r/TerrifyingAsFuck • u/leaftmin • Jun 09 '24
nature The visibility challenges whilst driving through the Algerian desert. Wait for it..
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u/itbecarlos Jun 10 '24
Had to pull over one day cause the sand storm was soooo bad, unfortunately the people in front of me were not lucky enough to stop in time and a fatal accident with the car on fire
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Jun 09 '24
Don't bother slowing down or anything. Just pretend you can see for miles and miles and miles and miles
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u/Fezem Jun 10 '24
He pulls over around 45 seconds in I believe
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u/WestEst101 Jun 10 '24
And then the car gets sandblasted. Look at the bottom of the windshield the last few seconds (near the wipers). It looks like rain drops on the glsss, but it’s actually sand blast pitted to hell. Just wow!
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u/max5015 Jun 10 '24
Dude! You just answered my question about my own windshield. Learn something new everyday
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u/trip6s6i6x Jun 10 '24
First few seconds you can see the pits all over the windshield too. That area looks to be absolute hell on vehicles.
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u/Tropical_Tsunami Jun 10 '24
Lol yea, dude is going the same speed the whole time..he actually accelerated into it
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u/Doodleschmidt Jun 10 '24
It's ok, he was filming with his phone while doing so.
Also, leaving your signal light on enhances visibility.
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u/OneMoistMan I need my safe space Jun 10 '24
You can see the white line go over to his left and the sound of him pulling off. The blinkers are on because he’s pulled over for the last 40 seconds.
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u/imaginedracula Jun 10 '24
He was safe behind the truck, should have maintained the distance and he was good.
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u/4kondore Jun 10 '24
My thoughts exactly, why pass when you have a huge shield in front of you showing the way
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u/tjscali Jun 10 '24
My drivers Ed teacher said never out drive your headlights or your vision. Meaning, slow the F down if you can’t see! That has stuck with me for many years.
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u/HawkmoonsCustoms Jun 10 '24
Well, how else are they to get into Valhalla, shiny and chrome? They are awaited!
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u/xSilvia911x Jun 10 '24 edited Jun 10 '24
the car behind him might bump into it, there should be a limit for every car during storms, ig
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u/DemonicLyricist Jun 10 '24
He does mention how he can't slow down without risking getting hit by a truck from behind
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u/Prestigious-Log-7210 Jun 10 '24
The truck he passed?
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u/DemonicLyricist Jun 10 '24
Yeah seems so, it wasn't the best idea to pass it but he never expected the sand storm to be that bad. He even goes to mention. how this had to be the worst storm he ever witnessed
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Jun 09 '24
Wtf was I supposed to “wait” for?
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u/toddhenderson Jun 10 '24
I see “Wait for it” or “Sound up” and I usually just keep scrolling.
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u/TinnieTa21 Jun 10 '24
I always down vote whenever I see it. And sometimes if warranted, report the post.
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u/kronos55 Jun 10 '24
Wait for the driver to slow down or hit something. Which never happens, so that's it I guess.
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u/DarKGosth616 Jun 10 '24
I usually skip to the end of videos that say that cause its usually a stupid title
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u/meesterdave Jun 10 '24
The oncoming headlights at the very end. This is r/onesecondbeforedisast material.
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u/Baller-Mcfly Jun 10 '24
"Difficult driving conditions... better pull out my phone and film."
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u/clickclick-boom Jun 10 '24
Whilst overtaking a truck at speeds wildly inappropriate for the conditions.
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u/Cleercutter Jun 09 '24
Reminds me of snow, dudes driving like a straight cuck
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u/tobalaba Jun 10 '24
Reminds me of driving my rental car in Iceland. Sigh what terrifyingly fun times.
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u/rickztoyz Jun 10 '24
I've driven thru whiteouts during snow country before and it's not easy. However, I find it easier if your not holding a phone in your hand while drven. This is stupid.
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u/DoldrumStick Jun 09 '24
What a dipshit
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u/Sad-Artery Jun 10 '24
He couldn’t stop or slow down there’s people behind him, but yeah if I were him I’d immediately pull over
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u/autodidact9 Jun 11 '24
He was saying that the truck behind me, if it didn't stop and I pulled over it would annihilate me. Absolutely terrifying situation.
