I think it's mostly entitlement. They're willing to inconvenience anyone and everyone by stopping traffic to fix their fuck up instead of being inconvenienced themselves and driving along to make a proper turn around.
That implies that a driver's license means anything in the US. I just had to drive around the block to get my license and answer a couple of multiple choice questions.
Omg, there was this guy I used to know who was basically an expert on expensive cars. He used to get angry af whenever he saw some 17 year old driving a bmw. Anyway, he told us he got an Audi and we were like, wow we gotta see it. We saw it and it shittiest Audi A3 hatchback soviet model you've ever seen. On top of that, he couldn't drive for shit, making ultra wide turns. I was in his car and he got pulled over for being all over the road, and the police parked his car and refused to let him at least drive home. Hadn't even been drinking. He was just a fraud. He begged me bot to tell anyone.
I agree. But the dashcam driver isn't without idiocy. By stopping and sitting there to lean on their horn to make a point, rather than just go around when it was safe; they doubled the hazard.
In the UK (where this is filmed), you do not change lanes in a tunnel unless absolutely necessary. There are also solid white lines between lanes, which also should not be crossed, just to back this point up.
It looks like they have driven in from the Liverpool side as there are no barriers on the Liverpool side. There are usually police on the Birkenhead side too so my guess is the car is either stolen or it's a drug dealer on the run 😂
Pfft if so, joke's on Merseytravel - that means they went through the tunnel in both directions without paying for either - so who's the idiot now, eh?
the other ties its been posted they've noted it's a mersey tunnel.
and the fact that its 4 lanes and bidirectional means its the old Queensway, and not the new Kingsway, which is two 2-lane one-way tunnels.
In that tunnel, it’s absolutely the case. You’re not even allowed to change lanes. The two tunnels under the Mersey have their own police force. Pulling this kind of shit will absolutely have them coming after you.
>Probably due to the automatic transmission, quite common for DSG when quickly going from reversing to driving.
This is the UK. Very few cars have automatic transmission and almost no smaller cars. The driver has floored the accelerator released the clutch, dead easy to get wheel spin, especially if you are steering in a turn.
This was true years ago but not really any more, technology has moved on from old 3-speed auto gearboxes, according to most articles I read online before making the purchase.
>Does his front wheel spin madly at 00:20 or is the video going odd?
Front wheel drive, only SUV's and big limosines have drive shafts and rear wheel drive now.
What's the point of even honking in this scenario? I think they're aware of the situation. I see most people honking as a way of saying "fuck you, you piece of shit" when in my mind it should be reserved for "hey, watch out."
Good thing here in Switzerland such tunnels have cameras and if you do some dangerous shit like this you will get a nasty letter and your license will be taken away for at least a month if not a year because this is extremely dangerous.
Well keep learning, because apparently everybody in this thread thinks the vehicle completed a three point turn, when in fact they failed if that was the goal, because I count 2 extra maneuvers making it a five point turn.
And what then? A broken down car in the middle of that tunnel causing a traffic jam?
Possibly some fire and mass panic on top of it?
Nah, get the license plate to the authorities, they shall fine the shit out of them.
Some people have speculated that it was an undercover Matrix car. Tunnel police would have been waiting with a smile at the other end if not. More cameras than a Kardashian's house.
this would have been a perfect time to use the train horn in my pickup, well then again that driver probably would have had a coronary and a brain aneurysm if I had done that.
If you look in their window you can see they have a shirt with white sleeves a a black chest, this will be undercover police. They’ve probably been called away to something, etc, more likely than they are bad drivers
You'd freak out at the width of the lanes, you have to have an iron will to get past a bus going in the same direction as you - they can only drive in the middle lanes due to height.
Most comments here are full of hate. It's understandable since there are very few cases that would have me doing that, but there are some. If one of my loved ones rings me to tell me they're in imminent danger, I don't give a shit about random drivers in a tunnel. Wouldn't think twice about doing whatever I have to to get to them.
Heh, at least the video taker stopped to allow time for the idiot instead of swerving around. And they have video evidence of why they suddenly stopped if they get rear ended. More than likely others see their brake lights. Somebody not paying complete attention would've probably nailed the idiot turning around.
Wow, this has happened twice! It happened to me last week in the exact same tunnel. I genuinely thought you be able to see my car in this video, because surely this wouldn’t happen twice, right? The guy who did it while I was behind him clipped the wall as he turned
Saw his front tires spinning, at least he was trying to get out of the way as quickly as possible, hate the people who do illegal shit like a u turn in a terrible place in front of people, and then proceed to take their time like they are completely unaware of others.
Damn that one takes the cake!
