Today, I was intently watching my odometer to see it change from 99,999 to 100,000 when I ran into the back of another vehicle. FML
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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I rear-ended someone while trying to watch my odometer hit 80,000 miles. FML
Today, I was driving in stop and go traffic and passed two accidents in the process. I got nervous and decided to change routes to avoid getting hit. As I was trying to find an alternative route on my GPS, I rear-ended the car in front of me. FML
Today, as I was driving to work, I glanced in my rear view mirror to see an old man behind me using binoculars to see in front of him since we were stuck in a huge traffic jam. He rear ended me. 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 driving to work in heavy traffic, I got so into the song I was listening to that I tapped my foot on the gas to the beat. I rear-ended the car in front of me. FML
Today, I was riding my bike down a road I know is quite hazardous. Having almost been hit in the same spot the day before, I rode across the intersection very satisfied without having been injured. Until I crashed into the guy front of me and flipped over my handlebars. FML
Today, I was walking from my office to the place I had parked my car, a distance of approximately three blocks. As I was about to round the last corner, I was forced to dive out of the way of a speeding car. When I looked up, I noticed that it was my car. FML
Today, I was driving to work, following my girlfriend's car. I looked down to change the radio station and felt a large bump. I rear-ended my girlfriend. FML
Today, I managed to run over my own foot with my own car. FML
Today, there was a traffic accident on the highway which I normally take. I couldn't resist laughing at the driver since he was stupid enough to rear-end someone on the highway. What I didn't realize is that I forgot to pay attention to the road and rear-ended the car in front of me. FML
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IAmzephyr 22
should've been watching the road.
kelciimackk 24
Eyes on the road, OP
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Comments (108)
IAmzephyr 22
should've been watching the road.
Abhimanyu 14
Humanity will never fail to amuse us.
higgysaurus 18
The worst part is its Florida, aren't we already made fun of enough without this sorta shit happening??
Silver7827 14
At least you're not New Jersey
lavapants 15
Thanks captain obvious.
heartofhannah 28
Yall and Texas, it seems
ImamSajid25 14
That was a really Focussing task there! Great job!
Seabass_Chan 33
Pay attention to what's important, next time.
A07 48
That's exactly what OP was doing, 100,000 is a huge milestone
xx000o 27
Now you will always remember what you were doing when your car hit the 100k milestone.
aruden 25
Hopefully your car isn't to damaged and can make it to the next big one 123,456 miles
kelciimackk 24
Eyes on the road, OP
Silk_Routes 14
Ohh..almost caught!
IAmzephyr 22
they rear ended a car... in what way is that "almost"?
freya1998 23
take a picture while parked and move on. not worth risking your life!
gsam99 20
interestingly enough, his odometer doesn't move while parked!
PrimeUnit000 11
The odometer keeps ticking while the vehicle is stopped as long as the engine is running...
JustinJK 21
No it doesn't? How would an odometer record distance if the car isn't moving.
Lalala579121 28
Just pull a Ferris Bueller.
TahitiNut 6
You have an interesting odometer... unique in the automotive industry where the odometer is the LEGAL basis for determining a vehicle's mileage... NOT "stoppage."
PrimeUnit000 11
The odometer doesn't measure how far you drive it measures how far your engine has been running. Even stopped, the odometer still ticks up but super slowly because the engine is still running and thus still being measured. Test it out. Leave your car running but not moving for a few minutes and you will find the odometer still moving.
jaybigd 2
That is total bs. Of course it measures how far the car has been driven. How can you measure how "far" an engine has been running LOL. Hope no one wastes the gas "testing" that. I think that comment of yours deserves its own FML
Lalala579121 28
It's as if this person doesn't even know what the odometer is... It's the little thing with the rotating (or digital) numbers that measure how far your vehicle has traveled, not how long the engine has been running. Rpm is not the same thing as speed so running the odometer directly off the engine would just be idiotic.
mds9986 24
Just to add to 89, A digital odometer runs off of input from the transmission. A saw toothed gear/wheel generates a pulse to the odometer each time it turns a certain amount. Each pulse translates into a certain distance traveled. Therefore, no input from the transmission =no movement of the car = no output from the odometer.
mattrd_fml 31
orimeunit. no... it doesn't.
Chicagoillinois 18
82 are you dense? The odometer tells you the distance the care has been moved. Shit just Google what it does the first thing that comes up is "An odometer or odograph is an instrument that indicates distance traveled by a vehicle, such as a bicycle or automobile. The device may be electronic, mechanical, or a combination of the two." see? DISTANCE OF VEHICLE not distance the engine has ran or whatever the hell you tried saying.
WinterChild 20
Shoulda been watching the ododriver
ColonelCusswords 24
That was beautiful
iAlissa 34
That's almost as stupid as texting while driving.
ColonelCusswords 24
Texting and driving is way more distracting. I think the op was just pushing her head into the dash or something
iAlissa 34
Either way, it's stupid
ohSNAPyall 27
Pushing your head into the dash sounds pretty distracting.
aldoshoes 4
You deserve it. But I would be lying if I said I've not done similar. Managed not to crash though.
gosh_mate 30
You should always watch the road, so you kinda deserve this. In saying that, I'd be temped to watch it tick over too.