‘They’re thinking about the likes’: deadly TikTok motorway trend horrifies Ireland
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/aug/22/deadly-tiktok-motorway-driving-trend-horrifies-ireland
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/aug/22/deadly-tiktok-motorway-driving-trend-horrifies-ireland
7 Comments
dparticiple@sh.itjust.works · 19 pts · 5d
Cutting out the clickbait: "Social media platforms face public ire after fatal crash involving teenagers filming themselves driving on wrong side"
Babalugats@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 5d
There was another a few days before it.
https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/2026/08/10/car-involved-in-m50-crash-was-stolen-before-collision-took-place/
Zarobi@aussie.zone · 2 pts · 5d
Real life Grand Theft Auto 6 driving only gives you OneShot
Squizzy@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 5d
7 dead today in UK from same issue.
deathbird@mander.xyz · 9 pts · 5d
They are recording and publicly publishing their unsympathetic crimes. Arrest them.
Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org · 4 pts · 5d
Around here they could be charged with attempted murder. It takes some of the fun out.
FatVegan@leminal.space · 3 pts · 4d
Not using tiktok doesn't make you smart, but damn there are no smart people on tiktok