The 10 Most Ridiculous Reasons For Car Crashes

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    Pulling out your tooth: When you're a trucker and you've got a toothache, it can be hard to find a reputable dentist. But what one driver chose to do last month proves that you should leave that stuff to the professionals. The unnamed man was driving when his loose tooth began to bug him, so he took both hands off of the wheel to get the leverage necessary to yank it out. Unsurprisingly, the tractor-trailer went out of control and careened off the road, driving into a ditch before being stopped by a tree.
    1/10 Pulling out your tooth: When you're a trucker and you've got a toothache, it can be hard to find a reputable dentist. But what one driver chose to do last month proves that you should leave that stuff to the professionals. The unnamed man was driving when his loose tooth began to bug him, so he took both hands off of the wheel to get the leverage necessary to yank it out. Unsurprisingly, the tractor-trailer went out of control and careened off the road, driving into a ditch before being stopped by a tree.
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    Using Facebook: Police got the call about a driver veering into oncoming traffic and smashing into a truck at 8:34 in the morning. When they investigated the incident, they discovered that at 8:33 Sanford had posted a Facebook status update about the Pharrell Williams song "Happy," and the distraction from her phone caused her to leave her lane, crash and sadly die.
    2/10 Using Facebook: Police got the call about a driver veering into oncoming traffic and smashing into a truck at 8:34 in the morning. When they investigated the incident, they discovered that at 8:33 Sanford had posted a Facebook status update about the Pharrell Williams song "Happy," and the distraction from her phone caused her to leave her lane, crash and sadly die.
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    Brushing your teeth: When teacher Cherie Margaret Davis decided she needed to give her teeth a bit of a clean, she set the car on cruise control and got her toothbrush. Davis found her car veering to the left, so she swerved to the right with a little too much force and plowed into a pile of rocks.
    3/10 Brushing your teeth: When teacher Cherie Margaret Davis decided she needed to give her teeth a bit of a clean, she set the car on cruise control and got her toothbrush. Davis found her car veering to the left, so she swerved to the right with a little too much force and plowed into a pile of rocks.
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    Having sex: Getting your freak on in a car is a rite of passage teenagers, but the first thing you learn is to park the car first... Unfortunately for Luis Briones and his girlfriend, he must have missed class that day. Luis and his lady were driving through the streets of Albuquerque doing the nasty when he smashed into a divider, sending the woman through the windshield. Like a gentleman, Luis tried to drive away from the scene and leave his injured partner behind. A witness grabbed his keys, so he instead hid behind a cactus until cops found him.
    4/10 Having sex: Getting your freak on in a car is a rite of passage teenagers, but the first thing you learn is to park the car first... Unfortunately for Luis Briones and his girlfriend, he must have missed class that day. Luis and his lady were driving through the streets of Albuquerque doing the nasty when he smashed into a divider, sending the woman through the windshield. Like a gentleman, Luis tried to drive away from the scene and leave his injured partner behind. A witness grabbed his keys, so he instead hid behind a cactus until cops found him.
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    Taking selfies: Cell phones have become one of the leading causes of accidents on the road, and while fairly benign things like texting cause most of them, some people really push the envelope. In May 2014, a video hit the Internet of a pair of Iranian girls filming themselves singing along to a Middle Eastern pop hit while driving. The girl behind the wheel took her eyes off the road for just long enough to crash the car, popping the airbags. Paramedics took them to the hospital, where the pair continued to take selfies.
    5/10 Taking selfies: Cell phones have become one of the leading causes of accidents on the road, and while fairly benign things like texting cause most of them, some people really push the envelope. In May 2014, a video hit the Internet of a pair of Iranian girls filming themselves singing along to a Middle Eastern pop hit while driving. The girl behind the wheel took her eyes off the road for just long enough to crash the car, popping the airbags. Paramedics took them to the hospital, where the pair continued to take selfies.
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    Eating a taco: A In 2012, a man driving in the small town of Antelope kicked off a multi-car pileup when he looked away from the road to clean some dropped taco crumbs off of his lap. He rammed into a pair of parked cars so hard that his vehicle flipped over onto its roof. Amazingly, he walked away unhurt.
    6/10 Eating a taco: A In 2012, a man driving in the small town of Antelope kicked off a multi-car pileup when he looked away from the road to clean some dropped taco crumbs off of his lap. He rammed into a pair of parked cars so hard that his vehicle flipped over onto its roof. Amazingly, he walked away unhurt.
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    Holding your breath: While driving through a tunnel in the outskirts of Portland, Daniel Calhon bet his friend that he could hold his breath longer than he could. Unfortunately for everybody, Calhon held it a little too long and lost consciousness, causing his Camry to drift across the divider and smash head-on into a Ford Explorer. Nobody was killed, but his friend riding shotgun was understandably pretty pissed off, even if he did win the bet.
    7/10 Holding your breath: While driving through a tunnel in the outskirts of Portland, Daniel Calhon bet his friend that he could hold his breath longer than he could. Unfortunately for everybody, Calhon held it a little too long and lost consciousness, causing his Camry to drift across the divider and smash head-on into a Ford Explorer. Nobody was killed, but his friend riding shotgun was understandably pretty pissed off, even if he did win the bet.
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    Having too much rubbish in the car: In 2007, a woman named Ann Biglan was backing her car out of a parking space when a number of old coffee cups rolled under her brake pedal. As she lost control, more trash cascaded out of her passenger seat and onto the floor, causing the car to hop a curb and smash into a concrete flowerpot in a gas station parking lot.
    8/10 Having too much rubbish in the car: In 2007, a woman named Ann Biglan was backing her car out of a parking space when a number of old coffee cups rolled under her brake pedal. As she lost control, more trash cascaded out of her passenger seat and onto the floor, causing the car to hop a curb and smash into a concrete flowerpot in a gas station parking lot.
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    Shaving your crotch: In 2010, a bleach-blonde Florida thirtysomething named Megan Barnes was speeding down the Overseas Highway on her way to see her boyfriend. However, she noticed that her pubic region was a little overgrown, so Barnes pulled out a disposable razor to trim her bush and asked her ex-husband, riding in the passenger seat, to take the wheel. The pair smashed into the back of a SUV and attempted to flee the scene, only for cops to pick them up and reconstruct the bizarre crime.
    9/10 Shaving your crotch: In 2010, a bleach-blonde Florida thirtysomething named Megan Barnes was speeding down the Overseas Highway on her way to see her boyfriend. However, she noticed that her pubic region was a little overgrown, so Barnes pulled out a disposable razor to trim her bush and asked her ex-husband, riding in the passenger seat, to take the wheel. The pair smashed into the back of a SUV and attempted to flee the scene, only for cops to pick them up and reconstruct the bizarre crime.
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    Watching porn: In June 2014, a British truck driver named Ian Glover was speeding down the motorway watching a little bit of smut on his cell phone when he lost control of his vehicle. The massive truck crashed through a safety barrier and into a vacationing couple, killing the woman instantly. Glover played dumb, but a police pull of his phone records revealed multiple visits to porn sites while he was on the road.
    10/10 Watching porn: In June 2014, a British truck driver named Ian Glover was speeding down the motorway watching a little bit of smut on his cell phone when he lost control of his vehicle. The massive truck crashed through a safety barrier and into a vacationing couple, killing the woman instantly. Glover played dumb, but a police pull of his phone records revealed multiple visits to porn sites while he was on the road.

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When you get behind the wheel of a car, you need to make sure that you're safe and are concentrating on the road at all times. These people clearly never got the memo.

 

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