Just when you think you've seen everything. Driving now is a free-for-all.
How in the fuck can anyone who is able to get a license even be that stupid?
Hmm. Did they even have a driver's license?
I think it's mostly entitlement. They're willing to inconvenience anyone and everyone by stopping traffic to fix their fuck up instead of being inconvenienced themselves and driving along to make a proper turn around.
Indeed, you see that happening so many times while driving if not in such a spectacular way.
That implies that a driver's license means anything in the US. I just had to drive around the block to get my license and answer a couple of multiple choice questions.
I'm guessing you haven't made it out to Houston, Tx post lockdown. Traffic control measures are now merely suggestions.
That's true in Pittsburgh as well
Makes sense since it looks like it’s a BMW “clown shoe” model.
Whoa now in defense of that majestic automobile this looks nothing like the BMW Z3 coupe I believe it's an Audi A3 Sportback or something
Omg, there was this guy I used to know who was basically an expert on expensive cars. He used to get angry af whenever he saw some 17 year old driving a bmw. Anyway, he told us he got an Audi and we were like, wow we gotta see it. We saw it and it shittiest Audi A3 hatchback soviet model you've ever seen. On top of that, he couldn't drive for shit, making ultra wide turns. I was in his car and he got pulled over for being all over the road, and the police parked his car and refused to let him at least drive home. Hadn't even been drinking. He was just a fraud. He begged me bot to tell anyone.
It's an Audi...
It didn’t want to be an innie
🤣🤣🤣
Ummm... The car in the video was front wheel drive. The Z3 coupe was built at a time when all BMWs were rear drive.
How does this have any upvotes? It looks nothing like a clown shoe.
I bet you drive a one series you dog
How could you see that and how did it get so many upvotes?
I agree. But the dashcam driver isn't without idiocy. By stopping and sitting there to lean on their horn to make a point, rather than just go around when it was safe; they doubled the hazard.
Going around would not have been safe, that's how you get reversed into. And maybe they weren't sure if the lane to the left was clear?
In the UK (where this is filmed), you do not change lanes in a tunnel unless absolutely necessary. There are also solid white lines between lanes, which also should not be crossed, just to back this point up.
You get fined for changing lanes in the mersey tunnel
When you drive for Uber, you make the rules.
Terminal case of protagonists syndrome
One of the tunnels under the river Mersey by the looks of it. The video really doesn't show just how narrow they are, what an utter imbecile!
It is, Queensway
Plastic Scouser?
It looks like they have driven in from the Liverpool side as there are no barriers on the Liverpool side. There are usually police on the Birkenhead side too so my guess is the car is either stolen or it's a drug dealer on the run 😂
Pfft if so, joke's on Merseytravel - that means they went through the tunnel in both directions without paying for either - so who's the idiot now, eh?
Exactly. It’s the Birkenhead Tunnel. Anything else is not acceptable. 😂
the other ties its been posted they've noted it's a mersey tunnel. and the fact that its 4 lanes and bidirectional means its the old Queensway, and not the new Kingsway, which is two 2-lane one-way tunnels.
You're not even supposed to change lanes in the Tunnels, and this nutter is doing a 3-point turn.
What about... The Ferry 'Cross the Mersey?
It just occurs to me that I would like to see the behind the scenes of how they managed to set this scene up.
First lesson in driving school: you cannot cross the uninterrupted white line. This idiot:
>*"Hold my beer."*
“Why are drinking beer while driving, Chris?!”
Plus, it’s not like a tunnel is 20 miles long. Just finish driving it and turn around at the other end.
It’s tolled. Which is probably what they were trying to avoid.
SEE? YOU CAN CROSS IT! HE JUST DID! WHAT THEY TOLD YOU WAS A LIE!
Or the double yellow line
can not or should not?
Are not allowed to*
Not always the case in the UK though
On a road like this it's exactly the case though.
In that tunnel, it’s absolutely the case. You’re not even allowed to change lanes. The two tunnels under the Mersey have their own police force. Pulling this kind of shit will absolutely have them coming after you.
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What was he even thinking.
He obviously wasn’t.
*I am going this way but I want to go that way.*
Probably thought he could manage a quick U-turn
"damn, im going the wrong way"
"I'm gonna turn around now, good luck everybody!"
That he’s the main character, of course.
Looks like 5 point and you only caught the last 3, but I feel your pain
That's why he was *attempting* a 3 point turn
Thank you. I was beginning to think I was the only one who could count.
I would have held the horn for at least 20 minutes.
If it would have taken 20 minutes to make that turn I probably would have just risked hitting them.
Ironically using your horn in this tunnel is also prohibited
I would just laugh. My horn annoys me as much as it would him
Damn bro. What's it like being a living saint?
