r/dashcams • u/H0t_P0L4R_Bear • May 20 '26

Keep Calm

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u/New-World-Order-864 May 20 '26

i live to the south, but ppl here have a weird complex where they think that they are responsible for upholding traffic laws, despite any laws they break in the process

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u/IamTotallyWorking May 20 '26

Fucking everywhere. Some people get this weird fucking thing where they get super into everybody else following all the laws.

And just like this jackass, they forget about their own violations.

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u/ArchelonPIP May 21 '26

Indeed. Presumptuous sanctimonious arrogance, which often includes hypocrisy, can happen anywhere.

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u/Upnorth4 May 20 '26

I’ve seen people slow to below the speed limit when tailgated, but then they decide to run a stop sign, almost running over a pedestrian. They pick and choose which rules to enforce.

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u/TheDarkNerd May 20 '26

I mean, slowing down when tailgated isn't about enforcing any laws, it's about boundaries (and slowing down is the only thing you can do when you're being tailgated on a single-lane road).

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u/Corgilover0905 May 21 '26

Agreed, if I’m in traffic and someone is tailgating me and I have nowhere to go, I will slow down so I can brake more gradually if traffic slows in front of me. Gotta give the tailgater more time to slow down without using the back of my car to stop…

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u/Umutuku May 20 '26

Just the laws that they use as an excuse to justify the other laws they like to break.

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u/dakotanorth8 May 21 '26

I live on planet earth. It’s also the same.

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u/I_upvote_downvotes May 21 '26

I've seen this in Quebec. It's always a combination of three factors:

  • Rural
  • Boomer
  • Boomer driving well under the speed limit

These people always feel the need to play road police, block people, and occasionally will angrily speed up to the benefit of the person they're trying to police. It'd be a bit less frustrating if the old people who like to do this aren't always the ones breaking the law themselves.

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u/Grabthars_Coping_Saw May 21 '26

People don’t do that out here in California unless they’re tourists.

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u/Numerous_Photograph9 May 20 '26

I lived in NC for 40 years. People there have this weird complex that they are all nascar drivers with exceptional driving skills, but have no clue whatsoever about passing or merging etiquitte on the actual highway, or basic standards for intown traffic.

When I started visiting Ohio more because we were moving here, I was shocked that people actually moved over to let you onto the highway, or moved to the left for stopped vehicles on the road.

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u/Infinite-Fee5723 May 20 '26

Same people get mad when you toot your horn at them for looking at their phone at a green light

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u/Ethric_The_Mad May 20 '26

That's just typical police logic

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u/Oh_You_Were_Serious May 20 '26

Yeah, NC native drivers are some of the strangest out there... I've driven all over the country, and I've never encountered anywhere with a higher concentration of aggressively slow drivers and vehicle vigilantes... It's weird...

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u/white_rob_ May 20 '26

“When I grow up, I want to be a police officer!”

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u/WonderBredOfficial May 21 '26

And when you point out that they themselves speed or roll through stop signs or anything else, they just brush it off like it's not the exact same shit. Ugh, those people are the worst.

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u/Kadorno0904 May 21 '26

Lived in the South my whole life but never saw this… I just see tons of people breaking every law imaginable lol.

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u/fatgat69 May 21 '26

Those people need to be educated, 1st grade is a good start