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Pickup truck drives across wooden planks to board ferry

The truck's success is applauded by onlookers, but bemoaned by accident-loving online commenters.

By Ben Hooper
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BRASILIA, Brazil, May 26 (UPI) -- A viral video featuring a pickup truck driving over a pair of flimsy wooden planks onto a ferry might be the perfect example of a bad idea going unexpectedly well.

The video, believed to have been filmed in Brazil and uploaded to YouTube by user Ice Bonbon, features the Toyota Hilux driving slowly and carefully over the pair of planks, which bend under the weight of the truck but manage to support its weight during the drive to the ferry.

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The truck's success is met with applause from onlookers, but online commenters expressed disappointment at the truck's failure to plunge into the waters below.

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