The fact that someone that stupid is allowed to drive.
And too stupid to realise the hoses are designed to reach the other side of the car here too.
Doesn’t understand rotation of an object. Drives a cubic ton of metal on wheels in the streets.
My only thought as to why this could occur is that either the person is intoxicated or has some sort of cognitive issue like dementia OR that it was deliberately done as a sketch to make a viral video. The former are scary to think about. I can understand a “normal” person making this mistake once or twice, but the fact that it’s continuous and repeated would lead toward impairment.
Drives a cubic ton of metal
What’s a cubic ton?
Is that like making the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs?
Protip look at fuel gage you’ll see a symbol telling you which side ◀️⛽ Sadly modern technology can only take us so far
Not in every car though. My car doesn’t have this. (Opel Meriva A)
I’ve seen it where the side of the pump that the hose is on in the symbol acts like an arrow, any possibility that’s it?
Yes, I think it’s possible.
Nifty. An opel insignia would… At least if it had a Buick badge.
I think they knew which side it was on, just didn’t have the spacial awareness to get them there
Like a slapstick comedy 😂
There’s no sound but all I can hear is Yakety Sax
Benny Hill screaming loudly in my head
This person should not be allowed to operate a vehicle ever
I’ve been practicing driving with a person who shouldn’t drive. She has no feeling for the car, i. e. doesn’t understand how you would correct your position, drive in reverse etc., and it feels like she’s asleep with her eyes open. Imo driving is a constant stream of decisions and she just doesn’t make any. “Why are we driving here?” - “I’ve been looking for somewhere to turn around.” - “We’re passing suitable locations every 3 seconds and you’re going 50.” - “I can’t decide in time which to use.”
She’s afraid to go the speed limit, highways are off limits. The other day she just straight up drove out into an intersection from a yield side without breaking and stopped in the middle. I warned her it was coming, there were signs and everything. She doesn’t know the speed limit when it’s always very clearly signed. She doesn’t read directions and can’t navigate by herself; “if I say nothing, go straight, or right if straight is not an option” is forgotten after 5 minutes. She’s been driving with an instructor (which I am not) for 20 lessons and we’ve gone at least ten times, too.
I mean sometimes you just have to admit someone is dumb or has a specific deficiency and move on.
Having a society that’s designed so everyone has to drive is absurd.
The legends say she is still circling the pump to this day.
Am I the only one who did pump fuel perfectly fine from the “wrong side”?
Usually the hose is long enough to do it safely as long as the car is not too behind the pump.
In the Miata community, it’s called “Doing The Thing.”
Meanwhile Triumph TR4 is like, “What do you mean which side?”
There’s a station near me with hoses that are long enough to do that with most vehicles (obviously my pickup wouldn’t fit, but every car I’ve driven is fine). But I don’t think most stations have hoses long enough to do that for anything but the smallest cars.
Just a reminder that in Europe we use normal sized cars :)
So the average car here in France can definitely fuel from the wrong side. You still need to park the car close to the pump but it works.
Now if you try to do that with a Cybertruck…
At one point I thought the video had looped.
I have met people who have zero ability for 3D visualisation. I’m thinking this is one of those cases, plus a small panic after the second try.
We know fuel is stored in the balls
I think the clip ends with her just giving up and driving away, from memory.
Yeah she left and went to one of those left-hand side gas stations.
This is the “stupid does” part of the saying “stupid is as stupid does”.
Jesus.