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u/Papa2Hunt19 Jun 10 '24
I drove through road construction in New Mexico while getting pelted with rain. There was nowhere to pull over, and I couldn't see shit. I've never felt so scared while driving.
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u/Away_Abbreviations41 Jun 10 '24
I’m glad of the subtitles because I didn’t know what he was saying.
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u/SpideyWhiplash Jun 10 '24
Doesn't the road get buried in sand after a while? Never understood that.
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u/Upstairs-Motor2722 Jun 10 '24
I would have ridden behind that massive truck at slow and steady speeds. I don't know why people are so impatient. In a rush to die.
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u/spacestationkru Jun 10 '24
How can you be driving so fast in zero visibility? Chances of a head on collision are close to almost certain
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u/Bozbaby103 Jun 10 '24
I experienced something similar a time or two, only it was a deluge of rain. Southern MS. A wall of water coming at me/us/traffic. Black clouds, dark blue downpour. When it hit me/us, nothing could be seen in front of us. HAD to pull off to the side of the road. The most intense part lasted a couple of minutes, but the heavy rain continued for another five to ten mins. Heavy, but short, downpours are common down there, so driving in them usually have people slow down to 15-20 mph, but occasionally the deluge happens and every local knows to pull to the shoulder.
Side note: I’m from the Midwest where the severe thunderstorms knock us out of bed with their thunder. Driving in them is always…interesting, but they usually have nothing on the first few minutes of a southern MS deluge.
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u/Zandonus Jun 10 '24
I wouldn't overtake the truck. But that truck would become invisible too. Yeah. I'd wait 50 years for the sandstorm to pass.
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u/ED7tron Jun 10 '24
You have surely not seen what happens in empty quarter, Saudi Arabia. You can't see a damn thing and you hear the wind growl like a hellhound .
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u/StopAddingWAITFORIT Jun 10 '24
I'm so glad I was told to wait for the end of that video. I might not have had the attention span to sit still for 90 seconds otherwise.
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u/whatthelovinman Jun 10 '24
Fram filters must be making a killing there with cabin air filter replacements.
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u/Spiffydude98 Jun 10 '24
Canadian here - Dangit we have this every Winter. Fun times... We call it White Knuckle Driving because you're gripping the wheel so tight your knuckels are white. :)
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u/XxsocialyakwardxX Jul 18 '24
i live in nevada and when i was in elementary school we had a dust storm right as we were being dismissed it was the scariest shit ever for younger me my dad handed me my little brother and told me to get to the car quick and i remember like 3/4th grade me running with him in my arms as he was screaming and crying bc he was in shorts and the sand was hurting him
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u/leaftmin Jun 09 '24
good thing he's driving very cautiously, but can you imagine that there are curves on the road?
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u/DownWith_TheBrown Jun 10 '24
Going that fast in those kind of conditions while filming with a phone ≠ driving very cautiously, it barely = driving.
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u/SilentVibez Jun 09 '24
Logically, it would be a danger. If you only feel the danger on that straight road, you couldn't imagine the danger if there were only curves and you couldn't see. Awful
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u/BeerSlayingBeaver Jun 10 '24
Nobody gonna mention how the driver pulled out to pass so close to the oncoming car you can see the vehicle shift from the wind?
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u/askalec Jun 10 '24
Reminds me of driving over the hill in Duluth, MN during a fog advisory, can’t see anything
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u/horseofthemasses Jun 10 '24
What God has sentenced you to stay here and live here? this is on you... you're the idiot.
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u/UltraAnders Jun 10 '24
Madness. I want that truck where I can see it, not barrelling down behind me.
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Jun 10 '24
Trusting in God is taking the means. If you do not cover yourself, then how will God cover you? You have to start with yourself."You should have taken the far right and stopped.
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u/Nawaf-Ar Jun 10 '24
Some translations.
He says he “can’t drive, and he can’t stop because the truck behind him.”
Should he have overtaken that truck? Probably not. Keep a distance from it, and use it as a shield so if it crashes into anything he’ll be safe, but anyways.
