Whose fault was it?

It was the driver's fault. The passengers are not driving/operating the throttle; the driver is.

The passengers’ fault. Their lives and they could have asked the bald guy to slow down but they didn’t.

The driver obviously does not know how to pilot a speed boat. One is supposed to drive directly into a wake at a perpendicular angle, if possible. You can see in the video that they start to hit another boat’s wake. It was the forth wave that was the big one that knocked the driver over, so he should not only have seen it coming, but also felt the previous three.

I was invited out on a boat in a couple weeks, but I know the couple have poor judgement. He’s got that weird machismo thing where he’d rather endanger other people than appear, in his view, weak somehow, apparently, and he’s not very bright. They intend to cross Long Island Sound and I hope they have rented a boat big enough. So, I’m not going.

One of my all time fav videos! ALL in the boat are the douchest of douche cunts! I LOL every time!

The driver tried to act cool but also fell down hardest. Deplorables

Why would the passengers be at fault? The driver was showing off or whatever, he was being an idiot.

I LOVE watching that old dried up cunt over and over.

HAHAHA!

Whole bunch of basic straight assholes

R8 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

THEY ALL THOUGHT THEY WERE FUCKING COOL. PLUS, THEY PUT EVERYONE ON THE WATER IN DANGER BY SHOWING OFF. FUCK ALL OF THEM. GREASE FIRE!

It's only the diriver's fault. The passengers did nothing to interfere with his driving, and he was driving too fast.

All of them looked so uncomfortable. Agree I would have screamed and demanded the driver to slow the fuck down. I don’t want to die stupidly

The driver is a macho-moron. He operates the throttles as if he were operating a manual gear shit. The only thing that saved their lives is his hand slams down the throttles (into reverse, slowing the boat) as he deservedly hits the deck like a downed bowling pin!

They all wanted the driver to do that. Why do you think they put the camera up! DUH. people!

Must have been a humbling experience. I love the way the driver goes down.

I love seeing straight people suffer!

It was your fault OP

It's weird seeing how many people on youtube think this video is hilarious. Those people could have been killed.

99.99% chance that all those pasty white assholes in the boat are deplorables. Lol, at the Turn Down For What remix.

I don’t find it funny but really hate those straight men assholes. They think they are the best and the centre of the universe. I hope that driver learned a fucking life lesson.

[Quote] It's weird seeing how many people on youtube think this video is hilarious. Those people could have been killed.

Yes and for such an old video it's odd there are so many new comments on youtube. Maybe OP is one of them.

Funny-- I just watched this vid earlier today, despite the fact this vid is years old.

Does YouTube randomly choose old videos that are then recommended to everyone?

And that's a pretty dumbass question OP. How the hell would an accident ever be the fault of the passengers (unless they were distracting the driver somehow)?

I never understood "the need for speed" and bow to never drive in a car again with someone who shows they don't give two shits about their passengers' safety. One time, an acquaintance drove a few of us home. I wasn't happy when the first thing she did was take a few puffs of a joint, and even less when she almost drove into a highway divider to cut across a few lanes of traffic at the last minute to get off at an exit. Never drove in her car again. I don't get the appeal of speedboats. I've been on them two or three times, and even with safe drivers I find the whole process uncomfortable.

The passengers encouraged and enabled the driver.

[Quote] How the hell would an accident ever be the fault of the passengers (unless they were distracting the driver somehow)?

Or they wanted the driver to go fast because they all are show offs? Have none of you been on a speed boat? It's a speed boat for a reason.

[quote] The passengers encouraged and enabled the driver.

I don't really see that. And even if they had, that would hold no weight in court whatsoever.

Unless they actively [italic]interfered[/italic] with his driving, he is to blame for the accident. The end.

[quote]The passengers encouraged and enabled the driver.

Like how? He never once looked at them, let alone spoke to them.

Did they hold a gun to his head? Do you drive faster if a passenger tells you to? Of course it’s the driver’s fault. He was operating the vehicle.

Having said that, these people do all look like douchebags who deserved it. My favorite part is before the crash when the woman in the pink gets all upset over a broken nail and gets all dramatic. Then, just as she’s heroically pulled herself back together, she gets her sunglasses ripped off and face slammed into the side of the boat.

[quote] I wasn't happy when the first thing she did was take a few puffs of a joint...

And yet you remained in the car.

The guy in the back with the white shirt (not the driver) knew the driver was being erratic but didn't say shit.

Okay, none of you have been on a speed boat.

END OF THREAD.

I still don't get how the passengers could be responsible. I can barely what they say at the beginning--are they telling him to go really fast?

