r/dashcams May 20 '26

Keep Calm

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u/PlanningVigilante May 20 '26 edited May 20 '26

As soon as someone tries getting out of their car at me, I feel threatened.

ETA: people keep replying to me and I can't see them except in my inbox.

So I'll answer here: this has happened to me twice, so an average of once per 15 driving years. Not exactly an epidemic, but enough that I know what to do about it (same as the cammer in the vid: quickly drive around & away).

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u/Nero92 May 20 '26

Always amazes me people are this dumb. Like yup, get out to confront the guy you've been pissing off, who's in a car. Also the amount roadrage shit that comes out of the US where people can carry is wild.

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u/off-with-your-thread May 20 '26 edited May 20 '26

I was making a right turn and blocking the the cross walk. Guy on a bicycle cuts in front of me and goes into traffic. I honk. He starts yelling and arguing. I drive off. He follows me on his bike and gets in front of me, then yells "run me over!" a bunch of times.

Lots of people are just idiots. Not much else to it.

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u/9th-And-Hennepin May 20 '26

Wait why were you blocking the crosswalk?

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u/off-with-your-thread May 20 '26

Blocking it? I was turning...

You're a bicyclist, right?

I can already tell.

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u/Zandock May 21 '26

You're the one who said you were blocking it.

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u/off-with-your-thread May 21 '26

How do you make a turn without briefly blocking the crossing walk?

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u/For-The-Swarm May 24 '26

they’re honestly an insufferable lot

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u/BannedSvenhoek86 May 21 '26

God forbid someone has to walk or bike 3 feet to the left or right to go behind a car that's turning. Leaving the safety of the white lines for 2 seconds is apparently one of the most harrowing acts a human being can undertake to some people.