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There was a pool drain in a final destination? Palahniuk messed up pool drains for me.
I mean, I can’t imagine it’s too much of a threat, so long as you don’t directly interface your asshole with said pool drain.
don’t directly interface your asshole with said pool drain
Why you gotta be such a buzzkill?
I mean, some of that is just good ideas to avoid anyway.
I avoid driving near any kind of truck. The semis can't see you, and a tire blowout can send you flying. The pickup trucks can have unsecured stuff in the bed just waiting to fly out on the next bump.
A few weeks ago we were driving behind some guy with a fridge in the back of his pickup who didn't tie the door shut. Apparently the wind resistance from going at highway speeds can rip a fridge door right off. We had some early warning because a few of the shelves came flying out first before we had to dodge the door...
An acquaintance of mine was driving behind a pickup truck on the highway. It hit a bump, and a truck hitch ball flew out. It went straight through his windshield and lodged itself in the passenger seat, which thankfully was unoccupied. I don't think he drove behind a pickup truck ever again either.
Bonus story from his talk with insurance! He tells them what happened, and they had followup questions:
- Did it bounce?
- Why does that matter?
- It's only covered if it didn't bounce.
- It didn't bounce.
Apparently, if it hits the road before it hits you, it's just road debris at that point.
Insurance company just being insurance company, a vampire of utter assholeness
I've certainly seen my fair share of dash cam videos that keeps me up at night.
I remember my parents replacing multiple windshields just because they drove behind a big truck that kicked a pebble at them.
I've worked in workplace security for some years, and oh my god, did it make me afraid of bullshit happening on construction sites...
Wooden beam under bending stress? That's a broken neck for you.
Conveyer belt, transporting coal? Nope, that's a 6 meter per second arm ripping off death machine.
...
And don't get me started on forklifts. We all know what Staplerfahrer Klaus has done.
I'm constantly behind log trucks when I pass through Alabama. Those logs are NOT coming off. Between their roughness and weight, friction has them locked solid. You couldn't pull one straight off the back if your life depended on it.
I only keep my eye on them as they represent an insane amount of mass that can't stop quickly.
Even if it did fall off it would be going roighly the same speed as you are so you just need to brake and be fine. It will not shoot back at you that literally breaks the laws of physics.
Also, don't forget that the one in the movie isn't a log truck at all. The bed is flat, designed for rolling machinery on and off, not one designed for logging, which has walls because it's nigh impossible to stack logs without them because they'd roll off to the side before you could secure them.
Death finds a way
Actually according to other sources, life, huh... finds a way.
If I go to a hotel or something and they have one of those corded laundry lines in the shower, I'll just be stinky the rest of the trip.
NGL, I purposely waited for one more car to pass me before I got in the left lane yesterday on my way home from work. There was a pickup loaded full of wood and Final Destination was actually in my head.

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