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Not quite “out of the fryin pan and into the fire”
Posted by: pdq
Date: July 17, 2019 01:08PM
...more like out of the car wash and into the river:

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A 64-year-old driver of an SUV mistakenly hit the gas instead of the brake when pulling out of a car wash in Hackensack, New Jersey, and plunged into a river.



No serious injuries, except to the car and the driver’s ego, I would guess. But it makes for quite a video - full story here.
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Re: Not quite “out of the fryin pan and into the fire”
Posted by: NewtonMP2100
Date: July 17, 2019 01:10PM
....bet there is water damage.....


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Re: Not quite “out of the fryin pan and into the fire”
Posted by: timg
Date: July 17, 2019 01:11PM
lucky he didn't hit anything on his way into the water.


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Re: Not quite “out of the fryin pan and into the fire”
Posted by: pdq
Date: July 17, 2019 01:14PM
Anyone wanna bet on who gets sued? Car wash? Car maker? Whoever zoned that river so close to a car wash?

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Re: Not quite “out of the fryin pan and into the fire”
Posted by: hal
Date: July 17, 2019 01:16PM
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pdq
Anyone wanna bet on who gets sued? Car wash? Car maker? Whoever zoned that river so close to a car wash?

wink smiley

what kind of odds can I get for the river?
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Re: Not quite “out of the fryin pan and into the fire”
Posted by: wurm
Date: July 17, 2019 01:22PM
I'm a bit surprised someone didn't install a barrier of sorts, for just such an occasion. But then we wouldn't have had this nice little video to enjoy.
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Re: Not quite “out of the fryin pan and into the fire”
Posted by: Filliam H. Muffman
Date: July 17, 2019 01:31PM
Maybe Evelyn didn't think the "deep clean" option was thorough enough.


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Re: Not quite “out of the fryin pan and into the fire”
Posted by: NewtonMP2100
Date: July 17, 2019 01:34PM
....rinse......and repeat.......????


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Re: Not quite “out of the fryin pan and into the fire”
Posted by: MikeF
Date: July 17, 2019 01:42PM
I was so hoping for Florida.
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Re: Not quite “out of the fryin pan and into the fire”
Posted by: Acer
Date: July 17, 2019 01:53PM
What a strange arrangement. Where is there to go over there? Why have a free runway to the river at all? The visibility looks very misleading; even someone new to the carwash driving at parking lot speeds could go over that edge. Carwash traffic patterns are not standardized. Are they expecting a ferry to stop by with a load of cars?
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Re: Not quite “out of the fryin pan and into the fire”
Posted by: N-OS X-tasy!
Date: July 17, 2019 03:57PM
Gotta wash the inside, too...


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Re: Not quite “out of the fryin pan and into the fire”
Posted by: Ombligo
Date: July 17, 2019 05:13PM
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MikeF
I was so hoping for Florida.

Nothing special in Florida..
We want a certain panash with our cars in the water. Here is our measuring stick -


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Motorist on runway drives into Tampa Bay

ST. PETERSBURG, FL (AP) - An Elderly motorist confused an airport runway for an interstate highway and drove straight into Tampa Bay, police say.

Firefighters training nearby saw what happened and pulled 87-year-old Jack Comiskey of Chicago and his Winifred, 78, to safety from their rented car in neck-deep water.

"physically, except for being underwater for a few minutes, they were not seriously injured," said police officer B.H. Stockburger. "They were just an elderly couple who got lost"


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Re: Not quite “out of the fryin pan and into the fire”
Posted by: richorlin
Date: July 17, 2019 05:57PM
There seems to be a small booth there. I'll bet that it's a boat ramp that has an easement throught the car wash lot.


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Re: Not quite “out of the fryin pan and into the fire”
Posted by: DeusxMac
Date: July 17, 2019 08:24PM
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...Jack Comiskey of Chicago and his Winifred...

Not to be confused with anyone else’s Winifred.


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Re: Not quite “out of the fryin pan and into the fire”
Posted by: testcase
Date: July 17, 2019 08:56PM
Youse guys have never seen a drive thru car wash before??????? boink smiley
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Re: Not quite “out of the fryin pan and into the fire”
Posted by: Speedy
Date: July 17, 2019 09:38PM
In the link by the OP, after the car wash crash, the next video servedshows and amusement ride malfunction that killed at least two people.


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Re: Not quite “out of the fryin pan and into the fire”
Posted by: rz
Date: July 18, 2019 07:13AM
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Ombligo
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MikeF
I was so hoping for Florida.

Nothing special in Florida..
We want a certain panash with our cars in the water. Here is our measuring stick -


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Motorist on runway drives into Tampa Bay

ST. PETERSBURG, FL (AP) - An Elderly motorist confused an airport runway for an interstate highway and drove straight into Tampa Bay, police say.

Firefighters training nearby saw what happened and pulled 87-year-old Jack Comiskey of Chicago and his Winifred, 78, to safety from their rented car in neck-deep water.

"physically, except for being underwater for a few minutes, they were not seriously injured," said police officer B.H. Stockburger. "They were just an elderly couple who got lost"

Hey, we can't help it if stupid people from Chicago come here and don't know how to drive. How is this Florida's fault?
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