Today, a stoplight dropped square into the bed of my pickup truck. The police think I was attempting to steal it, and my insurance won't cover the damage to my truck. There were no witnesses. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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, a truck rear-ended my car and drove off. I could see everything from my office, everything except his license plate. FML
Today, for the second time this week, a jerk in a big truck let a big rock fly out of their uncovered back and damaged my windshield. Both times the cops refused to do anything and I can't afford to fix it as I was demoted at work. FML
Today, I parked my truck next to a rather large SUV at school, went to class for 8 hours straight, came back and found my passenger side door crumpled from where they had backed out and hit it. They left a note on my window that said, "Sorry about your truck, but I don't have insurance." FML
Today, I had the lovely experience of witnessing a tow truck cause a couple thousand dollars' worth of damage to my broken-down car. FML
Today, I crossed the street at a crosswalk and someone in a big pickup truck swerved to try to hit me. This has happened to me multiple times. FML
Today, I accidentally rear-ended an undercover police car. FML
Today, I got into an accident. As I was talking to a police officer about what happened, the tow truck driver managed to take my car and drive away, leaving me with no phone or wallet. I just spent an hour walking home in a hail storm. FML
Today, I was on my bike. As I'm rolling through an intersection, some asshat in a pickup runs the red light and hits me. Instead of getting out and helping me, the guy hops out, takes a look at me lying in the street, steals my hat and drives off. That was my favorite hat. FML
Today, my dad was helping my fiancé and me move. On the way, someone sideswiped the trailer. When the police came, we found my dad had a suspended license, no insurance, and a broken tail light. No one else could drive a manual, so we were stuck in a parking lot for 3 hours. Thanks, dad. FML
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Silentstrike 11
Give them some donuts, you will then be helped. Merry Christmas
baseballplaya5 7
And how exactly did that happen?
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Comments (106)
Silentstrike 11
Give them some donuts, you will then be helped. Merry Christmas
IphonFML 6
Every, if not, most stoplights should have cameras on them. or at eqch intersection. look at those for proof :)
trollfaced 2
The us government is too poor to have cameras everywhere. Also they're mostly if not only on big streets, what if he was parked at home?
Keyman1212 14
How the **** does a stop light fall in the bed of your truck at your house?? Do you have stop lights hanging over your driveway, or in your garage??
shadowrobot 2
nobody said it was at his house
effedml 5
17 did.
Marcella1016 32
Error message on a long post -_- Sending in parts... 1 - Maybe I have too much faith in our criminal justice system, but I'd think a little investigating would unearth the truth. I imagine if the light fell into OP's truck, there'd be a huge dent from the height and weight. The bulbs/glass would likely be broken. If op was actually stealing it, it would've been placed into his truck, with little to no damage to either the truck or the light.
Marcella1016 32
2 - Also, if the light was really hanging by such worn out, crappy wires, you should be able to see where they frayed and snapped. If OP stole it, you'd see a clean cut from, say, a wire cutter.
Marcella1016 32
3 - Lastly, I'm imagining OP immediately pulling over and calling the cops after hearing the crash of the light falling into his truck. And I imagine if he stole the light, he'd have wire cutters, ladder, etc on him. Not that he'd be automatically guilty if he did, but their absence would certainly point in the direction of his innocence. Just my $.02. FYL, OP, and I hope you have a good lawyer...
suxs4ulol 22
wow, i didnt think about the wire part(being frayed)
Timpa70 18
Uh no
baseballplaya5 7
And how exactly did that happen?
tinydanzr 6
Did it just randomly fall down? I don't even know why I'm asking this...op's not gonna answer...
ScaughtieHolden 11
Well 2, since you clearly can't read, the stoplight dropped square into the bed of his pickup truck.
dudeman1212 22
Uhh something called "the wind". Look it up.
capslockisgood 19
81 Yeah, the wind is strong nowadays; we need to start welding and bolting everything to the ground.
bigboughner 0
How did you hear the thud?
bigboughner 0
*not hear
shadystyle 6
he heard it. that's how he knew it fell in his truck
Taysia_Elice 6
What are the odds.. Like seriously lol
Drummerboy1234 0
hey this happened to me once! I was dreaming though.
clcbjj31 0
Are you asking for the actual odds? Like seriously?
Drummerboy1234 0
ahh thumb me down then. that sucks though op, try to see if there's a traffic cam. this bitch hit me and ran one night at 1:30 in the morn, and she tried to blame it on me. it was a convincing story but there was a traffic cam and now she's facing charges. ask to look!
icy37 10
well that legitimately sucks.
twinny_sc 13
That's peculiar.
Jewnut 0
Did you even have tools on you?
rubberduckie94 13
yeah if he had no tools, no ladder, and none of his finger prints on the stop light it will never stick
yumlicious 4
Well... Wow. Get a lawyer? Innocent until proven guilty.
ohSNAPyall 27
And call the local investigative reporter. Could be some serious public safety risks going on.
yumlicious 4
That's a good idea as well. Do not want any telephone poles falling down on the old lady pushing her grocery cart home. I do not understand how they can just jump to the conclusion of theft. First off I'm sure there would be some damage from it falling onto your vehicle. Secondly wouldn't there be tools? How do you take down a traffic light? Aren't they hardcore attached (I guess this one wasn't) to a pole or wires? You would need like a latter, lots of random tools, safety gear, etc. O.o? Lastly are there no traffic cameras or nearby businesses with security cameras?
YakuzaxGeneralz 9
34 he said there were damages to his truck. Insurance just won't cover it. Also, who wears safety gear when stealing something?
JMTS 0
Couldn't HE sue THEM?
monkeygirl6 4
Is there an ATM machine nearby?
zebrapattern 6
"ATM" already includes the word "machine", you needn't say it twice.
PlasticSand 6
Automated Teller Machine... Machine
zombicidal 11
the campfire song song
Llamacod 11
Hey now, be fair. Monkeygirl works at the "department of redundancy department"
sadistmonkey 19
Or the American Dodgeball Association of America
WCARlover 35
Wow what are the chances? But aren't you innocent til proven guilty?
LunaDragon 10
Not if he/she is from Texas, then it's guilty until proven innocent.
WCARlover 35
Well it says Pennsylvania...
LunaDragon 10
Well I'm on the andorid app and it doesn't show gender, or location. :(
Llamacod 11
Wow luna, the andorid app sounds nearly as user unfriendly as my android app.
LunaDragon 10
Llamacod, It is, it's a knock off, its like the Timex version of Rolex. =p