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Scooter Rider Plunges into Giant Sinkhole to Prove Darwin Wrong

Sinkholes are this planet's way of telling us we should learn to fly or something because there's absolutely no way of predicting where or when they will appear, nor can you do anything else about it if a few metric tons of dirt under your feet decide to take the elevator to the basement.
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Sure, there are worse things than sinkholes - earthquakes, tsunamis, Justin Bieber - but for the people who have a first-hand run-in with them, there aren't. It's just one of those cases where you have to blame it on fate, destiny, karma - call it whatever you want - and just get on with your life. If you still have any, that is.

However, not all sinkhole accidents are created equal. Some are 100 percent avoidable, and all it takes is a little awareness of the things around us. And we do mean 'little.' The kind you get just by using your eyes the way they were designed to: scanning your surroundings.

Sure, nighttime can make things a bit harder, but humankind has thought about this too and installed street lights to make the road visible. Not to mention it has also equipped all vehicles with headlights for the same purpose.

Yes, but you see, the same humankind is also responsible for two more innovations: smartphones and scooters that can be operated with one hand. And if you combine these with a stupid man who should have no business driving, not to mention riding a two-wheeled vehicle ever again, you get the kind of ridiculous accident that makes the news.

The footage shows a man riding his scooter on a street in Beihai, China. We don't get to see the exact time gap between the hole appearing and him falling into it, but let's just say nobody's disputing the fact he had plenty of time to steer clear.

No, the issue here was him staring at his phone instead of keeping an eye out on the road, which led to his failure to notice a sinkhole that was at least 30-feet long. Apparently, the dummy survived the fall and climbed out of it on his own, which goes to show that Darwin's theory of natural selection can misfire occasionally.

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"Boy meets car, boy loves car, boy gets journalism degree and starts job writing and editing at a car magazine" - 5/5. (Vlad Mitrache if he was a movie)
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