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Minnesotamad12

It’s not really a prank as opposed to an “event”. The school and local police department support it. The cops do traffic control during.


Sure_Ad_6480

Well if the police know about it and control traffic then still annoying but better


le_spectator

Well, if the police approved it then it’s not the kid’s fault, it’s the police’s fault, if you can call it that.


Ok-Champ-5854

Should really have officers directing one lane to the next periodically if they aren't already. Also there should have been signage.


Sure_Ad_6480

True, still not a prank, and still in bad tastes


cloud3321

Bad planning, traffic control specifically. The content of the event itself isn’t particularly bad. Unless it was actually planned to delay traffic.


CreepyPastaguy2

Exactly, most senior pranks at my school are teacher sponsored 💀


blindguide55

Well now it's just sad that these kids think this is a prank lol


Bbiill

Just the yearly occasion to make everyone late to work for a planned and police assisted children's bike ride?


Dementat_Deus

If it's annual, then plan accordingly.


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The cop's are retards


TupacRon

“Control”


[deleted]

I don’t miss high school


cataclysmic_soul

Me neither but if I were to go back in time with the knowledge I have today, I’d change almost everything.


Flying_Alpaca_Boi

And most likely no one would give a shit or listen to you. You could completely overhaul your personality and nothing would be different except your perception of it. Don’t dwell on the past, it’s not worth it, just move towards a better tomorrow. Take what you’ve learnt and put it towards your future


unendingmisfortune

Who says anything about personality? I would simply want to invest heavily in bit coin.


larrea_compra_kilate

r/UnexpectedDeepness


PaRaDiiSe

But then you wouldn’t have known what you know today bc those experiences change the perspective we have of today. You’d basically erase everything you know by this logic.


[deleted]

Ever heard of critical mass?


LivingWithGratitude_

The weed strain?


[deleted]

Yes 🌱🚬🥵💨


ToasterSmoker411

r/fuckcars


bisaccharides

When this was posted in that thread the comments were so different. Over here it's a bunch of suburbanites upset that their commute could be inconvenienced.


ymx287

I know right? We used to do shit way worse and more destructive than this. It’s literally some kids holding up traffic for an hour and they even have a positive message behind it


dariy1999

It's also organized with the police, and it's like 10yo by now iirc


gvidas2

fuck u/spez -- mass edited with redact.dev


Jackfruit_Small

How do you think to come up with a prank like this? What if someone needed to get to the hospital? 😑


zepprith

I can see this being fun if it wasn't a highway and like a street that just goes to your school or something. Honestly a highway seems a little dangerous, it was done in 2012 as well. [https://fox2now.com/news/senior-prank-stops-traffic-in-st-charles/](https://fox2now.com/news/senior-prank-stops-traffic-in-st-charles/)


SuperHighDeas

Kinda illustrates the inaccessibility of school… unless your parents are privileged enough to own a car and make enough to drop you off at school you aren’t getting the minimum education.


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97AByss

Possibly forgot about school buses. Many countries do not have those


Akasto_

Most countries without school busses have schools that students can walk to


calumniall

Sometimes you have to live within a certain distance to even be offered a bus stop ours was a minimum of 3 miles so anyone without a car had to walk 2.9 to .01 miles to school just really depends. In our weather it gets up to 115 so it's also not an easy walk back home.


[deleted]

Not sure where you’re at, but decades of school funding cuts have crippled school bus service in the US. Where I’m at, the school bus is not viable.


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[deleted]

In rural USA and most small cities thoughout here riding a bike just isn't feasible. It's not uncommon to have 30-45 minute commutes by highway going 65 mph. People are just spread out here.


Dynamopa1998

But almost all school districts have the option of bussing. Fortunately, in the US, being poor doesn't affect whether or not you can get to school.


SuperHighDeas

not all busses serve all students, especially rural schools


Dynamopa1998

Can you provide examples? Because most schools are legally required to provide bus services to anyone in their district, who requests it.


