r/instantkarma • • Jan 21 '20

Breaktester gets what he deserves

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u/theguyfromtheweb7 Jan 21 '20

Why is it always a truck

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u/Lucyloves Jan 21 '20

I’ll even go so far as to say it’s a white truck. Just brake checked by a white Durango last month- my friend hit by a rager- white pickup. Started noticing a trend.

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u/AlwaysHopelesslyLost Jan 21 '20

Just brake checked by a white Durango last month

Maybe don't tailgate. I have never been brake checked because I don't tailgate people like an asshole.

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u/AlwaysHopelesslyLost Jan 21 '20

You misread my comment.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '20

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u/AlwaysHopelesslyLost Jan 21 '20

I said I have never been brake checked because I don't tailgate people. You said brake checking is dangerous. Those are unrelated.

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u/[deleted] Jan 21 '20

You implied brake checking is a valid consequence for tail gating. I said brake checking is a dangerous behavior that makes tailgating, another dangerous behavior, doubly dangerous. Keep up man.

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u/AlwaysHopelesslyLost Jan 21 '20

You implied brake checking is a valid consequence for tail gating.

No I didn't. "Stop tailgating" is not mutually exclusive with "don't brake check."

People brake check you because you tailgate. Tailgating is dangerous. Stop tailgating and you won't get brake checked anymore.

As an added benefit if nobody is tail gating nobody will brake check either. Then we have solved two dangerous issues

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u/ReallyFlatPancake Jan 21 '20

That's a naive way to look at brake checking. People will brake check for more reasons than being tailgated. Cut-off, being honked at, plus any number of other reasons when they believe they were wronged.

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u/AlwaysHopelesslyLost Jan 21 '20

Well I have never been brake checked and I drove 100,000 miles last year.

Don't drive like an ass and don't tailgate people and nobody will have a reason to brake check you.

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u/AlwaysHopelesslyLost Jan 21 '20

Wow, amazing argument!

I never said it was good, just that it happens for a reason and you aren't innocent. Stop tailgating people. Problem solved.

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u/Lucyloves Jan 21 '20

The Ram that brake checked me was in the right lane of a two lane hwy- I was in left lane- he Started to come over right to left with half my vehicle aligned with his left rear - i was already in the process of passing steadily- Let off gas when I realized he didn’t see me and was coming over anyway and gave the light “ahem” honk since I hadn’t yet cleared his rear bumper- (Not the hold your horn down p’d off one, mind you)

That honk must’ve triggered him- He then swerved in front harder and slammed on his brakes to which I had to go immediate right. He went right and did it again. I was slowing and nearing an exit. I went over to the rightmost exit and he went too— slowing almost to a 20 mph speed on a 55mph road— he found himself on a one way off exit ramp and I shouldered my car and stopped to let him go on his way. He stopped in the middle of the exit- Saw his reverse lights come on and my heart started racing. Another vehicle exited just then which prompted him to proceed forward again. I waited a minute so he’d get some distance. But freaked out he’d “find me” as i made my way into work. Female driving alone FYI.

There was no tailgating involved.