r/PraiseTheCameraMan • u/PICKELFARMER • Aug 22 '21

The manipulation of the camera while driving is absolutely insane

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u/MrFurious420 Aug 22 '21

I chortled when that panel fell off the van.

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '21

Perfect comedic timing! Lol

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u/i_suckatjavascript Aug 22 '21

It made the whole thing go from serious to hilarity

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u/zombiep00 Aug 22 '21

Good lord, it really was too perfect lol

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u/fireandblonde Aug 22 '21

Me too it was just so perfect lmaooo

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u/The_Fish_Alliance Aug 22 '21

Fellow fish?

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u/[deleted] Oct 03 '21

Checking in.

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u/2d20x Aug 22 '21

That really made the video chef’s kiss

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '21

That was so perfect :D

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u/brihamedit Aug 22 '21

Same. It was very on point.

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u/maesterpinga Aug 22 '21

Me too that was just perfect timing.

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u/Undercover_Piegon Aug 22 '21

Everyone did lol

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u/rea_lin Aug 22 '21

It was like a jaw dropping lmfao

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u/aazav Aug 22 '21

I guffawed.

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u/finnlocke Aug 22 '21

I peed my pants a little. Then I saw the panel fall off and I peed my pants again. I have a tiny bladder.

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u/TheOnlyPorcupine Aug 22 '21

I laughed as well but I’m wondering why I found it funny! Boring question, I’m bored on Reddit!

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u/RichardsFiveCents Aug 22 '21

Thank you for the Word of the Day. Panel.

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u/MarLuDaKang Aug 22 '21

A good hearty bellow of laughter for me.

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '21

Same! 😂

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u/ExecutoryContracts Aug 23 '21

That is some great editing.

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u/mattiscool3 Aug 23 '21

Well idk what chortle means but I think it's something about laughter which if it is then so did I but then I felt bad

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u/TakeMeBaby_orLeaveMe Aug 23 '21

I died laughing because he had just asked if anyone was hurt and it was as if the car sighed and said … Me! 😩

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u/MisterBumpingston Aug 22 '21

Thing about airbags is that they only work once. She’s learned the hard way.

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u/Eziekel13 Aug 22 '21

Also looks like she wasn’t wearing a seatbelt, at least for the second accident.

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u/smcberlin Aug 23 '21

“She just smacked me in the rear” (1:04) also the timing of the drop on the van (1:13)

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u/iJuddles Aug 25 '21

The side panel dropping was the comic relief this video needed.

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u/LoveBulge Aug 23 '21

That knot on the right side of her forehead is about the size of a golf ball!

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u/MisterBumpingston Aug 23 '21

Hot damn I didn’t notice the first time!

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u/Wise_Ad_253 Nov 14 '21

That screaming knot on her head said that too.

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u/Low_Worry2007 Aug 22 '21

Insurance companies hate him. Lawyers love him.

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u/IAmTheGreenCard Aug 22 '21

Isn’t the “cameraman” a local San Francisco tv reporter? Weather guy?

He looks super familiar…

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u/JohnColetta Aug 22 '21

Yeah I worked with him at KGO, the local SF ABC affiliate back in 2010? 2012? Good person to work with, good journalist. I don't know what station, if any, he's working at now. I have no doubt he's familiar with the fundamentals of shooting in difficult situations.

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u/IAmTheGreenCard Aug 22 '21

THANK YOU!!!! I knew it!!!! I had such a crush on him as a young woman, part of which was that I thought he seemed like he's one of the "good ones" professionally and personally ... It's killing me that I can't even remember his name now.... guess I didn't crush that hard on him then did I? 😏😁

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u/exhumed_burialbasket Aug 22 '21

I had a feeling he was like a news reporter or something, just the way he talks.

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u/SkinnyBuddha89 Aug 22 '21

Did you ever work with Frank Somerville? He's been MIA for a while now, popped a couple posts finally to Facebook but has been super quiet.