The driver’s expression as he drives makes piloting a boat look like a hateful experience.

An object in motion tends to stay in motion.

Womp womp!

It was the drivers fault...goddamn that motherfucker.

If you look closely it was clearly the Russians.

Was this the ill fated Missouri Duck Boat footage?

Dumbass cocky driver. And he fell like a sack of potatoes. Idiot.

Good god what a douchebag driver. You can seriously tell he's the type who probably beats his wife, yells 'faggot' out the window when he drives away from Burger King, and ain't ordering no pansy-ass drink, he wants his Budweiser!

And you can tell that driver is also the type who probably kicks dogs.

When the woman lets out a moan at the 2:26 mark after she takes a spill, it reminds of this moan at the 0:18 mark.

R42 - and kittens, and probably children

2012

[quote]The driver of the boat, Marvin Carter, III of Memphis, TN suffered moderate injuries and a blow to his wallet as well. He’s being cited for speeding and imprudent operation of the boat. Five of the seven people on board were hospitalized, four of them with moderate injuries including broken bones.

I used to laugh every time at Grape Lady because she got what she deserves (she cheated).

Ha! I love how the two douchebags in the back must have concussions, as they are so out of it and don't try to help or communicate at all. Finally the one guy decides to turn the damn motor off! The pilot is really banged up good, he's completely OUT of it!

I can't stop playing it!

Going that fast on a boat is fun for maybe a minute. Then your knees start to crack if you're standing. If you're sitting, you feel like your ass is going to shatter. Not fun.

I’m sorry but I couldn’t help laughing 😂

The douche is this white shit was all giddy when he came up from the engine area at the back of the boat and 'that's huge!'

* in the white shirt

Are the women hookers?

re-post cuz it's funny.

We're trying to figure out a way to blame Obama.

None of them is gay

You can tell even from the beginning of the clip that he is going too fast. They all look uncomfortable.

You know that the men are str8 because they are physically repulsive and the fish, though disgusting, are at least 'heterosexual acceptable' to those men.

[quote]Does YouTube randomly choose old videos that are then recommended to everyone?

Um... you know 17 people died yesterday on a duck boat accident in Branson, MO, right? That probably made thousands of people reference this old video.

What happened in Branson?

When we hit that last wake, I was accidentally thrown against White T-Shirt Man and my penis accidentally entered him. I have no further statement.

An odd group ..this made my day ...such assholes

Clearly Obama is to blame. THANKS OBAMA!

Clearly the driver wanted to impress the ladies, scare them a bit, and show off and the (driver) bitch went down!

[quote]What happened in Branson?

Videos even show those who couldn’t get out

Douchey sunglasses flying all over the place, I love it!

And the pig was flung to the side like a little doll at the end. That's why I don't like speed of any kind. I love 'Ozark' the show, though.

they were probably all drunk

Definitely drunk. Sorry for laughing at the driver as he fell hard to the floor but damn that was funny. Was once in an 18 ft. boat that the driver fitted out with a 350 hp car engine. He accidentally pulled back the transmission lever at 60 knots and put it in neutral. The boat actually submerged nose first and came flying out of the water like it was blasting off to mars. I was wedged between the front seat and the windshield but everyone else fell out. Nobody was seriously hurt.

The driver was an asshole who was operating the boat like an asshole and so were the rest of the passengers. All assholes showing off.

Fuck them!

The weirdest part of this to me is all the guys in oversized tee shirts hanging out with two overly tanned bikini babes. Why are they even together?

The article @ R45 says that the lake they were on in Missouri has no daytime speed limit. WTF?

Most don’t, R71. It’s not like they can install speed limit signs on the lake. They rely on patrols and captains to do the right thing and boat safely. Plus, if there’s no speed limit, you can receive a ticket for unsafe operation regardless of your speed if you’re not being reasonable.

Depending on where you live, we've all seen people driving way too fast for the road conditions, i.e., wet roads or snow, but they’re not technically going over the speed limit.

Most boaters are reasonable and know the limits of not only their craft, but their skills in the conditions also. This guy wasn’t, was showing off and the lake spanked him. I can’t stop laughing. Especially the pink bitch at the end whining, “I want someone to drive!”

I just find the whole thing hysterical. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

"The world of heterosexual is a sick and boring life"!

I don’t think the footage is funny at all, but I do think the bikini-clad women look like fools. Still, it would really suck to be the victim of anyone’s bad driving, whether on a bus, in a car or on a boat or ship.

You really don’t think it’s funny? When the operator goes over like a sack of potatoes, I lose it. Every time.

Why aren't any of them sitting down? They all look like they are trying way too hard to look cool and they all look uncomfortable.