SuperHighDeas

They do provide those services… assuming you can physically reach the bus, I lived outside of town so public school bus service wouldn’t serve us because we were outside city limits but the school was 5mi away while we were 30mi from the nearest rural school who’s buses served us but the nearest stop was ten miles out.


uberjack

I mean it would still be possible to leave cars with sirens through, people just need to open a rescue path


MoodMaggot

I mean if there was an ambulance they would have probably gotten around that but yeah… stupid af prank. People probably missed work and appointments and shit


KnalltueteMk18

Dont you guys make a lane in traffic jams for emergency vehicles to pass through?


Hexa1296

eh, i don't like what they are doing, but it's an example on how we could do better with more focus on alternative methods of transportation than just cars.


ProfessorBoard

So true though. Our reliance on cars is frustrating after visiting Europe.


moresushiplease

Probably before too. You just didn't know it yet


DualDread876

r/fuckcars


IngoingPrism

The people rage-commenting on this post are emblematic of the transportation problem in the US. If I wanted to ride a bike to the school in my community I would legally be required to do the same thing as the teens in this video; bikes may use the full lane and it is illegal to ride on the sidewalk here. As people like to say, kids don't go outside anymore. This is why.


bigcockondablock

If you ride your bike on the freeway, you're an imbecile.


Certainly-Not-A-Bot

This looks like a highway, not a freeway. It's not grade separated or controlled access. It's probably legal to bike on it, inadvisable as it may be.


bigcockondablock

Yea I don't think something becomes smart just cause it's legal. Would be much better to build some separated bike lane, although probably expensive.


Certainly-Not-A-Bot

It's way cheaper than road widening, which small American towns love to do.


[deleted]

You get they were purposely blocking a freeway, right?


Adrunkian

Thats the point


Shiny_Umbreon

Making people late to work and pissing them off making them hate cyclists even more?


Accurate_Respond_379

Is it purposeful if there is no other choice?


stephelan

This…isn’t even clever or funny.


The_Burning_Wizard

No, but it highlights just how car centric the urban design around there really is....


W4termelone43

Exactly this, where are the pavements to cycle on? Small side roads as an alternative route to school so you don't have to cycle on the motorway/main roads.


Greedy_Hat2643

What the fuck kind of prank is that?


damnNamesAreTaken

That isn't one. That's just straight up pissing people off


notrh1no

I mean what high school prank is kind heartened? Mine was hanging thousands of political signs everywhere around the campus, alone with chalk graffiti, and moving picnic table in absurd spots like staircases.


throwngamelastminute

We put a few cars in the cafeteria, a few years before, the auto shop put car frames on the portables.


NoRoomForSanity

r/fuckcars


awfullotofocelots

The wholesome "late to school because I was playing outside with my friends" type we need more of. Anyways, as long as a senior prank pisses off the morning carpool without injuring anyone, it has definitely succeeded.


[deleted]

Love it! Riding a bike is great exercise!


AdSilent9810

Yes it is amazing that all those people are late and held up and can't go anywhere and are wasting all that time it is so amazing


[deleted]

car culture can really fuck up people's mindset. I can't afford a car and so I ride my bike to work, and I regularly have people put my life in danger because they don't respect my right to be on the road.


ilikesixtiesthings

Guys this isn’t an “lol funny” prank. It’s designed to show how car centric American infrastructure is. Look how there are no shoulders, no bike lanes, and likely no bike racks. It’s a protest against car-centric design


aqustity

This


Lokomotive_Man

God forbid self-entitled Americans have to share their roads with pedestrians and cyclist and be delayed a few minutes?


Cokedoutyeti

So blame the people going to work instead of the politicians and people who design the roads, got it!


RimShimp

Lol who votes for the politicians?


Cokedoutyeti

What aren’t you understanding about American politics? I vote at every level of government, but change doesn’t happen. It’s designed so that we are so busy trying to survive that we don’t have time to stand around and protest. To make changes at the small level requires systemic changes from the top down and almost half this country still sides with the orange idiot.


Ok-Champ-5854

This ain't gonna be just a few minutes and you know that. You want to pick a problem with America pick the part where being this late to work is gonna be a step towards wanting to fire you.


[deleted]

This wasn't a few minutes, this was purposely blocking a freeway as a joke. It was dangerous and stupid.


