Today, I saw a portable speed camera on the highway and braked hard. I caused a 4 car pile-up and my car is totaled. It wasn't a speed camera. FML
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Today, I was speeding a little on the highway. I thought I saw a police car, so I slammed on my brakes, causing the person behind me to rear end me. The "police car" I saw was just a broken down car on the side of the road. FML
Today, I was driving a little over the speed limit, when I saw a cop car waiting to join the road ahead of me. I quickly hit the brakes so they wouldn't have a payday with me. I hit the brakes too hard, lost control and almost ended up on someone's lawn. FML
Today, I crashed my car while racing backwards, so told my parents I was rear-ended. They made me call the police and file a report. I hope there were no cameras. FML
Today, I was driving on the highway and a cop had his radar gun out. The woman in front of me panics and slams her brakes on, causing me to rear end her. The cop cited me for "tailgating" and I have to pay for the damages on both of our cars. FML
Today, I was tailgated on the highway. There was a car in the lane next to me, and my tailgater was WAY too close to risk slowing down, so I sped up in order to switch lanes, which bumped me over the speed limit. That's when my tailgater turned on the flashing lights. FML
Today, I crashed into a pole on purpose as a cop pulled me over for speeding. I figured the officer would feel bad for me and that the cost of fixing my car would be less than a ticket. He gave me one anyway. FML
Today, I rear-ended a car while I was texting about the accident ahead which was causing all the traffic. FML
Today, I accidentally rear-ended an undercover police car. FML
Today, I got rear ended. The guy flashed his lights at me to pull over, so I pulled into the side of the road. He drove away. FML
Today, I rear-ended someone while trying to watch my odometer hit 80,000 miles. FML
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Jewelofagal 2
You ought to lose your license. From personal experience with a jackass who did the same thing to me, I can tell you that your insurance isn't going to compensate your victims the true value of their vehicles. They will be out several thousand dollars and loads of time dealing with the mess because of what you did.
therevolution 0
wow that's so stupid...I don't think anything else needs to be said.
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Comments (166)
Greenpenguin999 7
ydi for being retarded and not recognizing a speed camera.
Daddymo 14
Not your fault. The cars behind should have been the correct braking distance behind you, and paying due care and attention. Just because you're on a highway/motorway doesn't mean you won't ever have to do an emergency stop. You'll be able to claim for your whiplash injury for the driver that ran into the back of you.
Krynn 0
Not true, atleast not where I'm from. If you break in an irresponsible way, and it can be proved you did so, over here you can be the guilty party. And as for keeping appropiate distance...I've lost count of the times speeding jackasses just waltzed their way into the space I was trying to keep. Theres only so much you can do during heavier traffic, which I'm assuming it was because of the number of cars involved.
Daralea 21
Braking to maintain the speed limit isn't irresponsible, unless he went well below it near instantly.
mcwildcat8230 0
No morons who "brake hard" as OP said are not being responsible. I hate assholes who do this why driving because if you see a cop or a speed gun THEY HAVE ALREADY CLOCKED YOU!!! I hate assholes who can't drive responsible
Cinn_fml 23
If you have to slam your brakes on to avoid getting a ticket, Daralea, then it is irresponsible.
r0ck5t4r 3
Everyone speeds at least sometimes, anyone who says YDI for speeding is a hypocrite YDI for braking hard on a highway, that's just idiotic. I slow down when I see a cop car but I never SLAM the brakes. Of course, if you were speeding so much that you had to slam the brakes to slow down enough, then yes, you do deserve it for speeding
RedPillSucks 33
This is more of an FML for the drivers behind you. In addition to getting in the accident, in the US they would have been ticketed for driving too close behind. What's the law in the UK?
allmidnighteyes 11
You know, you could've just downshifted instead of hitting the brakes hard... Even in an automatic, they give you that option.
Shinygirlnz 1
You suck, OP.
wackywillie54 0
YDI for speeding
GunReaper 0
your a ******* dumbass. even if it was a speed camera slowly break, if not keep going because the ticket would cost less than repair costs, why were you going so fast anyways? YDI
EngineerJane 0
Must be a woman driver. All that needs to be said.
FromTheD 0
lol u deserved that 100%