Today, I stopped at a red light, when I noticed the car in front of me was in reverse. I honked at the driver, hoping he'd realize and place the car in drive. He thought the light turned green and immediately backed into me. FML
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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, the person I was driving behind put their car in reverse and backed straight into me. I was then yelled at and told, "I had my reversing lights on! Why didn't you move?!" FML
Today, a stoplight turned yellow as I was approaching it. I was about to go through but saw a cop, panicked, and slammed on the brakes. I ended up in the middle of the intersection and had to reverse. Soon the light turned green, and I stepped on the gas. My car was still in reverse. FML
Today, I was driving around a parking lot, looking for an empty spot. Someone was backing out a bit too quickly as I was about to pass by, so I honked to announce myself. The driver instead panicked and reversed into my front bumper. FML
Today, I was driving in my very own car that I bought and paid for myself, when I stopped at a stop light. Then I noticed the truck in front of me turn on his reverse lights. I honked desperately. He hits me, looks out the window and says, "I see no damage" and drives away. FML
Today, I stopped at a red light. I noticed the car in front of me had their reverse lights on. I thought to myself, "Meh, that person must know. They wouldn't do that." The light turned green. Turns out they didn't. Nor did they have insurance. FML
Today, I was driving home from work and noticed the car behind me was tailgating me pretty badly. I was starting to get angry with the driver, and kept glancing in my rear view mirror at him. While I was doing so, the traffic ahead of me stopped, and I rear-ended the car in front of me. FML
Today, while at a stop light, I was rear-ended by a car behind me. The guy got angry at me, because according to him, I should've known that his car has poor braking distance, and so I should've moved forward a few more feet to compensate. FML
Today, I was driving to work and stopped at a stop light. A full 2 or 3 seconds passed, followed by a car rear-ending me. The idiot driving it got out and gave me hell, calling me a maniac because I braked "too quickly" and didn't give him a chance to react. FML
Today, I noticed I parked behind a boy I like. Trying to impress him with my driving skills, I ended up forgetting to put the car in reverse and rear-ended him. FML
Today, I decided to be a good driver and not run through the yellow light. As soon as I stopped my car another came and rear-ended me. The guy told me to go in the parking lot so we can exchange information. So I drove into the parking lot, I turned my head and watched him drive away. FML
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Top comments
ITSaSHOT 7
Wonder how they managed to pull up to a light and end up in reverse.
FloMarDee 19
the ever helpful "honk"... I usually do the opposite of what the honkers want, but not like THAT
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Comments (113)
RedFox29 10
You should have just backed up when you saw that.... SMH
fordneagles 34
OP might not have had space if someone else was pulled up behind them already
SolarFlare 20
than will the reverse man get rewarded for his own fault. OP and number 3 in line bumping each other.
Dusty_Busters 15
Then*
kibblew 7
if he was in reverse, how can he back into you? I am confused
fordneagles 34
Because they were in front of OP. And reversed into OP. Maybe try reading the FML again? "The car in front of me was in reverse"
RodzillaX 30
I think what 30 is going for here is a play on words.
mcm_3 16
The term 'reverse' implies a backward motion.
gAt_d 26
My dad has a habit of always putting the car in neutral at a stop light for some reason and I've witnessed him accidentally going into reverse and nearly backing up into someone. To the people that are confused by this fml, please stay away from me on the road, thanks.
tj4234 36
Just answering the 'for some reason' bit. In some countries, they train you to go into neutral when you stop at a red light. The reason they do this is because putting your car into neutral helps prevent the car from overheating and puts less strain on the engine. Although most people probably don't put their car into neutral, it's probable that whoever taight your dad to drive did it (or just that your dad knew about the overheating thing).
gAt_d 26
I called him out of curiosity and that was what he said plus he says it helps with brake life, learn something new everyday, thank you fml!
pnutbutternjelly 15
I was also thinking it was possible that he was used to driving manual so the habit of putting it in neutral when stopping stuck.
WellThatSucked89 13
Its very easy to mistake reverse on a manual vehicle for one of the regular gears. I started driving at sixteen in a manual transmission and would get mixed up sometimes.
jakeobevan 3
It's funny because this same situation happened to me. I was driving my 86 fiero GT manual and was at a red light. When the light turned green, my first geer wasn't fully engaged so I panicked when it went back into neutral and put into reverse and ALMOST hit the black Chrysler crossfire behind me. Scared the shit out of me.
Pinwheel 10
Hm I don´t find that easy at all. The motion to go into reverse is usually very different. If I would make that mistake regularly I would either stay in first gear when stopping or stop driving altogether...
WellThatSucked89 13
The thing is, if the person in question were a new driver to straight shift, it is not that hard to believe this mistake happened. I get your point, but for pete's sake... shit happens. F all parties involved L.
Pinwheel 10
I can imagine the other way around, not pushing down enough and ending up in first gear instead of reverse but this way it seems strange to me. Probably (as someone said) rolled back to the line and then forgot about it or wanted to change later and panicked because of the honking.
kpc2424 13
This confirms my biggest red light fear.
aibasmith 7
Lovely
athos1237 4
You were too close
mcm_3 16
wonderful. what was the repair cost appraised at?
mattorama 15
That was no accident, he was committing insurance fraud. He's going to tell the police you rear ended him, and with no witness reports, they'll side with him.
sarah6786 14
If that were the case and it were me I would be paying that person a visit.
knotcool 15
But, perhaps the fact that the van is far away from the line, would indicate he is at fault? Assuming the police officer cares enough...
rfid_fml 13
Maybe some force DRIVE hi to put his car in reverse...
CloudEnvy 17
Yeah, this guy's clearly on to something. Now to spend a further 20 mins trying to crack the riddle of this comment..
CloudEnvy 17
Maybe some force DROVE him to put his car in reverse. hoho.. witty. Glad I stuck with it to that conclusion..