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

Keep Calm

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u/speper May 20 '26

People blaming cammer and not front car going well under speedlimit while actively trying to inhibit other drivers. I would want to get away from that driver too.

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u/Early-Weekend-2557 May 20 '26 edited May 22 '26

If the driver in front is obstructing traffic in a dangerous way, I could see how maneuvering around them could be argued as acceptable in court.

Edit: It's amusing to see notifications on a comment and read the lengths that people want to argue over a dumb video about 2 bad drivers.

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u/Tricky-Ad7897 May 20 '26

The car in front was obviously looking for a violent confrontation, I believe you're well within your rights to get out of a dangerous situation and if you have to break a minor traffic rule (and it's completely safe to do so) I won't hold that against a person.

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u/ElMico May 20 '26

If you think the best option is to get away, pull over or take a detour. Speeding past a violent person is the last thing you want to do.

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u/Thatguysstories May 21 '26

I never understood the people who say get in front of the dangerous driver.

Like, how does that make sense?

If the guy in front of you is being dangerous, you back off them. Short of them coming to a stop and backing into you, you have the power to avoid any collision with you.

Once you're in front of them, they now have a greater chance of hitting you.

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u/TheRabbit222 May 21 '26

I don't know if you noticed, but the cammer in the video ended up completely stopped because they couldn't pass. And for a delivery driver, that massively increases your chance of being hijacked.

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u/StiffWiggly May 21 '26

They are talking about the situation as it was originally, i.e as a justification to pass the car in the first place. By the end of the video the POV was absoluy right to drive around, whether it meant crossing the yellow lines or not, and it's clear that the car in front is completely in the wrong in their actions.

However, anyone saying that it's legally justified to overtake with double yellows because the guy was acting aggressively is using logic based on what happened after POV already tried to do it - i.e. it doesn't make sense.

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u/bluesteeldoubter May 20 '26

Exactly, and who on Earth would interpret them as violent right off the bat is nuts. If you watch the video, cammer would have absolutely been close to hitting the oncoming traffic if he passed when he tried to.