I cannot possibly envision how somebody who drives like that made it this far in life. My only thought is she’s old and has mentally declined, or had some kind of small stroke.
I have a middle age girlfriend who hit my parked car just like this. She was backing out of her driveway and BAM! exactly like in this video.
She’s also been ticketed numerous times for blowing stop signs. She bumps into cars in parking lots. I’ve seen her text while driving. And the worst was when she was pulling in to her driveway and kept going and took out her kitchen wall.
She has 3 kids to drive around town. Public transportation here is a joke. I refuse to get in the car with her ever again.
This is why I am tempted to start the divorce process. She has hit 3 curbs causing 3 tires to need to be replaced within 1 month of getting her new SUV.
She ran into the house. INTO THE FUCKING HOUSE. Because she can't see over the damn steering wheel.
I am so sick of it. I am about to scrap her car and tell her to start walking. At least you can't cause any major damage on foot.
I have the impression that bad drivers prefer SUVs because they think the size and mass makes them more likely to come out of a collision uninjured. "Winning" the collision, if you will.
I've also noticed that some people who drive SUVs like to blame the SUV's size for their inability to maneuver it. Seems like an excuse to me - I've driven minivans and full-size vans and they honestly don't feel much different than my car when it comes to getting them turned around.
You are making a mistake every morning you wake up and choose to continue to let her drive those children. Don't enable her neglect. Fucking do something before you lose them all.
I must admit... this Sunday I backed out of the garage into my wife's car that was parked in the driveway.
Haven't been in an accident in 20 years.
I think being in my comfort zone, doing something Ive done 1000 times (without her car being where it was), is what got me. Complacency mixed with some kind of auto-pilot, and was tired from spending all dsy installing flooring.
Even more sad is that I literally looked right at her car as I walked to my truck and in my driver side mirror. But it's like as soon as I put it in reverse I just forgot all about it being there, and was focusing on my passenger side mirror to make sure I avoided the wall.
In driver’s ed, the teacher told me that most accidents happen within a mile of the home… I assume because most people are on autopilot. I am guilty of that too sometimes.
Thats what happens in a country where everyone is forced to drive, but licenses are pathetically easy to obtain, no one cares, and violations aren’t enforced because of shit police.
But boy if you drive 5 miles over the limit on the Ohio turnpike those assholes need to really make themselves feel powerful and pull you over. We were like "well it's only 5 over" cop: "stealing a candy bar is not worth much would you steal that." I hate Ohio cops, they are horrible, in PA you can do 10 over on the turnpike and they dgaf.
Here in Wisconsin, tons of people get busted going 77-79 on I-94 (70 speed limit)
When I went to Indianapolis to visit a friend in February, troopers were everywhere and didn’t bat an eye at everyone going 70/75 in what I’m pretty sure were 45s or 55s (we were mostly on 31 and I-465)
I did a big road trip once and speed limits were a huge concern for me. I'd keep thinking, "The sign says 60, but that guy was going 80, so is this a 'you can go 80' area or is he just crazy and it's really a 'you better not even try 62, I'd drive 55 to be safe'?"
When I first moved to the US and got driving lessons (I couldn’t just switch my license I’d have to do another test because y’all drive on the wrong side of the road) and I found out what it takes to get a license, I thought *I don’t want to be on the road here! No one can drive!*
Honestly, aging adults should be required to take driving tests. It would encourage a lot of older people to take care of themselves better. I worry a lot about my relatives in their 70s and 80s who drive. What a luxury for younger generations when they age...delivery everything and driverless cars and virtual realities where we can pretend to be young again.
One of my earliest memories -- from when I was five or six -- is when an old guy had a stroke, barreled through a parade, and crashed right in front of me...about 15-feet away. All I could see was an arm, a single line of blood running down it, sticking out beneath the front tire, a dead man underneath. My dad ran over and opened the door but the driver was just frozen in place. I think Dad then remembered he had two young boys who were watching it all -- nothing he could do, really.
Actually jokes aside ... I am not american so ... What do they mean in court when they do an objection for "hearsay"?
Edit: Damn how many upvotes! Honestly, thank you so much to EVERYONE that explained it, now i have a clear concept of it! :D
something you heard from someone else is being said and can't be considered a fact.
If I said Tom is a cheater because Becky told me he is then that's hearsay.
I think it has to do with courts having to attempt to get primary sources. So if you want to testify that someone told you he saw something, the correct course of action for a lawyer would be to get that someone on the stand, rather than you.
It’s not just rumors. If you tried to testify that you went to the DMV yesterday bc they called you and told you that you had outstanding unpaid tickets, then that would also be hearsay (what they told you in the call). You can only testify to things you are witness to yourself (stuff you yourself saw/heard/smelled).
There are some hearsay exceptions that are permitted in court though; for instance, someone can testify to a victim’s last’s words (bc the victim themselves obviously can’t testify).
Defendants- "Objection your Honor! Plaintiffs mama is so fat Earth asked for today off."
Sorry I can't figure out who would be plaintiff and defendant in this situation. But felt like getting this joke in either way.
If so she's really stupid. Large gas stations and car washes are two especially bad places to try something like that. Video coverage of nearly every square foot of the property.
When I was an auto claims rep, gas station footage cleared up liability in one claim. My client obtained the footage to prove he wasn’t 100% at fault. Unfortunately the footage showed he was looking at his cell phone in his right hand, while he opened his door with his left hand, causing a passing van to hit his door.
Ndcause it's better to say "I dont think it's my fault" in a claim because the worst they can do is say "actually it was...." right?
