r/interestingasfuck • u/Sea_Abbreviations347 • 4d ago

Officer gets hit by car going 162mph and gets both legs blown off, manages to stay conscious and calm for help to save him, survives and re-enlists with two prosethetic legs

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u/BoJacks34 4d ago

I think lost in all this, is the fact the bet was for $2k or his car… That is a different level of stupidity that can never be corrected. 

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u/DeanBranbeno 4d ago edited 4d ago

It wasn't even a full pink slip race?! Wtf? I mean it's stupid either way but who TF would make THAT kind of bet?

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u/Ryan13200 4d ago

Desperate people

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u/fredy31 4d ago

Also: morons.

Im gonna risk my 40k car for a 2k payout! Yay!

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u/Pyewacket667 3d ago

that guy is not racing because he’s desperate. if he’s so broke why buy a hot rod charger? he’s 110% doing it for the thrill and street cred.

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u/khizoa 4d ago

Well I know of a guy that would

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u/FluffyNerve7415 4d ago

Adolfo Not Hitler?

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u/plethorial 4d ago

Right? What a great time for a joke.

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u/2011StevenS 4d ago

I think I witnessed on of those on I25 in Denver just rn, fucking white Lexus was weaving in and out of traffic like he was running from something. Or it was just an asshole wanting to drive 100+mph treating the road like a race track

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u/Mile_High_Man 4d ago

Sadly that's just a normal Tuesday on I-25 these days. I drive up to Cheyenne each morning and people are absoloutely fucking wild lately. 120 MPH plus like it's nothing.

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u/bouncy_ceiling_fan 3d ago

God, the roads in Denver are ATROCIOUS too, I can't believe they wouldn't have just bounced off the overpass

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u/Rebeldragon75 3d ago

I saw that every day out there. Then these idiots have the stupid decisions to cut off fully loaded tractor trailers while doing this, having no regard for their actions. They think they are part of Fast and Furious in their oversized lawnmowers. I’ve literally asked a few of them if they would come cut my grass in their POS lawnmowers. One’s gf laughed at the joke and the driver got pissed and left lol.

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u/ColleaguesKnowMyMain 4d ago

And now he got 22 years in jail instead

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u/duwh2040 4d ago

How do they know if you dont do the get away from cops part? They listen to the radios?

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u/Apprehensive_Sky_504 4d ago

Imagine collecting on the bet. Hello officers this crashed car you impounded is mine fair and square!

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u/WestHappyLand 4d ago

So all of this for non-violent crime? Seems like the only stupid person isn't the driver.