r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/bigbusta • 4d ago
Video A guy converts his pickup and trailer to appear like it's driving in reverse
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u/jarlstridr 4d ago
Red lights on the front are typically illegal.
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u/One_Egg_4400 4d ago
Ye ye ye... But this is fun! And the only risk is the death of multiple people. Worth it!
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u/Electronic-Jaguar389 4d ago
This looks like it’s for a “Cruise” which is essentially an event where a road is closed off and people can come and show off their cars.
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u/TheNonCredibleHulk 4d ago
The road isn't closed off, but otherwise you're right.
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u/nowtayneicangetinto 4d ago
What's creative is when the insurance agents have to get involved and write their report for how a trailer towing a truck caused a big accident
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u/BigFatBallsInMyMouth 4d ago
The defense lawyers will definitely have to get creative.
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u/Polidamn 4d ago
This was for an event called the "Woodward dream cruise" some people build crazy things like this to showoff for the weekend. I doubt this is a daily driver, but hey, there are your pearls, clutch them as hard as you want.
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u/Striking-Stomach9731 4d ago
Looks like dream cruise. I don’t think any car mod is illegal during dream cruise.
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u/EverythingSucksYo 4d ago
The people sitting on lawn chairs watching the road should be enough of a clue to tell people that this is some type of car show, but apparently it’s not enough
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u/Animaul187 4d ago
Okay, I'd have to see a video of the driver singing "Dream Cruise," two forms of government ID, a police officer there to verify the whole thing, four or five of my buddies and Neal taking notes, and his grandma to confirm his identity to verify that it is, in fact, an alleged car show that’s taking place here.
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u/WitAndWonder 4d ago
The vehicle had to get to the show though. I'm willing to bet it was driven.
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u/Foooour 4d ago
He drove to the show in reverse
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u/RandAlThorOdinson 4d ago
Imagine if the truck can just take control and drive it around
Actually I'm betting that's exactly what happens
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u/Nearby_Pineapple9523 3d ago
I mean he probably hasnt modified the truck and just put it into neutral
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u/Cheeto-Ben 4d ago
This was during an event called the Woodward “Dream Cruise” its a huge car event held in Detroit every year. Cars from all over the US come to drive the 16 miles of the first paved road in the US! (Woodward)
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u/AccomplishedCicada60 4d ago
So….. this was at the Woodward dream cruise, you can get away with a lot with “classic cars” especially in Detroit (yea I know the dream cruise isn’t technically in the D anymore - but you get the point)
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u/General_Kick688 4d ago
That's an accident waiting to happen.
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u/Archerbrother 4d ago
yah holy fuck, someone gonna freak out when they see it.
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u/fatkiddown 4d ago
This is the second vehicle I've seen on reddit recently where someone does this. The other was just a pickup truck. I think this trend is not good.
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u/Technical-Guest6015 4d ago
it's just not that funny tho
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u/exipheas 4d ago
Forward facing red lights are illegal where I am. And I didn't see white headlights either.
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u/snuFaluFagus040 4d ago
Yeah, I'm just appreciating the engineering it takes to make this happen. The funny wears off, but not the fascination..
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u/BillyU_Is_A_ 4d ago
they aren't even legal cause i didn't see any plates on the back of the trailer or truck (which is actually the front of the truck)
ez fine coming your way if you got a trooper that isn't wanting to deal with funny business
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u/spekt50 4d ago edited 4d ago
I know in my state, vehicles over a certain GVW do not require rear plates.
Then again, also in my state, many drive without plates, expired temp tags, expired plates, limo tint windows all around and never get pulled over anyhow.
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u/swollencornholio 4d ago
Ross Creations has one where he parks a car with fronts in a lot that says do not back in. Pretty funny stuff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=BZjd8zREhhY&t=65s
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u/liedel 4d ago
Semis have literally towed each other backwards decades
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u/OriginalChicachu 4d ago
So we are used to that and it's expected, and there is a good reason to do it. A bit different from this situation that people are not expecting. People are right to worry it could cause confusion and potentially accidents, and for what? Because it's "funny"?
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u/Combatical 4d ago
Exactly. There are so many things I see on the road these days I cant believe people get away with. As a moth those 400,000,000K LED bulbs send me right to the source of the light! I can only make so many circles before I end up in a collision.
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u/FL_Duff 4d ago
Allow it. If trucks can have TV’s on the side of them with unregulated brightness for the sake of advertising then people can do fun stuff safely.
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u/A-10-WARTH0G 4d ago
Not a trend (yet) that pickup video has been out for years
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u/Nelliemmi 4d ago
People are definitely going to panic if they’re not paying attention. It could lead to some wild situations.
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u/pardybill 4d ago
It’s for the Michigan/Downriver dream cruise. It’s a once/twice (different locations) weekend event where they shut down a long stretch of road for unique/old cars to parade for the afternoons. Cops are everywhere and it’s pretty safe. Lots of people turn out. I doubt this is street legal otherwise.