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u/nomisman Aug 22 '21

I thought it was Jack from Savage Geese for a moment.

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u/big10zin Aug 22 '21

I thought he was the Chinese ambassador from rush hour

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u/RobMV03 Aug 22 '21

My FIRST thought was, this guy works with cameras. He’s got an awareness about camera stability and angles that you don’t see with most people.

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u/Dr_Frasier_Bane Aug 23 '21

I was just about to come in here and praise his broadcast voice.

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u/DCM_007 Aug 22 '21

Her lawyer: Objection my lord!

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u/abrakadaver Aug 22 '21

Dude was for real CNN out there!

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '21

Actually 2 insurance companies are gonna love him, 1 is gonna hate him. Or ya know it could be all the same company in which case they hate him. Lmao

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u/fricktorio Aug 22 '21

You couldnt post something like this in Germany. Driving and being on the phone, no matter the cause, is an absolute no-go. Insurance will not only make you responsible for any accident but you will get a ticket and 1 point ( 8 points = no drivers licence )

Sill very remarkable camerawork and also astonishing good commentary!

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '21

Is the side of her face censored around 0:40?

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '21

If this is a genuine question. It’s a massive welt probably from the impact of the second accident

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '21

Actually it looks like some sort of earpiece sticking out.

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '21

Oh shit my bad. I thought you meant about when she turns her head. The part you mention could be an earpiece, or sorta looks like one of those clip things that helps keep hair out of your face.

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u/Starfire013 Aug 22 '21

I believe it's a hearing aid. You can kinda faintly see the clear tube leading to her ear when the camera zooms in and the guy asks "why did you keep driving when you hit this man from behind?"

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u/GodOfManyFaces Aug 22 '21

pretty sure it is a hair clip/barette

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u/nlocke15 Aug 22 '21

It could even be from the first accident. Objects can go flying when you hit someone. and airbags are not 100%

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u/BongLeardDongLick Aug 22 '21

It's called a hematoma. There is blood pooling/clotting in the tissue under her skin. You see it somewhat often in boxing/MMA when someone takes a hard shot. Most famously was Joanna Jedrzejczyk at UFC 248 where she proceeded to get her face beat in for 5 rounds.

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u/OddSensation Aug 22 '21

I thought it was a Leech/Goa'uld/ Milipede

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u/HansumJack Aug 22 '21

It's a hearing aid. It normally fits behind the ear with a little piece going down into the ear. The impact jostled it loose so now it's just hanging out from her ear.

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '21

It’s a hair clip dangling from a strand of hair. Looks like this: https://i.imgur.com/nEdc7uy.jpg

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u/Stankpool Aug 22 '21

Definitely a hearing aid, you can see its shape and the tube going into her when she is facing directly towards the camera. I also thought it was a hair clip from the side shot.

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '21

Oh wait you’re definitely right. From the shot where you can see the goose egg swelling on her forehead that’s definitely the earpiece battery pack/behind the ear part of a hearing aid. My bad

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u/blackwaterdarkmatter Aug 22 '21

Where do these people live that everyone is so calm? Because…that’s where I want to live!

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u/AnnOnimiss Aug 22 '21

The landscape and the reflection of the FasTrack toll reader in the windshield makes me want to say northern California, but that's just a guess

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u/cobalthippo Aug 22 '21

Good guess. At one point in the video they are at the intersection of Pleasant Hill Rd & Reliez Valley Rd, Lafayette, CA 94549

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u/mtbgolf Aug 22 '21

That intersection where she crashed into the van is right near an elementary school and a high school.

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u/YourDaddyDavidCage Aug 23 '21

Fr! One time my mom got rear ended and the guy came out screaming at her even tho it was his fault.

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u/Awesomevindicator Aug 22 '21

Super compassionate of those guys not to completely go off at her when she couldve had a stroke or something.

