Despite numerous pleas from bystanders to just get a tow truck, this person used a brick to break their windshield and gain access to their keys
1 hour ago
People lock their own keys in their cars all the time and the quest to retrieve them has led to many creative solutions. Modern cars often come with available remote support that can unlock a car from miles away. One man from Richmond, Canada, with an older Toyota didn’t have that option so he chose a brick through the windshield.
Right off the bat let’s clarify that from what we hear in the video, this man probably doesn’t speak English as his first language. That being said, he very likely couldn’t fully understand what the bystanders around him were trying to instruct him to do. Despite that, bashing out one’s own windshield feels like something that most people around the globe would avoid at almost any cost.
Right from the very start of the two-minute video that was shared on Reddit, we hear the camera operator suggesting to this man that he calls a tow truck. It’s uncertain whether or not they believed towing the car was the solution or if they expected the tow truck driver to also offer a lockout service. Nevertheless, it seems like better and better advice as the video continues.
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Richmond! Driver, locked out of his car, decides to smash his windshield instead of calling a tow truck
by u/dave1970_ in vancouver
The cameraman even tells the driver that “there’s mesh in there” (the windshield) and that breaking it won’t work. Instead, he suggests breaking out the rear driver’s side door glass and walks up to the car to point it out so that there’s no confusion due to the language gap. The driver seems determined to break the windshield though and comments that it’s already “broken.”
We can’t see exactly how bad the windshield is before the brick goes through it but it seems as though there are cracks in it. Perhaps it’s the determination to bash the windshield that kept the bystanders from actually stepping in to help the man more rather than simply recording his odd decision-making.
The cameraman again says that he’d call a tow truck but moments later the brick bashing begins. At that point, the bystanders just do what they can and encourage him to make it all the way through the windshield. One even gives him a bag to allow him to safely put his arm through to get his keys.
Of course, the driver accidentally activates the wipers which is comical all by itself. The cameraman makes a great point though. How is he going to see where he’s going now that the windshield is shattered? Evidently, he didn’t think of that.
Hat tip to Don who submitted this story to our tips line!