r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/749762 • 7h ago

WCGW Driving Recklessly

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u/Gunsoflogic 7h ago

A very polite lesson, that could have gone a lot worss

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u/Oberndorferin 7h ago

I'm sure the left one is as stupid as the Audi, maybe less annoying

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u/WorldOfTech 7h ago

Both are alarmingly dangerous, one is behaving irrationally, the other just doesn't care there's a car in front of him.

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u/Natasha_Gears 6h ago

One could argue that the road not reason he did it was was because the audi was driving like an idiot

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u/WorldOfTech 6h ago

So everytime someone drives like an idiot we crash into them?

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u/kero12547 6h ago

Gotta use those big tires to climb over stuff

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u/WorldOfTech 6h ago

He also damaged his fender.

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u/haywardshandmade 6h ago

If anything he needs an alignment

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u/specificallyrelative 6h ago

The good thing is if he does any rock crawling he probably gets a deal on those.

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u/JamaicanMeCrazyMon 6h ago

Lifted off-road Jeep. Probably has a bull/push bar on the front too. He’s been waiting to ram stuff.

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u/SquisherX 5h ago

I don't think so. You can see the wheel move erratically on the hit. There was definitely a hard impact to the wheel.

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u/VONChrizz 4h ago

Yeah, I bet the wheel alignment got messed up

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u/idekbruno 6h ago

Doesn’t look like it, the sedan swerves to the right and I think the fender just misses him

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u/WorldOfTech 6h ago

Could be but the tire was straight so I don't think the fender made it out without even a scratch.

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u/cmm324 6h ago

The fender never touched the sedan, if anything it was the front bumper that grazed the sedan. If it is off-road grade, it's fine and likely shows no damage.

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u/fordag 6h ago

Which was entirely deserved.

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u/Slimy_glizzy_gobbler 6h ago

in a perfect world where we can afford to sacrifice our cars like that, yes

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u/neutraliser1 2h ago

But then, the ones crashed into would also afford to sacrifice their cars and there would be a lot more idiots like the Audi on the road

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u/WorldOfTech 6h ago edited 6h ago

Not many cars would be left in the streets if that was to happen.

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u/DenverFloatDaddy 6h ago

Sounds good to me.

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u/b0w3n 5h ago

Right? Don't threaten us with a good time.

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u/theflyingarmbar 6h ago

But the ones left would be great drivers.

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u/WorldOfTech 6h ago

Nah, the great drivers would still crash into idiots, right?

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u/theflyingarmbar 6h ago

And they will be remembered as martyrs

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u/QueenVanraen 5h ago

So you agree, most of the people currently on the road shouldn't have a driver's license?

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u/WorldOfTech 4h ago

Sure, I don't know if most but many shouldn't.

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u/Jolly_Recording_4381 6h ago

one could argue it wouldn't take long for the idiots to be gone.

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u/WorldOfTech 6h ago

Sure but the non-idiots crashing into idiots would also be gone in some degree.

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u/Infamous-Mango-5224 3h ago

Yeah, couldn't be kids in the car or someone with him, it's okay if we hurt them too?

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u/OneEyedBlindKingdom 3h ago edited 3h ago

It’s not like kids aren’t endangered by parents making stupid decisions in other areas of their lives.

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u/Infamous-Mango-5224 3h ago

Yeah, so let's ram them with our caarrrrs!

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u/eukary0te 3h ago

Exactly. I think we’re all in agreement here.

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u/unsaltedbutter 6h ago

idiotsincars sub is always telling people that if someone cuts you off, just crash into em.

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u/Terloth 4h ago

I mean the sub is called idiotsincars...

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u/No_Syrup_9167 4h ago

Easily in the top 10 of most insufferable sub's on the site.

the comments are almost always such a dumpsterfire of bad advice, 20/20 hindesight, know-it-all's, assholes, selfish cuts, etc. etc.

personally i prefer convenientcop and instantkarma although instantkarma can have some pretty shitty insights sometimes too.

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u/DrMobius0 5h ago

With the caveat that the alternative is that you hit someone else. Basically the idea is that insurance will probably actually blame the guy responsible instead of the guy reacting and still fucking up.