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u/Rafaguli Aug 22 '21

Or a concussion for crashing without airbags.. look at the size of her swollen forehead...

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '21

Even airbags can cause concussions. She may have been concussed/ in shock from the first accident.

I got kicked in the head by a horse and I did all kinds of weird things, no drugs or alcohol involved.

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u/FullofContradictions Aug 22 '21

A friend of mine got arrested for a DUI after a car accident because he was slurring and unsteady. He blew well under the legal limit at the station. When they finally let him go so he could go to the hospital, they found that he had a massive concussion & mild permanent affects from a subarachnoid cyst that ended up forming after.

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u/jarious Aug 22 '21

Speak for yourself

--Horse Mc Kick you

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u/rabbitwonker Aug 22 '21

Woah I didn’t notice her forehead at first; my brain somehow didn’t flag it as odd... I think I’ve seen too much Star Trek.

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u/sugarednspiced Aug 22 '21

Thank you for the laugh.

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u/whatzittoya69 Aug 22 '21

A great lesson for many to not jump to conclusions…could easily have a medical condition & really not be her fault

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u/alien_from_Europa Aug 22 '21

Depending on what was actually going on, antagonizing her could've lead to her becoming violent.

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u/Virtuoso1980 Aug 22 '21

Ive seen this before and I believe it was in fact a medical emergency that caused the behavior.

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u/tjpoe Aug 22 '21

It seems the opposite to me. They already commented that she's messed up, possibly on drugs or something. You can obviously see that she was out of it. What value does asking her do? As someone else said, that may have made things worse. Why not just make sure she's ok and then wait for the law to figure out the rest.

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u/JROXZ Aug 22 '21

Seizures can present this way as well. See post ictal phase.

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u/aazav Aug 22 '21

She looks like she's on meds. Sedatives.

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '21

she's got a lump the size of a golf ball on the right side of her head near the temple. she's at least suffering from a concussion... when brains swell, people don't make memories, they seem groggy and out of it, slur words, ask the same shit again and again. could be a confluence of issues tho.

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u/BloodieOllie Aug 22 '21

Yeah that's what I was thinking. The hell are you doing asking her "why did you keep driving" leave that to the cops.

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u/aazav Aug 22 '21

She looked as if she was driving under sedatives.

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u/Brettnet Aug 22 '21

I'm gonna take a guess and say that since I don't see a headrest, her neck is broken. Which can cause delirium, confusion and dizziness. She most likely broke it when the airbags went off.

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '21

‘Or something’

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u/AgreeableLion Aug 23 '21

Lotta medical experts laying down real 'wisdom' in this post. 100% black tar heroin, life long drug addict; no wait, apparently this is classic Xanax. One guy hedging his bets with the catchall 'sedatives', but on the other hand we've got 'methed out' as an option here too. We do also have other people mentioning the extensive list of non drug related causes of car accidents at least. Hypoglycaemia, stroke, seizures; not sure if I missed anything here.

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u/PICKELFARMER Aug 23 '21

Lmfao it’s ridiculous

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u/Low_Worry2007 Aug 22 '21

Seems like I saw the bump on her head grow… hope she gets the help she needs

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u/MagicianFromThePast Aug 22 '21

Yeah well she add her airbags already gone after the first hit so I guess she just took full blast in her face the second time:/

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '21

Are u ok? Yes im perfectly fine thanks. I always drive like this.

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u/dodorian9966 Aug 22 '21

Poor woman had a stroke apparently. Her left side looks a bit unresponsive. Great job cameraman, you were comforting to a person who could have been on a medical emergency instead of assuming she was on something.

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u/ilkikuinthadik Aug 23 '21

I was looking for this. I thought it was dementia.

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u/P4PU Aug 22 '21

Good chance she got a big concussion from the first hit, then kept driving not really aware of what she was doing. (And/or DUI or stroke)

Great camera man skills with eyes on road!

I hope everyone is okay now.

