the Road of Shame, a North Dakota section-line road known for trapping 4-wheel trucks, cars, and vans, finally got enough international attention the township finally had it graded and graveled

https://www.kfyrtv.com/2025/09/10/pherrin-township-fixes-willistons-infamous-road-shame

the coffee and donuts video of the day... I love this sort of thing, a lot of journalists pitching in to be the rescue squad for all the vintage racers, who nearly without fail, fail to make this left. Rescued with joy, and happy shouts!

I guess most people simply don't understand that driving on sand, is nearly always, an instantly stuck situation. Here's a tourist with a rental who wandered too far from the hard pack near the water, and into the light fluffy stuff.

 

https://fordauthority.com/2025/08/rented-s650-ford-mustang-convertible-gets-stuck-at-daytona-beach-video

1st time I've heard of a car that was stuck on a beach getting unstuck by harnessing a parachute to get the unlimited power of the wind to pull it back to solid ground!

 

https://www.tumblr.com/transparentgentlemenmarker/768390065307123712?source=share

makes me wonder, why people pay for a vehicle they abandon, or, pay for insurance while snowbound, or registration fees for a vehicle they are not going to drive for a whole lot of months.

 and the fuel in the tank is possibly going to be garbage when the next person tries to make the engine run. Why not just sell the vehicle when you realize you're done wasting money on insurance and registration, and never going to use it again? 

https://dailytimewaster.blogspot.com/2024/09/see-you-in-springtime.html

it's not fast, but it IS simply, effective, and CHEAP.... a two by four and a couple straps t get you out of the mud. (Times two, and you'll get out faster)

see the video at https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/1dyhtst/getting_a_stuck_vehicle_out_of_the_mud

I wonder, does Matt get stuck on purpose, just for video to post? Because he does not have a shovel, or anchor, or other useful thing to get himself or customers unstuck with

very cool to see a bunch of New York City strangers get together to help someone, especially on Sept 11th. We haven't forgotten

 

Trucks aren’t allowed on the Brooklyn Bridge.

But lots of truck drivers on the BQE just aren’t getting the message.  The Brooklyn Bridge exit from the eastbound lanes of the BQE is a tight, narrow, uphill turn. When long 18-wheelers try to make the exit, they get stuck on the ramp. And while shorter box trucks can fit through the turn, those drivers quickly realize they can’t fit beneath the bridge’s trusses.

https://gothamist.com/news/trucks-keep-getting-stuck-on-the-brooklyn-bridge-causing-gridlock-on-bqe

Coffee and Donuts video: how to get your dumbass coworker's big bulldozer unstuck, when he fell asleep at the controls, until he was below the waterline (switch video playback speed to 2X)

I don't understand why they didn't just connect one bulldozer to it first, and try and pull him out directly

how did they wind up in the ditch? Avoiding horse wagons?

 https://www.facebook.com/EricBrightonNostalgia/photos/144127041316693/

Just not a good day to be on the undeveloped roads, and no doubt, one reason most back country dirt roads are built the right way now, instead of simply removing trees and bulldozing a flat stretch for cars to use

https://www.facebook.com/EricBrightonNostalgia/photos/185895170473213/

I bet if they had used a nice tall tractor tire, skinny and 40 some inches, like the swamp buggy racers use, they'd have had a pleasant drive

not a good plan, went from bad, to just stuck with people that are inept at getting unstuck... and not a single vehicle has a Max Trax or similar deep sand solution (in the desert? what morons)

just another Monday at work

 https://www.facebook.com/EricBrightonNostalgia/photos/a.107289351667129/209322701463793/

no fair! He used the right "get unstick" trick! HOW are his back tires that STUCK? Are they anchored?

 https://ampervadasz.tumblr.com/post/699071593364783104

not the sharpest crayon in the box

 

This driver obviously doesn’t follow #CHP-Quincy or #CALTRANS-District 2. He was turned around at the closure on SR-70. He then went to the old GPS for help. Old Cromberg Road is not a viable route to cross the Sierra Nevadas. Quincy Tow brought out the big dawg and got him all straightened out,” CHP said.

https://cdllife.com/2022/chp-says-truck-driver-followed-the-old-gps-onto-dirt-road/

1909 Best steam tractor getting stuck by accident, and trying to get it unstuck

 

they chose poorly, and wedged their Ferrari between buildings on an alley road that narrowed imperceptibly. Well, it wasn't noticeable until they were jammed in!

 

I believe this qualifies as a throwback to my assertion that rich people are stupid enough to destroy their cars, despite being clever enough to somehow to achieve that level of wealth. Maybe it makes their brains soft when the look at the zeros in their accountants 1/4erly sums

Should have went around

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/vintage-shots-from-days-gone-by.428585/page-6263

I bet these guys never thought of making big wide barrel staves to mount to the rims to stay above the mud, instead of these skinny pizza cutters that just buried them selves in the slop for miles

I've posted those problem solver tires before, the Nazis had a clever invention that was more like a barrels on their sides, for dealing with snow

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/vintage-shots-from-days-gone-by.428585/page-6376#post-13023261