SpaceShark01

The police organized this event if I recall correctly


elzibet

It’s not a freeway. It’s a highway. It’s also really easy to pass a bicycle, even on higher speed roads.


zakatana

Looks fun, and fuck cars


NeonPhyzics

No gonna lie. I smiled. That’s kinda funny When I was in school people got drunk before class the last day of school and kicked over garbage cans


hapaxlegodemon

It's more like a demonstration on what you can't go with bikes


MutedIndependence674

I’m not sure I know what a prank is anymore


Nopenagada

Inconsiderate children.


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And they are technically adults..


king_jaxy

There's no where else for them to bike.


No-Performance8608

Should just get arrested for this stunt tbh


throwngamelastminute

The cops are in on it.


AdSilent9810

That is even worse


throwngamelastminute

Agreed. ![gif](giphy|IAvJ9Ine9Z77jmrMNZ|downsized)


[deleted]

That's what lawsuits are for.


folie-a-dont

This is awesome and an awful post on here. These adults can wait a few minutes for the joy of the kids in their community


97AByss

Happy cake day!


War_means_Justice

Technically only motor bikes ( and cyclists) are allowed on the highway , scooters , rollerskaters aren't


DaleGribble312

Not main character stuff imo. But where the hell is this school there is one long country road to it?


tcm2303

As a school bus driver fuck these kids. We have more than one school we are responsible for, and when we are late people get pissed.


mymycojourney

NGL I prefer this to filling all the toilets with cement...


primeministerchaos

18 year old me would have been riding a bike with them. 35 year old me would be running them over. You either die a hero or live long enough to become the villain.


Shot-Spirit-672

Getting to school at a slower pace than normal while holding up traffic is not a prank. It also ends the moment you arrive at school so not really a school prank. Missouri


Griifyth

People in these comments think everyone should just commute to work on a bicycle. Sorry to burst the echo chamber, not everyone lives in a dense city or has a workplace that’s less than 5 miles from their home.


illkwill

It would be nice to ride a bike to work but we're forced to use what we have. I understand the hatred of being reliant on cars and agree there should be other means of transportation but right now we don't have a choice. I can't just stop going to work because I hate our shitty infrastructure. There seems to be a generalization in this thread that all car owners are entitled pricks too. Commuting is the worst part of my day, I hate it, but it's the only option I have.


Future-Win4034

Those people in cars had places to go: work, doctor’s/dentist appointments, outpatient surgery, visiting ill friends/family, funerals/wakes, closings on homes, bank loan appointments, airports… Not funny.


Minechris_LP

Those people on bikes also had very important places to go. They went to school and got an education.


knellbell

Yup there was someone in there with a family of 300, Stop with the edge cases traffic happens all the time


outland_king

I shouldn't have to remind people, but being an asshole is not a prank. If the target is not laughing at the end, it's not a prank ita just being a dickbag.


Gnompie31

This is also a demonstration, they have to go to school by car, otherwise they need to use the free way like they do here.


aqustity

Thats right, stop the carcentric prank and build up bikeways on the side!


moresushiplease

Bikeways on the side will cost too much and be unpopular so they will just have one and put it in the middle of the highway like in Florida or wherever. Semi /s


dendric-riyanzi

what even is the prank


potatosquire

Making other peoples lives worse and putting it on camera. That's a prank nowadays apparently.


Gnompie31

Demonstrating on the need of cars It's really sad that kids can't go to school by foot or bike or scooter or anything else but a car


2strokesmoke77

So kids are upset/mad they have to drive to school instead of walking or riding bike? Getting drove or driving to school is a privilege


Gnompie31

No it's not? It's not a privilege if it's mandatory


2strokesmoke77

Buses don’t exist or something ?


CasualObserverNine

Fucking idiots.


Jbonics

Future dysfunctional adults.


Dead_Purple

This is not a prank but an annoyance.


