Originally published at: U-Haul truck bullies a low clearance pipe but fails in the most amusing way | Boing Boing
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Brings to mind that fake definition of insanity, doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. The driver just refuses to evaluate the situation.
However, I do recall doing something of a lesser nature once, getting wedged against a pillar as I navigated a company van out the exit of a parking garage that made the turn too tight for longer vehicles, the exterior side door hinge latched past the corner of the pillar so I could not back up. What I should have done was call for a tow truck with a wheel dolly to maneuver the van to wedge the hinge. But that would have possibly taken hours and I was on the clock. Instead drove forward - and it worked, but not without some scraping. The urge to move forward with your schedule can warp your clear thinking.
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I don’t think it was the truck making the decisions here.
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That’s exactly what I was going to say! 
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It seems they got fixated on the issue of “Can’t go back out an entrance, I might break the toll gate”
Or was there those tire stabber bits there to keep you from going out that way?
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I’d like to think that these are criminals who have stolen the truck, and therefore the, “I don’t know, just ram it harder.” process is at least rational.
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Notice how the water that comes out of the sprinkler system at first is black. That stuff has been stagnant in those pipes for years and is NASTY.
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“LiveLeak”. Heh.
Ahh I had mistaken it for a sewer pipe.
I was astonished how long it took before they finally got the passenger out to look at things – who promptly got back inside before clearing things up!
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Those aren’t any old sprinkler pipes.
It’s a free truck wash!
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Also there’s a level of cluelessness here that defies description.
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Pretty sure this is the exact truck I’ll get next time I rent a U-Haul, active mold and all. 
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I think it may be just that the truck was that dirty, water wiped away the grime
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Keep them fancy machines hummin’
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Is that sprinkler system piped up with … gravy?
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It might have been a sprinkler pipe, and the gunk was dirt flushed off of the truck roof.
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a low-hanging bar, which later appears to be a sewage pipe…
it does appear that way, don’t it? but it’s a (fire) sprinkler system; renown for filling up with rusty filth, (oddly enough). Why didn’t the guy look upwards even once when he got out to figure well.whutappened?
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