When Road Trips Go Wrong
Traveling is fun, but it’s also risky. Leaving your comfort zone increases the likelihood that something might go awry, especially when it comes to driving in countries other than your own. In some cases, like the one above, horribly awry. But while such stories might be mortifying in the moment, they give us plenty to laugh about afterwards. Never forget that the root of comedy is tragedy e.g. me slipping on a banana peel is tragic, you slipping on a banana peel is hilarious. With that in mind, we’re proud to present: When Road Trips Go Wrong.
Since it’s still winter for now, we’ll start with some photos of drivers failing to navigate icy roads properly. This driver sure caught a break.
This one didn’t.
Kind of gives a new meaning to the phrase “scared straight.”
At the very least, that guy doing the balancing act above was able to get into his car. Not sure what the procedure is for when your car is completely encased in ice (we live in California.) Can any snowbound readers enlighten us?
Not that driving in the rain is fool-proof either, especially when combined with, you know, a giant log flying off the back of a truck and straight at your head.
But don’t be fooled into thinking that driving behind a produce truck is any safer; you might end up being attacked by potatoes.
When driving abroad, make sure you understand the terrain. Even the most heavy duty of vehicles can fall victim to an unfortunately located swamp.
But all Hummer drivers can take comfort in their ability to mercilessly (and literally) crush their parking competition.
Speaking of parking, always be sure to choose a spot that’s not under a giant volleyball.
Or on an airport runway.
Or directly under the path of a falling tree.
If you hire your own limo driver, make sure he understands how to drive in the city. We can still hear the San Franciscans laughing about this one.
Hah, we hear you say, I’m going to avoid all of this by taking the bus. Sorry to say it, but even buses get into tight spots.
Everyone makes mistakes, such as hitting the accelerator when you mean to reverse.
Or hitting reverse when you mean to go forward.
Trying to squeeze your car, no matter how small, onto a pedestrian walkway is never advisable.
Ultimately, traveling is a lot like life. Sometimes you’re up, sometimes you’re down. The important thing is to keep moving forward.
But not into the pool or local Chinese restaurant.
Last but not least, we know that beach parking can be difficult to find in the summer months, but if you choose to leave your vehicle right by the shore, always remember when high tide rolls in. You’ve only got one chance: get it wrong and your car will be swimming with the fishes before too long. MT
39 REVIEWS
June 17, 2013
Great article but in the article it is a soccer ball not volley ball
RK
June 8, 2013
As it seems, there is no limits for stupidity.
Konstantin
Estonia
June 1, 2013
At an exit on a toll road in Virginia, I came across a vehicle standing on its nose across the “V” of guardrails. The driver’s door was open and a man stood there looking up at his car. I stopped to help and was told he had been cut off by another vehicle and his car somehow ended up where it was. I wondered how he had gotten out of the car safely as the door hung out from the car like a wing about 10 feet up from the ground. When I asked, he said he couldn’t remember!
Writer Eva
La Paz, BCS, Mexico
May 28, 2013
What a funny pictures. It seems anything is possible under the earth. All motorists should drive with more care and observe the traffic rules and regulations.
Aare MacFally
Ibadan, Nigeria
May 23, 2013
In Saudi at the Aramco yacht club in 1981, a young Saudi refused admittance to the members only yacht club, tried to drive his new pickup along the water edge from the swimming area into the yacht area, the car sank into the water when the sand collapsed under it, we hauled it out from about 20 feet of water with our four wheel drives.
The Saudi I worked with bought the water logged truck really cheap, spent a couple of hours flushing it out with sweet water, refilled all the oils tank etc, started it up and drove it home – he was still running it three years later.
Peter Marton
Middlesbrough, England
May 9, 2013
Great article. Everything that can go wrong…
Credit Car Sales
Basildon, England
May 2, 2013
Fresh, wonderful day starter! Keep posting more like this!
Oscar
Aliso Viejo, CA, USA
April 25, 2013
Haha brilliant post. Who ever wrote the captions, he/she is a brilliant writer. Please get in touch with me of you like to do some more writings.
Karel
April 21, 2013
ha ha he he haahahahahaha
Jordon C White
calcutta, india
April 13, 2013
this is terrible.but
George
Kigali, Rwanda
April 10, 2013
When-Travel-Goes-Wrong-9.jpg, bus and ferry picture. Et vaan osaa, white letter in ferry is finnish and means that you just can’t do it.
FinnishReader
April 6, 2013
to Nige in Manchester, the guy is just asking is there anybody in there?
Joe Strangers
Newcastle upon Tyne, Verenigd Koninkrijk
April 3, 2013
Question. In the KLM airplane picture, would that be the tractor driver? If so, what is he saying into the engine intake? Comments on a postcard…….
Nige
Manchester, UK
April 2, 2013
I see most of the pics are from here in Russia (you can tell from the licence-plates).
Shall we hurry up and do some more zany things with our cars?
