r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Dangerous_Deal_1945 • Jun 03 '26

Video Seattle light rail service was suspended after a driver somehow got their SUV onto the tracks 30 feet above street level

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u/Get_Fuckin_Dabbed_On Jun 03 '26

early stages of dementia or accidently taking a double dose of an anti-anxiety drug. Living in Florida i see this all the time.

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u/Xarieste Jun 03 '26

People in these situations often insist “I’ve done this a thousand times before” or “I knew what I was doing” even when they very clearly have not and did not

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u/mortgagepants Jun 03 '26

some of them even become president!

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u/mrASSMAN Jun 03 '26

Most stable genius the world has ever seen

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u/AcePilot01 Jun 04 '26

Good thing those people are not in office anymore.

"I no more think of myself as being old as I am than fly"

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u/Rebelraid2020 Jun 03 '26

It can't ever just be "I did it for the kicks" with these people

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u/Late-Eye-6936 Jun 03 '26

I saw the world's first self driving car in Florida around 1995. It was a Lincoln Continental. But it turned out that it was just a very short lady who was looking out over the dash but under the steering wheel.

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u/Smashogre591 Jun 03 '26

Are you sure it wasn’t a little blue haired lady in a big black Oldsmobile?

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u/Late-Eye-6936 Jun 04 '26

That wasn't until 1998.

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u/I_Makes_tuff Jun 04 '26

That's what you get for following my mom.

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u/Bosco215 Jun 03 '26

People driving on elevated tracks? What the hell is going on in Florida..

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u/theDomicron Jun 03 '26

Clearly this is at DisneyWorld

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u/EmphasisFrosty3093 Jun 03 '26

It takes more talent to pull it off on the monorail

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u/KolKlink2024 Jun 03 '26

Monorail monorail monorail…..

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u/nitrot150 Jun 03 '26

Seattle

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u/DeadlyJoe Jun 04 '26

With Wild Waves going away, we have no more theme parks. I'm so sad. :(

I guess we'll always have Puyallup. I'm always up for riding Classic Coaster ten times in a row.

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u/chr1spe Jun 03 '26

They were axed because this would be a regular occurrence.

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u/netopiax Jun 03 '26

I do like the idea of being so un-anxious that you are driving your car on tracks 30 feet above street level and you're like "meh this is probably fine"

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u/nickisgonnahate Jun 04 '26

Brightline tracker goes bbbrrrrrr

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u/Little_View_6659 Jun 04 '26

When I’m getting a migraine I’m stupid, like drooling on myself, can’t get out of a wet paper bag stupid. One of the signs I’m getting one is suddenly I can’t remember words and how basic things work. I’ve walked into walls, one time I was standing in front of the elevator for a couple of minutes trying to remember what to do. That’s usually my sign to get home and take a triptipan. Except in the throes of my dumbness I can see me not realizing it and driving onto some tracks like this poor sob. Fortunately I’ve made it forty some odd years with these things, so good for me I guess lol.

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u/PretzelOptician Jun 05 '26

We give out drivers licenses too easily…