In the French town of La Ciotat, on December 11, a woman drove into a public swimming pool after confusing the gas and brake pedals. The 38-year-old woman and her 5-year-old daughter were both unharmed.
In the French town of La Ciotat, on December 11, a woman drove into a public swimming pool after confusing the gas and brake pedals. The 38-year-old woman and her 5-year-old daughter were both unharmed.
So… we should update how you get a driver license…. It is unprecedented that you mistake a pedal. At least say that something happened that caused the gas pedal to be triggered. I couldn’t imagine this happening to me and my defense is… I forgot which pedal did what….
Phainesthai on
To be fair those pedals are really confusing. I mean, there’s two of them. One makes the car go, the other makes it stop.
Who can keep track of all that?
Zeenu29 on
So how the F do you get that car out of the pool? Destroy the side of the building so they can bring in a crane?
FeeDisastrous3879 on
– Cost of totaled vehicle: $38,000
– Cost of window and frame: $1000
– Cost to remove car from pool: $4000
– Cost to drain and repair pool now contaminated with auto fluids: Priceless
Sweet_Procedure_836 on
You can’t park there mate.
Ok_Finance_8292 on
I guess the mom has to buy a new car AND pay for the damages to the building
Would not want to be her right now
br0b1wan on
What is it with French and driving into pools lately? A few weeks ago there was a similar story but the teens died
fa136 on
This is my city
Character_Log2770 on
This is awkward
metacoma on
Entrée de la voiture dans la piscine de la Ciotat. Great classic.
bigboy1987fun on
Sadly the car passed away due to drowning, the paramedics exhausted all efforts in trying to save it, during autopsy it was revealed all cylinders were filled with water. What a tragic end for a sedan.
Thrillhouseofhorrors on
Amazing she only broke a single pane of glass!!
impatiently-waiting1 on
How does that even happen? I mean even if you confuse the pedals, once you speed up instead of slowing down or stopping, you should realize that you’re doing something wrong and slam on the actual break right? 🤷🏻♀️
Accountantinkc on
And I thought I was having a bad day.
Vegetable_Emotion278 on
Life is not easy.
VoightofReason on
How do you get a car out of an indoor pool?
kev0153 on
One of my favorite Top Gear episodes
timster2112 on
mreddog on
You can’t park there, mate!
CatsAreGods on
This is some real life Pink Panther shit, and it even happened in France!
Super_sapien on
It must be the water
Mediocre-Brain9051 on
This sounds French. There is some sort of blend in between peculiar chaos and amusing elegance. I bet she had just met her lover before picking up the kid.
The lifeguard also found the stockings and the fancy lingerie amusing.
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A post about the incident on the municipality’s Facebook page: [https://www.facebook.com/VilledeLaCiotat/posts/1171299325197496?ref=embed_post](https://www.facebook.com/VilledeLaCiotat/posts/1171299325197496?ref=embed_post)
Reminds me of the pool from Let the Right One In.
They must have been in the car pool lane.
https://preview.redd.it/qhbxsxmzr07g1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=33ea474f7f388a41fd8153de2fbfb5e4e6522835
Another picture
Jaguar can’t swim 🙂
That’s really frightening to be in that car, and it’s fortunate that everyone came out of it unharmed. The car in the pools almost looks unreal.
38 the new 64
Car wash. Inside and out service please.
Was the car ok?
The insurance company is going to love that!
When someone gets caught mid suicide and has to lie.
French TV news item about it here: [https://www.bfmtv.com/marseille/une-voiture-finit-sa-course-dans-la-piscine-municipale-de-la-ciotat-la-conductrice-et-sa-fille-de-5-ans-secourues_AV-202512120209.html](https://www.bfmtv.com/marseille/une-voiture-finit-sa-course-dans-la-piscine-municipale-de-la-ciotat-la-conductrice-et-sa-fille-de-5-ans-secourues_AV-202512120209.html)
I hate lane hoggers.
So… we should update how you get a driver license…. It is unprecedented that you mistake a pedal. At least say that something happened that caused the gas pedal to be triggered. I couldn’t imagine this happening to me and my defense is… I forgot which pedal did what….
To be fair those pedals are really confusing. I mean, there’s two of them. One makes the car go, the other makes it stop.
Who can keep track of all that?
So how the F do you get that car out of the pool? Destroy the side of the building so they can bring in a crane?
– Cost of totaled vehicle: $38,000
– Cost of window and frame: $1000
– Cost to remove car from pool: $4000
– Cost to drain and repair pool now contaminated with auto fluids: Priceless
You can’t park there mate.
I guess the mom has to buy a new car AND pay for the damages to the building
Would not want to be her right now
What is it with French and driving into pools lately? A few weeks ago there was a similar story but the teens died
This is my city
This is awkward
Entrée de la voiture dans la piscine de la Ciotat. Great classic.
Sadly the car passed away due to drowning, the paramedics exhausted all efforts in trying to save it, during autopsy it was revealed all cylinders were filled with water. What a tragic end for a sedan.
Amazing she only broke a single pane of glass!!
How does that even happen? I mean even if you confuse the pedals, once you speed up instead of slowing down or stopping, you should realize that you’re doing something wrong and slam on the actual break right? 🤷🏻♀️
And I thought I was having a bad day.
Life is not easy.
How do you get a car out of an indoor pool?
One of my favorite Top Gear episodes
You can’t park there, mate!
This is some real life Pink Panther shit, and it even happened in France!
It must be the water
This sounds French. There is some sort of blend in between peculiar chaos and amusing elegance. I bet she had just met her lover before picking up the kid.
The lifeguard also found the stockings and the fancy lingerie amusing.
How are the lane dividers unaffected