Shouldn’t they be wearing life jackets/vests?

Black people go to Branson? That place always seemed like deplorable central to me. Old, fat and white only.

[quote]Why are they even together?

r70 They guys are loaded, that's why.

R79 So weird to me. The men are schlumpy and covered up and the women are practically naked, with patches over their sex organs and nipples and stupid pigtails.

That's the whole reason they're there - arm candy.

R76 got it right.

Stupid idiots should be a. Seated and b. wearing life vests.

They are all responsible for their injuries.

I have only been on a speed boat once, and it was a very small one in the Bahamas. I don’t think there was any room to stand. But I wonder if the driver/captain told the passengers to sit or not. I’m not certain I would innately know that standing is unsafe.

[quote]I’m not certain I would innately know that standing is unsafe.

Really? You wouldn’t know that standing in a moving vehicle, any moving vehicle, is unsafe?!

R84 I don’t know! Once it started rocking I like to think I would sit down and hold on. But if every other person including the driver was calmly standing and showing no sign of concern, I would probably feel like I was overreacting by being nervous.

I’ve only been on one roller coaster in my life and it scared the fuck out of me, so I am not really a good judge of the safety of thrillseeking activities.

[quote]I’m not certain I would innately know that standing is unsafe.

They all wanted to show off and act cool. Serves them right imo.

^^^^and if they were sitting the other boats couldn't see the chicks in their bikinis. This was a "aren't we fucking cool and aren't you jealous" boat trip.

That’s not a man. A real man never would have endangered other people like that.

He’s a dick.

My dad, an avid boater & MD, would have kicked his ass for driving like that. He cleaned up a lot of unnecessary messes from asshole boaters.

People think boating is all just fun & games. It can be seriously dangerous.

Can someone please explain what they "crashed" into? It looks like it was the wave/wind that knocked them over in OP's video.

[quote]But if every other person including the driver was calmly standing

The “driver” was sitting.

Fucking amateurs.

R92 = Capt. Smith.

It was, R90. The wake from another boat has to be gone over at an appropriate angle. Plus, as I’m sure you’ve seen, when a boat is traveling that fast, it “hops” in the water. If it comes down wrong, you get what happens in the video.

As someone upthread mentioned, it’s a damn good thing this guy fell into the throttle powering it down.

2:16 to 2:30 is GOLD 🤣🤣🤣😂

Why am I an ancient eldergay watching this classic from years ago? Was their size meat on that boat? What? Why has it come back to DL?

was there

Driver: I’m so scared but cool at the same time. I’m not gonna slow down. Everyone is looking at me and impressed by my masculinity.

Male passengers: this is fucked. I’m so fucking scared for my life but I’m not gonna complain or show any form of weakness in front of women. That’d be less of a man.

Female passengers: I’m gonna die. I’m gonna die but I’m not gonna complain or scream for help. Everyone on the lake is looking at us and see how cool we are. I’m one of the gang.

R96 yes you are an ugly stinky old fag. Ur memory has failed u

Ugh. That driver looks like the horrid Gov Rick Scott.

R96, ironically ‘their’ and ‘there’ both work in this scenario.

R98 nailed it!

It's the most scrutinized footage since the Zapruder film.

I saw the remix at R8 last year and laughed my ass off. The real footage is frightening; those guys could’ve been killed. The driver is an asshole, but everybody in the boat knew that, too.

Why did other boaters on the lake NOT come to the rescue? Was they pissed by these assholes’ reckless driving?

[quote]Was they pissed by these assholes’ reckless driving?

Oh, dear!

R105, it wasn’t initially apparent there was trouble. The boat didn’t capsize or begin to sink or anything outwardly visible that there was a problem. It’s not like a car that hit a tree, it’s more like a car pulled over on the shoulder because the driver was having a medical emergency. You wouldn’t know that unless you pulled over too.

Were*

fucking typo

The douchest of douches that douched on a speeding boat!

FAIL!

R110, doesn’t this rate as an EPIC FAIL, or just merely a FAIL?

R98 nailed it

Oh my GOD! The slow motion sunglasses, the zooms...

