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Is it wrong to drive through a puddle on the side of the road with the intention of causing a wave to soak unsuspecting pedestrians who are just going about their business, or waiting for a bus etc?

I know its a wan*er thing to do, and everytime the oportunity presents itself, i do try to refrain from doing it....but its soooo funny that i sometimes cant help myself. If you saw this happen, would you swear and curse the person, or would you be more inclined to laugh?

For the record, i think some people should be off limits. e.g. Kids, parents with kids etc.

So, am i a really just a wan*er??

Be honest, do you do it, or have you done it?

Have you ever been hit by a wave while you were a pedestrian?

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I got hit by one as a kid on my skateboard, and after I had got over the initial shock/anger, I realised how piss funny it was and have never managed to pass up an opportunity since.

Mind you, being the wanker kinda makes you assume everyone else is gonna do it so you learn to stay right away from roadside puddles.

haha i have been victim to the bus driver. but that was for the bus i was getting on, so i couldnt really avoid standing there

if you are a pedestrian and are stood on the edge of the kurb where you can see a puddle that has the potential to splash you then its your own fault for standign there

so its perfectly fine for a driver to drive through a puddle, its on the road you cant really avoid it now can you? eheheh

Hey i have been behind busses that have done it a lady was holding an umbrella and tried to use it as a shield didn't work very well, i have seen some people that are so addicted to doing this they take their own water with them to splash people

bit harsh perhaps. i would be reluctant to tsunami ladyfolk, or people wearing suits, imagine if it was you lol.

that said, my dream tsunami moment would be a mass of teenyboppers waiting outside a nightclub. paint their blinding fluoro clothing with good old fashioned mud!

baaahahaha awesome thread....... back in my hay day (yr11-yr12) we used to go around in my mates hilux surf jacked up with monster bf goodrich all terrain T/A's in winter before school looking for the opertunity...... the tables have turned considering i havnt been driving for the last 12 months... winters just coming up and we've had a few rains.... i keep an eye out and stay a way from those good old puddles when walkin just to make sure..... i recon it would be pretty uncomfortable covered with road water and grime lol

baaahahaha awesome thread....... back in my hay day (yr11-yr12) we used to go around in my mates hilux surf jacked up with monster bf goodrich all terrain T/A's in winter before school looking for the opertunity...... the tables have turned considering i havnt been driving for the last 12 months... winters just coming up and we've had a few rains.... i keep an eye out and stay a way from those good old puddles when walkin just to make sure..... i recon it would be pretty uncomfortable covered with road water and grime lol

Setting up the car with big tyres etc, then driving around looking for the opportunity...thats just being a right prick about it!

p.s. love your work though :D

haha yesterday mourni it was rainin and traffic had come to a stop in wangara near the bmx track so i decided as i was in the patrol too go thhrough the dirt, as i was going through thee ruts flat out they wer full off water and i accidently covered about 5-7cars in mud, felt bad but was kinda funny, then i got scared id get bogged and they catch me

haha yesterday mourni it was rainin and traffic had come to a stop in wangara near the bmx track so i decided as i was in the patrol too go thhrough the dirt, as i was going through thee ruts flat out they wer full off water and i accidently covered about 5-7cars in mud, felt bad but was kinda funny, then i got scared id get bogged and they catch me

man i fkn hate when 4wds do shit like this! maybe its because i am secretly envious of them having more than 70mm of clearance lol.




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