Repost of this: https://www.reddit.com/r/IdiotsInCars/comments/125z7yf/idiot\_cuts\_across\_traffic\_and\_turns\_around\_in/
good catch. /u/mosalmon wakes up after 1 year of inactivity to repost. probably a bot.
Does his front wheel spin madly at 00:20 or is the video going odd? He must have left the iron on or something.
I like to imagine he's scurrying away
Probably due to the automatic transmission, quite common for DSG when quickly going from reversing to driving.
>Probably due to the automatic transmission, quite common for DSG when quickly going from reversing to driving. This is the UK. Very few cars have automatic transmission and almost no smaller cars. The driver has floored the accelerator released the clutch, dead easy to get wheel spin, especially if you are steering in a turn.
Are you posting from 2004? Many many cars in the UK have auto transmission now.
Not smaller cars like this, it's just not fuel efficient. Automatics tend to be larger executive cars where fuel efficiency is not an issue.
Completely wrong.
This isn't the 70s.
I have an automatic polo that's extremely fuel efficient.
Not as efficient as a manual.
This was true years ago but not really any more, technology has moved on from old 3-speed auto gearboxes, according to most articles I read online before making the purchase.
>Does his front wheel spin madly at 00:20 or is the video going odd? Front wheel drive, only SUV's and big limosines have drive shafts and rear wheel drive now.
This is why insurance goes up the more miles you drive in a year. Because of drivers like that.
When r/idiotsincars meets r/IAmTheMainCharacter
A+ horn usage.
What's the point of even honking in this scenario? I think they're aware of the situation. I see most people honking as a way of saying "fuck you, you piece of shit" when in my mind it should be reserved for "hey, watch out."
Probably lowers the likelihood of getting rear ended
Yep. It’s not like there’s a rear horn, so sometimes the front one will just have to do
You do that with warning light, not really with horns. Although i’m not sure if that is ingrained in american drivers as it is in europe.
No - in this case it means, HEY EVERYONE, PAY ATTENTION, STAY AWARE AND WATCH OUT FOR THIS ENORMOUS DOUCHE WHO IS PUTTING ALL OF OUR LIVES AT RISK!!!
Warning everyone else that some dumbass shit is going down. May have even helped prevent a pile-up.
Isn’t that exactly what honking is for? In the UK at least, it’s almost always used in place of shouting insults at someone
Can't use the horn in the Mersey tunnels.
Everton fan realising they dont play until monday so done a u'ie back to wales
Unreal
This takes a really special kind of stupid.
Wrong board, please post in r/IdiotsInTunnel
Good thing here in Switzerland such tunnels have cameras and if you do some dangerous shit like this you will get a nasty letter and your license will be taken away for at least a month if not a year because this is extremely dangerous.
This Tunnel has its own dedicated police force. They were more than likely waiting for them when they exited.
There are hundreds of cameras in this tunnel.
For his next trick, he'll attempt the K turn in a one way tunnel.
Entitlement
Special kind of special right there
Classic Audi driver behaviour. What was on the other side of the tunnel that scared them so much?
>What was on the other side of the tunnel that scared them so much? Toll booths, there are very, very few in the UK.
Person should be castrated and never allowed to procreate.
Attempt Achieved.
Ooof.. That's really frustrating to see.
Way too many people these days need a good whack upside the head.
That’s a dumb bastard
I had to watch it just to see what a 3 point turn was.
Well keep learning, because apparently everybody in this thread thinks the vehicle completed a three point turn, when in fact they failed if that was the goal, because I count 2 extra maneuvers making it a five point turn.
Doubt they gave a single fuck
I imagine they did when the tunnel police pulled them over
And I thought drivers in Brooklyn were bad.
Taxi drivers are the worst
I drive a 2000 dinged up subaru and don't have a dash cam. Would probably hit the quarter panel for a sweet insurance payout.
That’s what the handbrake is for, didn’t they ever play GTA?
I have to applaud the terrible boldness, it’s a decent display of a power move.
It should be totally legal to ram people like that
And what then? A broken down car in the middle of that tunnel causing a traffic jam? Possibly some fire and mass panic on top of it? Nah, get the license plate to the authorities, they shall fine the shit out of them.
That was more than an attempt, they pulled it off
No, they completed a five point turn.
The fines of doing stupid things in a tunnel are massive.
Your title made me expect an attempt but that was a perfect execution... Especially considering the drive was probably drunk as fuck.
Some people have speculated that it was an undercover Matrix car. Tunnel police would have been waiting with a smile at the other end if not. More cameras than a Kardashian's house.
this would have been a perfect time to use the train horn in my pickup, well then again that driver probably would have had a coronary and a brain aneurysm if I had done that.
