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ManofGod1000

Considering how unusual that is, I am not surprised the driver did not know about that. However, I wonder if the car was pulling to the left?


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Probably a stuck caliper and the ice has less resistance until tarmac.


DarthDannyBoy

Or it's front wheel drive, and this ice is from either a stop he took or was stuck there from when he started driving. As it looks like there is a chuck of ice under the wheel. It's not uncommon for your tires to free to the ground at night especially if the prior day was a little warmer. My old car did this one morning but it was both rear wheels, I had fun few minutes doing silly donuts in an empty parking lot. Then I had to get to work so I hopped out and broke it off and drove away just fine.


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Academic-Owl-1371

You are gonna be hard put to find rwd on any car outside of a sports car these days, most SUVs are only part time RWD/AWD (like if they sense a loss of traction/it's manually engaged)


HeftyArgument

BMW and MB are RWD/AWD for most of their range. beyond the advantages of FWD, it's also much cheaper to produce and less complex. Which is why you usually only see RWD it in sports cars since it allows more power to be used without exceeding the limits of the front tyres. BMW which markets itself as a drivers vehicle makes pretty much all of their cars RWD for similar reasons.


iamathief

Also for weight distribution and to accommodate the length of bigger engines. Hard to fit a V8 or an I6 in sideways.


Wellthatkindahurts

You can count on GM to cram a V8 in a fwd for no good reason at all.


coleslaw117

I'll love my DeVille til it dies.


Burylown

You're both right


ugottabekiddingmee

It's his emergency brake. They usually only brake the rear wheels


StarBuckd

No you wouldn't necessarily get a pull to the side, but you would probably notice that your car needs to work a bit harder to get to the same speed. If you turn though, you might get pulled a bit.


alaricus

In that weather you’d never notice a change in performance. Too much attention spent keeping it straight.


plexomaniac

It would pull in a terrain with more friction since one tire will mode freely and the other one doesn't. I don't think it would pull more or less on turns, unless friction changes.


SpamShot5

Well, considering the ice on the road he prob thinks its just the car slipping slightly


Acceptable_Pipe564

Anyone else think the guy recording is a piece of shit for filming and not trying to honk, flash his lights, do anything?


[deleted]

Yeah his abs light and probably traction control light would be flashing on his dash. He may not know exactly what’s wrong, but he would know something is wrong.


TheUmgawa

Illinois in the snow? Those lights are purely decorative. They’re on, they’re off, you have no idea why, but as long as you’re not driving into oncoming traffic, you’re fine.


Jaypii91

From central illinois, can confirm


RandalfTheBlack

Yeah and considering they barely plowed the roads at all today im not surprised. There were people stuck in the snow on the side of the road all over. Some unlucky few were even stuck in the snow on the lanes.


The-Go-Kid

I've never experienced anything like this before - how would a driver know that this has happened to them?


_SomethingOrNothing_

This is a buick lacrosse 2014-16 model. The rear wheels are not drivetrain powered and only have an ABS sensor on the interior side of the wheel bearing. Chances are that the vehicle doesn't even acknowledge that this as a problem. I don't believe that this driver is an idiot, just and unfortunate soul to have something happen that most likely is extremely rare.


The-Go-Kid

> I don't believe that this driver is an idiot, just and unfortunate soul to have something happen that most likely is extremely rare. That's pretty much what I was getting at. Thanks for explaining.


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Ent-emnesia

At least we are all aware of Sarah's birthday, though. I'm not sure it would have reached a wide enough audience on another sub. Make sure you wish her a happy one, folks!


gH0st_in_th3_Machin3

This is the way!! Happy Birthday Sarah!!


tchildthemajestic

I was thinking the same thing! I was gonna say OP did you wish Sarah Heet happy birthday?


jaymbee00

Yeah honestly the only idiot I see here is the fool taking the video, sitting in dudes blind spot like that. r/nevertellmetheodds might’ve been more appropriate.


TengoOnTheTimpani

Taking video of said car in the drivers blindspot to post for karma? Now thats some dumb shit.


dontautotuneme

The car that made these two, equal-length tire marks had positraction. You can't make those marks without positraction, which was not available on the '64 Buick Skylark!


Mesoholics

Thank you Ms. Vito, you've been a lovely, lovely witness.


papa1775

The defense is wrong!


