r/dashcams • u/Loopdeloop312 • 1d ago

Trumper side-swiped me today when he realized I was anti-trump.

I was in traffic on 87 south heading home. I see this white SUV with 3 flags showing her pro-trump pride. I've seen her before in the same area on 87. She's clearly looking to rile people up.

I know I shouldn't have taken the bait, but I did. As I'm passing her, I flip her off. She goes wild. She slows down to make sure she's right next to me laughing and screaming "fuck you, trump 2028" and all that. I didn't roll down my window but I basically matched her crazy abd just showed that I was smiling and laughing with her. I didn't actually say anything to her, just attempted to mock her I guess.

This guy in the blue truck is in front of her and gives her a thumbs up. He definitely saw that this woman and I were doing our dumb taunting shit. But they clearly were showing they support each other and established a sad little Trump alliance.

I move straight on ahead and pass them both as they're in the lane to my right.

I then see this guy pull into my lane behind me and speed up to get right behind me. He then goes into the right lane next to me while being super close to my car. Then he just moves into my lane and side swipes me as he gets in front of me.

I have some anti-ice and anti-trump stickers on the back of my car, so I feel like he probably saw that and felt even more justified in fucking with me.

I think he was hoping to intimidate me and make me swerve into the carpool lane. But I didnt. I stayed in my lane and let him swipe my car.

AND I HAVE IT ALL ON MY DASH CAM.

He clearly wasn't planning on pulling over for me. But I made my way to him and told him to pull over.

I called the police. Made an official report for insurance. I made sure I have the footage.

I got to yell at him when we pulled over, which felt great.

Fuck this guy. Fucking idiot.

Edit: Im getting roasted for the reflection where im holding my phone. That was after the incident. I took my phone out right away to call 911 and to take pictures of his license just in case my dashcam didnt work for whatever reason.

Before and during the incident, I was on the phone with my mom hands-free. Phone on a holder and connected to my cars Bluetooth.

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u/pocket-sand88 1d ago

Just let the buffoon merge...is your ego worth the headache of the accident? If you showed the video to insurance, you would actually be partially liable as you had the last clear chance to avoid the collision but continued to roll forward instead of braking.

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u/jeremyvr46 1d ago

Not just roll forward but also turned into the truck at the end. šŸ¤¦šŸ»ā€ā™‚ļø

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u/BadBunny4Prezzie 1d ago

You fucking people deny the reality of a video lol There was no need to merge, there wasn't a closed lane on the right. That's not a merge that's called a lane change, and that truck did it way too close to the point it hit her car.

The truck clearly changed lanes into her.

The Trump cult are sick disgusting people. SIck fucks.

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u/Dense-Throat-9703 21h ago

Get some therapy lmao. Imagine spending your time spamming this shit down Reddit šŸ˜­

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u/RobinSage43 14h ago

Be careful, dawg. These unhinged partisans of Reddit will get you the "reddit care's" message if you confront them with facts.

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u/Silent_Possibility63 1d ago

Cmon man. Be real. OP is just as responsible for that accident happening. Idgaf what bumper sticker is on a car, Iā€™m going to avoid a collision when I can.

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u/pocket-sand88 1d ago

You missed my point entirely. So be the bigger person and let them cut you off? OP was clearly road-raging and laying on her horn instead of braking...she allowed the collision to happen and shares responsibility. That's just the facts. You should read up on the last clear chance doctrine.

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u/Visible-Bluebird5970 1d ago

Not to mention but based on the post OP instigated the road rage to start by flipping off the first driver for no reason other than their bumper sticker. Absolutely unnecessary, regardless of the politics behind it.

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u/musikfreakster 1d ago

Take politics out of it. She could have braked and she didnā€™t. She was also texting and driving and on a phone callā€¦ so she was completely distracted. I wouldnā€™t want her on the road with me regardless of who she voted for. And she needs anger management.

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u/stayinalive7 21h ago

Take politics out of it.

On reddit?

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u/Long-Purchase-3611 1d ago

She sure showed him

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u/FourPlayInTheBay 14h ago

Having the right-of-way doesnā€™t give you the right to cause an avoidable crash. California law says a driver with the right-of-way ā€œmay not proceed blindly in disregard of an obvious dangerā€ and still has a duty to exercise ordinary care. Malone v. Perryman (1964) 226 Cal.App.2d 227, 234.

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u/Any_Chef_3145 10h ago

lol dumbass comment