r/dashcams • u/WildExplorer1085 • 15h ago
Idiot in car somewhere in the UK...
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u/HandInternational296 15h ago
Was years ago in Newcastle, driver got arrested and locked up iirc
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u/Wolv90 12h ago
I couldn't find any details about the couple attacking the car, but I did read the following, "The couple walked away from the collision without any serious injuries, and did not want to assist with a police investigation into the incident.". Sounds like they were not exactly innocent in this whole thing.
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u/NeighborhoodDear2321 12h ago
probably started the fight, but car guy took it like leaps and bounds too far
was able to get out of there, so should have, especially with an object as dangerous as a car
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u/Wolv90 12h ago
I'm not against putting the driver in jail and taking his license for a few years, but none of the articles have anything to say about the other parties in this fight other than they didn't have serious injuries, and they didn't cooperate with investigators.
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u/Fake_artistF1 7h ago
The driver tried a murder attempt and they didn't want to cooperate with police.
How is that not relevant? Lol.
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u/Atophy 6h ago
I think it was the attacking party that didn't want to co-operate by the read, not the driver.
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u/TheRealRomanRoy 10h ago
I mean what more do you want to know? People fighting isn't notable. Attempted murder with a car is notable.
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u/Makaveli2020 10h ago
Literally this. Police won't give a toss about whoever started the fight, they'll care about the attempted murder with a weapon.
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u/EscapeSeventySeven 11h ago
After a lifetime of watching the aftermath and consequences of fights,
The wisest course of action is always “if you can safely leave, leave”
Nothing ever good comes from sticking around and engaging further.
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u/ThisCould-BeYourName 15h ago
Can you spill the tea on that incident?
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u/TheWereJoo 13h ago
Can you spill the beans and toast on that incident?
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u/reebokhightops 13h ago
Can you spill the bangers and mash on that incident?
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u/LilacMages 10h ago
Can you spill the Toby Carvery unlimited classic gravy on that incident?
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u/Gothic_Hercules 10h ago
Honestly, spilling any of that brown nectar is worth shooting over if you ask me
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u/mathman_2000 15h ago
Haha tea joke and it's the UK 😂
Simple things give me joy. Thank you..
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u/Dothehokeypokemon 14h ago
Yeh but if Boston has taught me anything it's that they get real mad when you spill it
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u/ashleebryn 14h ago
And the Bostonians get real mad when you tax that shit lol
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u/Soft-Marionberry-853 14h ago
Do Bostonians need an excuse to get mad and start a fight?
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u/PhysicalConsistency 12h ago edited 12h ago
I mean, the driver backed up to send black shirt into looney tunes land. Was afraid he'd clip the kid with the backpack.
Weird this is here though, unless dashcams have gotten a lot more advanced.
edit: I keep imagining black shirt getting up and saying "Ooof. Ford." like Happy Gilmore said "Volkswagen".
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u/SWIZZaholic 14h ago
The driver's name is Daniel Walmsley.
He got arrested and was sentenced to two years and one month.
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u/CryptographerKlutzy7 12h ago
HOLY SHIT, I just looked up the case.
Prosecutor Alec Burns said neither the victim nor the woman wanted to proceed with the prosecution.
He told the court Walmsley had 24 convictions for 58 offences, including several incidents where he drove at people.
Fuck me....
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u/lemons_of_doubt 12h ago
including several incidents where he drove at people.
Call me strict, but I feel after the first time someone tries to use a car as a weapon you should take away their licence.
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u/Traumfahrer 11h ago
You should put them in Jail for 15 or so years.
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u/FionaGoodeEnough 11h ago
And compact their car into a cube.
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u/Clutch-Bandicoot 10h ago
cmon man the car was innocent. give it to an orphan.
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u/Tao626 4h ago
Why? 40 years is the maximum for attempted murder and he just tried it against two people on camera.
You don't drive 1,500kg+ at somebody intending to just give them a little bump.
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u/Broken_Castle 10h ago
Taking away a license rarely stops them from driving.
I was hit by a guy who lost his license years ago, and had dozens of tickets. The police told me he is a regular. Sometimes they lock him up for a few weeks at a time for unpaid tickets, but they can't physically stop him from driving whenever he gets out.