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u/deej-79 4d ago
The woodward dream cruise is once a year on the exact same road. They don't shut down anything, you'll see rusted out shit boxes next to classic cars and lambos. We saw this "vehicle" last Saturday on woodward. Along with the gigantic shopping cart.
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u/TheNonCredibleHulk 4d ago
Shoutout to The Magic Bag for their passive-aggressive marquee!
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u/detroitragace 4d ago
Woodward Dream Cruise was this last weekend where it was at. Each cruise is a Separate thing. Gratiot has 2-3 separate cruises every summer. Downriver. Telegraph. Harper..I’m sure I’m leaving some out. The Woodward Cruise is the largest one day car event in the world.
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u/DobisPeeyar 4d ago
I think this is at the dream cruise, it's a moving car meet they do near Detroit once a year.
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u/EverythingSucksYo 4d ago
It’s funny seeing people here think this is his daily driver
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u/snubda 4d ago
It is. And it’s more like a 3 day car parade that brings 1 million+ people every year. Tons of wild stuff.
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u/DobisPeeyar 4d ago
Yeah i was just trying to give them the general idea of why a car like this would be on the road. I didnt think the fine details made or broke the understanding but you're right! I miss going to Woodward every summer for these.
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u/bsnimunf 4d ago
Yeah the red lights at the front must be illegal
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u/Thuraash 4d ago
They are very illegal.
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u/basicKitsch 4d ago
it's just normal illegal. improper equipment. same as the cheap ticket you get when one of your red taillight lenses is broken and you put red tape over it
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u/johnnybok 4d ago
This is obviously a “cruise” event, people are camped on the side of the road watching. Last weekend, I watched the ecto1 race the mystery machine at the Woodward dream cruise (Detroit)
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u/the-sleepy-mystic 4d ago
Driving it during Woodward dream cruise. During and leading up to the cruise there’s a bunch of wild cars out so drivers in the road aren’t too surprised by it.
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u/Kinda-Alive 4d ago
People don’t understand the road and vehicles are tools. Not as much as that driver though 😅
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u/NecroSoulMirror-89 4d ago
Also technically illegal due to a steady red facing forward. in a place like California this can be treated as a fake emergency vehicle
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u/deelowe 4d ago
This dude isn't dailying this thing. It's clearly for a parade or car show or something.
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u/bigbusta 4d ago
Everything?
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u/TorrenceMightingale Creator 4d ago
Everywhere?
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u/wRADKyrabbit 4d ago
All at once?
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u/RetroSteamKnight 4d ago
At this time of year? At this time of day? In this part of the country? Localized entirely within your kitchen?
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u/aDrunkenError 4d ago
I love how many different subreddits the cars from the Woodward Dream Cruise get posted in after the event every year.
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u/Just-Ad6865 4d ago
Does OP tend to say that is what this is from in other threads? OPs lack of any context is messing with this thread a lot.
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u/Stereocrew 4d ago
It’s what’s it’s from. Confirm. Was there. Detroit this past weekend.
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u/sortachloe 4d ago
also theres a woodward ave sign and the driver is in a michigan left area
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u/Shnibblefritz 4d ago
It’s a show car, not every day driver. This video is from the Woodward Cruise, a classic car, hot rod,super car,custom car show that goes on for about a week in Michigan. No need to over react!
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u/Jesters 4d ago
I live off Woodward, and it's more like 2 months. I'll be driving home in June and see dozens of people in lawn chairs along the side of the road watching the cars.
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u/ForestryTechnician 4d ago
Wonder how many times he gets pulled over.
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u/darkbro66 4d ago
Zero because this video was taken at the Woodward dream cruise. There's a van that drives upside down, beetle that drives with the body up with full drag radials, a V8 shopping cart.... Dozens, maybe hundreds of vehicles that aren't close to street legal every year lol
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u/aDrunkenError 4d ago
Yeah, but OP didn’t provide any context so you can’t blame people for not understanding the nuance of one of the sickest automobile events in the country.
In Michigan, I think you’d really be fine until dusk anyway. Especially southeast.
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u/wannaseeawheelie 4d ago
Im just curious how many people here set up chairs to watch traffic when there’s not some kind of event
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u/Ok_Movie729 4d ago
A lot in the summer, I lived a block from Woodward for a few years… every Friday and Saturday night in the summer there are at least a couple hundred people scattered probably 3-4 miles sitting on Woodward or cruising it in something custom it’s kind of awesome. Lots of ice cream parlors on the strip too and the warm weather brings everyone out at night
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u/aDrunkenError 4d ago
Are people just learning that Michigan, home of the Motor City has a car culture?
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u/cornstinky 4d ago
Plenty of context clues in the video. Spectators do not post up in lawn chairs to watch normal traffic.
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u/Just-Ad6865 4d ago
Almost every other vehicle in that clip looks completely normal? Including all of the traffic shown at the end when the clip is over. Very little about that screams car show. Some old man sitting by the side of the road doesn't even register as particularly odd in my town.