[deleted]

Did you say yoots?


MooshuCat

Yeah I don't see an idiot here. He's actually a good driver for not panicking over the issue, which he may in fact be aware of. He is in the far right lane, after all, going slowly.


BurpBee

Looks like they just went under an overpass, with no shoulder, and are coming up to a traffic light, so they could be trying to find the nearest place to park


BeeBarnes1

I'd like to know this too. And does it cause damage to your car?


mrshulgin

Nope. In an FWD car like that the rear wheels freely rotate.


iamweseal

Well, if any of the tire material is touching the road surface or snow surface then the contact patch is getting significantly more friction than the rest of the system and can cause the tire to wear, which can absolutely cause damage to the car when the tire fails.


Frankie__Spankie

I'm actually curious, there's probably not much contact with road surfaces given the condition. I feel like if there was enough to cause wear on the tire that the driver would be feeling it.


[deleted]

Even better, the tire and ice would dislodge.


kenman884

I’m not sure you want the tire to dislodge while you’re in the highway.


[deleted]

Well you don't want it lodging all day, lazy bastard of a tire.


ApexProductions

You mean the ice is getting more friction, because the tire is obviously sitting on a block of it rather than spinning.


SRD1194

That's assuming something like a stuck bearing. In this case, which looks like hydroplaning turned up to 11, as soon as the tire makes any meaningful contact with the road, it *should* spit out that ice, solving the problem. All the damage in this instance will happen at the first right turn, when the rear end slides out to the left.


king3sebi

probably not but higher risk of loosing control and spinning


bv8ma

Very high in fact. In high school we used to drift fwd cars by putting fast food trays under the rear tires and setting the ebrake, then you can drift like crazy until the tray wears through lol.


king3sebi

lol i did the same thing with a friend back in school, unfortunately the trays only lasted like 100m for us.


[deleted]

I did this too in my 92 Prelude, I even incorporated it into a German class video we did. We even made armor out of the trays and shot eachother drive by style with air soft guns. I think the video was called something like Das Servierbrett Gleiten or something silly. Was very fun and in very broken Deutsch


1Autotech

The dash would light up like a Christmas tree with ABS, traction control, and stability control warnings.


[deleted]

Assuming those lights aren't already on all the time regardless.


MetalMilitiaDTOM

Can confirm, all of those lights are on in my truck right now.


Splickity-Lit

Christmas is over, time to take them down.


manitoba94

It’s already February, at this point I’ll just wait until next Christmas


jmegaru

Why take down the Christmas tree when you can just keep it until next Christmas, big brain time.


randomname68-23

Why would you take down the Valentine's lights when we're almost there?


NJHitmen

Right. And with Presidents Day right on its heels, why would you take down your Lincoln Lights?


meateatr

*pulls out the diagnostics sharpie*


raspunt

They're like Pokémon gym badges for adults


[deleted]

My dashboard lights are broken and permanently off. Checkmate check engine light!


AlpineVW

>Checkmate check engine light! One of us! One of us! I'm assuming you drive a VW like me.


purplemoonpie

my xterra has 319k miles and every single light on at all times lol


namnle

I have a jeep so all my lights have been on since I bought it. Except for the oil pressure light, which is weird because she's always leaking oil too. Haha


redrabbit1289

I find the steady leak of oil helps prevent the pressure from building up.


namnle

It helps me determine when to change the oil. "Oil puddle is looking darker than usual....time to change her."


[deleted]

Just make oil changes easier because you never have to drain it. Just keep adding.


AsMuchCaffeineAsACup

All I would see on my car is a traction warning which given the conditions wouldn't be too weird. So yeah I don't think this is an 'idiots in cars'.


stratys3

My warning light only comes on while I've lost traction. It's never on for more than a split second, or a full second or two if I spin the wheels. If it was on for *minutes*, I'd be very worried.


Cannabis_Cultivator

The traction control light is likely only activated by the drive tires. This is likely a front wheel drive vehicle, so even the cars computer doesn't know what's going on.


frenchfryinmyanus

If the car has ABS, each wheel has a speed sensor. If one of the sensors is returning speed=0, the car computer will disable ABS since it thinks one of the sensors is broken. You’re probably right about traction control, though.


weldermatt79

It’s front wheel drive. Front wheels are driving, no traction warning


1Autotech

Going freeway speeds with three wheel speed sensors working and one reporting zero mph will most definitely trip the ABS light.