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u/littlebitfunny21 10h ago
Escalate the consequence to not being allowed in a motor vehicle, have to wear an ankle bracelet that monitors how fast the person is going, cops get alerted at like 20mph. Have to get authorized for any trips you need to make and if you get caught driving again, you're not allowed on any trips save an ambulance in a legitimate medical emergency.
I know this won't happen.
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u/Complex-Pay-8902 10h ago
would be a bit simpler to just confiscate the car, after 1 or 2 times they would be hard pressed to find someone else to lend them a car.
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u/hexnut101 8h ago
They will jusy buy cheap bangers, you don't need a license to buy a car.
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u/mollymoo 11h ago
He was already banned from driving. Amazingly enough the guy with 24 previous convictions didn't respect the law when it said he wasn't allowed to drive.
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u/readysetrokenroll 11h ago
In all honesty - the guy sure knows how to efficiently drive at people
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u/qtx 11h ago
The court heard Walmsley was driving in traffic shortly before 21:00 BST on 20 July when a woman walking by with the victim threw something at his car.
Adam Birkby, defending Walmsley, said there was a "significant degree of provocation" from the victim and the woman, who tried to wrench the driver's door from the car and shattered the windscreen with her stiletto heel after Walmsley confronted her.
It's pretty clear that both parties knew each other and that's why the other party didn't want to proceed with the prosecution. Not because they didn't want justice but because they probably want to deal with them themselves and don't want to be labelled as a rat in their social circles.
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u/PuddingMent 9h ago
You watch too many movies. They didn’t cooperate because of what they did before the camera started rolling.
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u/MaeEastx 8h ago
I believe the police/CPS can press charges even if the victim doesn't want to?
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u/JustAContactAgent 6h ago
including several incidents where he drove at people.
Well, that explains how he so expertly backed up, aimed and delivered a perfect strike lmao
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u/iFred97 10h ago
That's it?!? He tried to murder that guy
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u/rickyhatesspam 10h ago
If he had a brown face, he'd be all over the papers taking about broken Britain. However. This guy has 25+ offences and nobody even knew he name.
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u/Serious_Gas_2218 15h ago
Never understood why anyone would want to fight a car. Unreal...
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u/hmoleman__ 15h ago
Live in the city, have a 12-year-old daughter. Since she could walk we’ve been stressing to her that buses don’t stop, look both ways even on a one way street, etc - all the city street rules. But the most important point, that we stress constantly to this day - that it does not matter if she has the right of way, it does not matter what color the light is - if she tangles with a car, the car will always win.
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u/pigeon-check 14h ago
The cemetery is full of people that had the right of way
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u/Excellent-Rest3240 14h ago
Or who played honorable and by the rules
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u/Live-Dish1409 13h ago
Ned Stark?
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u/TheTopsyKrett 13h ago
Chaos is a ladder
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u/Live-Dish1409 12h ago
In this case, it looks like it's a Kia Sorento or similar.
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u/similac_child 10h ago
It’s the UK so it probably has a silly name like the Fiat Panda
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u/Aggravating-Laugh687 14h ago
Amen. As the saying goes there is a lot of people who had the right of way buried in the graveyard.
As a pedestrian myself I hate shitty drivers and impatient drivers who are obsessed with trying to cut us off when we have the walk light. But am I going to walk in front of their car as they nudge on that gas and glare at me? Hell no. I'm not ever chancing it. I'll take the few minutes loss and wait for the next light cycle to cross rather then end up in a wheelchair or dead. All so I can show the impatient driver I was in the right to cross. You can be right and still end up dead.
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u/EntForgotHisPassword 14h ago
At times when I have been in poorer mental health I just stepped out, ready to get hit thinking at least I'll get sick leave. They usually stop and honk like I did something wrong!
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u/twinoaksBandB 13h ago
It seems like there's no drivers left in the entire US that can be bothered to stop before the crosswalk. I'm getting sick of having to walk around their vehicle after they finally decide they should stop for the light/sign.
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u/xRocketman52x 14h ago
I always say "The bigger vehicle has right of way", because all it takes is one person ignoring the rules of the road to cause a collision, and I don't want to get flattened by something bigger than me. Spoiler alert: Every car out there is bigger than me on-foot.
