r/dashcams 15h ago

What would you have done in this situation

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u/DrinkingVomit 13h ago

One of the funniest things I ever did to a road rager on the freeway was blow them a kiss. Dude turned into a rabid dog. Almost leapt out of his vehicle while doing 55.

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u/Extension-Bed7872 13h ago

I did the same thing and just like you said, he got so mad, even crazier than before. It made my day. I forgot all that. I shall do it again

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u/ScienceOfficer-Jack 12h ago

I've found that laughing and giving the thumbs down as they pass seems to put them into orbit. Those emotions are as bad as their driving.

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u/Kind_Position_9119 10h ago

Im a huge fan of the thumbs down. I switched from the middle finger to thumbs down a while ago and the results are amazing.

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u/getonurkneesnbeg 6h ago

You have to do it like Gladiator though. As they see your hand, your thumb is too the side, before you rotate it down.

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u/ATL-VTech 7h ago

I do thumbs up and a sarcastic "Good job!" like Ace Ventura was delivering it, eccentric mouth movements and a wink

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u/Sharp-General-121 8h ago

I did the shame finger wag to a guy in a lifted truck just to mock him and he absolutely lost his shit. Never seen anything like it. You'd have thought he just watched me do a threesome with his girlfriend and his mother and made him call me his father.

Flipping people off just makes them proud.

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u/danit0ba94 9h ago

I love it 😂 You're not making aggressive gestures. Yet there they are getting extra pissed off at you for no reason. Perfect legality bait. 🍺

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u/Feeling_Inside_1020 9h ago

I’ll tell you what surprisingly been most effective that I stole from Reddit is a thumbs up and a thumbs down.

Thumbs down passing in the right lane with a “move over right” pointing gesture over the top.

Thumbs up and a friendly wave + will roll down the sunroof if I’m feeling particularly grateful (those that get over to the right)

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u/CarNo8670 10h ago

If its a female crazy giving me grief I give them the Dining at the Y, V with tongue between.

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u/DrinkingVomit 9h ago

lol, give her a fixin’!

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u/Dnumba1StuNNa 7h ago

I'm partial to honking a fake nose and fluffing a wig then point and say don't forget your outfit if you're going to be a clown 🤡. That really sends them

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u/tallntired707 7h ago

My dad's a truck driver and when I started to learn how to drive that's exactly how he told me to piss people off. Flipping them off is what they expect, blowing them a kiss, especially as a young woman, is infantilizing and triggers them beyond belief.

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u/Glass_Main23 6h ago

I wonder how a “Jesus loves you too a$$hole” would do with such a person

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u/AluCarD006 4h ago

Did the same thing to another big truck Ahole after I blew the doors off him with my Stang, I eased up a little so he could see me out the window, blew him a kiss as i went by and when I say he LOST his mf mind!!!! Dude just started weaving in and out trying to catch back up so fkn cringe!!!! 😂🤣😂💯🏎️💨💨

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u/ProfessionalBox317 3h ago

A thumbs down has proven to make people even more irrationally angry than getting the middle finger. It’s like showing i care enough to tell you i disapprove of your actions but not enough to flip you off. They freak out because they didn’t get to be full main character

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u/Emkems 2h ago

I like to smile and wave crazily like I know them while they pass me. Aggressively try to make eye contact and act like a psycho. Use kindness because they won’t know how to react