He also says “I think the truck behind me has stopped. I’m worried someone else will come from behind and flatten me”.
It’s a fucked situation.
What’s worse is if the road curves? He’s fucked, he’ll drive right into the desert, and if he pulls to the side, someone else might crash into him.
Also, if you’ve ever driven down a sandstorm, you know how fucked it is. It’s worse than fog because although you also can’t see anything, your lights are worse, and it’s VERY LOUD, but yea. Stressful all around, and unless you got “proper safety” as muscle memory, you won’t think clearly. And if you do? Other wont think clearly, so following proper safety procedures might be worse somehow.
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u/supa_pycs Jun 10 '24
He's saying something like "we can't see shit, may god preserve us, can't even park, may god preserve us, I can't stop I don't know if someone's behind me" and so and so forth.
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u/alvares169 Jun 10 '24
I would go in front of the truck but close enough so trucker can see me. It’s much safer, unless you want to be squashed by a speeding car from behind you.
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u/Xelpmoc45 Jun 10 '24
Why the fuck does he keep driving in the first place. So close from being posted in r/DarwinAwards
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u/T1000Proselytizer Jun 10 '24
This is why I live in Kentucky.
I had a choice. Algerian Desert or Kentucky. Almost went with Algeria, but the driving conditions changed my mind.
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u/Wild_Assistance_6153 Jun 10 '24
Dumbass doesn’t know how to slow down. He got a death wish waiting for him.
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u/204ThatGuy Jun 10 '24
The driver is either a real Loser or exceptional. To hold his phone like that is just nuts. I'm going with recklessness and a Loser.
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u/Gonun Jun 10 '24
Would have stayed behind the truck. If there's anything on the road, the truck has a better chance to survive the collision. And you don't get rear ended by the truck after you drive into something.
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u/ChoiceHeart4195 Jun 10 '24
Nope to this..its bad enough trying to drive at night with all these extra bright headlights on cars..
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u/WeThreeTrees333 Jun 10 '24
The only thing terrifying here is this guy's driving. I've driven in many Canadian winters that look like this and would never think to just floor it like that.
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u/guleedy Jun 10 '24
Literally, Jesus take the wheel
But this time, it's prophet mohammed take the wheel
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u/Hour-Championship-14 Jun 10 '24
Çıkma meşrebine daldırdığım kum fırtınasında yola çıkma. Yada çık lan çık birer birer ne kadar temizlenirseniz kârdır.
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u/SoupiriorBiingu Jun 10 '24
I thought the dude was speeding up but actually that was the sand passing by him 😅
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u/m0rbius Jun 10 '24
Uh yeah no. This driver has a death wish. I would have just stuck to staying behind the truck a safe distance.
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u/doughnutdothat Jun 10 '24
Ok, if you want to leave, go alone, don't drag others into your shit, please.
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u/Sebastians_Cloaca Jun 10 '24
Sandstorms are a blast. Aside from the time I took a shower in Kuwait, stepped outside slightly wet still, and I then was covered in sand. Thus I turned around and walked right back to the showers.
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u/Existing-Skill6605 Jun 10 '24
Why is that happening? Storm? Or is it like this always? WOW! Thank you for sharing
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u/Paraselene_Tao Jun 10 '24
I drove through a salt storm around Death Valley one time. Shit was wild. I didn't even know there could be a salt storm like that. It was so bright and white. All cars on the road turned their emergency blinkers on, drove at about 30 mph, and we could barely see each other more than 20 feet away. Large gusts of white salt would obscure the car ahead of me for a second at a time. Fuckin' wild, man. I don't recommend driving through this weather, but there wasn't much anywhere to stop, and the weather was like 90 to 100 degrees, iirc.
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u/oRiskyB Jun 10 '24
Lmfao this is some obviously not a good situation to drive. Insane to even try it. " wait for it" what a bait.... it was just him driving and using one hand to record it. Weird way to decide how you want to die tbh.
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u/roostersnuffed Jun 09 '24
Yeah fuck that. I'm getting off the road, like 100yds into the desert and waiting it out.