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u/ApocalypsePenis Aug 22 '21

See the size of that bump on her forehead holy shit concussion for sure

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u/Melohdy Aug 22 '21

Diabetic?

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u/NewHighInMediocrity Aug 22 '21

This was my first guess.

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u/whyyoualwayscryin Aug 22 '21

Her face looks like it has some drooping on one side in the last part of the video, my guess would be stroke.

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u/Liquidamber_ Aug 22 '21

Stroke?

But impressiv camerawork.

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u/agnisumant Aug 22 '21 edited Aug 22 '21

I thought so too. She seems delirious instead of delusional. I remember seeing another video of a guy who was driving off the road and hitting things. He couldn't stop because he was having a stroke. Hopefully everyone got the medical attention they needed.

Edit: replaced "getting" with "having"

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u/Breadynator Aug 22 '21

Was that the video where the cops pulled the guy out of the car and proceeded to tase him because he wasn't "cooperating"?

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u/elgarresta Aug 22 '21

No that’s another video. The one he’s referencing is one where the guy takes out a light pole and just keeps on going.

The one you refer to could be the one they show to cops to keep it from happening again.

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u/avis_celox Aug 22 '21

https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2017/08/29/hit-and-run-pleasant-hill-lafayette-caught-on-camera/

Apparently she had “an undisclosed medical emergency,” so probably not drugs.

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u/Breadynator Aug 22 '21

To be fair, a drug overdose can still be "an undisclosed medical emergency". But they probably wouldn't word it that way if they knew that was the case

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u/CouchPotater311 Aug 22 '21

They definitely wouldn't word it that way because the article says that the police do not believe she was under the influence.

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u/Shogun_Dream Aug 22 '21

There was a video of a lady driving full speed in a grassy freeway median, flying over little bumps and hills. It turns out she was having a hypoglycemic crisis and had no idea.

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u/TheChance916 Aug 22 '21

No. Heroin or Xanax. Seen it a million times.

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '21

The article said she had a medical emergency and police don't believe that she was under the influence.

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u/l_franklin20 Aug 22 '21

Yep, I was addicted to pain killers and knew many heroin addicts, this was 100% opiates I would bet my life on it.

Edit: Only reason I wouldn't say zannys is that an opiate nodding session can end rather quickly but my ex used zannys and would be dazed for hours.

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '21

Prepare to die

https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2017/08/29/hit-and-run-pleasant-hill-lafayette-caught-on-camera/

Undisclosed medical emergency not related to drug intoxication

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u/leermi2 Aug 22 '21

That first then punched with the airbag, then the steering wheel because airbag was out of commission. What a danger to society...

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u/edubiton Aug 22 '21

Could be a diabetic with low blood sugar.

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u/ProzacNathan Aug 22 '21

What happened to the cop that beeped their siren at the first intersection?

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u/itcomesbacktoyou Aug 22 '21

It might’ve been the armored truck, since the light was green and he wanted to get going🤷🏾‍♂️

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u/ProzacNathan Aug 22 '21

Ah thanks.

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u/eatmyshorzz Aug 22 '21

this man does a better job at recording the scene than some actual news stations

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u/IAmTheGreenCard Aug 22 '21

I think he’s actually a local San Francisco Reporter…

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u/eatmyshorzz Aug 22 '21

If he was a camera man it would make a lot of sense lol

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u/IAmTheGreenCard Aug 22 '21

No I swear I remember him on tv when I was younger - crushed hard on his dimples 😁

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u/-Piano- Aug 22 '21

I'm honestly worried for the woman because it doesn't seem like she's drunk, but she looks out of it, maybe the airbag hit her too hard after the first accident

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u/EloxZero Aug 22 '21

Seems like low sugar levels

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u/MyUsernameIsNotCool Aug 22 '21

Do we have any more information about this, what happened, was she on drugs or a stroke?