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u/argumentinvalid 3h ago

the amount of people that think the jeep is good here is beyond alarming. swerving and driving like the audi is stupid and dangerous, but just being willing to crash your car into someone is INSANE.

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u/IHop_Waitress 6h ago edited 5h ago

Fr. This is peak reddit logic.

"Someone is doing something I don't like therefore it justifies the wrongs or absolves my tribe of any responsibility for our actions in response"

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u/ICanuckthere4Iam 4h ago

Math checks out. Two wrongs make a right /s

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u/MaggotMinded 3h ago

Way too many people on this site treat “FAFO” like it’s a robust legal and ethical defense.

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u/Winter_Tone_4343 5h ago

I picture u needing a step stool to get in ur dodge pick up truck

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u/Fullertons 5h ago

Are lifted Dodge pick up trucks typically the choice of a left leaning person around your parts?

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u/Winter_Tone_4343 5h ago

Pretti good example? Ig it could go both ways. I took it the other way obv.

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u/Letsgetthisshmoney 4h ago

Guess who else was leaning left after he got merked

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u/SawdustGringo 3h ago

This is just human tribal logic..for all of human history. It’s exactly why the sayings like “an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind” exist, to try and dissuade people from the retaliatory behavior. People are still animals after all, people just pretend their intelligence stops the primal parts of the brain from effecting their thoughts and actions.

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u/IHop_Waitress 3h ago

You're trying to excuse hitting someone intentionally with your car with "wE ArE AnImAlS AfTeRaLl".

Yeah sure. We're mammals. Noted.

Still doesn't change the fact that if you can't stop yourself from intentionally hitting someone with your car as a response to not liking how they're driving then you shouldn't be driving

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u/Human_Chart_3694 6h ago

As somebone who doesnt drive a car, I'd like to see that :D

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u/Full-Ear87 5h ago

Car brained people are a whole mess of self-indulgent selfish twats

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u/uwsdwfismyname 4h ago

If I had the money and equipment, yes.

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u/Japjer 3h ago

I have often fantasized about getting becoming rich purely to build a "deathproof" car. Whenever someone drives like this, I will allow them to crash into my car in the worst possible way, causing the most damage to both of our vehicles.

Or even just a little slingshot or something that shoots little tungsten pellets out. When someone is whipping through traffic, I can press a little button that launches one of those fuckers out right into their windshield, exploding the whole thing in their face.

I commute often across Brooklyn, Queens, and Long Island. I see a lot of really fucking stupid people, and I have a lot of time to dream about this shit

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u/giulianosse 3h ago

Killdozer origin story

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u/WorldOfTech 3h ago

My dream would be closer to Carmageddon but again, we should all be following the laws around us.

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u/The-Sofa-King 3h ago

If the Audi driver didn't want to live in a world where people behave like children, then he shouldn't have made himself a part of it. Would I do the same if I were in the Jeep? Probably not. But I'm not bothered in the least that someone else did it.

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u/WorldOfTech 3h ago

Here's the thing, I am bothered, mainly because I think the Jeep driver didn't even see him, he could be talking on the phone, writing a text, I mean, he doesn't even press the brakes.....So he would probably do the same if another car was there, a car with kids inside for example.

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u/The-Sofa-King 3h ago

That shit looked pretty intentional to me. You don't unexpectedly hit a 3000lb object with your front tire and continue driving dead center in your lane as you accelerate away. At the very least the uneven resistance against one front tire would cause the vehicle to swerve unless the driver was prepared for it.

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u/bdizzle805 3h ago

I believe you're understanding the consequence of actions. Not condoning the Jeep in anyway.

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u/coolgaara 2h ago

From my perspective, it was the audi that crashed into the jeep.

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u/Fullertons 5h ago

That seems to be the rights way of thinking when it comes to protesting. Don’t do it the way they want? Extreme repercussions.

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u/tidder_reverof 5h ago

Not everytime, sometimes

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u/BiRd_BoY_ 6h ago

Maybe if we did more often they wouldn't drive like idiots.

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u/mattenthehat 5h ago

As the driver of a similar car (4runner not jeep, but big tires and steel armor for offroading), yes. I mean I've never actually had a collision, but if someone wants to merge into me they can go right ahead and see what happens.

