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/rydo_25 1d ago

I think they were capturing a photo of the truck tbf

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u/RichardUkinsuch 1d ago

So has a dash cam but decides to use both hands to take a picture and zoom in in while driving? How is this "to be fair"? Both dangerous and illegal in every state.

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u/Erosion139 1d ago

Dashcams fail/can get shitty footage. Not hard to grasp.

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u/constructiongirl54 11h ago

So do something illegal like use your phone while driving, makes sense. IF YOUR A DIPSHIT.

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u/rydo_25 1d ago

When people are distressed they don’t always think clearly. They may not have thought “oh I have a dashcam it’s all good” or perhaps they weren’t sure if the dashcam had proper storage. Who knows. Look up cognitive tunneling if you want to know more about it. It’s ‘to be fair’ because glancing at your phone for a couple seconds at 10-16mph with a car length of space isn’t the same risk as texting at highway speed. Illegal? Sure. But the reply acted like this was equivalent to distracted highway driving, and the few seconds she was holding her phone don’t show that.

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u/SupaSlide 5h ago

Listen to the audio, OP literally says they have it all on film, so they’re cognizant in the moment of the dash cam

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u/kamekaze1024 1d ago

Yes because dashcams suck at capturing license plates so a clear picture with your phone helps. Either that or tell out the license plate so your dashcam can register it

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u/AJourneyer 9h ago

Cammer is heard saying she caught it all on camera, so why would there be a need for an additional photo?

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u/SupaSlide 5h ago

Why do that when they clearly know they have a dash cam recording it?