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DwayneWayne91 t1_j2br5ht wrote

Today has been a super weird day for driving in Richmond lol

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WontArnett t1_j2bsjn4 wrote

Flipping your car is an anomaly here, I don’t understand why? 😂

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RedDirtBiker t1_j2bxbov wrote

Car flipped on Kensington by Belmont last night too. Wtf is in the water here right now

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dreww4546 t1_j2c2iz2 wrote

I bet I could do it. What's the prize?

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VicJavaero t1_j2cil0f wrote

One vehicles tires touching another vehicles tires cause flips in bizarre ways.

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LaszlosLeather t1_j2ckckd wrote

There was another car flipped earlier just off broad near Belvedere

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Defiant-Investment53 t1_j2cqidt wrote

Running from the police, drugs, alcohol I would assume could have something to do with how they flipped their car on Main Street

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Busy-Statistician483 t1_j2db39d wrote

I'll never forget seeing a car in a tree in the median of 295 just east of Nuckhols Rd. That took talent and speed. I've also seen a flipped car on Springfield. I thought it was just people around the west end being impatient.

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PuffyMcScrote t1_j2dethj wrote

He must've hit one of those community fridges I keep hearing about.

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awakening513 t1_j2djons wrote

It’s because people treat Main/Ellwood like the downtown expressway

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wukillabee2 t1_j2dksop wrote

Replying to Grundlethunder82 (#1,209,186)

We’ve all driven in Miami and Maryland and though they are crazy, they are more predictable. In Richmond you never know who is a crazy driver and who is normal and who is trying to compensate for the high number of crazy drivers which then it turn causes their own driving to be erratic. Then you have to do all of this while being tailgated and with another person just chilling in your blind spot.

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zen_compassion t1_j2dnl2r wrote

I swear it's a TikTok trend with the frequency I see this happening.

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andon t1_j2dpzjp wrote

🎶Making my way downtown

Driving fast, like, way too fast

and I flip my ride🎶

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iMelancholyKid t1_j2e2cx0 wrote

Replying to RedDirtBiker (#1,208,297)

Yo that was wild. A group of us bicyclists pulled up on that shit minutes after it happened and assessed the situation realizing it was fresh and the whole block of tbe neighborhood who heard it had already came out to help manage crawling him out and sit him down before the fire department and ems even showed up. We kind of split up marshaling the intersections from any thru traffic and when first responders pulled up we started to pull out. As we were going by on the side walk we saw the vehicle had clipped the corner of a parked car that had catapulted him for that flip all the while fire department didn't even talk to anyone and got axes to rip open the car doors to assess injuries and clear any occupants but then were like where are they??

Insane thing to see after our really quiet holiday ride on our way back into town

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wagonboss t1_j2e6j1m wrote

Replying to Grundlethunder82 (#1,209,186)

Just about every city in the country is saying that.

Data from the NFIRS (fire department reporting system) shows that accidents have skyrocketed in past 36 calendar months nationally. Probably globally.

Less driver education, less restrictions(like relaxed laws), less punishment, and societal stress have made it pretty common

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GroundbreakingBite96 t1_j2eitw5 wrote

I saw a girl flip her car on the highway a few months back, saw it from the bridge that’s by Little Mex, what’s crazy is there was absolutely NO ONE around her, she flipped so badly that her car was flipping on the WALL, not even on the ground, crazy she survived, not sure if she was texting or something but DEFINITELY distracted. I’ve never seen a car flip on a wall before. Was like a movie for sure.

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SirDigbyChckenCaeser t1_j2f0m53 wrote

About 10 years ago someone t-boned my parked Prius on this block. I still wonder how he managed to get his car perfectly facing my side on a one way street. The folks at City Dogs saw and offered me free lunch while I waited for a tow, at least!

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big_ichi t1_j2f96xw wrote

drunk drivers are going crazy in shockoe. Combination of warm weather plus new years equals bad decisions. I hit some bars down there last night and dudes were def driving drunk

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tpasmall t1_j2fkhup wrote

Maybe they hit a stolen tank

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dr_nerdface t1_j2flrv1 wrote

have you seen how people drive around here?

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DaedraPixel t1_j2fn0zh wrote

I live downtown and driving here has been ridiculous lately. People dive bombing 3-4 lanes to make an exit, watched a guy try to haul ass in the right lane on Main Street downtown to get around left lane traffic and he smacked a street parked car, people blow by the stop signs on the blocks adjacent to Main Street. I know pointing out bad driving is a common thread throughout the country, but damn the amount of people who are looking at their phones while driving is insane. Makes me wonder why there isn’t more regulations into driving. 45,000 gun deaths (54% suicide) and 46,000 vehicle deaths in 2021. Va passed a law where police can’t pull over vehicles with a few lights out, it has to be all the lights. Registrations can be expired for up to 60 days before tickets can sent out. I just don’t get it. I haven’t seen anything quite like the audacity of this area, I came from San Diego. I also lived in Va Beach and Roanoke Virginia. Besides how bad 81 can be, Richmond has to have the most unpredictable drivers of all time. Honestly it’s a national issue, all these required documents, laws, and ordinances just for leeway on poor maintenance and the same percentage of DUIs and distracted driving annually. Don’t know about you guys but I wouldn’t mind traffic violations and poorly maintained vehicles to have 1000% stricter penalty. Driving is very simple and so is most maintenance. Can’t afford to keep your vehicle optimal, then don’t cost us injury or death because you are irresponsible. I’m no mechanic and I don’t make a lot of money, youtube is full of tutorials for almost every make and model. I noticed Chesapeake Va has digital speed limit signs that take photos of speeders in real time, also flags them if the vehicle is stolen or there are warrants on the owner. Hope these signs go everywhere. 2 friends have had major setbacks in their life due to distracted drivers and recklessness. Sorry for the tangent. Get dashcams and don’t skimp insurance. It’s a matter of when in Richmond not if.

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ClarkeWGriswold t1_j2frnjj wrote

A kid was caught on the roof of the car and the mom, in a surge of adrenaline, was able to flip the car and save him (or her)

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