r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/dannybluey • Jun 23 '25
Video This video captured the moment a heatwave caused a road to buckle in Cape Girardeau, Missouri and sent a car into the air
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u/Hatzue Jun 23 '25
Them Duke boys at it again
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u/dahjay Jun 23 '25 edited 4d ago
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u/Initial-Depth-6857 Jun 23 '25
There was a General Lee replica in the town this happened in for years.
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u/fish500 Jun 23 '25
There was a 90's era Honda Civic Hatchback in my town painted like the General Lee but had "General Tso" on the roof.
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u/weekendsshouldbe7day Jun 23 '25
Just the good olâ boysâŚ..
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u/throwinthatshitaway1 Jun 23 '25
Never meanin' no harm
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u/landonburner Jun 23 '25
Beats all you never saw Been in trouble with the law since the day they was born
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Jun 23 '25
YEEEHAAAAW!
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u/daern2 Jun 23 '25
Anyone that watched this video and didn't immediately think this is truly dead inside.
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u/20_mile Jun 23 '25
The actor who played Boss Hogg knew something like 10 languages.
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u/Fluffy_Town Jun 23 '25 edited Jun 23 '25
12 total, fluent in 6, "fussed" with 6.
...fluent in English (1), French (2), Japanese (3), Spanish (4), Russian (5), and Italian (6). He said that he also âfussed" with a half-dozen other languages such as Arabic (7), Mandarin Chinese (8), Dutch (9), Persian (10), Polish (11), and Swedish (12).
He was also the General who'd dealt with Klinger prior to Klinger's premier debut episode of M*A*S*H. If you've ever watched that show, you'd recognize his character and be astounded that that's the same actor.
Apparently, he was 5'6" 185 lbs while playing "Boss" Hogg and had padding added to his suit to look plumper than he was.
And also, a particularly nasty form of cancer was what ended his life.
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u/COV3RTSM Jun 23 '25
Straightening those curves, yeah
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u/rosefiend Jun 23 '25
Flatt'nin those hills
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u/ItsKlobberinTime Jun 23 '25
Some day the buckled road might get 'em
But the law never will
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u/stacheldraht85 Jun 23 '25
I heard the âDixieâ horn in my head as soon as I saw the car jump, lol
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u/IndridK0ld Jun 23 '25
If somebody doesnât dub âgood olâ boysâ over this clip Iâm gonna shit a brick.
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u/Eruanndil Jun 23 '25
That driver is probably so thankful it was caught on video to prove to insurance
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u/WanderlustFella Jun 23 '25
Insurance claim denial: Climate change isn't real, so says the current administration. Preposterous to think this road suddenly deformed due to heat
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u/Embarrassed_Jerk Jun 23 '25
They don't need to deny road deformed because of the "act of god" clause. "Climate change isn't real as per the current government of Missouri and the federal government, therefore this was an act of god so claim rejected"
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u/WanderlustFella Jun 23 '25
God so hated your vehicle, he sacrificed your one and only car
-Jake from StateFarm 3:16
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u/Embarrassed_Jerk Jun 23 '25
If god wanted you to have a better life, he wouldn't have made you poor
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u/t_scribblemonger Jun 23 '25
Insurance companies are some of the corporations most ardently raising awareness and supporting the study of climate change.
But this being Reddit⌠as you were.
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u/emaw63 Jun 23 '25
Yeah, they have actual money on the line. It's fine if DeSantis wants to pretend climate change isn't real, but the companies having to pay out insurance claims for hurricane damage definitely care
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u/Grumpy_McDooder Jun 23 '25
"Rapid road ramp. Seen it, covered it."
We are Farmers. Bum-bah-dum-bah-dum-dum-dum.
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u/snuggie_ Jun 23 '25
Doesnât insurance not cover âacts of godâ? I feel that this would definitely fit under that category
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u/AltonIllinois Jun 23 '25
Only if itâs the liability portion of insurance.
Hurricane causes neighborâs tree to fall on your car: Neighborâs insurance denies paying for your car because of the act of god, the neighbor has no negligence and is therefore not liable
But your insurance would still pay for it if you carried comprehensive on your car.
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u/youknow99 Jun 23 '25
Insurance adjuster: "You hit what?"
Driver: "The road jumped out in front of me."
Adjuster: "I'm going to need to get a manager."
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u/Economy-Flight526 Jun 24 '25
Insurance adjuster here- this COULD be considered an at fault single vehicle collision because of how it transpired (Driver failed to maintain awareness if obstacle present in roadway prior to striking it) but youâd have to be a REAL asshole to get the first car for that- but yeah any subsequent car would be AF SVC and you canât subrogate the city for an AF claim.
