At least it was quick and the car didn't suffer.
“They were very unfamiliar with how an actual boating ramp works and the dangers involved,” he said. “Their car ending up slipping into the water about 20 feet.”
Apparently so.
It doesn’t appear that alcohol or drug were involved in the incident, Mapston said.
I find that hard to believe.
Not an Oldsmobile sedan?
Thanks to these dumb asses we will have boat ramp laws, warnings, guards, registration, safety courses, etc.
Too bad there is no breath-a-lizer test for stupidity
My son has been on summer staff for a couple years at a Christian camp in Michigan. At the end of the year, one of the guys drives the camp pickup down the beach and into the lake, then all the male staff climb on for their traditional photo.
Then they drive back on shore and get back to work.
Wonder what the insurance company says about this intentionally stupid action by the car owner? And newer car, likely still paying for it.
Same ramp, different day...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SA2LIAE3kZI
YT is full of great boat ramp fails.
Cars that get wet at the launch ramp usually have a boat and trailer attached. It can be a tricky situation, and I’ve seen marriages tested and broken in public.
If I had done this I would want the cover of being drunker than a pig.
I went ice fishing with a friend years ago and we drove out on the lake in his car. It was late in the season. After about thirty minutes, we happened to glance over and the car appeared lower in the ice. On closer look, we saw the vehicle was sinking through the ice. My friend ran over and opened the driver’s door, at first thinking to get in and move it. Then the car broke through the ice on that side and caught on the door, holding it up. My friend got an idea from this, and ran to the other side and opened the other door. That side, too, sank into the ice, catching on the door.
We both stood there for a moment looking at it, wondering what do do next. Suddenly, we heard a big screech, and watched as the doors bent upward like a DeLorean. With a big splash, the car broke completely through and in only a few seconds, it was gone. It went to the bottom, eighty feet down.
We still laugh about it to this day — and made sure after that, if it was late in the season, to snowshoe or ski out to the shanty.
From the generally "graceful" early (430-7ish) "pro" fishers and work-a-day crews to the steadily deteriorating anarchy reminiscent of a Walmart Black Friday sale, complete with an assortment of Walmart shoppers, the once-a-year gang (The Dixie is broken! The Dixie is broken!!), and the seasonal "spot fleet" from Pembroke county with their various overloaded contraptions and the demographical giveaway of the front-bumper-mounted-trailer-hitch.
Only to be topped by the late afternoon incoming where they all mix.. and they're tired.. and drunk.. I ain't sayin', just sayin'. (Hat tip to the late Capt/Rev R Holden)
A spectacle not to be missed. d;^)
I would love to see what they tell their insurance company!!!