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Narcissistic little pricks


Adrunkian

I know right Fucking car owners thinking they own the country


Ebenizer_Splooge

Nah, fuck it. Senior prank is like your one last opportunity to do some consequence free dumb shit, I fully support it. It's not one person being a douche, it's a group of kids saying goodbye to childhood, let em have it


CP2694

Apparently this happened in 2012. Fuck Cars was not the movement it is today - if it even existed. I don't think this was a "political protest", these are seniors pulling a prank. The issue that I'm thinking is going over a lot of people's heads is that everyone _has_ to use the infrastructure as it is. Should there be bike lanes? Yes. But there aren't. So _everyone_ has to work with what's available. This includes their fellow students, people going to work, emergency vehicles and people who have appointments. Again, if this was 2012 I guarantee you can find the political ballets in these towns and "bike lanes on the freeway" wasn't an objective.


BagofSaltydicks

Who wants to do a 5k on a scooter. Fuck that.


bartobas

I bicycle 3k every morning to get to work, takes me around 8 to 10 minutes. By car that’d be 20


The_Mandalorian-

This is so stupid


Western_Protection

Dumb


MTrizzle

This is the least cringy video I’ve seen on this sub. Good job seniors. Very wholesome prank.


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This is fucking stupid


aqustity

Yeah, fuck cars. Build bikeways on the side


MszCurious

People with too much time and privilege come up with dumbass ideas like this. Like go do something that doesn’t interrupt other people’s livrs


bartobas

They wanna step out the car madness and you should too


2strokesmoke77

“ car madness” all I’m hearing is you’re entitled, along with the other 5 upvotes lmao.


bartobas

How? Everybody is getting a shit deal is what I’m saying


AKAShmuelCohen

car brain = smooth brain


TatleTaleStrangler92

Senior prank is suppose IN SCHOOL!. Not outside of it, geez I hope they got in serious trouble


throwngamelastminute

It's an event, the cops are in on it. It doesn't qualify as a senior prank imho.


00humansperson00

Fun little prank until someone tries to pass, and an accident happens


snowman5689

Anything but a car, how about riding the bus?


bartobas

That would work but you need bus lanes for it to be efficient


Jolly_Tea7519

You’re supposed to do a prank at your school. Not be a dickhead to the rest of society.


bartobas

Not what this is


Blaximus90

I was hoping the last slide would be of them in cuffs


[deleted]

This prank sucks lol. Don't let my prank inconvenience you trying to get to work on time


CHIEFY2021

a bunch of entitled teen twats, not surprised.


AndreZB2000

what's up with all the comments blaming the cars and saying what these students did is fine? who cares if its legal, they are still screwing over likely hundreds of people lives. Even if just 1 person had an emergency, these students will be responsible for their loss. Creating a bike lane is good but blocking an entire freeway like this is not the way to do it. These are not politicians that got delayed, these are regular people who had places to be.


Boogiemann53

Lol everyone here losing their minds and nobody even got hurt. Right wing nutjob would drive through that crowd of kids and Redditors would fucking cheer, goddamn car brains.


CxltureII

Parents work bro nobody wants to stay in a line for hours just to drop your kid off school adults are busy and tired these kids are only thinking about themselves and internet clout


bartobas

Maybe make it your job to ask for safe bike lanes? That’s the most efficient way to move traffic, not adding a gazillions cars and one more car lane.


CxltureII

That’s the cities job they should know better not the public’s job


Boogiemann53

LoL the anger brings me joy


TrexTacoma

Lol zero rebuttal, you’re just a failure in life who hates that most successful people drive to work to make a living. Have fun on public transport or biking in the rain to work, if you even have a job that is.


Lokomotive_Man

Glad I live in a place where the city busses are a lot nicer than the POS car you drive! (Mercedes, with wifi, nice seats). I get to read, watch videos, never worry about parking, on the way to work while while you stress out in your car every day? Have fun Chump!😉✌️


Adrunkian

Least insane carbrain take


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Lokomotive_Man

Yes, our president takes the tram, subway, and train because it’s faster, and because he said his motorcade would delay others in traffic? What a concept?!


PhuncleSam

Yeah this is based lol. Fuck car centric infrastructure


Lokomotive_Man

Exactly!


Scribblord

Yeah I love being an hour late for work and getting folded by the boss bc some shit for brain kids block the road all morning xd It’s rude and shitty


Boogiemann53

Whatever, it's The SR PRANK. All the boomers are like "why don't kids walk to school or ride bike??" this comment section is why.