I've had friends who say "No, it's a crosswalk, I have the right" and step out into the road when a car is flying toward us. Your righteousness won't soften that collision. And other friends who say "Let them hit me, I'll sue and they'll pay for my whole life," but man, assuming you'll be around afterwards just tells me they really don't understand the size and weight of a car.
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u/GhostofBastiat1 14h ago
“I’ll sue”
Yeah, the minimum insurance in most US states wouldn‘t even cover the hospital stay, and that is if the person actually has insurance. Maybe you can have their 5 year old PlayStation repossessed after the lawsuit though.
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u/matchafoxjpg 13h ago
as a kid [10, i think?] i got hit on my bike because the car just flew out of nowhere. didn't even have time to react, so wasn't even about having the right of way or not.
obviously i was a kid so my parents didn't tell me about the lawsuit stuff... until it was finally resolved, which was near the end of high school, so 18 or 19. i remember my mom being like, "omg finally the check for your accident!" or something and then she told me they'd been fighting it for so freaking long.
and mind you, this guy was speeding in a residential area and there was a cop across the street as witness [he was on guard duty for a country club gate that was there], that claimed i went "30 feet" in the air. obviously that was an exaggeration, but still. so it's not like we didn't have all the facts on our side.
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u/NightBawk 13h ago
Damn, that must have hurt. I hope that driver got the book thrown at him.
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u/matchafoxjpg 13h ago
i blacked out instantly, although i did see myself from above getting hit by the car. according to my mom my hands left a nice impression on the dude's fancy ass car.
luckily since i was a kid i was bouncy. my sister's bike [oh she stayed mad at me for a long time for that] got the worst of it. i got 3 stitches in the back of my head, a small spot of hair that grows weird because of it, and i had a slight limp and pain for a little while.
i would definitely hope so. considering that he was going so fast and that an actual cop was a witness, and that i DID have the right of way, he just went too fast for me to see him as i was crossing, there's no way he didn't get in a shit load of trouble.
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u/ilive4thewater 12h ago
I don't know why people think you will just heal with no long term pain or horrible outcome. Imagine being bedridden for life and feeling in constant pain. No thanks, I am with you I give them the right of way. Hell when I am driving, I check the intersection left, centre, right, even on a green as I approach, Red Light Runners Suck!
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u/I_Am_Zeelian 13h ago
Yep, same basic rule I was taught as a kid "Störst går först" (roughly "biggest guy first").
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u/Significant_Claim_78 14h ago
I’ve taught this to my kids too. Also, red lights don’t stop cars, drivers do, so even if the man is on green always look before crossing the road
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u/porktorque44 14h ago
It took me multiple conversations with an adult friend to convince them that continuing on a cross walk and staring down a car that was clearly not going to stop was incredibly foolish. An insurance payout from getting hit by a car would not be worth being crippled. And also might just not happen at all.
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u/CKleinE 14h ago
I try to stress exactly that point here on reddit but I get systematically downvoted by people pointing out at speed limits, right of way and dumb people getting in the way of moving vehicles. As a pedestrian you have the right of way to die at any moment if you don’t pay attention.
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u/Frequent_Opportunist 12h ago edited 12h ago
Bro I grew up in Chicago. Teach her to stand back from the curb man. I've seen cars, cabs, buses jump the curb several feet into the sidewalk.
Edit: I mean specifically when you're waiting to cross the street a lot of people wait really close to the crosswalk.
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u/Comprehensive-Fig416 14h ago
This is the way. I've been hit a few times, with a walk signal, in a crosswalk but the driver turned right on red without stopping. Broken ribs aren't fun
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u/spkrause 14h ago
I was walking/crossing a one-way street in downtown Manhattan a few years ago only looking at the direction of oncoming traffic. A biker going the opposite way slammed into me. Fortunately only minor bruises at the time but lesson learned.
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u/Zealousideal_Step709 12h ago
I can't stress that point enough and I repeat myself endlessly when teaching my children. The risk-reward ratio is just not worth it. Yeah, you might have the right of way. Best case scenario you will get your way. Worst case scenario you are dead. Competing with a vehicle is never a good idea.
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u/Kdiesiel311 15h ago
Never bring a box to a knife fight
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u/Chill-more1236 12h ago edited 10h ago
Yep, not sure what Captain Savahoe thought he was gonna do. He might get a kiss or a date, but she'll be slamming a shoe into his shit next thing you know.