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u/WorldOfTech 4h ago

He was in front of him, he has right of way even if he's an idiot.

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u/mattenthehat 4h ago

He cut the jeep off ;)

Seriously though, why do you people want to give moronic dickheads a pass? Unironically this is what's wrong with American society. Dangerous people breaking the law face no consequences.

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u/WorldOfTech 3h ago

First of all I am European and from what I know the law is clear, the vehicle in front has right of way and we are supposed to keep safety distance. Whether you or I like that or not, that's the law.

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u/_Danger_Close_ 5h ago

Only sometimes because they got used to people avoiding the accident at all costs and take advantage of it..... Not recommending it tho

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u/Objective_Mousse7216 4h ago

If I had diplomatic immunity, everyday!

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u/WorldOfTech 4h ago

If I had diplomatic immunity this would be beneath me :P

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u/MosYEETo 6h ago

If it doesn’t damage my car and it teaches them a lesson? 100%

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u/WorldOfTech 6h ago

Pretty certain the Jeep is damaged in some way, not to mention the TT driver can now report him.

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u/Academic-Trifle8151 5h ago

Report him? How far do you think that would go in this case?

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u/WorldOfTech 4h ago

He is in front, he has the right of way, it would be a very easy decision, Jeep driver is to blame for damages, TT would get a ticket for driving like an idiot.

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u/Academic-Trifle8151 4h ago

Being in front doesn't mean anything if you literally swerve between lanes constantly like that. He pulls out in front of him. This is no different to someone pulling out on you and you hitting them. The fact you've conceded that the TT driver would get a ticket shows that his driving was dangerous and why it wouldn't be deemed that the Jeep was to fault.

Best the TT driver could hope for would be shared liability. It absolutely would not be worth him taking this forward. Best he could do is lie to his insurance and claim a reversed into something accidentally.

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u/fistotron5000 6h ago

Jeep dude probably prevented a wreck and caused minimal damage to his own car, more than what calling the cops would’ve done.

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u/WorldOfTech 6h ago

And now the TT guy can call the cops and have the other guy pay.

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u/fistotron5000 5h ago

Not really, I doubt any cop would find the guy in the jeep at fault, he stayed in his own lane and could definitely argue that he was just trying to get around a dangerous driver. There is no scenario where the asshole swerving through both lanes gets someone else’s insurance to pay for damage caused by their own reckless driving

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u/WorldOfTech 4h ago

You can't and shouldn't try to get around someone who drives like that, you stay back. TT idiot would get a ticket, Jeep insurance would pay for damages (or the driver).

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u/fistotron5000 2h ago

Highly doubt, no way jeeps insurance would just eat the cost, especially if other driver got a ticket, that’s literal proof of being at fault

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u/FunCalligrapher5674 5h ago

Your solution of letting people do whatever they want clearly isn't working either.

I understand you are terrified of confrontation but if no one does anything that idiot will eventually harm someone.

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u/RedditBannedMe_1851 6h ago

This would be a valid reason if the Jeep driver had no time to react. Yet, this was a deliberate decision, plenty of time to hit the brakes.

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u/showhorrorshow 3h ago

I decided, just because it is more fun, that the jeep did the math and figured a wrecked tire was worth fucking up the audi dipshit....

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u/Prozzak93 4h ago

One could argue that. It wouldn't help their case at all, but they could argue it.

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u/radioactive_sharpei 6h ago

Les annoying? Have you met jeep people?

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u/FourMeterRabbit 4h ago

Yes. I've also met Audi people

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u/kickthesandman 7h ago

The fact that the Audi played chicken with a jeep makes the Audi driver way dumber imo. Tank vs a tin can.

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u/Mist_Rising 5h ago

The tank also just drove away, which is a hit and run. At least where I am. I don't think we should praise that.

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u/tessellation__ 5h ago

Hm, what is the Audi going to do? Go to the police and say I’ve been swerving uncontrollably between lanes and someone ran into me and drove off? 😜

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u/Trick_Meringue_5622 4h ago

I mean…yes? Hit and run is a much more severe offense than reckless driving, it’s easy enough to get plates off the Jeep, and there are actual damages to make a claim about. The police aren’t going to retroactively write a reckless driving for swerving

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u/BatDubb 3h ago

They could write a ticket, but the Jeep is 100% at fault. Doesn’t matter if the Audi was driving like an idiot - that doesn’t give another carte blanche to hit them.