Neil McGowan
Moscow, Russia
March 28, 2013
When I was in the Navy, someone meant to reverse and went forward and drove their car off the dock and got it stuck between the ship and the pier. I saw the car stuck.
Another time, again in the Navy, someone got their car on top of a transformer for ships power. It’s like somehow getting your car on top of the kitchen table.
I personally was driving a Navy truck in the drydock area and got the truck mashed by one of those giant huge cranes. I went to report it and the only person in the office was the commanding officer. I didn’t get in trouble I believe because it was (luckily) him I reported it too. Anyone else would have been required by rules to process an infraction.
MarkD60
West Bay, Cayman Islands
March 26, 2013
I don’t think most of the pictures are genuine, for example the flying log is taken from that horror movie Final Destination part two. Others seem photo-shopped.
Melisa Dortumund
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
March 9, 2013
Bardzo fajne zestawienie w większości znanych fotek. Ale niestety zdjęcie ze spadającymi drzewami s ciężarówki to wtopa! To kard z filmu “Oszukać przeznaczenie 2″!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfDLkem6iEs
czas 2:39
Really nice bunch of funny photos. Most of them well known. But the one with trees falling out from the truck is a fake! It’s a screenshot from “Final Destination 2″ movie!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfDLkem6iEs
time 2:39
Zenek
Warszawa, Polska
March 5, 2013
About the frozen car. This happened to me when I was in grad school. I tried chipping the ice away, used a worthless chemical ice melt, and rock salt. I tried waiting it out but it remained freezing. Finally I got a good idea and had the cat toewd to a big carwash. Ran the car through several times and finally huge chunks came off. The car needed a new battery but otherwise it was fine.
margalit
Boston, ma
March 3, 2013
Excellent pics. enjoyed them immensely. As for the iced-over car in California,
How about starting the car by remote and let it heat up, making the ice easier to chip away?
Pooran Ramlakhan
Thornhill, Canada
March 2, 2013
Excellent shots!!!!!!!!!!could happen to any one
Ted
Dubai, UAE
February 23, 2013
Yeah, I also thought about it with the limo when I play GTA.
Hun Sovung
Siem Reap, Cambodia
February 22, 2013
Excelentes fotografias, didacticas y educativas
A. Valera
Miranda,Cúa, VENEZUELA
February 22, 2013
EXCELENTES FOTOGRAFIAS…DE UNA CALIDAD IMPRESIONANTE Y QUE PUEDEN SER CATALOGADAS DE EDUCATIVAS Y FORMATIVAS …FELICITACIONES Y PUBLIQUEN MAS…AH Y MI PAIS TIENE EXCELENTES DESTINOS TURISTICOS, LOS INVITO A VISITARLOS, TENEMOS TODOS LOS CLIMAS DURANTE TODO EL YEAR
A. Valera
Cua,Miranda,, VENEZUELA
February 12, 2013
the picture with the giant log hurdling towards the windscreen is from the Movie Final Destination 2
lee murphy
birmingham, england
February 12, 2013
that was a soccer ball not a vollyball
Dylan
lynnwood, united states
February 12, 2013
@Bertrand,Livingstone, Zambia
It happened to a fella of mine in Zimbabwe, Bulawayo sometime in 2011. he went on to open the door and fell to the ground, that’s when he realised that the car was in a tree
Maxwell Chikara
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
February 5, 2013
I just don’t get it how that van can hang there without a scratch. The rest…is just hilarious..heheheh
Bertrand
Livingstone, Zambia
February 4, 2013
What the hell is happening here?? Tooo funny,hope nodody got hurt..
Ndirangu
Nairobi, Kenya
January 30, 2013
A car left in surf like that will be buried in a surprisingly short amount of time.
Bob
January 25, 2013
I can understand the car’s lifetime is not only crushing finish.
The end of car’s final seems like human lives.
redeyeDaruma
Toyama, Japan
January 23, 2013
all photos are with out truth
samuel Getachew
woldia, Ethiopia
January 19, 2013
I have seen some almost impossible car crashes in my time and you have to wonder “What were they thinking”???? Hilarious.
Di Burrow
Brisbane, Australia
January 19, 2013
I have seen some almost impossible car crashes in my time and you have to wonder “What were they thinking”????
Di Burrow
Brisbane, Australia
January 10, 2013
Oh dear,I wonder if I will loose my no claims bonus? on the other hand will the insurance pay up? some how……….
Ron Acher
Birmingham , United Kingdom
December 9, 2012
I think is warning is okay
Modou Ceesay
Stockholm, Uddevalla
December 8, 2012
Its not a volleyball it’s an English football.
D Beckham
Detroit, USA
July 7, 2012
Or more accurately “when boredom and a google image search for ‘car crashes’ ironically collide”.
Guess the still from Final Destination shoulda been my first warning…
tahrey
June 14, 2012
Bus like a bridge, great job.
Noćna smjena dostava
April 11, 2012
it’s not a volleyball it’s ball for football(soccer)
mate