Also, I found this which makes it all a lot less funny and more perplexing. The driver knew better:

[quote]"Hey guys, I was a passenger in this boat during the accident. Yes, there are many cardinal rules broken. The most important one I feel is no life jackets worn. As crazy as it seems, we had jackets for each person but as the poker run began we realized no one else was wearing them..... How foolish we were. I have read so many nasty comments on YouTube and other sites I am in shock. My wife suffered 4 broken ribs, punctured lung and a broken foot. She has not left the house since getting home. She is in severe pain. The driver crushed his eye orbital and broke hus back at T8 ( he is a former F-2 racer with APBA). Another passenger who raced professionally for many years broke his pelvis in several places and is in a wheelchair. One of the other girls crushed her eye orbital also. The guy from lake tv fractured his hip and broke his wrist. My injuries were minor compared, busted my head open and damaged a rib or two. Everyone is black and blue. This was a very upsetting event for everyone involved. I have been around powerboats for many years and it only takes on unguarded minute to loose a life or permanently hurt people you love. I am very thankful this did not end up worse. I hope everyone learns from this. I know I will boat differently. All of the guys in the boat are members of OSO. I think it is necessary to break down the accident and discuss this, just remember these are real people who like you who love power boating and do it every weekend."

Can’t change the fact that they are assholes and douchebags. They could have killed themselves and OTHERS in the lake on that day. It was all about masculinity and showing off. No sympathy whatsoever

The driver.

I wonder how the group dynamics and relationships changed after this.

YouTube should start a Where Are They Now series so we can catch up on the accidental stars of viral videos from days of yore.

[quote] R32: Okay, none of you have been on a speed boat.

Except R3, who grew-up boating.

Douchbag.

I think I found the guy in red hat

I was on a small sailboat a few years ago where the captain was going to fast, I felt. He asked me to climb up on the bow to fiddle with something, though not to slow us, mind you. I’m too old for that shit. I though I might slide off into the ocean and just said that I wouldn’t. I felt like a dope but didn’t feel safe.

I grew up with boats, and know that you don’t mess around. A boat that is rising on a wave can crush you against a dock instantly. Ropes can catch a limb and pull you one way or another. It’s easy to be safe, but it’s not like riding in a car with all the safety equipment, or riding an escalator, or whatever. You have to be attentive and experienced.

I had never thought riding a boat could be that dangerous.

I laugh at their injuries, and hope that the driver is still physically suffering. Having seen so many of these asshole types over the years endanger not just themselves and their passengers, but people in other boats nearby, I have no sympathy. They laugh and jeer at people who are cautious. If one of them had put on a lifejacket, the driver would have called him or her a 'pussy'.

This is a concerned FRAUcunt infested thread.

I don’t think the driver is still physically suffering. His ego still is, however. Millions have seen and portrayed him as inadequate incompetent jackass

R122 I didn’t know that the asshole driver also read this thread.

I’m with R114.

So, I get the "Let's record ourselves looking all cool at high speed", but why then upload their epic fail?

I'd have quietly deleted it.

Pigtails in neón chartreuse bikini seems to be the only one with any balls.

She should be played by Katee Sackhoff, Starbuck from the Battlestar Galáctica reboot.

I'm not convinced that the comment on youtube was legitimately from one of the passengers.

But I wonder, too: what exactly did they crash into? A deck? Another boat? A big wave? I can't put this in context.

If they’d been wearing life jackets and simply been ejected into the water, I think they would have come out with fewer broken bones and punctured organs, provided they didn’t fly head-on into a jet ski or the propeller of another speedboat.

The geniuses behind Final Destination franchise should be studying this as closely as the rest of the world.

The passenger's comment came from here.

[quote] R128: But I wonder, too: what exactly did they crash into? A deck? Another boat? A big wave? I can't put this in context.

See R3. It was another boat’s wake.

R128; see R94.

R32 I've been on tons of speed boats - not all of us are fat, basement-dwelling, scared-of-nature fem queens like you.

The guy who was piloting the boat is at fault. The passengers of the boat should have been wearing life vests and should have been seated. The pilot should have insisted on it. I wonder if alcohol was involved. It's unbelievable how many people have a few and then get behind the helm of a speedboat.

They are incredibly lucky that they did not sustain more serious injuries or thrown overboard. Going at that high rate of speed, they could have broken their necks if they were thrown overboard.

It sounds like the injuries were pretty serous, R134.

Obviously, the driver is a Trump supporter

I read the comments on the linked site after I posted here, R135. They're still incredibly lucky. The pilot and the young woman slammed into the side of the boat or the bulkhead. It's like slamming into the dashboard in a car accident.

Tried again with all of this new additional information.

Nope. Still can’t watch it without laughing. I’m going to be like them and bust a rib, but it’ll be from laughing.

This was from four years ago. Good to know DL is on the pulse of the latest news.

We know that, R139. It got bumped up in the wake (see what I did there?) of the Duck Boat accident.

Nobody’s saying this is breaking news.

And yet again today - no OP for this thread.

Which fucking troll is this and why did she go back to this old browser?

