Note to idiots: If youâre going to be an idiot in your car, buckle up.
I mean, there are plenty of other notes I could add. For instance, donât be an idiot. Thatâs a good place to start â and, if youâre reading our august publication, Iâd hope youâre smarter than the average dolt.
However, a few morons will eventually chance upon this outlet and, perhaps, even this very article. Maybe theyâre thinking of doing something absolutely asinine that nobody in their right mind would do. And maybe theyâre thinking of doing it in a Toyota FJ Cruiser.
Fine. Iâd recommend against it and I hope the cops catch you, but fine. However, heed my words, at the very least, again: buckle up.
Thatâs what the unnamed driver of a bad-Viral Video out of Kuwait didnât have the common sense to do. Now, heâs lucky to have escaped with only 1) minor injuries and 2) plenty of social media infamy.
According to CarScoops, the accident involved a 34-year-old man who was driving his off-roader on the beach at Abu Al Hasaniya, part of the Mubarak Al-Kabeer governorate in the Persian Gulf nation.
Itâs unclear when the incident happened, although CarScoopsâ report was dated April 1.
The Video shows the SUV driving close to the shore, with the driver closing the door as the vehicle was already moving. (Thatâs seldom a good sign to begin with, but it was the least of the manâs worries.)
The unnamed driver then begins to speed up, albeit with the left-side tires in the water and the right-side tires on the wet sand. As anyone with common sense will tell you, that will create an asymmetry in the amount of traction on each side â and sure enough, the vehicle quickly begins to weave dangerously.
The driver attempted to correct, but to no avail: The FJ Cruiser flipped over, flinging him out of the window and into the shallow water:
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Nice work. And yet, he walks away seemingly unharmed.
CarScoops estimated that the man was thrown roughly 16 feet into the air, although itâs really not known for sure. What is clear is that the unnamed man â who Iâm going to assume wonât be giving out his identity voluntarily â escaped with minor injuries, apparently not getting torn apart by either gravity or the car heâd been thrown clear of.
Should the driver be ticketed for reckless driving or should stunts like this on an empty beach legal?
He should be ticketed or worseHe only harmed himself - this should be legal if the beach is empty
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He should be ticketed or worse: 100% (2 Votes)
He only harmed himself - this should be legal if the beach is empty: 0% (0 Votes)
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The vehicle, on the other hand, sustained some pretty serious roof damage â and considering the fact it was flooded with saltwater due to it being swept out to sea before the fire department could retrieve it, Iâm guessing this one is probably going to be written off by insurance.
I also donât want to see this guyâs premiums if he actually reports it to his insurance company, although Iâll concede I donât know how the process works in Kuwait. The vehicle was seized by police, however, so surely someone in officialdom is going to know about this.
Whatever the case, this idiot is clearly lucky to be alive. Maybe next time, heâll buckle up. Or better still, maybe heâll drive his car sensibly on actual roads with both caution and common courtesy.
Thatâs hoping a bit too much, though, so Iâm sticking with the buckle up part. For the rest of you, however, let this be a lesson: Donât be this doltish.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.