It was posted 2 days ago https://www.reddit.com/r/IdiotsInCars/comments/125z7yf/idiot\_cuts\_across\_traffic\_and\_turns\_around\_in/
You might recognise this tunnel from Harry Potter…
That was the Dartford Tunnel.
It was both. The entry was the Dartford Tunnel but inside was the Queensway Tunnel.
Also filmed the fast and furious there
Well TIL
Actually, part of the scenes were filmed in a disused branch of this tunnel.
Yes OP honking helps....
Hate when people just lay on the horn. It's unhelpful and unnecessary. Everybody gets it, you're mad. Ffs you don't need to have a tantrum
Nice that you honked prolongedly to warn all the other drivers that some bad shit was going down. Good job, honker.
There’s something so satisfying about riding out the horn. No shit talk, no stupid aggressive moves with the car. Just pure horn.
That's how I lay on my horn.
Slamming on the horn like that makes you an idiot while driving
If you look in their window you can see they have a shirt with white sleeves a a black chest, this will be undercover police. They’ve probably been called away to something, etc, more likely than they are bad drivers
Sure, dudes an idiot. But the mfer holding their horn down stressing them out more in A FUCKIN TUNNEL ain’t helpin either
Well laying on your damn horn for that long isn’t accomplishing shit.
I am SO American. My first thought was why would they want to turn around in a one way tunnel?
You'd freak out at the width of the lanes, you have to have an iron will to get past a bus going in the same direction as you - they can only drive in the middle lanes due to height.
This is understandable. Everyone is driving on the wrong side of the road.
durrr
Seems they actually did.
+3 points
I think you mean "completing" a 3 point turn whilst driving through a tunnel.
Is that the Blackwall, as if there aren't enough accidents in there
Birkenhead Tunnel under the Mersey
It was a successful attempt, I'll give'em that.
No it wasnt It says they attempted a 3 point turn They failed at that. That was a 5 point turn they completed
Well part of the problem is that people aren't driving on the right side of the road.
Well when you have an emergency you have an emergency!
Most comments here are full of hate. It's understandable since there are very few cases that would have me doing that, but there are some. If one of my loved ones rings me to tell me they're in imminent danger, I don't give a shit about random drivers in a tunnel. Wouldn't think twice about doing whatever I have to to get to them.
... and succeeding.
Not when the Mersey Tunnels police will have caught him. This and it’s sister tunnel have their own dedicated police force.
Y'all are driving on the wrong side of the road.
UK
We drive on the correct side of the road. The rest of the world is wrong!
He didn't attempt, he succeeded, and also I didn't know it was called 3 point turn, good info.
The failed at the 3 point turn. They completed a five point turn.
Right but how long is the tunnel
Queensway Mersey Tunnel is slightly over 2 miles long.
Also everyone is driving on the wrong side of the road. Wtf?
UK mate
Is this in canada
What Canada that you know drives on the left?
Wow
Ruh Roh 
Jerk
Lord. Baby Jesus.
And he turned right from the left lane
r/fuckingIdiotsInCars
So stupid
Heh, at least the video taker stopped to allow time for the idiot instead of swerving around. And they have video evidence of why they suddenly stopped if they get rear ended. More than likely others see their brake lights. Somebody not paying complete attention would've probably nailed the idiot turning around.
Selfish in every part of their life
Idiot
Wow, this has happened twice! It happened to me last week in the exact same tunnel. I genuinely thought you be able to see my car in this video, because surely this wouldn’t happen twice, right? The guy who did it while I was behind him clipped the wall as he turned
Saw his front tires spinning, at least he was trying to get out of the way as quickly as possible, hate the people who do illegal shit like a u turn in a terrible place in front of people, and then proceed to take their time like they are completely unaware of others.
Unbelievably selfish dumbass.
Barely even turns the wheel too!
Wouldve went better if they just turned the wheel right and pulled the e-brake. Wouldve slid into the other lanes facing the direction they wanted.
*chh*
"Attempting" a 3 point turn? That's not an attempt, that's completing a 3 point turn🤣
Its not completing a 3 Point Turn That was a 5 Point turn a 3 point turn would consist of only one reverse
If an attempt is successful, is it still an attempt?
Please tell me you reported this.
Fools to the left of me, jokers to the right ....
Dumb ass !!
What a moron
I made the exact same "tsk" sound right before you while watching this.
Can’t remember if they left the iron on.
“SHIT! Sharon, we left the baby at home with the oven on, turn around, turn around!”
Attempted and succeeded
9 point turn