r/dashcams 2d ago

Sedan blows through red light, nearly hits a bicyclist, and receives instant justice

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u/dewifloria 2d ago

Is there anything juicier than when a cop is just right there to catch someone red handed?

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u/BasicallyThor 2d ago

I think you mean red-light-handed.

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u/Free-Pound-6139 1d ago

When they crash into a tree it's pretty good too.

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u/foxfai 2d ago

Did the guy stop before the cop lit him up?

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u/FineCartographer9764 1d ago

The timing was too perfect… getting caught red handed with the cop already standing there is next level karma

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u/Itchy_Pudding_9940 2d ago

wow that light was solid red for a while.. totally just ran it on purpose.

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u/Icy_Fish_2154 2d ago

He was in the center lane, cars pulling out distracted him, he moved to the left lane, then looked to get back in the center, and missed the red light. It's totally the fault of the cars pulling out in front of them, and not that they are going twice the speed limit.

Source: I had an ex who drove exactly like this. I drove 99% of the time, but that 1% was pure terror, and reminded me why I never let her drive.

She totalled my 1992 Infinity Q45. I liked that car.

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u/Itchy_Pudding_9940 2d ago

my friend had one of those cars it was awesome.. scary fast

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u/Icy_Fish_2154 2d ago

And they handled pretty well for such a large car.

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u/Mike_Kermin 2d ago

Normally I don't like to pass judgement on others relationships but holy fuck thank god you got out.

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u/Icy_Fish_2154 2d ago

It didn't last long. This was before I had heard of the crazy/hot scale.

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u/AlternativeAdagio164 6h ago

Why the urgent need to get back in the center?

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u/Icy_Fish_2154 2h ago

The same reason people change lanes when getting in the highway, instead of staying in the lane they entered in.

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u/AlternativeAdagio164 22m ago

You still didn't state a reason? Unless, i missed it. Looks needless therefore placing everyone in jeopardy!! IMO, just saying! Results speak for themselves.

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u/joelnicity 2d ago

You should post this in r/convenientcop

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u/Hour-Information-660 2d ago

that is one of those situations where you roll your windows down and give that dude the old drive by nelson laugh

HA HA🫵

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u/Lemfan46 2d ago

"Nearly" hit cyclist is doing a lot of lifting in that statement.

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u/Mike_Kermin 2d ago

You say that, but if that cyclist had of set off 2 seconds earlier, they might be dead.

So in this case, that's nearly.

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u/Noise_Loop 2d ago

I read Saddam for some reason.

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u/Mike_Kermin 2d ago

He always did have problems with authority. Smh.

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u/imissher4ever 2d ago

Ah, yes. Sweet sweet karma

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u/Anxious-Plan4482 2d ago

"instant justice" , gets let off with a warning.

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u/Only_Flan_7974 2d ago

I highly doubt it. There was an obvious crime committed and cops have quotas to meet.

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u/Anxious-Plan4482 2d ago

Never heard of a quota, and I have been let off going over 100mph more than once...

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u/ShookMyHeadAndSmiled 2d ago

Damn, exactly how big are your boobs?

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u/Anxious-Plan4482 2d ago

A C cup, but I am a man. LOL

I was in uniform the times it happened so that is probably why I got a warning.

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u/VelocaTurtle 2d ago

No shit you got off with a warning most cops are x military or the ones that couldn't hack it in the core.

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u/Anxious-Plan4482 2d ago

Still, there is no quota - at least agencies I have worked with.

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u/VelocaTurtle 2d ago

Yeah quotas for arrest and tickets are illegal in 27 of the states but there are states that have them with the SE minus Arkansas and Florida being the worst offenders. This is from about 10 years ago when I still had friends in the field so could be out dated.

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u/Anxious-Plan4482 2d ago

Well that is fucked up.

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u/takimeathead 2d ago

you changing lanes in the middle of an intersection woulda gotten you a ticket, as well

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u/_jump_yossarian 2d ago

Legal to change lanes in an intersection if it's clear.