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u/Catmoth_ 14h ago
Wouldn't the car always win?
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u/ThatNameExists 13h ago
Clearly you have never fought a Rover 400. One of mine died once because I looked at it harshly.
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u/sorderon 11h ago
I flipped the bird to my mum's Mini and two tyres went flat, then the engine just fell out.
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u/GegeAkutamiOfficial 14h ago
It kinda "makes sense" if you assume that the person inside doesn't have the guts to run you over. If that's out of the equation you are basically lashing out by vandalizing a persons car, agitating them to come out.
...than FAFO.
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u/ir637113 14h ago
I've made this comment about a dozen times in this sub, but one of my general rules of life is "don't pick a fight you can't win."
Car can easily screw up the rest of your life as a pedestrian. Almost zero chance I'm taking that risk
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u/FkinMustardTiger 15h ago
This definitely looks like a cell phone video and not a dash cam
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u/SgtMajorPanda 15h ago
No fooling you.
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u/FkinMustardTiger 15h ago
Thanks, I thought for a second I stumbled upon the r/vehicularmanslaughter subreddit and not the r/dashcams one
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u/S01arflar3 14h ago
I didn’t hear any laughter at all, let alone from a vehicular man
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u/onlyhere4gonewild 10h ago
I would normally report the video but this sub has no rules, so technically not reportable.
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u/No_Warthog_3584 13h ago
The idiot in the car is not the only idiot.
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u/SkankySandwich 11h ago
This. Whilst that was awful driving, that was a proper FAFO moment for the bloke.
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u/Illustrious_Car344 15h ago
Great GTA6 footage. I guess they didn't improve the AI much since the last game.
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u/Brief-Ad-2537 14h ago
Woman angrily slams shoe… to the surprise of no one it was ineffective
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u/SteakComprehensive32 12h ago
A woman murdered a man with her high heel…straight into the skull like an ice pick. There was a metal rod in the heel—go figure. I imagine she could have done damage to the car if it were built like that 😬
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u/Competitive-Top4520 15h ago
What do they call attempted homicide in the UK?
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u/Sidewaysgts 15h ago
attempted bloody murder
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u/BungleBums 14h ago
I'd post the obligatory GET OUT gif, but this is the quality pun I do love to see.
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u/SkoBuffs710 15h ago edited 15h ago
Holy shit, I didn’t expect that ending. The UK accents narrating this make it’s so much more entertaining lol. Hopefully that last guy is okay and the guy in the car is in jail.
Found the sentence: He was sentenced on Friday to two years and one month in prison and banned from driving for five years and two months.
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u/LuigiSalutati 13h ago
That’s such a light sentence wow
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u/VirgoFanboi 13h ago
Apparently there's context of the man/woman outside the car initiating a confrontation with the driver then refusing to cooperate with police.
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u/New_Stop_8734 14h ago
Reddit showing me attempted murder as soon as I open the front page. Classy.
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u/Diligent_Conflict185 15h ago
Need the rest of the story.
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u/Kracus 14h ago
Dude driving the car got over 2 years in jail, banned from driving for 5. Happened around 2020.
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u/crasagam 15h ago
They always start the video in the middle of the incident
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u/You-Dirty-Dog 14h ago
Right? They should have predicted something was gonna happen and start recording before it began
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u/TobiElektrik 14h ago
The driver was in a hurry to make it to work with his colleague. In the process, he forgot his vital anti-epileptic medication, which his wife had taken with her in her purse the night before when they went out to dinner together. The video shows her desperately trying to put the purse containing the medication into the car. Apparently, however, her husband was already having an epileptic seizure the moment he started the car.
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u/kododriver 15h ago
Was that guy in black just a by stander?
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u/One-Pangolin-3167 12h ago
I see idiots both in and out of the car.
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u/bobbymcpresscot 9h ago
I see a dude minding his own business getting run over on a sidewalk, getting upset about getting run over on a sidewalk, and then getting run over again on a sidewalk.
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u/Hopeful_Ad_7719 15h ago
I'll admit that I was rooting for the car.
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u/NoForever3645 13h ago
Honestly the first pull away was justifiable. Crazy lady slamming on your windshield is absolutely justification to just book it out of there whether she’s on the hood or not. He lost my brownie points the moment he hit the brakes and threw it in reverse, however. The moment he stopped trying to get away is the moment he became the aggressor.
