It doesn’t seem too quick to me. He was paying attention to his surroundings, and saw the van come up, then saw it coming uncomfortably close to a collision course with his car (which would certainly get MY attention!), then saw it stop and people leap out — he then responded with what he had in his hand. Not really…

Worth. Every. Penny.

In.... New Jersey?

Agreed that AR was a bit much in what appears to be a fairly cramped space.

Needs muzzle ports and a shorter, bullpup-design defensive weapon.

Yeah, that gets back to my action movie physics, where lighter flicking ‘Heroes’ never cook themselves in action movies, despite often being either soaked in, or at least still standing in the fumes of, whatever nastiness they’ve soaked their bad guy in.

I’d like to think I would have thought of this in a similar situation, but I have no idea.

Naa bad idea regardless, there is gasoline all over the place so he would cook himself too.

When I saw this on reddit, someone linked a news report that seemed to indicate this incident concluded with both the armored car personnel escaping any injuries and the would be robbers under arrest. Though I wasn’t 100% certain it was from the same incident (as apparently this isn’t entirely an uncommon thing in…

My wife’s first comment upon seeing the Chilean video was, “So it was like the Zoolander gas pump scene.”

How much was the total? Petrol isn’t cheap.

Instant. Fucking. Karma. 😂

Those hoses are designed to break away. I’ve seen an old burnout driving a split window VW Bus do it.

Dude didn’t even miss a shift!

Dude showed a presence of mind with a gas pump infinitely better than me. Someone was yapping at me about the Charger when I got gas for it. Keep in mind how the 2nd gen exposed gas cap is on the top surface of the driver’s quarter panel, so the nozzle is going nearly straight down the pipe.

The supreme calmitude of that shotgun rider...

Agreed, this was no joke

Right?
The only thing that would’ve made this video better would’ve been him reaching into a pocket with his off hand, finding a lighter, and casually, tossing it lit into the van as it pulled away.
Though, now that I write that, I’m appalled at my eliding of action movies and reality.
I want to make it clear I am so NOT…

anyone got a light?

This is the Zoolander drama-reboot no one wanted.