Sometimes, all it takes is one bad decision to bring your life to a metaphorical or literal end. When it comes to cars, it doesn’t take much, as traffic accidents are among the leading causes of death for Americans. That doesn’t include all the idiots who end themselves or their friends performing stupid stunts with their vehicles.
Thankfully, the fool at the center of this next video managed to survive his ordeal, allowing his friend to jump his Ford SVT Raptor over him at high speed. It’s sad to say, but we think this post needs a loud-and-clear DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME attached to it.
There isn’t any background info on this ten-second clip, just the incoming roar of a Ford Raptor barreling towards a man lying in the sand. He put on a helmet, because that’ll help when a two-and-a-half-ton truck comes crashing down on top of you. There’s no denying that the Raptor got some good air, and the video poster claims he has done this jump 20+ times before.
But still, all it takes is one mistake for everything to go wrong. As it is, the driver says only the Raptor needed was a $56 alignment and new bumpers, which were trash as it is. That definitely testifies to the toughness of Ford’s off-road F-150. But we still think this is one of the dumbest (though still remarkably cool) videos we’ve seen. Do not, we repeat, do NOT try this at home, no matter how many times you’ve tried it. It’s just dumb.
That said, if these guys do decide to do this jump again, they should try to get more than one camera phone filming it. Just sayin’.