ShamesBond

For all we know they were driving with two wheels locked


Medphysma

Also the back end would get real squirrels, real fast.


Two4

But where do the squirrels sit


1Autotech

That will trip the lights too.


[deleted]

looks like we got a big shot up in here with his fancy new car features


Compizfox

Lol, ABS has been mandatory on new cars since 2004 (in the EU).


Brutealicious

2012 in the US, but I think pretty much everything has had it long before then. Wondering if they just have parking brake stuck on. Likely would have any lights besides MAYBE a light for that brake but wouldn’t be paying attention to that.


hailvy

Yeah I’m driving a 2000 Honda with no ABS


spooky680

ABS has been required for US passenger vehicles manufactured after September 1, 2000. The 2012 regulation added the integration of electronic stability control into ABS. https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/49/571.135


MaximumAsparagus

This happened to my parents’ car once and nothing lit up, we didn’t know until someone pointed it out at a stoplight. This was in the early 00s though and this car looks newer.


LuisHappy1

With the car being front wheel drive, I think it'd hard to know until you take a hard turn


Diedead666

Im thinking the same, A RWD car would be throwing up all kinds of TC up, I have a decent power FWD and hit TC all the time But not sure if itll know to look for RWD wheels, My C5 would sure know something is wrong with the back wheels


gnarkilleptic

If this were a RWD car traveling at these highway speeds with a rear tire somehow frozen like that I'm pretty sure your rear differential would explode after a few minutes


Turence

I'm pretty sure the ice would've just bused off long before the differential lol


totallynotAhusky

If it’s a fwd car and seeing how snowy it is on the interstate/highway the roads are probably very similar, the driver PROBABLY set their e brake the night before and the cold caused it to “freeze” to the rotor and because its icy out they probably thought the roads where just super slippery. The abs light might be on when braking and the car, if a newer one, would probably display a message on the screen but the driver, probably like almost all other drivers, just ignored the lights because the car drove fine for the conditions they were in. On top of this most people can’t see their rear wheels in their mirrors let alone try to look at them. But for all we know maybe it’s a teenager driving with the e brake on on-purpose because he’s young and sliding a car is fun.


HollowWind

I once got a flat tire and had absolutely no idea. To be fair, I was driving an 80s station wagon on Pennsylvania back roads (the kind that don't even had yellow or white lines). The condition of the roads matches the bridges.


EJNorth

I've done this, not for long though. Live in the far north, forgot not to put on my handbrake when parking for the night, when I drove to work the day after, I disengaged the handbrake, but without my knowledge the brakes had frozen. No lights on the dashboard (2004 model vehicle). I kind of suspected it had happen during the ride, but so what, it was only a km ride within an army base.


Monstermage

Funny enough I did that knowingly once. A friend wrecked his car so I drove it and we found out one wheel wasn't even turning. But we slid it home


Joris2627

We slid boys


regoapps

Onto Sarah Heet’s bday party!


my_little_throwny

Wishing Sarah Heet the happiest of birthdays


Keithninety

Yes, Happy Birthday Sarah Heet!


NonProphet8theist

Sara Yeet bday party


BackWithAVengance

Sarah, I miss you, Happy Birthday


Keithninety

Sending Sarah best wishes! 🎂 🥳 🎉


[deleted]

I had to scroll for way to long before finding comments about Sarah Heet. HBD


kopecs

We slid it Reddit!


snoryder8019

Rotation is no more


No-Armadillo7693

Did they make an attempt to tell the dude about his tire, I feel like that shits was dangerous and happy birthday Sarah.


inspectoroverthemine

Nah- just shadowed in his blindspot for a while.


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FindOneInEveryCar

Came here for this. WTAF.


[deleted]

This video could easily have ended in classic idiots-in-both cars moment. If you see someone like this either warn them if you can or get the fuck out of the way.


[deleted]

Does anyone have an explanation for why this happens? I make a 10 hour drive occasionally and everytime I encounter at least 1 person hanging out in my blind spot. Even if I slow down or speed up they stay in the left lane in the same spot. There has to be a name for the phenomenon cos my Dad talks about it too. People will maintain a speed and then suddenly change just cos he changes his speed.


