Running for Your Life at 0.5k/H

Text on the meme

Running for your life at 0,5k/H STOP SLOW

What it means

A road worker in bright orange safety clothing slowly jogs down the center of a rural highway while a large truck follows closely behind. The joke is the absurd mismatch between the dramatic caption “Running for your life” and his comically slow pace, amplified by the elegant, melodramatic music “La leçon particulière” by Francis Lai and Christian Gaubert. It works as a reaction to situations where someone is technically escaping danger or rushing, but moving ridiculously slowly.

Sound

♪ Франсис Ле & Christian Gaubert — La leçon particulière (Bande originale du film "La leçon particulière")

music / музыка

Objects

road worker / дорожный рабочий orange safety vest / оранжевый сигнальный жилет orange work pants / оранжевые рабочие брюки red hard hat / красная каска stop sign / знак STOP slow sign / знак SLOW traffic cone / дорожный конус large truck / большой грузовик truck side mirror / боковое зеркало грузовика rural highway / загородное шоссе double yellow center lines / двойная жёлтая осевая линия cracked road surface / потрескавшееся дорожное покрытие leafless trees / деревья без листьев roadside brush / придорожные кусты distant vehicles / дальние автомобили windshield view / вид через лобовое стекло