Today, while driving home after the legal curfew, I narrowly avoided a police roadblock and backtracked a mile to drive home another way. I then ran out of gas a mile away from my house. FML
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Today, after leaving work at 10 pm, I took a shortcut to the highway. After getting lost, my GPS informed me that the service was unavailable and I should try back in an hour. This occurred moments before I ran out of gas. FML
Today, I was driving to a gas station because I'd noticed I was almost on empty. Literally a block away from the gas station, my car broke down in the middle of an intersection, and I had to push my car to the side of the road, only to be questioned by police for "suspicious behavior." FML
Today, I drove 100 miles from my parents' house to mine. I had only a few miles left when I realized I really had to pee. I didn't want to pull over somewhere when I was so close to home, so I sped up. A cop pulled me over a block from my house. I started to sob, and ended up peeing myself. FML
Today, my car broke down on my way home from university. I tried calling for help, only to realise my phone had completely run out of charge. Luckily, I had passed a police station so I decided to walk the 10 minutes down the road to ask for a phone. When I got there, the station was closed. FML
Today, some aggressive asshole was tailgating me on my way home, bumping into me twice. I got scared and kicked my car into high gear and got out of there. Seconds later, a traffic cop came out of nowhere and pulled me over for speeding. FML
Today, I had to drive down to my parents' house. On they way down, I needed to fill up on gas but unfortunately I'd forgotten my wallet at home with all of my cash and credit cards. I then had to call triple A and explain to them in all seriousness how I ran out of gas at the gas station. FML
Today, I called the cops to let them know that a drunk man was driving dangerously down my road. About an hour later, I was going to the store and got pulled over for speeding by the cop I called. FML
Today, I came back from a 700-mile round trip. I hit a massive pothole I couldn't avoid and blew out a tire and bent my rim. I was less than a mile from my house. FML
Today, I left the house to DoorDash and remembered that I forgot to get gas last night. I had just enough gasoline to make it to Costco for better prices. It wasn’t until I pulled in that I realized I'd left my wallet at home. I have approximately two miles of gas left. FML
Today, while I was driving, there was a high speed car chase. The runaway managed to avoid my car but the police didn't. FML
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dontfmlplzzz 6
Can't outrun stupidity
metalwolf 17
Just push the car home. When the officers stop you and ask what you are doing, tell them you tried to make it home before curfew but ran out of gas.
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Comments (156)
linkinpark98 24
Broke curfew? Avoided a police roadblock? Yeah, I'm guessing you were drunk. YDI.
SpottedZebra42 14
Or high. Yesterday was 4/20.
Francismori7 0
Breaking curfew is a way to say "too drunk to drive". So YDI bad
Conner93MB 5
Not at all... Wtf? Lol. I've more than once stayed at a friends later than 12. Girlfriend / Boyfriend? Grow up. There's no indication they were drunk or high.
nativegirl13 3
She was probably having fun causing her to stay later than her curfew
cmcmluver 0
u had that one coming.
tikimuppet 11
Seriously, places in America have legal curfews? That's screwed up. And people say England's turning into a Big Brother state...
cheetahbaby96 8
I do not agree with the curfew, but it is in place for those under 18. Most cops don't really care unless you're real young and all they usually do is take you home and get you yelled at. The curfew is 11pm-5am.
SpottedZebra42 14
^I know someone who nearly got arrested for being out after curfew on foot in his on neighborhood.
TheDrifter 24
Some places in the USA have youth crime and vandalism rates ten times the worst Great Britain has seen. Still, most "curfews" are new driver restrictions, where op could have parked and legally walked home, or part of a probation deal.
cheetahbaby96 8
Hence the word *most*
debbster7 18
The legal curfew is probably the dumbest thing ever created. Over here in Texas it's at midnight. I'm pretty sure everyone has stayed out past that for some reason. Like I did once to go to the midnight premier of Harry Potter. Or what about when we get home from Prom? That ends at midnight too. The curfew doesn't stop anyone from going past it do why even have it? And, I don't think we should assume OP was drunk. ANY sane person would do the same thing.
KickItHigh 32
Curfews do suck. In my state, you can't drive between 1 am - 5 am.
SarcasticUnicorn 9
I didn't know we had a curfew in Texas. Isn't it according to the license you have? I was told that when you have a permit you can't drive from 12-5 am and without a adult over 21 and with a license, restrictive you can drive at whatever time but you can only have a maximum of 2 people under 21 and without a license, and the full one was like you can drive anywhere, at anytime, with anyone (or no one)
kudwam 6
You have curfews in the US ?! Why ? I thought it was only for wars or epidemic states of emergencies. Aren't the USA supposed to be land of freedom ?
Michael_92 20
Well to be fair its only for young drivers because they do not have much experience.
cheetahbaby96 8
You're free unless you're under 18.
michellenKG 5
for us here in California its only the first year of holding a provisional license that you have curfew (you only are given a provisional if you're under 17 1/2) so by the time the year passed if you start at 16, your still a minor. So really I dont think we have a curfew for under age drivers with a full license.
ohmandapants 17
36- there are so many young drivers who drive way better than people who have had their licence for 20 years. You pick up bad habits over time, young drivers are still fresh out of school, they remember what's good and bad. Not all the time, but I'm just saying you can't assume they don't know what they're doing because they're "young" or "inexperienced".
Michael_92 20
The majority of young drivers are a little bit reckless. I can tell stories if you wanna read what i have seen just in my town. Besides I didn't say the curfew was good did I?
0234sunny 4
It only applies to minors..
downtime 13
55, Regardless of their ability to follow the road rules well they still lack the skills that come with experience. It applies to anything, just as you may have a better knowledge of something when you begin, your technical skills are still pathetic. You need to reach a comfortable medium to be good at something.
beastiness 14
Here in nc the curfews 9 with the exception if the reason your out is school or work related, sucks my brother got pulled over coming home from work for that
n1ckb99 2
That really sucks
evilplatypus 39
I wonder how many of the submitters who obviously qualify for a "YDI" vote actually think that they're going to find sympathy on FML?
11jaydajanssen11 0
That's what you get!
MUHouseKat 2
The curfew is for people under a certain age that still have there learners permit, not a full drivers license. It's not like a military state curfew for all citizens.
srhshl 9
In my state, there is still a curfew for six months after receiving a license, if the driver is under 18. Not necessarily just a permit. OP may be relatively new to driving, which may somewhat explain them not realising when to freaking fill up their tank.