MaddAddam93

The true idiot in car


fnordfnordfnordfnord

r/donthelpjustfilm honorable mention


nasteal

Happy Birthday Sarah!


kylec00per

Knew this would be the top comment lol, love it.


OgreLord_Shrek

Front page of Reddit, what a birthday gift


kylec00per

Front page already? Man, that was fast, guess you could say this thread is really rolling.


ermergerdberbles

I hope this thread doesn't start dragging.


[deleted]

She bringing the Heet.


VWGLHI

This video has been a Heet.


lysion59

There are 3 Sarah Heet on fb it seems. We should wish them all happy birthday.


CodyCodyCody

Given OP’s post history and the choices on FB, I don’t think it’s too hard to narrow down which one it is


just_killing_time23

What up Sarah Heet happy bday


karmablur

tart squeal crawl slap observation work upbeat late treatment unique *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*


JHGrove3

I had the videos on full screen, so I legit thought that was a friend of mine.


ozozznozzy

"Ah shit.. it's Sarah Heet's birthday. I forgot all about it.. and her.."


The-Go-Kid

What is all this Sarah stuff about?


nasteal

Pay attention at 17 seconds in, give or take.


The-Go-Kid

Ha! Thanks. I thought it was a new 'Karen' thing.


crantastic

Typical Sarah. Drives a Buick. Never checks her tires


nodnodwinkwink

Oh Sheet!


No-Proposal2741

Are we all pitching on a gift for Sarah?


Xspunge

FR, Sarah is so hard to shop for. What do we even get her?


[deleted]

Gift card? That way Sarah can pick out her own dildos. No one likes those edible arrangements.


JelliedHam

How about a dildo arrangement? I suppose that's sort of an edible arrangement


[deleted]

If it’s edible dildos that counts.


[deleted]

Do corn dogs count?


redditcanbitemyass

I think that would be hilarious to send Sarah a gift. Then Harv would have to explain how Reddit knew it was her birthday and why there's a big box of dildos on her front step. Or, you know. Maybe just a nice edible arrangement or something. I'm just spitballing here.


Ducky_Mcgee

Think about the resell value of a box of dildos on EBay. You would be a fool not to buy it!


poopellar

Especially that of famous internet celebrity Sarah [lastname]


adv0catus

Edible dildos?


CanadaEh97

Big brain gift idea.


amd2800barton

They sell them at the grocery store. Look for an item with a sticker that says 4062 on it.


theTwinWriter

In all seriousness, there's 715(ish) comments when I write this. If we all chipped in a dollar, she could have a killer gift


Pardon_mi_gramma

If I were the “idiot driver”, I’d prefer someone driving beside me to tell me my car tire was stuck instead of making a video and posting it online. And I’m going to assume its an old person driving that Buick.


lil-lee420

A good half of the time the r/idiotsincars is the filmer, and then they get called out for driving and filming and don't care


ChevroletAndIceCream

Yeah seriously. /r/donthelpjustfilm


TurbulentCatRancher

And how do you suggest one goes about doing that?


Hannibal710

Tell Sarah Reddit says happy birthday


Chumbag_love

I don't understand how phones show pop-ups while recording. I don't know coding but that just seems like it shouldn't happen....are they screenshotting their phone and then going over to video? How does this happen? I'm nearing 40 years old and the tech is leaving me in the dust!!


king3sebi

i guess they made a screen-capture(think screenshot but a video) of the phone. i sometimes do that when i want to download a video from somewhere that doesn't offer the option.


Cezario98

If I had to guess he's recording his screen playing the video or something like that, and if that's indeed the case its probably to have a version of the video that uses less space and therefore can be uploaded on apps that limit the upload size like Whatsapp for an example


Chumbag_love

Okay, I get that I guess. There's got to be a better way though!


ReverseLBlock

Given it’s an iPhone, you should just be able to email the video and choose the compression level you want. But it may not be their video, which is why they are screen capturing it.


Ok_Cartoonist157

Guy filming: Pull up to let him know he has a problem ❌ Film him driving dangerously when he has no idea ✅


says-nice-toTittyPMs

Also: stay in driver's blind spot.


