Cops and Transportation: Today, a spider dangled an inch away from my face while I was...

By Anonymous - 07/03/2011 01:48 - United States

Today, a spider dangled an inch away from my face while I was driving. I freaked out and accidentally bumped the car in front of me. Three cops arrived on the scene and I had to explain to them what happened. I can still hear them laughing. FML

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By Anonymous - 12/01/2011 13:29 - United States

Today, I was driving when I saw a spider hanging from the ceiling of my car. I'm terrified of spiders, so I was watching it instead the road. When I looked back at the road, I had just enough time to swerve to miss the fire hydrant but not the tree. Even the cops laughed at me. FML

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By Bilibók Renáta - 16/08/2019 14:00

Today, I drove my car into a fence because a spider was crawling from the mirror. The police laughed their asses off. One of them asked, "What should I write in the report? That she got scared of a spider?" Then he wrote just that. FML

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By abigiggles - 26/08/2018 22:00

Today, a spider came down from its web in front of my face. This would have been fine and I could have killed it easily if I wasn't in my car. Driving on the highway. I cried. FML

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By Steffi3 - 14/05/2016 16:29 - United States

Today, there was a spider in my car. FML

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Beep beep

By Arachnofail - 08/04/2016 04:16 - France - Goussainville

Today, while driving, a spider crawled onto my gearstick. Not being afraid of them, I casually flicked it off. Onto the person sitting next to me. The person evaluating me for my driving test at the time, who happened to be arachnophobic. FML

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By buttercup92 - 31/05/2016 03:45 - United States - San Antonio

Today, while hiking, I walked face first into a spider web. Freaking out, I shook my hair out in case there was a spider. Later on in the day the spider fell from my hair into my food. FML

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Leave spiders to chill

By Anonymous - 17/12/2020 14:07

Today, I saw a spider in my room. I got a piece of paper to try and put it outside. As I reached, it jumped out of nowhere and landed on my face. My reaction was to smack where the spider was - my face. I fell on the floor disoriented. The spider got away. FML

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Adapt, improvise, overcome

By Arthur B. - 24/09/2019 12:01

Today, I saw a spider in my kitchen. Freaked, but trying to be humane, I held out a piece of paper so it would climb on, and I would then put it outside. However, it jumped out of nowhere and landed on my face. My reaction was to whack at where the spider was - my face. I stumbled around, disoriented; the spider got away. FML

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Wailing

By katchoo - 03/11/2013 07:34 - Denmark

Today, I had a panic attack when a huge spider ran over my hand. I screamed, wailed, and killed it with a shoe while shouting. Ten minutes later, police slammed on my door. My neighbor called them, saying it sounded like someone was being murdered. FML

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Juicy breakfast

By Anonymous - 07/01/2022 01:01 - Canada - Warman

Today, I woke up to a spider crawling across my face. I was so shocked that my new house had spiders, I jumped up out of bed, only to slip on the floor and land face down onto the bed. Wouldn't you know it, right where the spider was at that point. I can still taste the juice I squished out of it. FML

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Zebidee 8

Monday 7 March 2011 9:53

In Australia, crashing your car because of a spider is far from the weirdest thing in the world. Our house spiders (Google 'Huntsman spider') are about the size of your hand, and love to hide under sunvisors or in car bodywork. Their natural defence mechanism is to run up the nearest tree to hide, which in the case of one that falls in your lap at 100 km/h, means it's going straight up your face, or maybe inside your shirt. Oh, and they also have a 'cling reflex' which makes them hard to shake off. Keeping calm while that happens is a pretty big test of your Zen skills.

dragonaair 5

Monday 7 March 2011 12:18

A fear of spiders is more rational and irrational. Spiders are poisonous and creepy. An irrational fear is like a fear of showering, for example.

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phorest 0

Monday 7 March 2011 16:54

Another indication that women shouldn't drive.

cindayy77 0

Monday 7 March 2011 17:22

xDDD that's too good xDDD

ideasrule 13

Monday 7 March 2011 17:46

If a spider made you freak out so much that you got into an accident, you should either grow a pair or stop driving. Supposing this happened again on a highway, what's to say that you won't cause a pile-up, kill yourself, kill another driver, or all three? And I don't even want to think about what you'd do in a real emergency, when your life is in real danger.

flea_of_death 23

Monday 3 December 2012 1:52

It freaks you out a lot when something suddenly appears in front of your face when your driving. I had a spider dangle down in front of me while I was driving and it terrified me. Your concentration when driving should be on the road, not what's in the car...

melibear89 7

Monday 7 March 2011 20:29

really you caused an accident because a spider. I'd laugh too if the person told me they freaked out over a spider. dumbass. next time just smack at the next stop light.

itsgonnahappen93 0

Monday 7 March 2011 21:59

haha, silly women drivers

Madrias 36

Monday 7 March 2011 22:53

People, please, just realize that it's probably as scared as you are because you're driving like an idiot and you're a thousand times its size. If you have a spider dangling in your face, the proper procedure is: Pull over Slow Down Open Window Grab Web Fling Spider Close Window Continue Driving.

ideasrule 13

Monday 7 March 2011 22:59

I would personally use this alternate procedure: 1. Grab thread that the spider is hanging by 2. Put spider on floor of car 3. Continue driving

ColdGold 6

Monday 7 March 2011 23:13

Then you should be operating any kind of vehicle.

dansco 24

Tuesday 8 March 2011 2:59

#72 - think you might have got the wrong order there, slow down then pull over. Good advice tho ;)

Madrias 36

Sunday 27 March 2011 22:47

I suppose it could work either way. I figured that if they were going to freak over a spider, I wanted them off the road before they smashed the brakes.