get a descriotion from your memory! goodluck!
Senorangelo 10
Perfect reason why to still keep your autocorrect mode ON
MegMeg362 9
my phone wont autocorrect in the app. you dont have to be rude. i was just trying to make the person feel better.
doodlecloud 27
Except, as a human reader, I can still make out that she meant to type 'doing anything'. If autocorrect was on it may have corrected it to something even weirder. It's not great when you're more than a letter or two off.
Helldemon 32
#56 Ya, because two common errors that anyone with a brain can still read properly is soooo horrible!1!!1!1!1
ostfaiz 18
shud hav clicked couple of pictures rather
salvorican 24
When ever autocorrect changes something I'm able to reverse it. I select the corrected word and it gives me option for the word before the correction. Might want to give that a shot OP.
lulinator 40
Ahh, the beauty of a BBQ10. The typos are only inputted by the user. Not by an OS that thinks it is smart.
elusiveshame 22
Picture would've been faster than typing. At least with an iPhone since you can bring up the camera from the lock screen.
DoubleDosexo 12
You can do that on androids too... unless it's a pattern lock, I think
lulinator 40
I'd imagine, since it was a hit and run, the running vehicle would likely have been too far away to snap a picture.
elusiveshame 22
Didn't know that about droids - good to know. And I suppose it's possible that a zoom + pic may not have worked, depends on how fast the op noticed and how fast the person took off.
Hiimhaileypotter 53
But what if it came out blurry and OP hadn't looked at the license plate?
elusiveshame 22
They can still use the picture even with a partial plate. We do it all the time here when blurry photos come in, as we can still use the make and model with a partial plate to get their information. Beats an autocorrected plate number that now leaves zero leads.
nihar_1296 12
autocorrect's a b**ch!
thedarklordsatan 7
How about you turn off autocorrect like any normal person would?
MzZombicidal 36
Oh, no! Someone just got into an accident! Better go to Settings... Turn off autocorrect... Okay, now, let's open up a text and write it d- Awww...