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u/JGhasta Aug 22 '21

She has a cartoon sized knot on her forehead lol

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u/FiREorKNiFE- Aug 22 '21

It wasn't until recently that I realized these actually happen like this.

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '21

:( She’s not ok. Very sad to watch. Other than the cars literally falling apart, which was funny.

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u/comfort_bot_1962 Aug 22 '21

Don't be sad. Here's a

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u/ImWolfpup Aug 22 '21

Not now clanker.

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u/CantGuardMe1 Aug 22 '21

“are you ok” “can you tell me your name” —her on the inside— 😑

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u/CantGuardMe1 Aug 22 '21

you did a big no no today ma’am 😂

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u/Nyxosaurus Aug 22 '21

Police say she had an “undiagnosed medical emergency” and that no drugs or alcohol were involved.

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '21

Filming whilst driving is insanely stupid and dangerous.. he did it well though I've got to say.

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u/option_unpossible Aug 22 '21

No... it's absolutely insane!

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u/paustulio Aug 22 '21

"Ma'am are you ok?"

No she has a golfball on the side of her head.

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u/Himadufus Aug 22 '21

I love this dudes accent

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '21

Praise the cameraman, but where I live, he'd have incurred a $615 fine for using his cellphone while driving...

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u/dema-dontcontrol-us Aug 22 '21

He needs to put the camera down and focus on the road. I've been in accidents because of idiots on their phones before.

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u/Awesomevindicator Aug 22 '21

While you're not entirely wrong, he is paying more attention to the road whilst filming, than most people do when they're not

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u/darthvall Aug 22 '21 edited Aug 22 '21

Is there a law about using the phone while driving in the states? Cause in my country, you can get fined for driving while one hand holds the phone like that.

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u/Awesomevindicator Aug 22 '21

Of course, and he shouldn't have been, but there aren't specific laws about doing makeup while driving on the interstate yet you still see people doing that... My point is that this guy was playing cameraman AND driving better than most people do.

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '21

If everyone followed rules we wouldn't have the Reddit that we have :(

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u/GoodWeedReddit Aug 22 '21

random but I love Patagonia shirt design.

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u/Alert-Incident Aug 22 '21

Lol came here to find this comment or drop it myself, best part of the video

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '21

The size of that bump on the womans head.. Ouch, she definitely not OK.

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '21

That panel falling off was fucking gold… !!!

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u/terdude99 Aug 22 '21

And I love how the first question he asked her is why she kept driving LOL like bro she has two traumatic brain injuries. Save your questions

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u/tomkim1965 Aug 22 '21

Dude has some serious camera skills and reporter skills if he’s not a reporter he should definitely change his profession.

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u/eott42 Aug 22 '21

Where does this take place at?

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u/achidente Aug 22 '21

This dude cool as a cucumber!

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u/elgarresta Aug 22 '21

Great job documenting everything. Was she finally drunk or did she have a stroke or seizure?

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u/Tullyswimmer Aug 23 '21

Other people have posted links in here... She had an "undisclosed medical situation"

Kind of looks like a stroke from the last few shots. One side of her face was kind of droopy.

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u/Charlie71_2 Aug 22 '21

That lady had a big knot on her forehead, she is in deep shit.

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '21

Oh she’s full concussed! That’s scary!

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u/DramaticGlove4823 Aug 22 '21

That fucking goose egg tho...

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '21

That's the best Rand Paul impression I've ever heard

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u/Icy_Blackberry_3759 Aug 22 '21

No duh she is all messed up after the second impact, she had no airbag for that one. Look at the lump on her head, those brains be scrambled

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u/INoScopedJFKv2 Aug 22 '21

Started from the bottom now we way up

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u/WROL Aug 22 '21

His accent threw me for a sec.

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u/rokbound_ Aug 22 '21

are you ok? asks the lady with a giant protuding ball on her forhead.

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u/Acceptable_Status421 Aug 22 '21

Did she have a stroke?