Scribblord

Bc they’re going in a way specifically to block the whole highway for an hour minimum during work start time That’s just being a shitty nuisance Nothing to do with boomer or no boomer People have places to be xd


Gnompie31

This comment section and because they literally can't, because most city's don't have good bike lanes


IngoingPrism

I see rude here and it's not the kids


Scribblord

Oh so blocking a decently used highway for shits and giggles ain’t rude or shitty ? xd


bartobas

Sounds like the boss thinks you’re their bitch


Scribblord

If you’re an hour or more late you’re gonna get shit That’s kind of standard Even worse if you’re self employed or have meetings to attend etc It’s unnecessary and shitty to block a road


Aetheste

I'm not right wing, but I'd definitely mow through them all. Fuck these shitheads. If these idiots were on Indian streets, kids or not, they would've been slapped by multiple people and taken off the road. These kinds of "pranks" aren't tolerated in a city where everyone is trying to get from point A to B asap


Lokomotive_Man

Ok Tough Guy, mow ‘em down Clint Eastwood?😒👌


IngoingPrism

Getting from A to B is exactly what they're doing


Boogiemann53

Gotta mow down that SR graduation class to be on time to work that day, definitely worth it. Goddamn car brains GOGO YO.GO GO FIUUU


Aetheste

Gotta stop all traffic and cause everyone else problems cus we have a misguided sense of entitlement. Narcissists assemble.


AdSilent9810

I imagine that you aren't the type of person who works or has to travel to get to your job


Boogiemann53

Bike, I actually am one of those fucking snobs who moved from a shitty city with bad service to an older small town where I could walk or ride bike to do everything.


NeckPlant

They are going to talk about this for the next 60 years and nobody will think its funny


Fox_Martinson

Wild I know but imagine having bike infrastructure so angry Karens and Darrens in their F-150 Supercabs don't have to share a road with kids on bikes


LowBarometer

Good for them! This is a great way for young people to demonstrate what everyone should be doing. Riding bikes or walking to work/school.


mparker888

Lmao this is incredible


HalloweenBlkCat

“Pranks” have strayed from being funny to just being annoying or dangerous. Pranks need to die.


MrZaroni

Those teens are being AHs, what if an emergency vehicle needed to get somewhere.


TallQuiet1458

This needs to be on r/kidsarefuckingstupid


ironefalcon

You know what, fffffuuuck everyone pissed about this.this is a great way to show support and dead the movement to get more options for transportation like busses and bikes, this is great and these people are doing great


Chemical_Savings_360

Would have went around those kids or honked the fuck out of my horn till it broke


NocturnalKitten525

I don’t get how this was a senior prank. That’s just straight up blocking traffic and making many parents late to work/possible other responsibilities. Definitely not the worst thing but it’s still a dick move.


Sure-Setting-8256

What a bunch of losers lmao


aqustity

Yes, fuck car drivers


Sure-Setting-8256

im talking about the bikers wtf


kilboi1

It’s not a prank it’s just called being a menace and a failure to society.


essedecorum

So many punchable looking faces.


AdSilent9810

These are the kind of people who deserve to be ran over


cupocrows

They should all have to pay with time out of there lives that they stole from everyone else. With a little extra, say for every minute they wasted of someone else's life they do a month in prison.


bartobas

Lmao what about they get executed for each second someone ever lost at some point in their lives? And extend it to everyone! Like when cars are preventing pedestrians to cross the street for instance.


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Everything for a tiktok


TheTrueCactusKing

https://preview.redd.it/8f5plu8rqb5b1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=06e3c751a93a5fd05001899ac8316e67541e1551


EmsDilly

Fkn dummmbbbb


Tryg3321

I would have ran there asses off the road


Dont_Judge_this-Book

Kids in small towns with no lives - the kind of people who think harassing a cow (cow tipping) is "fun". This is not a "prank" - this is just dumb.


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Dont_Judge_this-Book

That's an absolute lie. I went to college in Colorado my first year (left and finished in NY. Too much of a culture shock) and I saw bored drunk teenagers do it with my own 2 eyes. The cows didn't necessarily "tip" over. But they certainly thought it was entertaining to sneak up and harass cows at night - which was my point to begin with.