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Main road to Grindavík (Iceland) is covered under lava (i.redd.it)

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[-] TIN@feddit.uk 77 points 5 months ago

I like the way there's a police car there, in case people were thinking they might just go for it anyway

[-] Zoomboingding@lemmy.world 108 points 5 months ago

You clearly don't know people

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 53 points 5 months ago

"It's rock, right?"

[-] Dashi@lemmy.world 38 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I mean, my first thought was "i wonder if you could drive across that." But I'm also smart enough to not be the first person to try... maybe the second though

[-] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 16 points 5 months ago

The others are already safely across in Grindavik, you're fine.

[-] Etterra@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

Mine was "Man that water is really dark, I hope nobody tries to drive through it. Wait...

[-] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 27 points 5 months ago

Wow, it's sure smells bad out here. Is anyone >yawn< else getting sleepy?

[-] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 10 points 5 months ago

The top layer is.

[-] Wahots@pawb.social 3 points 5 months ago

Today, someone jumped over the construction barriers on an escalator that was under construction. They fell into the open hole in the escalator, got seriously hurt, and then had the audacity to complain to metro police officers that there was a hole in the escalator for some reason. The police had the grace to not admonish him for being a moron. Both ends were blocked with construction barriers ~4.5 feet high by 3.5 feet deep, and the elevator was right by them, lol. It was very difficult for someone to even vault over in the first place.

[-] Treczoks@lemmy.world 30 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Imagine this would happen in the US! The police would have shot the lava!

EDIT: For the Downvoters: Of course they would have shot the lava. Have you seen it? Its black!

[-] dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world 28 points 5 months ago

I visited Iceland, not too long ago. The tour guides, politely, made a point of illustrating how much of a rude menace tourists can be with their rental cars. We got a pass, of course, as we were on a tour bus every time this happened. The message was clear: use the world-class public transit and charter busses/tours where possible.

My perspective as a tourist: the cops really are needed in situations like this.