“They had so many options,” says the title on %7B%22provider_name%22:%22reddit%22,%22provider_url%22:%22https:%5C/%5C/www.reddit.com%5C/%22,%22object_url%22:%22https:%5C/%5C/www.reddit.com%5C/r%5C/IdiotsInCars%5C/comments%5C/dv5us5%5C/they_had_so_many_options%5C/%22,%22html%22:%22%5Cn%20%20%20%20%5Cn%20%20%20%20%20%20They%20had%20so%20many%20options%20from%5Cn%20%20%20%20%20%20IdiotsInCars%5Cn%20%20%20%20%5Cn%20%20%20%20%5Cn%22,%22type%22:%22oembed%22,%22channels%22:%5B%22desktop%22,%22tablet%22,%22phone%22%5D%7D target=_blank rel=noopener>this recent reddit post. And they did. But let’s pick the video apart and figure out what those options actually were.A wide, main street in middle America – Kentucky, apparently – a quaint downtown with those deep, angled parking spots that make parking so easy. Perhaps too easy? Down the center of the street runs a set of train tracks. A locomotive crawling at about 15 km/h is slowly approaching when a motorist starts to back out. They had so many options from IdiotsInCars It’s easy to call out the first of those “so many options”: look before you back out, and wait for the streetcar to clear. Nope. That’s not going to happen. At least there is tons of room for the car to maneuver and go on its way. All the driver has to do is reverse, keep the car in its lane and head off. Nope. Perhaps spooked by a pedestrian, moving even slower than the train, perhaps worried about the lights now flashing on that streetcar. The lights warning that a car is sitting on the track for no discernible reason. Next option, maybe pull back into the parking spot, wait to do it again? Nope.The only thing that makes any sense, then, is to back all the way up on the tracks to the intersection behind. Worst option, of course.But this is a Judgy-Pants after all. What should have happened?Take Our Poll
Origin: Judgy-Pants: The Train Edition