[quote]We know that, [R139]. It got bumped up in the wake (see what I did there?) of the Duck Boat accident.

No it didn't. It was posted less than 24 hours ago.

It was the slut’s fault.

R143 which one of the sluts is considered “the”?

Just before OP posted, I sent a link to this on YouTube to my family in response to an invite to cross Long Island Sound by speedboat by the least responsible of us all. This video is a classic and will be viewed 20 years from now. It’s Hubris!

The details at R113 are absolutely grisly. Most of those people have a life long price to pay for their injuries.

I'm impressed by the woman in yellow bikini who held onto the railing while the others flew around the boat.

Yeah, but she couldn’t save those sunglasses!

It's the smug smile on pink bikini girl that makes the comeuppance so satisfying.

I read the comments in R130. This seems to be a speed sport with mostly naked people. No protective gear, as there should be. Speeds of 50 to 100 mph or more. Lots of denial in the comments. Of course accidents like this are going to happen to naked, standing, people on a crowded, choppy lake. Stupid beyond belief as they were apparently quite experienced and ought to know better.

Is there a source somewhere revealing how was they went?

how was they went?

I loves yous, R151!

I’m not convinced the post describing their injuries is really from someone who was on the boat either.

None of them were screaming in agony, moaning, or otherwise making aural indications of extreme pain.

Fractured hips, fractured limbs, pneumothoraces are exceptionally painful injuries, and nobody was unconscious, thereby somewhat masking their response to those injuries.

That’s not to say I don’t believe they weren’t injured, just not as severely as the person who claims to have been there is making it sound.

The way the driver falls over is quite something.

They all looked so angry and unhappy even before the crash.

^^That’s called our “cool, detached look” R156. Douchebags like us are great at pulling that off.

R151 how fast they went?

Into the bulkhead and onto the floor? I’d say pretty fast.

As soon as I saw this video, I knew it had to be from the Lake of the Ozarks. It is douche central.

Why are all of the men wearing long t-shirts and long shorts and the women are dressed like whores with their tits and cunts hanging out?

Just asking...

[quote]My wife suffered 4 broken ribs...

Oh my FSM. These douches were married.

" I USE MY DEAD GRANDMA'S LEG AS A DILDO!!!!! "

You have to stand up to see anything in a boat going that fast. The people in the front are almost upright in the seats, including the driver, so they can see. Plus it's more comfortable to stand in the front , if possible, due to jolts and vibrations. Those in the back have no chance of seeing whether seated or standing due to the angle of the boat. It's not as jolting sitting in the back because you're lower in the water and get less shock.

Have none of you bitches ridden in boats before?

The driver looks like he faints and then just drops. That grizzled chicken in the yellow bikini has been through worse in her life. Little boat action and nuthin to her.

That mangy old lady in the bikini has a pierced belly button. Yeah, she's so hip and sexxxxxay.

They were going 100 mph or more.

Link please, R167.

Not buying it.

Only on a gay site would the hot girl the the yellow/green bikini be called "grizzled", "mangy" and "old". LOL.

R168, please see the link at R130. Now I have some old tomatoes to sell you. Speeds 65-100 mph, or more.

R127 - I agree - it looks like she kept her head, checked her friends and was the first to summon help. It also looks as if she was suspecting that the driver might not be in full control of what was going on.

I could believe there were severe injuries. We don't see the driver and one of the male passengers after the crash; the girl in pink looks stunned.

They really do radiate "douchebag" in the beginning. But then pretty much everyone who has ever been photographed on a speedboat radiates douchebag to me, so perhaps my opinion is skewed.

Why they fuck were they even taping this? What would be the point of that? And although I'm sure they were injured, there is no way they were injured to the extent described in the comment from someone who claims he was on the boat.

[quote]They were going 100 mph or more.

Are you serious? That explains a lot.

Luckily, all the passengers were properly seated and wearing life jackets. Oh wait, no they weren't.

They needed a bigger boat.

What law of science is the reason that those bikini tops didn't fly off as those women were tossed to the floor?

^ This thread would have already hit 600 if it were a boat full of Instagram gays in Speedos.

My Shadenfreude would have been equally sated.

R170, first of all, the link provided is hundreds of comments. I’m not going through them to find out which person, who presumably wasn’t an accident reconstruction specialist, estimated they were going that fast.

Secondly, there’s a HUGE difference between 65mph and 100mph. How the fuck can someone estimate they were going “between 65 and 100”?! That’s absurd.

The average cigarette boat, the ones that are designed for racing, go an average of 90mph on calm waters, not a choppy lake.

Obviously the passengers’ fault. They let the asshole drive the boat and didn’t stop him. Their fault