{"id":2009819,"date":"2023-08-23T18:25:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T22:25:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/drunk-driver-experiences-power-of-moving-train-firsthand-car-ripped-and-tossed-around-like-a-piece-of-cheap-cardboard\/"},"modified":"2023-08-23T18:27:35","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T22:27:35","slug":"drunk-driver-experiences-power-of-moving-train-firsthand-car-ripped-and-tossed-around-like-a-piece-of-cheap-cardboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/drunk-driver-experiences-power-of-moving-train-firsthand-car-ripped-and-tossed-around-like-a-piece-of-cheap-cardboard\/","title":{"rendered":"Drunk driver&#8217;s car crushed by moving train, tossed like cardboard."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdrunk-driver-experiences-power-of-moving-train-firsthand-car-ripped-and-tossed-around-like-a-piece-of-cheap-cardboard%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2009819&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Drunk Driver Experiences Power \u2064of Moving \u200dTrain Firsthand, Car Ripped and Tossed Around Like \u2062a Piece of Cheap \u200bCardboard<\/h2>\n<p>He didn\u2019t sleep\u200b it off nearly enough.<\/p>\n<p>A driver who told police\u2062 he\u2019d \u2062been out drinking Sunday night woke up hungry for \u200dbreakfast\u2063 on Monday and \u200bdecided\u200c to get behind \u200bthe wheel of \u2062his \u2062car.<\/p>\n<p>Driving while you\u2019re still drunk\u200c is a bad idea under any circumstances, but when a\u2064 train comes into\u2062 the picture, it can get a\u2062 whole lot worse.<\/p>\n<p>In\u2062 a \u2064video \u200bgetting\u200d wide attention after being picked up by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/dramatic-video-drunk-driver-smashing-into-speeding-train\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a>, the\u2062 driver\u2019s car \u2062is seen\u2063 plowing\u200d straight through a crossing\u200b rail and directly into a \u2063speeding passenger train.<\/p>\n<p>The incident took place \u2063near \u200dJiamin, Taiwan,\u2064 about 70 miles south of the island \u200dcountry\u2019s capital of Taipei.<\/p>\n<p>Considering \u200cthere were no serious\u2064 injuries, it\u2019s got to be seen to be believed:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Taiwan?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Taiwan<\/a> \u201cDrunk Driver Rams Car into \u200bTrain\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DrunkDrivingIncident?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DrunkDrivingIncident<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CarVsTrain?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CarVsTrain<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Video: PTV \u2062News <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6HFYfqA6s4\">pic.twitter.com\/6HFYfqA6s4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2062 Vehicles (@VietNamVehicles) \u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VietNamVehicles\/status\/1694366828200616084?\">August 23, \u200b2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>According to the\u2062 news site <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news-journal.com\/drunk-driver-crashes-into-train-speeding-over-level-crossing-in-taiwan\/video_1841c4bb-f5b1-575c-aad1-b80e028470a3.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ViralPress<\/a>, a sensationalistic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reutersagency.com\/en\/partners\/viralpress-3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">partner of Reuters<\/a>, the collision\u200d occurred at about\u200b 6:40 a.m. Monday\u200d local\u2063 time (about\u200d 6:40 p.m. Eastern \u2064Daylight Time). That\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/drunk-driver-experiences-power-of-moving-train-firsthand-car-ripped-and-tossed-around-like-a-piece-of-cheap-cardboard\/\" title=\"Drunk driver's car crushed by moving train, tossed like cardboard.\">prime morning commuter time<\/a> for the\u2064 northbound train, carrying \u2062passengers in\u200d the \u2063direction of \u2062the capital city.<\/h3>\n<p>The driver\u200c said he never saw \u200dthe train coming. Judging \u2062by the speed he hit \u2064the crossing\u200d rail and then the train itself, \u200cit\u2019s a good bet that\u2019s true \u2014 in fact, it\u2019s a \u2063good bet that the driver wasn\u2019t seeing anything at all. \u2062(If he had, it\u200d probably would have been two\u2063 trains.)<\/p>\n<p>The 20-year-old survived the collision with only\u200d minor injuries. That\u2019s pretty miraculous, considering his vehicle had just been tossed \u2063around like a piece \u200dof cheap cardboard.