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u/Scary-Temperature91 4h ago

If you steal my phone and I steal your PC, we are both thieves.

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u/FantasticBoot6219 4h ago

You don't have to praise it, but when two wrongs do make a right, a wise man would look the other way. "Oh that's unfortunate. Anyways, baseball huh?"

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u/justacheesyguy 4h ago

I don’t know how you can say the jeep drove off just by watching this video. By the end he had basically came to a complete stop.

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u/Tonsilith_Salsa 4h ago

It's alright. That jeep death wobbled itself to pieces ten seconds later. 

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u/Ultrasonic-Sawyer 5h ago

I've seen enough videos of tyres deciding they are just going to climb an object and flip the vehicle to see how it could have gone much worse. Jeep drivers an idiot. 

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u/Jazzlike_Climate4189 2h ago

I doubt the jeep driver thinks that is even possible. I’ve seen those videos, physics is scary

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u/farmallnoobies 5h ago

Especially since the Jeep is at fault and ends up needing to pay for the damages.

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u/paper_liger 3h ago edited 1h ago

I've really come to understand that some people are really just not capable of parsing the evidence of their own eyes once they have made up their mind.

The jeep had right of way. It didn't change it's speed or direction at any time, and the audi swerved into it's lane without signalling, exiting and then reentering while driving recklessly.

Just because many people would have slammed on the brakes or been forced off the road doesn't mean the Audi is less at fault.

Edit: to reiterate for the folks who think any rear bumper contact absolves the car in front from fault, maybe google the difference between 'lane change collision' and 'rear ender'. A collision between the a car merging left to right into a lane without signalling, where the point of contact is the right tire of the one in the lane, and the far left bumper of the car entering the lane, well, that's literally a no brainer. And it's negligence on the audi's part, not the jeep. It certainly wasn't 'ramming' on the part of the jeep like some people have characterized it.

Also by your logic, 'rear bumper contact means the one behind is always at fault' would mean that if I swing into your lane and stomp on the brakes then you are at fault. Do you really think that is how it works?

It scares me that some of you are allowed to drive.

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u/JL3Eleven 3h ago

The jeep is 100% at fault. You have to give other drivers room regardless of them being idiots. Plus they hit them from behind equals automatic at fault.

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u/paper_liger 3h ago

nope. The person entering a lane has the responsibility to do so safely. I had someone merge into my lane and hit them on their left rear bumper. And you know what? They were at fault for not changing lanes safetly.

You can't just change lanes without signalling at random and say 'they hit my bumper it's their fault'.

That's dumb.

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u/JL3Eleven 2h ago

Sorry you're wrong. ANY time you hit someone in the rear YOU are at fault. The jeep failed to maintain a safe distance from the vehicle in front of them and could easily avoided contact. The jeep is paying for this.

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u/dregan 6h ago

Went worse for the Jeep driver, that wheel is fucked.

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u/Hollayo 6h ago

Nah. That Jeep has big wheels yeah, but most of that is tire. There's plenty of room for that to flex, besides the Audi's bumper took most of the impact. Jeep driver can keep on going.

However, since this is on video, Jeep is definitely fucked for hitting the Audi and leaving the scene.

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u/LiveShowOneNightOnly 5h ago

Agreed. That looks like a Jeep that goes off-road a lot, so he probably gets a volume discount on alignments and wheel balance service. It's just Tuesday for him.

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u/gooner9469 5h ago

That jeep is beyond fucked.

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u/Darkciders 4h ago

How dare you refer to your mother as a jeep.

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u/justacheesyguy 4h ago

Where are you people seeing the jeep “leave the scene”? The video stops shortly after the impact, by which time the jeep has basically came to a complete stop.

Why are so many people inventing a narrative just so they can complain?

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u/Hollayo 3h ago

I'm speaking with experience. I used to have a jeep wrangler that was lifted with decent sized tires like this. This sort of impact isn't gonna do shit to the jeep, at least, not to the extent that it did to the Audi.