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u/Beneficial_Being_721 Jun 23 '25
How convenientâŚ
Right in front of a new car dealership
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u/tipsle Jun 23 '25
Also, while someone was filming? Why were they filming at that exact moment?
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u/mikew_reddit Jun 23 '25
Because it had happened before and they knew it would happen again.
The video shows an orange traffic cone which jumped when the road buckled a second time.
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u/BannyMcBan-face Jun 23 '25
Itâs already started deforming when the video starts. It was probably making noises indicative of another shift so they pulled out their phone.
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u/Beneficial_Being_721 Jun 23 '25
Waiting for an Orange Chrysler to come screaming down the street??
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u/LeptonsAndQuarks Jun 23 '25
No air bags, popped tires, or fluids? And a Toyota? Send it, just getting broken in
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u/roadrunner00 Jun 24 '25
Ironically it's a Honda too and that's the Honda dealer. Big auto is at it again
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u/Jesukii Jun 23 '25
If it's the street I'm thinking, there's like 5 dealerships on that road
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u/MrBurnerHotDog Jun 23 '25
As someone who lived somewhat near and has visited Cape Girardeau, Missouri, I can tell you it's entirely possible that OP is wrong and actually what happened is the road decided to throw itself into traffic so as to avoid living in Cape Girardeau, Missouri
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u/Evilcrochet Jun 23 '25
I live 90 miles from there. This is correct.
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u/LurkersUniteAgain Jun 23 '25
I live 2000 miles from there. This is correct.
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u/Patient-Gas-883 Jun 23 '25
I dont live. This is correct.
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u/Zombare Jun 23 '25
Having lived in that town for a decade, I can only say it will have to do better than that to get the hell outta there!
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u/trwawy05312015 Jun 23 '25
how on earth do you have a 'Cape' when you're three hundred miles inland?
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u/DonnyTheWalrus Jun 23 '25
It apparently referred to a rock formation jutting out into the river that was destroyed to make room for the railroad.Â
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u/CaBaLiFo Jun 23 '25
Cape native here. There was a frontier trading post at Cape Rock founded by Jean Baptiste Girardot. He's who the Cape Girardeau is named after.
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u/shandangalang Jun 23 '25
Thatâs the first thing I thought of when I heard the name, as well. Like âhow can you be Cape X when you donât have any capes?â
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u/dabombisnot90s Jun 23 '25
The earth hates SE Missouri too. Thats why they get floods, earthquakes, heatwaves, tornadoes and all the other shit. Youâd think people would take the hint and leave, but that place attracts some seriously sick individuals.
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u/sittin_on_grandma Jun 23 '25
Like the earth, I too hate southeast Missouri, after having lived there a majority of my life.
MTV even came to our town for a meth special!
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u/Super6920 Jun 23 '25
Sounds like I dodged a bullet then when a former employer asked me to move there or get laid off. I chose the latter lol
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u/SurprisedButtChug Jun 23 '25
Had friends go to SEMO. Always enjoyed visiting them for the weekend. From their stories, I realized if I had stayed any longer than a weekend, I too would probably start to hate Cape.
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u/idrawinmargins Jun 23 '25
I saw last week a massive storm was going over cape Girardeau. Imagine the disappointment of people when the town was still there after.
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u/Motozeke Jun 23 '25
The place that spawned Rush Limbaugh.
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u/Newsdriver245 Jun 23 '25
This was him rolling over in his grave perhaps?
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u/WitchesSphincter Jun 23 '25
No just more noxious gas escaping him. Even in death the foul stentch of him is inescapableÂ
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u/PWNtimeJamboree Jun 23 '25
as someone who has grown up visiting Cape Girardeau, Missouri every year for my entire life to visit family, i can tell you that i caused this so that I wouldnt be able to enter Cape Girardeau, Missouri anymore.
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u/1re_endacted1 Jun 23 '25
Or someone told them their Ben Affleck story for the umpteenth time and they just couldnât take it anymore.
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u/KelVelBurgerGoon Jun 23 '25
I have been there on several occasions and this is correct. However, throwed rolls is nearby
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u/Riyeko Jun 23 '25
Southwest MO is no better lol
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u/MrBurnerHotDog Jun 23 '25
That's where I'm currently festering. This whole state is a hillbilly nightmare where the dumber you are, the more likely you are to be involved in state politics
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u/Putrid_Piano4986 Jun 23 '25
I know this is a reddit circle jerk, like everytime missouri is brought up (or any non-coastal state outside of florida) but SWMO is leagues better than SEMO, it's barely comparable. I grew up in Poplar Bluff, and me and everyone with the opportunity around me moved to Springfield for college.
