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BigBadShadow25 With my last breath, I curse Zoidberg. from Basement at the Alamo (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded) Relationship Status: Desperate
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#1: Apr 15th 2025 at 8:42:58 AM
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#3: Apr 15th 2025 at 10:42:18 AM

Pull.

I feel like there's a road safety PSA that may fit this, but I'm struggling to think of any that actually do.

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GracieLizzy from Sunderland, UK (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#4: Apr 15th 2025 at 11:56:11 AM

Hmm I tried searching based on the on page examples but the best I have been able to find so far is this;

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1000006159.jpg

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GracieLizzy from Sunderland, UK (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#7: Apr 15th 2025 at 1:34:20 PM

Found something after poking about a lot online

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1000006164_4.jpg

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#8: Apr 15th 2025 at 1:43:54 PM

I wish the smoke, tree and the crash were a little more prominent, I feel like it's a guy just doing a facedesk in the wheel (facewheel?)

number9robotic (Experienced Trainee)
#9: Apr 15th 2025 at 1:50:20 PM

Oh yeah, The Human Target (2021)! The only issue (having read the book it comes from) is that Chance isn't dead — he fell unconscious after getting poisoned and crashed his car, but he gets up later. It does seem like the description of Dead Man Honking permits examples of non-fatal examples of people going limp at the wheel, though.

Otherwise, I think it sufficiently represents a crash — the car is clearly resting and prone against a tree off the road that shouldn't be there (skid marks on the road showed him swerving), and the guy's slumped over and resting on the wheel, and otherwise features a distinct continuous honk. If the fact he isn't literally dead isn't too big a deal, I'd give 7 [tup]

Edited by number9robotic on Apr 15th 2025 at 1:56:38 AM

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GracieLizzy from Sunderland, UK (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#10: Apr 15th 2025 at 2:00:46 PM

[up] Also This Image Is Not an Example would allow it even if he just looks dead but survived. But yes version where the person survives the crash are allowed as Tropes Are Flexible.

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#11: Apr 15th 2025 at 2:03:46 PM

7[tup]. There is a crashed car, the driver's face is on the wheel, and there is honking. It works well. Maybe cropping off some of the top would give the car more focus and would be even better.

Edited by petersohn on Apr 15th 2025 at 11:05:10 AM

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#14: Apr 15th 2025 at 3:21:40 PM

that better yeah, [up][tup]

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#18: Apr 15th 2025 at 3:27:57 PM

12[tup]

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#20: Apr 15th 2025 at 4:30:34 PM

(doublepost)

Edited by jandn2014 on Apr 15th 2025 at 7:30:54 AM

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#21: Apr 15th 2025 at 4:31:11 PM

[up][up]

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#22: Apr 15th 2025 at 4:34:10 PM

Weak [tup] to 12. It's still pretty small to see the dead guy and the steering wheel but better than the other suggestions nonetheless.

Edited by RuckusHearts on Apr 15th 2025 at 11:34:36 PM

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#23: Apr 15th 2025 at 5:01:43 PM

Weak [tup] to 12 for the reasons in [up].

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#24: Apr 15th 2025 at 7:03:12 PM

Alt crop with more focus on the driver.

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/carcrash.png

Edited by Tylerbear12 on Apr 15th 2025 at 9:03:52 AM

RuckusHearts Xiaomao from Middle Earth IRL 🇳🇿 (Experienced, Not Yet Jaded)
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#25: Apr 15th 2025 at 9:00:51 PM

[up]That works a bit better so [tup]

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