r/dashcams • • 13h ago

Karen doesn't know how to merge properly

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u/Allout-Okarun 12h ago

As a motorcyclist I’m slowing down and driving defensively. This dude has way too much confidence in his camera.

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u/Signal_Werewolf_1955 12h ago

And way too much trust in that driver.

"Just because you're right, doesn't mean you're correct."

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u/alnarra_1 11h ago

"Who was correct legally will not matter to the coroner who is picking your corpse up off the pavement."

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u/Critical-Test-4446 10h ago

Headstone reads: “I had the right of way.”

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u/YobaiYamete 5h ago

I don't think the coroner is the one who drives out and scrapes you up off the asphalt lol, they just pronounce you dead if you weren't hauled to a hospital first

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u/draftstone 11h ago

This is what I keep telling my kids when I teach them how to cross a street. Even if a car has a stop sign and it is your turn to cross, the fact you had right of way will not make the doctor being able to magically heal you. Make sure the car sees you and is actually stopping before crossing.

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u/Disgod 8h ago

The crazy thing is there are adults who think about it as a financial opportunity... A potential lifetime of pain ain't worth a payout.

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u/RIAbutIbeBored 4h ago

In my town that death wish mindset has been passed on to their children. Children constantly jaywalking and daring you to hit them so they can get paid.

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u/Sasquatch1729 8h ago

A friend of ours would stride into the street without pausing (regardless of the traffic), because she has right of way and the cars don't. She was in her 30s at the time. I tried to tell her it didn't matter who was right, what matters is who survives. Thankfully she slowed down a bit because we have kids and we're trying to teach them to be cautious.

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u/BingusTheWonderKitn 7h ago

Just had this experience recently. Hit the crosswalk button and my light turned green to walk. I always watch traffic that is coming into the crosswalk as I walk. I seen one suv that was going pretty fast to be able to stop at the red light so I just stopped walking. They slammed on their brakes when they either saw me or that they were driving into a red light. The suv stopped a few feet past the end of the crosswalk and sitting in the driver seat was an old women, probably 90 yrs old

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u/know-it-mall 2h ago

Yep same.

Green light, stop sign, pedestrian crossing, etc doesn't mean go. It means check that it's clear and then go.

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u/All_hail_Korrok 12h ago

The cemetery is full of people who thought they were right.

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u/Puzzleheaded-Flow724 7h ago

And when someone does something that could have hurt me then apologizes, I respond "Sorry never fixed broken bones, be more careful".

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u/InternationalCat3159 10h ago

Local saying: "Cemeteries are full of people who had right of way"

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u/lasadgirl 5h ago

that is very much not a local quote lol, I've seen it 10+ times in this thread alone and I haven't even scrolled down that far 🙃.

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u/getchasum 8h ago

yea this is 100% everyone sucks here but the camera man needs to learn that the 4 wheel vehicle wins every fight

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u/IcyDisplayGuy 11h ago

Two rights can make a wrong, and vice versa

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u/Smithop2026 11h ago

Three rights make a left.

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u/Kiss_My_Ritz 10h ago

Found the person who writes the code for the Amazon delivery drivers.

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u/IcyDisplayGuy 8h ago

Three lefts make a u-turn

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u/JustinC70 10h ago

"Just because you have a license doesn't mean you know how to drive."

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u/Approaching30 7h ago

The laws of physics outweigh the laws of man.

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u/LatookieNoir 6h ago

I feel you but it's a satisfying video haha

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u/Sammy81 6h ago

Actually that’s the definition of right?

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u/reditding 5h ago

Being 'right' is no guarantee of staying upright.
- alternatively; 'right' or upright? - your choice

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u/Early-Ninja-6431 18m ago

Legally correct sometimes equals sliding down the road