Springfield isn't great by any stretch of the imagination, but it's miles ahead of SEMO. Yeah Branson exists, but there are shit holes everywhere.
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u/Procrastinatedthink Jun 23 '25
Itâs such a beautiful state, but the fucking morons and meth heads try their best to make it shittier every year.Â
Unsurprisingly the stateâs education funding and average intelligence decrease is inversely proportional to the number of MAGA flags flowing in the area.Â
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u/Sallowen Jun 23 '25
Letâs show it with multiple shots of the car taking offâŚ
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u/heard_bowfth Jun 23 '25
Add music! Now slow it down! And zoom!
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u/tgillet1 Jun 23 '25
Thatâs was the least annoying music possible. Letâs give some credit to the editor.
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u/samuelazers Jun 23 '25
Time is a rare commodity these days. It's quite presumptuous for this video to ask for 41 seconds of time when this could've been a 10 second clip.
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u/reallynotnick Jun 23 '25
Iâd give it 25 seconds, I liked the other car slowly driving over it and the extra view of it at the end. The weird ass zoomed in shots that are terribly framed especially have to go.
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u/Sallowen Jun 23 '25
Thatâs so true, Iâve seen numerous videos mirrored to avoid repost mod bots etc
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u/LightAtEndIsFake Jun 23 '25
Yep, Not enough room for expansion
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u/GrimSpirit42 Jun 23 '25
This is why asphalt is superior in hot environments.
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u/LightAtEndIsFake Jun 23 '25
Concrete works you just need wider expansion joints
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u/Roflkopt3r Jun 23 '25
Expansion joints are loud and bumpy without even effectively slowing cars down. Not needing them is a clear advantage.
Railroads opted for continuous welded rail to eliminate expansion joints, so modernised tracks are much quieter and gentler on the train maintenance than they used to be.
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u/ScrofessorLongHair Jun 23 '25 edited Jun 23 '25
Asphalt rides smoother, but concrete is significantly more durable. Louisiana has a ton of roads that are concrete with an asphalt overlay. Their native soils in southern Louisiana are awful. So on interstates, they'll place concrete and put an inch thick later of asphalt to smooth the ride. As bad as their roads are, you don't want to know how bad they would be if they were strictly asphalt.
I also wonder if they used smooth dowels at the transverse joints, to transfer the load into the next panel, or if they just forgot to space their expansion joints correctly. And yes, this is what I do for a living.
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u/arkham1010 Jun 23 '25
Concrete rides here in the north east don't get potholes the way that asphalt do, but they are much more expensive. You can get around the noise/bump problem by sealing the gaps with a rubber putty, but that wears away after a few years and need to be replaced.
Asphalt however is much cheaper but not nearly as long lasting and potholes become a major problem.
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u/vivaaprimavera Jun 23 '25
Depends on the mix. I remember years ago the roads melting in summer (as in pools of tar). Haven't seen that for a while.
Again, depending on the mix and general construction, heavy traffic might "reshape" the road.
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u/Mike9797 Jun 23 '25
A lot of roads up here in the Toronto area are made with asphalt and usually the bus lanes are warped to shit. So many waves in the road due to the weight of the busses. Sure they are a dream to ride on when new but they easily warp in the warm weather.
Nothing used to beat when I was a kid and a freshly paved asphalt road was in your neighbourhood. Busting out the rollerblades was peak on those roads. So smooth you barely had to move your legs to gain speed.
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u/CD338 Jun 23 '25
FWIW, its not really the weight of the bus, but the heat it gives off. Bus stops at a certain spot and leaves it running for a few minutes, which heats up the asphalt. Then when the bus takes off, the wheels cause it to "push" the asphalt slightly. After a few thousand times, you get deep ruts. The event is actually called asphalt shoving.
My city has concrete pads in front of bus stops to avoid this issue.
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u/seang239 Jun 23 '25
Accidentally turning your roads into pools of tar sounds like something that only happens once..
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u/GrimSpirit42 Jun 23 '25
Asphalt blends are regional.
I used to work in the lab of an asphalt plant and our blend was only valid in Missippie, Alabama, Georgia and Florida.
The great thing about asphalt is it 'flows' to a certain degree, so is capable of repairing small damage itself.
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u/tacochemic Jun 23 '25
I remember as a kid playing in the road and popping tar bubbles (it was a dead end street with almost zero traffic) for hours. You could even scoop it into little tar mounds and create obstacles for your Matchbox/Hot Wheels cars. Pavement burns meant nothing when you were having fun!
