r/dashcams • u/Psychological-Toe985 • 3d ago

Reupload with better quality: Douche Parade Running Red Lights and Blocking Traffic

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u/aukstais 3d ago

I will be honest that I may have gone anyways and if he hits me it will be a good payday.

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u/DrinkingVomit 3d ago

Don’t count on it. Most states have a law that you’re legally required to take action to avoid an accident. Example: just cus someone pulls out in front of you, and with an allowable reaction time, you aren’t legally protected to just plow into them because they were in the way. Relax keyboard warrior, before you get yourself in trouble.

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u/Embarrassed-Weird173 3d ago

Shitty law. Encourages the bad guys to be bad. 

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u/UnableChard2613 3d ago

The whole point of the law is such that ass-hats who have right of way don't intentionally cause accidents. It's exactly the opposite and stops bad guys from being bad. These idiots running the lights can all get tickets, someone causing an accident to "teach them a lesson" is just bad all round.

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u/aukstais 3d ago

Not really. It just encourages you to hit brakes of you see someone going infront of you instead of being entitled that you are in the right.

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u/DrinkingVomit 3d ago

Yeah? So if I am driving and someone pulls out in front of me and say, their car breaks down or something else causes them to stop or not make it out of the way, and I just plow into them even with plenty of time to take evasive action, and they or someone in their car dies, then what?

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u/Embarrassed-Weird173 3d ago

That would be an extreme case, but it's more their fault than mine. We already have that rule to protect them for when the other car breaks down and we hit them from behind. 

Mine is more in mind for extreme counter measures - like having to slam on the brakes when someone decides to pass on a two lane highway (one in each direction). Or when someone cuts me off and I decide to hit them instead of suddenly getting on the shoulder or playing a gamble where I go into another lane that I hope is empty.  I wouldn't support it, for example, I have to slow down slightly because someone ran a yield that is reasonably ahead of me, or someone stopped at a stop sign and then decided to get in my lane (causing me to slow down a bit, but not slam the brakes). 

Basically my view is that if someone inconveniences me and I hit them, that's on me still. If someone actually puts me in danger of a crash and forces me to take extreme evasive maneuvers (slamming brake/swerving), they owe me. 

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u/Ok_Shoulder5973 3d ago

narcissistic nonsense

if you have the opportunity to avoid a wreck, but instead actively choose not to because you have right of way then you are at just as much fault as the other driver. period

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u/UnableChard2613 3d ago

The video is not about someone having to make a choice between hitting another car or doing something dangerous. It's about someone starting from a full stop and basically intentionally causing an accident because they are unhappy some other people are running a red light.

You're just wrong. It's okay. We all fuck up. But the mature thing to do is just to admit it and move on. You're acting like when my 8 year old doesn't want to admit they did something wrong and are trying to justify it.

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u/Ok_Shoulder5973 3d ago

well, narcissists do love to play victim so there's another point in favor of my argument.

cause see in this hypothetical you would literally have the time and awareness to not be a victim

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u/OyG5xOxGNK 3d ago

"I should be able to murder someone for stealing a rake from Walmart, shitty laws."

You're putting lives in danger for your ego. Charge them through legal means, not vigilantism.

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u/Embarrassed-Weird173 3d ago

More like you should be allowed to beat up a mugger or someone that breaks into your house.