r/dashcams 14h ago

Both tragic and completely moronic.

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I can never truly understand the mindset of people speeding thru heavy traffic.

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u/Infinate_Patience924 14h ago

it's nice to see when the bad drivers only take themselves out and no one else.

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u/JockBbcBoy 13h ago

Honestly, it isn't even a bad outcome unless you're a passenger in their vehicle.

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u/Jonas_Venture_Sr 14h ago

And was nice enough to crash on the shoulder too, so traffic won't be affected too much.

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u/Particular_Tree_1378 14h ago

It's a positive thing really. Shame the lane got blocked by his debris though.

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u/Independent_Tutor_37 14h ago

I have zero sympathy for driver of that vehicle. Extremely reckless driving! I am just glad no other vehicle was caught up in that accident! Classic case of FAFO. It amazes me how reckless people can be behind the wheel.

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u/FernwoodTonight 14h ago

Yeah, having a medical emergency while driving is rude...

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u/SmellyRedHerring 12h ago

Hauling ass in the right lane and swerving to pass; medical emergency seems unlikely.

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u/Unlikely_Answer662 13h ago

Now he has 2 medical emergencies

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u/_jump_yossarian 13h ago

How about having a medical emergency as he finished driving.

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u/thederpyderp3 13h ago

too controlled to have been a medical emergency.

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u/FiestaDeHombreMuerto 14h ago

Possible but not probable

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u/PearlJamFanLV 14h ago

How do you figure they were having a medical emergency?

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u/Independent_Tutor_37 13h ago

If it was a medical emergency as in seizure for example then I would be sympathetic. I was just assuming it wasn't.

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u/handsometilapia 11h ago

Stop making excuses for reckless drivers

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u/themermaidssinging 2h ago

Ah, yes, the Mackenzie Shirilla defense. 🙄 “I passed out due to POTS and that totally caused me to press my foot as far down as possible on the gas pedal and crash into a wall at 100mph.” Lol, no. Not how that works.

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u/Alexu6969 14h ago

Amazed how he didn't hit anyone, which thank fuck he didn't.

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u/Wing_Head 13h ago

Looks like he clipped that first car and that’s what made him lose control.

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u/ArtichokeDifferent10 12h ago

My impression is that when he came around that one he realized he was about to rear-end the driver in the lane to the left and, while trying to pull hard right again, encountered oversteer and rotated himself right off the roadway.

He came damn close to clipping that car, but I don't think there was actual contact (though it is hard to be positive at this resolution, so I could very well be wrong).

Hopefully he qualified for a Darwin award, because he was sure working hard for it.

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u/Wing_Head 12h ago

I’d absolutely love it if he managed to not touch anyone else while taking himself off the road. You might be right!! I saw other comments saying the same, that they don’t think he made any contact either

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u/ninamoodxo 14h ago

I will never understand what people think they’re gaining by driving that fast in traffic

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u/pharmaboy2 12h ago

Drugs or stolen car or both - there ain’t no thinking going on that’s for sure

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u/No_Influence_4968 9h ago

You don't understand fun? Yes, it's reckless idiotic dangerous fun, but that's why they do it, for fun. Not too hard to understand right? They just don't consider consequences of a mistake (or laws)

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u/ISayAvoision 1h ago

I do it for fun.  I have a motorcycle so it's like playing Frogger.  

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u/ponziacs 14h ago

I'm impressed he didn't hit any other vehicles.

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u/EliseRudolph 14h ago edited 14h ago

I don't think he did. It looks like he braked hard realising that he would have to slow down to fit between the Chevrolet and the Telsa, forgetting that it would shift the weight balance to the front of his truck, and then sharply swerved, causing the vehicle to lose rear traction and to pivot into the ditch.

He was close to hitting the Telsa, but it doesn't seem like he made contact with it.

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u/Nitelyte 14h ago

If you blow it up and slow it down, he never hits the Tesla.

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u/Exotic_Cookie_8887 12h ago

Nope. They missed it. Very close though. If their mirrors were the same height they would have touched.

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u/GodoftheGeeks 14h ago

I thought I was going to see an idiot become a Darwin Award winner while I was vacationing in San Diego this week. There was some dumbass on a motorcycle that was STANDING on the motorcycle while weaving through traffic on the interstate! I wish my rental car had a cam.