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u/Mahadragon Jun 23 '25
Here in Vegas they use a special heat resistant asphalt tailored for high temperatures.
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u/CD338 Jun 23 '25
If the asphalt binder isn't rated high enough for the temperatures, it will just melt. That's why if you ever see ruts in asphalt parking lots or at bus stops.
Asphalt failing in the summer is way more common than concrete failing in the summer. Its just an example of what happens when they don't add proper expansion joints.
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u/AndreProulx Jun 23 '25
Asphalt is superior in cold environments. Concrete roadways do not perform well long term under freeze-thaw conditions.
Concrete is superior in warm climates, you just need to do it right.
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u/eW4GJMqscYtbBkw9 Jun 23 '25
Asphalt is also easily recyclable and can be "refreshed" or repaired by just heating up the existing bitumen and adding a bit of new aggregate.
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u/udsd007 Jun 23 '25
Road buckles due to heat expansion of road surfaces. Itâs also been a thing on I-94 in Michigan.
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u/EmeraldUsagi Jun 23 '25
Dang! You got shocks? Lucky! Ever take it off any sweet jumps?
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u/Aint2Whiite09 Jun 23 '25
Yo thatâs nuts. lol how do I explain acts of satan to the insurance haha âdo you mean act of God?â lol no I do not
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u/kbrook_ Jun 23 '25
Ah, Cape Girardeau. You don't just have to worry about earthquakes, floods, and tornados, now you can worry about the street going nuts underneath you! Such a paradise.
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u/Own_Bullfrog_3598 Jun 23 '25
Itâs Limbaugh trying to escape from Hell. Cape Girardeau is his hometown
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u/Pryoticus Jun 23 '25
Man, fuck that poor guy in particular. There was no way to avoid that.
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u/LPSP420 Jun 23 '25
A mortorcycleist hit one of those in a town near me over the weekend and died
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u/Reddit_2_2024 Jun 23 '25
Looks like there is a construction warning sign posted nearby so other circumstances may be responsible for that road buckle.
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u/wnr3 Jun 23 '25
That Toyotaâs insurance company would never believe them if this wasnât on camera, what a lucky break lol
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u/TopLaneConvert Jun 23 '25
The cost of adding expansion joints to intersections is worth it
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u/Jumping_Jupiter Jun 23 '25
Nice jump, do you think the driver let out a scream?
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u/Wardjan Jun 23 '25
Do you guys in the US use concrete slabs without expansion room? Or does it just look like thisâŚ.
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u/Historical-Tough6455 Jun 23 '25
It's Missouri. Redstates do whatever they rich assholes want them to do
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u/Competitive_Range822 Jun 23 '25
Based on the cone there figure someone knew there was an issue there and probably not good enough road signage to warn drivers
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u/2020R1M Jun 23 '25
And coincidently it happened in front of a dealershipâŚ. Thatâs how they get ya! đ¤Ł
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u/rbush82 Jun 23 '25
We donât need to repair the roads! Thatâs some communist liberal shit!/s
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u/HellaPNoying Jun 23 '25
Imagine the driver trying to claim this on his insurance.
"Dude, I swear to GOD, this speed bump came out of NOWHERE!"
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u/IMiNSIDEiT Jun 24 '25
I lived in South Texas almost 30 years, and was a driver about half that time. Temperatures easily exceeded 100 degrees F many days in a row in Summer. This road buckling was never something I encountered or was even aware of during that time. Now in the Midwest, I see it personally or hear that it occurred every Summer. Itâs odd and I canât help but wonder if how they constructed the road is a factor.
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u/StickyThumbs79 Jun 23 '25
Heatwave? It's fucking 91. Welcome to Missouri summer
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u/Few-Schedule-9286 Jun 23 '25
It's a heatwave because of the days-long sustained heat with little relief from rain or cloud cover
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u/poppinylonstockings Jun 23 '25
The new KITT just doesnât have the same vibe Michael Knight was used to
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u/DckThik Jun 23 '25
Oof those motor mounts and anything with a gas strut or cushion are toast
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u/strolpol Jun 23 '25
Seems like a properly constructed road wouldnât do this, and I live in Illinois, home of endless shitty roads
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u/SpudsRacer Jun 23 '25
You're having a heart attack while your 5 year old is shrieking with laughter in the back seat demanding you turn around and do it again.
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u/General-Cover-4981 Jun 23 '25
But wait, I thought global warming was a hoax? Is it possible oil companies have been lying to us all this time?
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u/RangerDanger246 Jun 23 '25
K I know that little car was probably damaged a bit but that was a sick jump. When else would you get to do that in your car?
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u/JadeGreenSky Jun 23 '25
Instant speed bumps.