A Motorcyclist Crashed into a Sinkhole Shortly after it Appeared on a Street

It’s always mind blowing to watch a sinkhole open up randomly. With cameras hanging on every street corner it seems, it’s becoming more and more common to catch this phenomenon on video, and it’s always incredibly unnerving. The whole notion that a whole massive section of road, parking lot, or floor could just vanish out from under you is terrifying, if you really think about it.

This security camera not only caught a sinkhole opening, it also captured the first victim of that sinkhole, a guy on a scooter who just rides right over the edge and into the recently-formed abscess. It looks as if he’s slowing down as he approaches, but he’s still moving along pretty well when he plummets into the sinkhole

According to the captions on the video, the guy was riding the scooter while looking at his phone, which seems like a dangerous enough proposition on it own, but to be so distracted that he doesn’t notice a huge sinkhole just shows how dangerous distracted driving really is. Luckily for the rider, he escaped injury, though judging by how the headlight can be seen moving around inside the hole, his scooter probably didn’t fare quite so well. Hopefully he learned his lesson about distracted scootering and will pay attention to the road in the future instead of looking at his phone while riding.

What is your most feared natural phenomenon? Having lived my entire life in North Alabama, I’m no stranger to terrifying natural phenomena. Tornadoes are a very common occurrence here, as are intense afternoon thundershowers that can generate straight-line winds and insane lightning. Obviously hurricanes threaten our coastlines regularly, and there’s the ever-present threat of an earthquake out west. And of course, our brothers and sisters up north get heavy snows during the winter. All of these can play havoc on you while you’re driving, so which one scares you the most?

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