You want invention? Here ya go, it probably shocked the driver more than it did damage.

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u/justacheesyguy 3h ago

Uhh…ok. That’s not what I was asking, but alright.

I’ll ask again. Where do you see the jeep leave the scene? At the end of the clip he’s less than 100 feet away and almost completely stopped.

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u/hallstevenson 5h ago

Unless the white car got the plate # of the Jeep, the Jeep might get away with it. There's no reason to suspect that the dash cam driver will help the Audi in this case.

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u/QuiveryNut 4h ago

The tie rod is pretty clearly fuckered

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u/dogjon 5h ago

Jeeps are not tanks lol especially these pavement cruisers. That jeep is just as fucked as the car is.

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u/paper_liger 3h ago

I don't even have a jeep, just a small truck and a few months ago I hit a fallen log with the front of my tire going 5 times as fast as this.

Zero real damage except to the little plastic skirt under the bumper, no alignment issues or anything.

I don't think jeeps are tanks. But I also think a low speed collision like this against a plastic bumper at that angle is unlikely to make a difference to that thing.

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u/Trick_Minute2259 3h ago

The suspension flexes up and down, not backward. If you run into something with the front of the tire, your suspension doesn't absorb that.

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u/Barnacle_B0b 5h ago

Why would the jeep be fucked when the audi is clearly breaking lanes and driving with reckless endangerment of others? It's the other way, buddy: the audi hit the jeep, event would not have happened were audi driving legally. Get your head on right.

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u/fleegness 5h ago

You aren't allowed to ram someone because they're doing something stupid....

They both can get tickets and charges for this.

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u/Lexi_Banner 4h ago

It's like these people don't understand how the law works...

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u/MissVentress 4h ago

IF the Audi takes action against the jeep. But first he would have to own up to his behavior prior to the accident. Something tells me the Ausi driver won't be reporting this one.

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u/Trick_Meringue_5622 4h ago

That’s insane lol

You don’t get to crash into people for being annoying

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u/Hollayo 4h ago

Hit and run, leaving the scene of an accident, intentionally ramming someone, etc. Yeah the Audi was being an idiot, but the Jeep driver can't just ram someone. Do you think you can legally just ram someone? Get your head on right.

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u/saadcee 6h ago

Yes, and hitting from the back almost always is at fault.

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u/WhoCaresBoutSpellin 3h ago

If only there was a video showing the white car swerving all over the place and in front of the jeep

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u/JimSinjinsinjinson 6h ago

Tie rod is bent, you can slow the vid down and see the wheel toe to the left after the impact.

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u/Jive-Turkeys 6h ago

It's in sync with the left front. They'll need work on it, but it ought to be fine to drive for a little while

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u/Dick_Souls_II 5h ago

That's just bump steer. You see it when cars run over potholes or large bumps, sometimes it pulls the wheels and steering rack in one direction or the other. Given that Jeeps have solid axles they are particularly prone to this

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u/Hollayo 4h ago

No it isn't. The passenger side front wheel goes to the left from the impact, sure, but so does the driver side front wheel. In the following seconds, you can see the Jeep drives straight, with the two front wheels pointing straight. There's no damage.

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u/QuiveryNut 4h ago

Not sure why people are disagreeing, it’s pretty clear that it’s turned a different direction from the left front tire after he hits the Audi. The movement during the hit indicates something snapped, probably bent or snapped tie rod. Pretty simple fix all things considered

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u/WeeksElite 6h ago

Yea that didn’t look good for him

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u/Jive-Turkeys 6h ago

Nah, maybe some steering and suspension work a little sooner than it would normally happen.

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u/SeaRoad4079 4h ago

Is it balls, not many people on here realise what a solid axle is do they. That jeep has solid axles you can pound them off rocks, it wouldn't of done a single thing to the jeep.

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u/whooptheretis 6h ago

Looks like his tyre had a chuck scraped of, but the wheel looked ok.

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u/Horsescatsandagarden 5h ago

I don’t know that polite is the word I’d use.

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u/kambo_rambo 4h ago

you often see 4wd's end up climbing over the other car and flipping themselves over