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Outrageous Traffic Jam Caused by a Fiat 500 Making a U-Turn Involves Motorcycle Gang, a Religious Procession and Angry Italians

Feb. 11, 2013 12:20pm Liz Klimas

Have you ever had that feeling of driver’s distress when you’re trying to parallel park and then a car comes up behind you, pressuring you to get it right on the first try — and quickly? The driver of this Fiat 500 trying to make a U-turn in a tiny car-lined street in Napels, Italy, is sure to know the feeling.

Viral Video Shows Fiat Stuck in Italian Road Causing Chaotic Mass Backup

(Image: YouTube screenshot)

At first he is just doing his thing — making progress inch-by-inch in the many point turn it would end up being before he turned himself around — then a car comes up on one side, adding some pressure.

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Within a few moments another car boxes him in on the other side.

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Then the stress-inducing honking starts and gawkers are brought to the scene to more stress.

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In less than two minutes, more cars begin to box everyone in and more spectators come out. In their defense, some people eventually start trying to help direct the Fiat driver.

Then — and you can’t make this up — a motorcycle gang shows up. Then there’s a lot of Italian yelling.

(Image: YouTube screenshot)

If you thought the motorcycle gang was about as crazy as the whole backup would get — think again. Enter a religious procession.

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Midway through, the person filming the situation decides to leave his bird’s-eye-view and go down among the chaos. There he captures more in-your-face Italian yelling and honking.

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It is Pastor Dan that the YouTube description attributes to saving the day. (Image: YouTube screenshot)

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Although everyone was so mad at the Fiat driver for causing such a mess, they were all so excited when he finally was able to unstuck his vehicle. They chanted “Bravo!”

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As of now, we can’t say for sure if the event was staged. But either way, as you might expect, such a fiasco couldn’t remain hidden from the Internet for long. The video has gone viral since its posting last week, being reposted to YouTube several times with the original video receiving more than 700,000 views and other videos receiving thousands of hits as well.

Watch the nearly 10 minutes of building chaos from one car’s actions:

(H/T: Autoblog)

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Comments (36)

Vtx110
Posted on February 13, 2013 at 5:34am
This got to be the gayest looking auto

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Apple Bite
Posted on February 12, 2013 at 3:00am
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FwG_p3GOuGs

If only we had translation, lol

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ckhenson
Posted on February 11, 2013 at 3:17pm
I see stupid people….and they’re everywhere.

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- Ceefour
  Posted on February 11, 2013 at 4:43pm
  And they bdon’t realize they are stupid……..
  
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- joey g
  Posted on February 11, 2013 at 5:40pm
  FIAT
  
  fix it again tony
  
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pap pap
Posted on February 11, 2013 at 2:45pm
What a frign idiot. That obviously was no place to make a u-turn.

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sandrunner
Posted on February 11, 2013 at 2:43pm
dumb is to nice of a word.

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right-wing-waco
Posted on February 11, 2013 at 2:28pm
Want to see more of these nuts… drive a truck for a living.

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gimmedatfree
Posted on February 11, 2013 at 2:27pm
Just needed the popemobile to show up.

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Apple Bite
Posted on February 11, 2013 at 2:16pm
Makes you wonder why he didn’t buy a Dodge Ram instead….

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G-WHIZ
Posted on February 11, 2013 at 1:52pm
“HEY-YAH!! What’sa -madda–you??”

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- TurboCat
  Posted on February 12, 2013 at 4:55am
  Mama mia!!!!!!
  
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GoodStuff
Posted on February 11, 2013 at 1:14pm
Austin Powers?

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- pap pap
  Posted on February 11, 2013 at 2:44pm
  No more like Mr Bean.
  
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huey6367
Posted on February 11, 2013 at 1:08pm
It took me a few minutes to understand why they did not just pick the car up and turn it around then it dawned on me – this is Italy. Since the government was not there to tell them what to do, they didn’t know what to do.

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- grimjack3791
  Posted on February 11, 2013 at 1:48pm
  At least the trains run on time.
  
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- pavepaws
  Posted on February 11, 2013 at 2:01pm
  Ditto
  
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- ONLY4UANDME
  Posted on February 11, 2013 at 2:39pm
  You are exactly right. I was wondering why they didn’t just pick it up and you nailed it.
  
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Rowgue
Posted on February 11, 2013 at 1:06pm
Staged.

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- mharry860
  Posted on February 11, 2013 at 1:15pm
  Yes it was, some other site had info on it. This is old and was done by an ad company, no one knows what they ever did with it.
  
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IMCHRISTIAN
Posted on February 11, 2013 at 1:01pm
Well, he may have made a mistake by not going in the right direction but it also means a lot of us have not learned the meaning or doing of the word PATIENCE which should be one of our virtues.

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Al J Zira
Posted on February 11, 2013 at 12:55pm
If this was Chicago he would have been shot four times and his car taken,

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- OniKaze
  Posted on February 11, 2013 at 2:19pm
  Nahh… He would have been shot (like you suggest) however, his car would not have been taken, it would have been dis-assembled and sold for parts right then and there…
  
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00100111
Posted on February 11, 2013 at 12:49pm
Waiting for the punchline…

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mtsnj
Posted on February 11, 2013 at 12:48pm
They weren’t doing anything productive that day anyway. Gave em a little excitement.

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SquidVetOhio
Posted on February 11, 2013 at 12:48pm
The headline alone made me laugh.

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Eric_The_Red_State
Posted on February 11, 2013 at 12:39pm
Why did I spend any time reading this?

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OldSurfRat
Posted on February 11, 2013 at 12:36pm
They should have gotten involved if they wanted this to end quickly.
When I was a teenager 4 of us were able to pick up a VW and turn it bumper to bumper between 2 posts.
Needless to say the guy that owned the VW did not find nearly as funny as we did when he came out to get in his car.

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- Eric_The_Red_State
  Posted on February 11, 2013 at 12:53pm
  You lift up a fender on one of those tin cans and you will bend it like aluminum foil
  They don’t make cars like they used to.
  
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- RJJinGadsden
  Posted on February 11, 2013 at 1:14pm
  ERIC_THE_RED_STATE, LOL, I don/t know about that. Those Fiat 500s look almost exactly as they did when I first laid eyes on one back in 1981. They were just called Bambinos then.
  
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- OldSurfRat
  Posted on February 11, 2013 at 1:41pm
  RJJ
  
  NOOO! Man what are you saying??
  Didnt you hear?????
  Bambinos is now an insensitive racist word!!
  WTH are you from AL or something? (:
  
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huey6367
Posted on February 11, 2013 at 12:32pm
Why didn’t they pick the car up and turn it around?

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- OldSurfRat
  Posted on February 11, 2013 at 12:38pm
  Huey
  I thought the same thing. Not like it was a hummer.
  
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Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on February 11, 2013 at 12:31pm
Where is Father Guido Sarduce’ when you need him?

This is yet another reason to never own a fiat…..Fix It Again Tony.

Fiat’s new motto “When your Man Card has been revoked, there is FIAT.”

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huey6367
Posted on February 11, 2013 at 12:31pm
What an idiot. Make a U-turn in a tiny space like that? I guess the though of driving around the block didn’t occur (and I know blocks can be very long in Italy).

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Melvin Spittle
Posted on February 11, 2013 at 12:29pm
Pick it up and turn it around! It’s that simple….

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