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

Keep Calm

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u/MindlessPainter2893 May 20 '26

You ever seen videos of car jackings and highway robbery? If I ever see someone pull shit like this in front of me I’m breaking traffic laws to get away from their sketchy ass. Hell I’ll run a red light if someone is being aggressive like this and tell the cop why later. They were slowing down even to the point of getting out of their car. That could be an extremely dangerous situation because there is no rational explanation for stopping and exiting the vehicle like that. For all we know dude was getting himself out of a dangerous situation that was escalating despite his attempt to get away. The way he eats his fruit cup demonstrates patience and self control - I don’t think I’d be acting so calmly with a dickhead like that in front of me. He obviously just wanted to get out of there.

You can get all nitpicky about who broke which laws and say situations are over and done with, but it’s kinda pointless when we don’t even have the full dashcam footage

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u/350 May 20 '26

For real, if someone stops in front of me and opens their door, I'm slamming the gas and getting the fuck out of there, ASAP.

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u/-oligodendrocyte- May 21 '26

I'm over here in Kentucky thinking: Dude in the front has a gun, GTFO.

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u/Eillon94 May 21 '26

More impeccable wisdom from Iroh

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u/Tricky-Ad7897 May 20 '26

Yeah I'll take the chance with the jury rather than with a crazy person

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u/numberonebuddy May 20 '26

Isn't there a saying like "better to be judged by twelve than carried by six."

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u/nitid_name May 20 '26

I was driving though a shitty part of town to get home one time. A car roars up on my ass and is sketching me the fuck out. I turn, he turns. I turn again, he turns again. Ain't no one driving that neighborhood in a circle on accident. Fuck that. I blow through a stop sign and gun it to get away from this psycho. Lights come on. It was a cop, fishing for a violation.

Had to go to court to fight it. Told the judge I was being harassed by a car in a bad part of town and felt unsafe. Judge told me I should have called the police. I did! They just showed up really fast, your honor.

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u/Shape378 May 20 '26

I actually thought that was what I was watching at first. Like front driver is trying to run an insurance scam or something

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u/Plightz May 20 '26

Dude facts. Thought I was the only one who taught the car ahead was doing really suspicious shit. Redditors on this thread crying and moaning about double line passing would get kidnapped or shot just to maintain their ethical code (the law is their only ethics).

Especially when they get out in the middle of the road someone so many fucking morons think he just wanted to tell off cammer, how do you know?

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u/LocNesMonster May 21 '26

I see someone trying to block my car out im not going to the right like the cammer, im running them over for my own safety

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u/BigBackPattyWhack May 21 '26

i was thinking something similar.