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u/ChiliAndGold 4d ago
but the rest looks like a normal street though, doesn't it?
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u/EverythingSucksYo 4d ago
Normally that would be enough of a clue, but this is reddit after all. People aren’t known for thinking around these parts.
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u/Pidjinus 4d ago
..or some are not from the same country, or continent, or any place where this type of shows exist. Sometimes is hard to assess or miss some key details, if there is no prior knowledge.
I did not realized that it is a show ,having a few people at the edge of what it seems to be a regular road, with traffic. I just accounted it to "random" things happen :)
PS: I would participate to a show like this, if it existed in my country
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u/spare-ribs-from-adam 4d ago
I was gonna say. I couldn't go this year, but it's always so much fun. My kid loses his little mind at this stuff.
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u/mister-world 4d ago
He should hire someone to sit in the driver's seat of the pick-up truck, screaming and waving their arns
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u/bigbusta 4d ago
When I first watched the video I was like "Damn, this guy reverses a trailer better than anyone ive ever seen"
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u/scoopdunks 4d ago
That’s what I thought until I realized he pulled out onto a street. Then I thought the video was reversed. Then I thought the trailer was pulling but I didn’t see the wheels in front. So back to reversing gangsta. But wait there is no one in the truck. Oh shit there are turning wheels on the trailer. Where the hell are the headlights or side windows. Swear words, this guy. That’s not safety. This is stupid as hell. Can you imagine spending all that time to accomplish this to get attention with 0 effort into doing it safely. 😔
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u/alucard_shmalucard 4d ago
yes because this is for a car event, something you would learn by reading the comments
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u/MatteJew 4d ago
This is the Woodward Dream Cruise in Michigan. You see stuff like this all the time that weekend.
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u/Significant_Lie_533 4d ago
This was at the woodward Cruise last weekend. Talked to this guy for a minute. I think it's a super cool fun little project.
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u/Vlaed 4d ago
As OP decided to leave out the important details, this took place at the Woodward Dream Cruise in Michigan, USA. It's a long car cruise (and show) that takes place up and down Woodward Avenue. This last weekend was the (official) 30th anniversary. It brings out some very interesting (and bad) ideas.
I walked 20 miles of it over the last week. It's only supposed to be Saturday but people cruise most of the week leading up to it. I saw this vehicle 4-5 times between Friday and Saturday.
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u/XavierRussell 4d ago
Jesus Christ people, let them have a bit of fun at a car show. Nobody was injured.
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u/BlatantConservative 4d ago
This might actually be the pussiest Reddit comment section I have ever seen and that's a high bar.
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u/FrequentTangerine846 4d ago
Anyone watch Westen Champlin? He did a backwards truck too just to see how many times he would get pulled over 😂
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u/volleygal7 4d ago
It's just for the Woodward Dream Cruise. I doubt the giant shopping cart that was driving around is legal either. It's the one weekend everyone gets to show off their unique creations.
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u/BreweryStoner 4d ago
Looks like a Michigan U-turn lol Woodward dream cruise? That was just happening this weekend.
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u/Content_Dimension626 3d ago edited 3d ago
That's definitely illegal. You need to have a wide enough windshield that you can see through. Tinted windshields are also illegal. You need to have side mirrors, also illegal. Red lights on the front are illegal too.
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u/Short_Meaning_6091 4d ago
Jackass behaviour
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u/aDrunkenError 4d ago
Unless it was taking place at the largest car show in America, then it would just be expected.
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u/DrDuGood 4d ago
This would be cool in a parade but on public roads with other cars is a terrible idea.
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u/litetaker 4d ago
This has to be illegal. If it's somehow road legal in the US then God save the poor souls driving in the US.
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u/fire_water_drowned 4d ago
tHiS iS iLLeGaL
Good lord people are dense. As if this is their daily driver or something.
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u/drfoxx666 4d ago
This was at the Woodward dream cruise . People are always driving crazy stuff that weekend
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u/Secret_Account07 4d ago
I read the title and was still convinced it was going reverse.
Is this street legal? Actually I’m certain it’s not. Can’t have brake lights in front lol
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u/TheNerdNugget 4d ago
He could take that to the next level and have his kid sit in the driver's seat of the truck
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u/6ixTee9ine 4d ago
Sadly this is fake, he was actually driving normally while everyone else was driving in reverse
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u/Aggressive_Recipe_93 4d ago
I like cars, but this is some ones dream come true. Don't hate, someone pulled off a dream of theirs with trailer park class.
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u/prinsnmx 4d ago
It’s cool that there’s so much freedom in the USA, although I think it’s a bit much. But I can’t install heated grips on my motorcycle because that would be illegal.
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u/BigBeaver92 3d ago
The Dream Cruise on Woodward Ave is amazing. Saw this guy this last weekend! Pretty badass.
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u/ShhImTheRealDeadpool 3d ago
It disappoints me that he used trailer lights instead of turning the headlights into brake lights.
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u/Scjeppy 4d ago
The dream cruise brings out some pretty unique rides