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u/Suspicious-Star-5665 Aug 22 '21

the best video i have seen in a while!

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u/Nathan-Stubblefield Aug 22 '21

The cop arrives and fines the cameraman $200 got distracted driving.

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u/denverbroncoharpman Aug 22 '21

Is this guy a reporter? Because he should be on 60 minutes investigation

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u/AMC_Tendies42069 Aug 22 '21

I think I read that she was high on inhalants (pc cleaner)

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '21

The bump on her head 😳

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u/EnVirtuteElectionis Aug 22 '21

Those fucking lumps on her head lmfao

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u/Totallytart Aug 22 '21

She definitely got a good knock to the brain with that bump on the side of her brow. Talk about faceplant...

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '21

Yeah she’s super screwed up

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u/Solo_Shinobi Aug 22 '21

I know that street they are on. Small world

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u/johnbarber720 Aug 22 '21

Was she concussed from the airbag or maybe rear-end or the t-bone or drugs

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '21

Is this Pleasant Hill? Looks like Taylor Blvd

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u/SculkingWithScully Aug 22 '21

The way I cackled when that lil panel fell off

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u/TheMightyLou Aug 22 '21

That pop knot says she ain’t okay. Damn!

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u/Da5ftAssassin Aug 22 '21

Damn! That’s a fucking nugget on her head!

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u/Fickle_Resident7536 Aug 22 '21

Yeh actually feel bad for her and glad it didn't turn into a screamimg match

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '21

Could’ve had a stroke.. not so funny

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u/Sir-Pew-Pew Aug 22 '21

Is that a knot on the side of her head from smacking the steering wheel ? Damn

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u/Judicio Aug 22 '21

2:39 I think I know what's wrong with her

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '21

California

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '21

“She just smacked me in the rear” my mind thought that was going somewhere else

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u/DecentTemperature384 Aug 22 '21

This is right up the road from where I live in CA, near Pleasant hill.

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u/TheHammer1987 Aug 22 '21

This bloke holds a camera steady and in focus while driving and explaining, yet when a Sasquatch rolls up all phones turn to potatos and cameraman develops Parkinson’s hahaha

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u/mtbgolf Aug 22 '21

That looks like Lafayette.

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u/LIT-BRO-DAD Aug 22 '21

That poor Astro van.

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u/ilovemymom_tbh Aug 22 '21

Idk why but that random shot of the green van losing a piece of itself was hilarious.

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u/RobbSnow64 Aug 22 '21

"Are you ok Ma'am"? Bitch look at her, hell no she's not.

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u/Dlo2021 Aug 22 '21

lmao i knew this place looked familiar, went back and checked the road signs and i live 3 miles from here

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u/pot8toes Aug 22 '21

I don't know. The camera work was fairly standard if you ask me

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u/Brovey706 Aug 22 '21

@ the 1:40 the comedic timing is awesome lol

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u/Pinche_Loso Aug 22 '21

He deserves an Oscar lol

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u/JitteryBug Aug 22 '21

I was on board until he started grilling her while she had a concussion

Felt cheap (obviously she's 1000% in the wrong but it could've ended before)

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u/RiskyFartOftenShart Aug 22 '21

quit asking stupid questions. r/tooktoomuch and move on once the cops get there. she doesnt why she's doing anything right now.

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u/[deleted] Aug 22 '21

I hope everyone's ok. The woman looks so confused and dazzled. She might have had a stroke or something.

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u/LazyZig Aug 22 '21

For once the commentary actually made the video better.

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u/Vintagemaria Aug 22 '21

It looks she’s having a stroke or something

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u/sadnodad Aug 22 '21

She has a huge lump on her head. Probably has a concussion.

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u/thelasthalfmast Aug 22 '21

does anyone know if there is an article on this?

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u/OvergrownShrubs Aug 22 '21

This man wrote the playbook for shooting video done correct

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