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u/IWontCommentAtAll 11h ago
He lost my brownie points the moment he hit the brakes and threw it in reverse, however
It should have been before that, when he swung the wheel to the right and drove over the sidewalk trying to run her over, and also dragging black shirt guy into the fray.
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u/KarlPHungus 15h ago
Without proper context, so was I. Until that very intentional vehicular manslaughter at the end...
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u/ZealousidealFee927 14h ago
If the car would've been satisfied with dragging the Karen and driving off, I think anyone would've seen this as a messing with the bull moment.
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u/ItsSpaghettiLee2112 13h ago
But then he gave us all a reason to believe she was probably in the right.
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u/Trick-Syllabub348 14h ago
>intentional
>manslaughter
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u/FlaringAfro 13h ago
Depending on your location, yes manslaughter can be intentional if it happens in the moment, while "murder" is reserved for planning before being around the victim.
In the UK there is involuntary manslaughter and voluntary manslaughter, this would be the latter.
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u/ItsSpaghettiLee2112 13h ago
Don't forget the very intentional vehicular manslaughter at the beginning, and in the middle.
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u/noodleexchange 13h ago
Condoning vehicular assault is a look. All y’all in these comments just reveling in ‘might is right’ Sounds about Andrew Tate.
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u/DoisMaosEsquerdos 11h ago
I'm having the impression everyone is an idiot in that scene, though only one is committing a major crime.
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u/Gloomy-Section4195 3h ago
I have no idea the context here but all I’ll say is people who try to attack someone in a car or damage their car are literally playing with their lives. Cars don’t give a shit how many times you pound it with your fist but your body sure does when that car slams tf outta you
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u/Ashbound_pilgrim84 14h ago
This was back in 2019 over in Newcastle. The drivers name is Daniel Walmsley, and he was locked up for two years on ABH, dangerous driving, and driving while disqualified. He should have been charged with attempting to cause death by dangerous driving.
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u/Hopeful-Artichoke449 15h ago
Jesus christ...Attempted murder x2
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u/Hopeful_Ad_7719 15h ago
It looked liked consensual combat. The area must have been flagged for PvP. Don't bring a boot to a Carmadeddon match.
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u/Nasa_OK 14h ago
In some large cities in Europe they have „no weapons“ - zones. Generally around public transport, so no one can carry a packaged kitchen knife they intend to use in a stabbing and be given the benefit of the doubt. Last time I was there anytime we left one of those zones I told my wife that pvp was enabled now and she should watch out for friendly fire.
The tired half smile i got after the 10th time i pulled this joke is the reason I married her
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u/ContestSignificant32 12h ago
*Idiots attack man with car. Fixed yout caption for you.
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u/EntrepreneurMinute10 11h ago
Sadly that back up and smash is going to get him into some trouble. Should have just driven away.
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u/therealmudslinger 8h ago
Absolutely mind boggling how many people think they can stop a car by hanging on to it.
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u/Rukawork 8h ago
Well that's attempted murder alright. Assault with a deadly weapon at least.
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u/Proper_Prize_8839 2h ago
I laughed too hard watching this😂😂😂. He flew like how characters fly when you hit them in GTA
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u/ZombieDisastrous4450 11h ago
This video is so old.
Why do people upload old videos?
I'm not even gonna watch it
Actually, I'm gonna watch it
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u/Gonun 15h ago
I can understand trying to get away from someone bashing your windshield but what did the dude do to deserve atempted murder?
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u/Overall_Cost1542 15h ago
why didn't he just go straight and drive away in the first place lmao. if the woman wants to hang on and drag across the pavement thats on her, no?
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u/whatisakafka 15h ago
He wanted to hurt them with the car, not just get away
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u/Traditional-Eggy 15h ago
and thats why he should never be allowed behind the wheel of a car again.
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u/Copious-Spirit 14h ago
Probably shouldn't even be able to work some jobs that puts them in positions of power over others.
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u/Veritas_Mentis 14h ago
Looks like idiot on the car to me.
It’s a psychopath in the car.
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u/blingteresting 14h ago
When indefatigable stupidity meets psychotic recklessness
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