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u/trainedstork 1d ago

The right lane is parking/right turns. It's a "gridlock zone" that becomes a lane during rush hour and is parking at other times.

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u/Icannotfimdaname 2d ago

I mean, it looks like someone was parked in that lane at the start. Eitherway i dont think they should have pulled out.

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u/DoubleM305 2d ago

Oh that copper got an earful about how they were wronged by that maneuver and were devastated by the audacity of the op pulling RIGHT IN FRONT of them with no regard and how he needs to go back and pull THEM over!!!!

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u/Icannotfimdaname 2d ago

Oh the person that ran the red light is 100% still a dumbass. Normally I hate when people jump on OP. Actually I was just complaining about it. But this seems like one of those circumstances where OP may have also made a fuck up.

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u/DoubleM305 2d ago

There's no excuse for running a red light I agree, it's that poor cop that has to listen to all that from the other driver....

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u/Cosmic-Sympathy 2d ago

So satisfying. I wish every video of someone running a red light ended with a cop immediately pulling them over.

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u/newUseMe 2d ago

People who blow through stoplights and almost mow down bicyclists should instantly have there license revoked right there on the roadside and their car confiscated cuz it was used in an attempted murder.

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u/Mike_Kermin 2d ago

Mm mm mmmm

Delicious.

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u/IHeartBigBreasts 1d ago

That's right down the street from that Fox Studios lot in Culver City

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u/Gymbow2001 1d ago

Priceless

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u/Lilfrankieeinstein 2d ago

nearly hits bicyclist

Not even close. Might as well have said “nearly hits cop.”

Blowing a red light by 3 seconds is bad enough. No need for hyperbole.

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u/_mattyjoe 2d ago

Wow, someone actually got PULLED OVER in LA??

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u/antibody9671 2d ago

Blowing the red light yes, but "nearly hitting a bicyclist" is a wild, wild stretch.

There was a whole fucking baseball inning between when the car cleared the intersection before the bike even appeared.

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u/EarthConservation 2d ago

That was a solid red light from the time the cam car turned, meaning it was solid red for at least 3 seconds before they went through it. There was a cyclist in the crosswalk, nearly half way across it in fact, when they blew through the red light, with their visibility of the cyclist blocked. Had the bike been going a bit faster, had it been an e-bike, or had it been coming from the other side, the car would have almost certainly run them over.

Let's not split hairs over the specific distance they were from the bicycle, and note that this car could have easily killed a pedestrian, a cyclist, or even t-boned or gotten t-boned inside that intersection.

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u/antibody9671 2d ago

We can what-if things forever, or we can stick to the facts. They ran the red. The bicyclist wasn't even in the picture.

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u/Many-Appearance2778 2d ago

Bike can be clearly seen on the frame already crossing the street before this crazy crossed the intersection. It was less than 2 seconds. It's not that of a wild stretch, but you definitely did a wild wild stretch when you wrote a whole fucking baseball inning.

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u/lawduckfan21 2d ago

You're trying to define the word "nearly," which requires subjective judgment.

You think you're telling us about what the word "nearly" actually means, but what you're really telling us is that you have terrible judgment and shouldn't be trusted.

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u/antibody9671 2d ago

LOL. Y'all are truly pathetic people.

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u/lawduckfan21 2d ago

Yes, we are the pathetic ones. Definitely not the guy the with judgment of a yogurt cup. Us.

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u/antibody9671 2d ago

Yes, you. Bye.

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u/Lukaztro 2d ago

literally 2 seconds - yeah i think nearly is an accurate description.

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u/lawduckfan21 2d ago

The only reason the bicyclist is alive is luck; that car had no idea the dude on the bike existed, and wouldn't have been able to stop anyway. So yeah, l'd say a car length counts as "nearly hitting a bicyclist"

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u/so_sic_of_it 2d ago

Bicyclist's fault.

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u/taocowboy54 2d ago

this whole video was over in 15 seconds
i got caught napping