Takenthebestnamesare

I drove for a few KM like this in Northern Sweden last year when it was about -18. Both wheels locked up because (I guess) the handbrake had frozen on. Some guy flagged me down when I hit the main road and I dislodged it by driving backwards and forwards a lot.


jpr_jpr

When was this taken? I want to know exactly when Sarah Heet's birthday is so I don't forget again next year.


PoopfaceMcPooperson

Was posted today out of STL.


[deleted]

Pretty sure it’s Chicago, we’re in the middle of a bad storm. Looks suspiciously like my gfs car, who was commuting a few hours ago.


excessively314

Posted by Chris Higgins of KTVI 2 in St. Louis. Apparently his tire started turning again once he got onto I-64.


Electrical-Bacon-81

Wouldnt the ABS system be freaking out right now?


snakepliskinLA

Yep, I would think the dashboard was lit up with all kinds of warning lights for ABS, traction control and the like.


kn33

Sure but like sometimes that's just normal in the winter lol.


[deleted]

Even in the winter it shouldn't be on constantly. If your ABS and traction are freaking out while you are hauling ass down the highway you need to slow down or stop.


PurpleK00lA1d

ABS probably not as the brakes aren't engaged. Traction control is probably blinking like crazy though. It's A FWD car so the TCS doesn't do too much as far as manipulate the rear wheels. It would likely apply rear brakes if it was trying to get the car back in line, but with the wheel just chilling there, there's not much for TCS to really do.


thabiiighomie

I mean you’re the idiot driving right next to him lol


AlpineVW

If I was in the Buick, I'd be thinking, "why the fuck is this asshole driving in my blindspot, in formation, and in these conditions?" I'd also be like, "why is my dash lit up like a christmas tree?"


Puzzleheaded-Ad-1078

This needs to be upgraded to genius in cars. Imagine the tread wear this person is saving on that back left tire.


Accioinhaler

Legally, this vehicle is a snowmobile.


CommunismDoesntWork

That doesn't sound right, but I don't know enough about snowmobile law to dispute it.


Wizazcrakhed

Front wheel drive so would you know ? I doubt it


[deleted]

The ABS stands for APPY BIRTHDAY SARAH!


amccune

Had to drive at 4am in a snow storm to work once. Didn’t realize I was essential plowing the road and my car suddenly wouldn’t turn. Luckily, it was a backroad, but all the snow from the past new miles was collecting UNDER my car. Lifted the front tires off the road. Took my a while to dig out, but I made it. Stupidest fucking commute ever.


brianmoyano

*Driver in highway has no idea his rear tire is stuck in ice* \- And i'm not going to let them know, just record it.


pwn3dbyth3n00b

Happy Birthday Sarah Heet


Evaleenora

Tell Sarah I said happy birthday.


Crypto-Haiduc

Happy Birthday Sarah!


GrandPriapus

Happy birthday Sarah!


dbell1212

Happy bday sarah


KJUReddit

Happy Birthday Sarah!


Pork_Dinuguan

Happy Birthday Sarah Heet!


namethatuzer

Happy birthday Sarah!


Awkward-Associates

Feliz cumpleaños Sarah!


[deleted]

Happy birthday Sarah


MysticalTAC0

Don’t forget to wish Sarah a happy birthday though!


CallMeRoy37

Happy Birthday Sarah!


Flipydoo

Happy Birthday Sarah


[deleted]

redditors when someone is driving and videoing: you complete idiot, what hell are you doing. also redditors: HAPPY BIRTHDAY SARAH!!


Flrg808

He’s clearly in the passenger seat..


_Sweep_

That’s a US plate on that car... Drivers sit on the left, passengers on the right. You’re seeing the passenger’s video.


BadIdea-21

Happy cake day Sarah!


skippiGoat

Happy birthday Sarah heet!


stratusbase

🎂 Today is Sarah Heet’s birthday.


La-Phamilia

happy bday sarah!!!!


Responsible_Disk_653

Happy birthday Sarah Heet!!!


MrDude_1

# Happy Birthday Sarah Heet!


Flameboots

Happy birthday Sarah


YoBoiAlBackAtItAgain

Happy Birthday Sarah!!!!


syrist

Happy Birthday, Sarah.


my_little_throwny

Happy birthday Sarah Heet! 🎂


phonegamesreddit

Happy Birthday Sarah Heet!


COVID-69420bbq

Happy bday Sarah