Transportation: Today, I stopped at a red light. I noticed the car in front of...

By jezusflowers - 07/05/2009 02:26 - United States

Today, I stopped at a red light. I noticed the car in front of me had their reverse lights on. I thought to myself, "Meh, that person must know. They wouldn't do that." The light turned green. Turns out they didn't. Nor did they have insurance. FML

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By please don't back that thing up - 09/08/2013 05:00 - United States

Today, I stopped at a red light, when I noticed the car in front of me was in reverse. I honked at the driver, hoping he'd realize and place the car in drive. He thought the light turned green and immediately backed into me. FML

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By Anonymous - 15/05/2010 19:41 - United States

Today, I stopped at a yellow light. The guy behind me did not. He had no insurance. FML

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By Brayden - 10/01/2016 03:27 - Australia - Crib Point

Today, the person I was driving behind put their car in reverse and backed straight into me. I was then yelled at and told, "I had my reversing lights on! Why didn't you move?!" FML

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Denial

By Anonymous - 19/05/2009 06:19 - United States

Today, I was driving in my very own car that I bought and paid for myself, when I stopped at a stop light. Then I noticed the truck in front of me turn on his reverse lights. I honked desperately. He hits me, looks out the window and says, "I see no damage" and drives away. FML

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By River - 26/02/2009 16:17 - United States

Today, a stoplight turned yellow as I was approaching it. I was about to go through but saw a cop, panicked, and slammed on the brakes. I ended up in the middle of the intersection and had to reverse. Soon the light turned green, and I stepped on the gas. My car was still in reverse. FML

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By Anonymous - 07/05/2021 17:01 - New Zealand

Today, I pulled up to an intersection behind a car waiting to turn left and we missed a whole set of lights. As I was getting frustrated that they weren’t going when the light was green, I realised I was waiting behind a parked car. FML

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Karma

By Justwantedathankyou - This FML is from back in 2017 but it's good stuff - United States - Loudon

Today, I noticed that an SUV forgot to put their gas cap back on, so I tried honking and flashing my lights to get their attention. They slammed on their brakes, causing me to rear-end them. So much for good karma. FML

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By Anonymous - 01/01/2019 11:00 - United States - Spokane

Today, I got rear ended. The guy flashed his lights at me to pull over, so I pulled into the side of the road. He drove away. FML

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By Crash - 30/06/2010 23:06 - United States

Today, I saw a woman still texting on her phone as she started to drive away when the light turned green. I made sure to stare her down and give her a dirty look because she wasn't paying attention to driving. She laughed as I rear-ended the car in front of me. FML

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By Noname - 02/03/2009 18:52 - Canada

Today, I decided to be a good driver and not run through the yellow light. As soon as I stopped my car another came and rear-ended me. The guy told me to go in the parking lot so we can exchange information. So I drove into the parking lot, I turned my head and watched him drive away. FML

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HelloSeattle 0

Thursday 7 May 2009 9:17

Holy shit man, someone needs to go back to driving school.

fuckmyl1f333 0

Thursday 7 May 2009 9:18

Damn that sucks...the first time i ever drove i did that in a residential neighborhood except i was the one in reverse....and the car behind me was a brand new Mercedes SL55. He pulled up very close behind me cus he was very impatient. I floored it...how i didnt hit him i dont know, i guess i must have spidy reflexes, but i came to a stop about 5 inches away from him.

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TerAki 0

Thursday 7 May 2009 15:41

#5 it varies by state. I know MA and NJ have compulsory insurance laws, I'm not sure which others do. OP might not even be from the US.

PianoManGidley 0

Thursday 7 May 2009 15:55

I guess they thought they had put it in neutral while at the light? Still, too bad for you and the other driver.

skyoolie 0

Thursday 7 May 2009 16:01

#33 haha i did, didn't i way to catch that

Ibeapirate 0

Thursday 7 May 2009 16:10

They're more screwed than you are. Pretty sure driving without insurance is very, very illegal. Still, that sucks for you. I had a similar experience with a car with no insurance AND no rearview mirror. They didn't even look behind them when they backed up. I'm fairly certain that 90% of the people in my area have no clue how to drive.

deaditegirl 0

Thursday 7 May 2009 16:10

That sucks. There need to be more stringent requirements for getting drivers licenses. People are idiots.

turtula 0

Thursday 7 May 2009 16:51

#5 & 18) Not all states require insurance, so it is not necessarily illegal or the sign of a stolen car to not have insurance. Sounds like you were jumping to conclusions - especially #18. This does suck though, but your insurance will cover it and it won't be a problem (hopefully) since it wasn't your fault.

alexgisforme3 0

Thursday 7 May 2009 17:06

what a stupid ******* driver that dude was lol did you get mad haha

Zoa_fml 0

Thursday 7 May 2009 17:13

Wow that sucks that they'll be paying a lot out of pocket to get your car fixed!

Stunt_fml 5

Thursday 7 May 2009 17:28

#8, Alabama is a no fault state. Check your facts. in regards to the post, probably happens daily, sorry for your tough luck. Should teach you and others, not to get as close as possible behind someone, just in case they forget. I've seen it happen around my university at least five times.