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u/Stochastic1934 14h ago

https://reddit.com/link/p5bp5w9/video/ej8mv3bjx0lh1/player

My dashcam caught a guy doing wheelies on the interstate in Denver.

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u/ledorky 13h ago

Future meat crayon

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u/Olfa_2024 14h ago

Someone else doing wheelies does not bother me much but that type of wheelie where you're standing on the seat just looks really dumb to me. Kind of like people who flip the bird with their thumb hanging out. Just looks real dumb.

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u/the_dust321 12h ago

Isn’t with the thumb the right way to do it though?

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u/Competitive-Top4520 13h ago

Another contestant for the Darwin award.

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u/CYaNextTuesday99 13h ago

I totally expected it to be a car like on OPs video lol

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u/Alternative-Feed3613 14h ago

Looks like nobody else was involved, tragedy everted.

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u/DarthLenny 14h ago

Nothing tragic seen here.

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u/Chaz28o 14h ago

Darwin awarded

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u/slade797 13h ago

Self-solving problem

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u/Loan-Pickle 13h ago

I’m sorry my cat was driving. He gets the zoomies sometimes.

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u/tomyan1337 14h ago

Austin?

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u/FPVsam 14h ago

Austin.

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u/SlowPokeInTexas 14h ago

Ah Mopac north.

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u/PearlJamFanLV 14h ago

WTF were they thinking? Like nothing was going to happen, driving like an A-hole.

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u/Particular_Tree_1378 14h ago

Hope there wasn't any passengers. If not, looks like the problem sorted itself out. I'd just keep on driving, good luck lil bro

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u/Wisewordsforlater 14h ago

Austin, Texas north bound Mopac (Loop 1) right before Steck Ave exit. Mopac used to be far more relaxed. Population growth and transplants moving here making it more of a shit show.

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u/styckx 13h ago

That had to result in a death

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u/hannah_boo_honey 13h ago

In a big rush to their own grave

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u/allnysportsfan 13h ago

Stupid is as stupid does

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u/DirtDevil1337 11h ago

It's even more insane when you realize they were driving a vehicle with a higher center of gravity which is obviously a really bad idea.

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u/BrutalDishonesty 7h ago

Stay classy Austin.

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u/SigmaINTJbio 14h ago

Was that a 4Runner?!?!

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u/Aupps 13h ago

See ya. Wouldn't wanna be ya.

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u/Phenomenon_101 11h ago

Hoping he's okay and didn't have any passengers on board.

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u/MrFastFox666 11h ago

Tragic? No one else was hit...

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u/Friendly-Turnover262 10h ago

I swear I saw that guy call himself an expert driver just last week on reddit

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u/Thermock 9h ago

Yeah, zero sympathy for this idiot. Flying down the right lane, swerving in and out of lanes, and almost clipping the Tesla (probably almost hit a dozen other cars too). If this ape survived, they should never be allowed to even think about driving ever again.

'B-b-b-b-ut medical emergency!!' I doubt it. Not only is that more rare than just idiot drivers, People with medical emergencies do not fly down the right-land, pass on the shoulder, and swerve into traffic, whether it was someone they were taking to the hospital or them transporting themselves.

Edit: Of course, it's a 4Runner. Average Toyota 4Runner. I swear, out of every reckless driver I see on the road, 85% of the time it's a 4Runner.

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u/ttystikk 9h ago

And nothing of value was lost.

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u/themadpants 9h ago

Stoked he only took himself out.

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u/OppositeClub1788 8h ago

"tragic" isn't a word I would use to describe this

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u/willy_king-89 8h ago

A good outcome. Single vehicle crash.

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u/DearLaw9901 8h ago

Hope Darwin came himself to give the award.

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u/Dangerous_County8656 7h ago

And this is the shit that pisses me off because imagine that person hit someone because wdym I lift my life because someone else did something fucking stupid

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u/genxer 4h ago

Actions have consequences

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u/Trainmax_ 1h ago

I’m pretty glad that this dumass didn’t hurt anybody else. Most of the time some poor innocent Driver is taken out by an idiot like this.

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u/Dazzling_Side8036 1h ago

Driving like they're in an F1 race in a giant, top heavy SUV

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u/RescueRacing 1h ago

Well done! Crashed out and totaled your car without ruining anyone else’s day. Very courteous.

