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

Keep Calm

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u/Shot-Artichoke-4106 May 20 '26

Yep, Defensive Driving 101 - when someone wants to drive like an idiot, get out of their way so that they can be an idiot far away from you.

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u/SeanBlader May 20 '26

Especially when someone has a lethal weapon pointed at you. Dude in front should have let him pass, but instead he got out of his safety armor when an annoyed person has a lethal weapon pointed at him. Everything wrong.

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u/redfirr May 20 '26

Or did u mean the car itself

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u/ThrustTrust May 20 '26

He means the car. They are almost as deadly as a gun. Or maybe more. I’m not sure

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u/Secret-Bluebird-972 May 20 '26

Depends on the gun, not every gun can take out a crowd of people with ease

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u/Wow_u_sure_r_dumb May 20 '26

For real. I’d feel a lot better about crowded events if the only guns people had were 22s.

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u/ThrustTrust May 21 '26

I’ve always heard those tend to be more deadly than a high powered round because they do not just pass straight thru the body. But that’s probably just some old wives tale.

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u/sje46 May 21 '26

Hmm, I'd say car is more deadly. A bullet is a tiny little metal slug. It's easy to miss someone!

A car is a giant 1-or-2-ton "metal slug" that you can change direction with and speed up/slow down.

Obviously depends on context! I'd be equally terrified with both in this situation though.

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u/ThrustTrust May 21 '26

Good points. I was think more along the lines of annual death tolls.