<\/p>\n<p>The train was barrelling along with \u200d700 \u2062passengers\u2063 and crew, according \u200cto the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.taiwannews.com.tw\/en\/news\/4976839\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Taiwan News<\/a>, an English-language outlet based in Taipei.<\/p>\n<p>None of the passengers were injured, according to\u200b Fox.<\/p>\n<p>The driver was \u201cwas detained for\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosis-office-defends-husbands-stock-buy-ahead-of-key-vote-says-colleagues-are-actually-the-ones-breaking-rules\/\" title=\"Pelosi\u2019s Office Defends Husband\u2019s Stock Buy Ahead Of Key Vote, Says Colleagues Are Actually The Ones Breaking Rules\u00a0\">alleged drunk driving<\/a> and putting members of the public in\u200b danger,\u201d ViralPress reported.<\/p>\n<p>He \u2062might have learned a \u2062lesson. But\u00a0as always,\u2064 there was a public lesson to be learned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe urge\u200b people not to drive after drinking,\u201d local \u200brailroad police said\u2062 in a statement, according to ViralPress.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must\u2062 also\u2064 remind drivers\u200d to \u2062be \u2063careful when crossing \u2062level crossings, \u2062and to always yield to trains.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlways yield to trains\u201d \u2062is one of the great pieces of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/blessed-god-2-time-super-bowl-champ-gives-excellent-advice-graduates\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">advice<\/a> of\u2062 all time. It\u2019s like \u201cbuy\u2064 low,\u2064 sell high,\u201d \u201cdon\u2019t do anything they<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/aoc-freaks-out-after-being-trolled-by-alex-stein\/\" title=\"AOC Freaks Out After Being Trolled by Alex Stein\">\u2019ll make fun<\/a> of you for\u2062 in the emergency room,\u201d or \u201cdon\u2019t hire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/will-budweiser-savior-millionaire-heir-wants-make-bud-light-great\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dylan Mulvaney<\/a> to push your beer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lessons like \u2063that can make life longer \u2014 and\u2062 a good deal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/doctor-says-trumps-health-complete-opposite-bidens-not-age\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">healthier<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Experiencing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/storm-the-capitol-msnbcs-chris-hayes-mocks-gop-2022-congressional-candidates\/\" title=\"\u2018Storm The Capitol\u2019: MSNBC\u2019s Chris Hayes Mocks GOP 2022 Congressional Candidates\">raw power<\/a> of a\u2063 moving \u200ctrain is something that\u2019s much more\u200c enjoyable from the inside than it\u2064 is running headlong\u2063 into it in a \u2062drunken stupor.<\/p>\n<p>But\u2062 if you experience it like this guy, \u200cand are around to tell \u2062the\u200b story, you\u2019re one\u2064 of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/lucky-mystery-kentucky-man-literally-unearths-buried-treasure-worth-millions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">luckiest men<\/a> alive.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2064post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/drunk-driver-experiences-power-moving-train-firsthand-car-ripped-tossed-around-like-piece-cheap-cardboard\/\">Drunk Driver Experiences Power of Moving\u2064 Train\u200b Firsthand, \u200cCar \u200dRipped\u200d and Tossed Around Like a Piece of Cheap Cardboard<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Insufficient rest, he ignored. After a night of drinking, the driver woke up craving breakfast and foolishly chose to drive. Operating a vehicle while intoxicated is always ill-advised, especially when a train is involved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2007,"featured_media":2009820,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2009819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2009819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2007"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2009819"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2009819\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2009820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2009819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2009819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2009819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}