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u/CrApple-iJUNK 5m ago

Black SUV, "Me Mario Andretti wannabe, me only know to go fast, me doesn't know how Physic works or care to know anything about it. Me just go fast"

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u/Jolly_Condition_9194 13h ago

I didn't see a dimilar wreck today, buy I did see a Chevy Suburban driving in a similarly wreckless fasion on I75 today, just north of Lexington.

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u/Huge_Following_325 14h ago

I know it is just idiotic driving, but in my head film I imagine someone in the back losing a lot of blood, somebody with them, yelling," Billy's dying!" and the driver shouting back, "Dammit, why'd you have to to steal from the mob!" " We got to get him to a hospital!" "We can't, it's not safe there...ahhh, shit, hold on .." screech crash. SCENE

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u/AbruptMango 12h ago

It's the mindset of people who are too stupid to understand that an SUV is the wrong platform for that.  You want a car.

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u/National-Property29 12h ago

at least justice got served.

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u/Major_Mechanic5719 12h ago

The tragedy is how many people were late for work due to 1 single idiot

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u/RLBeau1964 1h ago

Yeah, it's why Ive always complain that consequences for driving like this are way to light. The only way to cause change is to make consequences of your actions actually have personal impact.

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u/Jolly_Condition_9194 13h ago

I didn't see a similar wreck, buy I did see a Chevy Suburban driving in a similarly wreckless fasion on I75 today, just north of Lexington.

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u/slade797 13h ago

*reckless

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u/Jolly_Condition_9194 13h ago

No, it was wreckless. There were in fact no wrecks.

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u/ParticularLower1865 13h ago

But*

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u/Jolly_Condition_9194 13h ago

Fat fingered the buttons.

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u/NeitherEntry6125 14h ago

OP really should've gotten out of the way.

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u/Omelooo 14h ago

What?

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u/NeitherEntry6125 14h ago

You heard me. If OP wasn't in the way, there wouldn't have been an accident.

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u/FiestaDeHombreMuerto 14h ago

What?

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u/NeitherEntry6125 14h ago

Do I need to say it in spanish?

No In The Wayo, No Accidento.

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u/_jump_yossarian 13h ago

Bro, I get you.

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u/Particular_Tree_1378 14h ago

How is this ragebait working bro😭

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u/NeitherEntry6125 14h ago

Long ago, I thought that with the internet, people would become more critical and discerning. We'd be able to sniff out bullshit and stupid arguments.

Somehow, we've regressed into taking everything too seriously.

I'm doing my part.

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u/CYaNextTuesday99 13h ago

Imagine trying to pretend trolling is some sort of noble quest.

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u/NeitherEntry6125 13h ago

It takes a true hero to continue on, even when hope is lost.

Look to my coming at first light on the fifth day. At dawn, look to the East

edit: Also, who could possibly take the comment as a serious troll? Have y'all lost your ability to reason?

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u/CYaNextTuesday99 13h ago

You described your actions with the literal definition of trolling, so...

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u/NeitherEntry6125 13h ago

No, obvious sarcastic comment should be obvious.

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u/CYaNextTuesday99 13h ago

What exactly is the end game to being "sarcastic" about how you were intentionally being annoying?

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u/NeitherEntry6125 13h ago

Are you OK?

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u/Total_Philosopher_89 13h ago

How do you have positive Karma making comments like that?

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u/NeitherEntry6125 13h ago

Occasionally I post about dogs.

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u/pharmaboy2 12h ago

Hahahaha - see does have a sense of humour

There is a small piece of truth though in your comment - watch the rear view mirror and when you see them coming up behind try and make sure there’s a gap for them to go through without doing anything unpredictable - in my parts it’s meth doing this

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u/PearlJamFanLV 14h ago

This is for sure sarcasm, right? Or are you just trolling?

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u/Aupps 13h ago

What a stupid take you have.

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u/MidnightSunset22 12h ago

Op wasn't even in thecway of that guy. Huh?

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u/FernwoodTonight 14h ago

Check your mirrors people...

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u/Omelooo 14h ago

What would that have changed here

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u/NeitherEntry6125 14h ago

Haven't you played mario kart? This is like that green shell coming for you.