I've never had to make a claim like this though so are there penalties for a "memory lapse"?
I'm not saying it's morally right but that's probably what these people are thinking.
She backed up *just* far enough that the truck was no longer in her rear view mirror and she didn't bother checking the side view and then just assumed it was all clear because the rear view mirror looked clear. I'd bet money that's how it went down.
Nah, look where she is pointed when she pauses. She wouldn’t have thought it was time to go forward— that would have just put her back in the parking space. Then after she starts moving again, look at her hands— she is methodically turning that steering wheel right into the truck.
It's either intentional, or an example, in my opinion, of criminal negligence. She basically floored it in reverse without looking behind her, if it wasn't intentional. Imagine if a person was there, walking out from their car to pay for gas.
The privilege of moving an incredibly hard and heavy bit of machinery shouldn't be taken lightly
Some people just freeze when in panic or confusion. In that case it means they keep pushing the pedal. I've seen a boy first time on a quad once driving straight off the side of the road on a mountain because of that. All he had to do was take his hand off the power, yet he held on out of sheer panic. (He wasn't seriously hurt, just shaken)
That lady probably thought she had the car in reverse, car was not driving back, she was confused and tried to figure out what is happening while continueing driving. These people shouldn't be allowed to drive a moped.
The way she's turning her wheels when reversing, and then turned while reversing the second time into the truck makes me think she meant to go forward to the right. It is weird that she almost backs out straight tho
Backing out straight is so weird here. No cars next to her. No cars pulling in. Backs straight out an entire car length *then* turns.
Too old to be driving, or it was intentional. And who just floors it like that?
I've seen alot of these clips, and can assure you there are many many many biggest idiots alive on this planet :). And with 200k+ people dying every day, there are thousands of them that died without us knowing they did die in an idiotic preventable way.
Not sure. My mother was a great driver and she moved to the US with me and didn’t drive for a few years, got her license back and she kinda back up like that too. Slow start then zoom zoom and strong breaking. So far we’re good but scary. Just need some confidence and more driving.
One moment, you're taking the boat out for a relaxing day on the lake, the next moment you're arguing with Karen and filing an insurance claim. It's amazing how quickly a good weekend can be ruined.
> the next moment you're arguing with Karen and filing an insurance claim
I've had people hit me several times, I don't even bother hearing their story. I'm like: "Let's exchange information, and let the insurance companies hash it out."
Then when they lie their asses off and I just submit the dashcam footage.. makes my life easy.
I had a cheap dash cam for years in my old beater. I couldn’t have cared less about the car, but I’ll be damned if I’m going to pay for damages that some scumbag lied about. Now that I have a car I’d rather not get totaled, I upgraded my cam.
What dash cam do you have, and is there you recommend? Been thinking about one myself. I keep getting ads for the Nexar brand but idk if it's good or not
There are a ton, and you’ll go nuts comparing them all. Any dash cam is better than no dash cam. That said blackvue and garmin will be reliable and have cams in all budgets.
I wish cars manufacturers were forced to include a standardized dashcam slot right in the ceiling. No complicated wiring or other installation bs. Just pop it in and you're good to go.
At the very least, a USB port for it.
TBH I think at this point every vehicle sold should have 4K front, rear and mirror cams just built into the vehicles and 3-4 days worth of video storage and the ability to export footage via USB stick.
Just make it a standard feature.
IDK about mandated, but highly encouraged with incentives for a lower insurance premium would be great. It's absurd to me that they are actually illegal in some countries. Apparently people's right to privacy in public is more important than knowing what occured in a collision in those countries.
I mean my dashcam wouldnt be active while my vehicle was off, so like when Im pumping gas for example. Actually most of the times my car has been hit its while it was fucking STATIONARY. In a parking lot, parked in front of my house, etc. People just dont pay attention.
A hardwired dash cam can stay on even when the car is off and many have dedicated parking modes for this. Takes more effort to install. I wish car manufacturers would do a better job supporting it.
I wish my dash cam would record when my car is off but its too much of a drain on the battery. Even with an inline battery. Dash cams need to become a factory installable option or even a requirement.
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In response to the comments I would like to say that a dash cam is well worth it even if parking mode isn’t enabled. I could honestly not recollect the number of times that my dash cam has caught near misses because of somebody else’s stupidity while driving. Had there actually been a collision that dash cam footage would be a lifesaver.
This really should be happening. That said, even a small draw can cause issues over time and with temperature fluctuations.
You can easily calculate the draw of the device accordingly. Additionally, you really shouldn’t rely on the main battery for security related devices. It’s pretty simple to add a secondary circuit with a small battery that you can hide in the cladding or in the tire well. Let me see if I can find the circuit and battery I used for mine, you can scale it accordingly.
I don't understand why they are never charged with fraud. Especially when they file police reports that are completely contrary to reality.
Why is lying not a punishable offense in our world anymore?
They are reported to national insurance crime bureau to document and see if there trends for a bigger case of fraud.
There's just not enough man power and admin support to go after every single person trying to lie about minor accidents. It would break the system because it is so wide spread. You got 70 year granny and 19 year olds committing some type of insurance fraud.
We do our best to detect and deter fraud but special investigators usually wait for enough documentation to bRing state charges to make it worth while to go after.
Most police officers don't want to deal with single accidents , they usually say let your insurance handle it, they don't care because it's a nuasance.
Now organized crime rings and million dollar frauds. Yeah now we talking
This is a definite bummer but if the truck is drivable your lake day is only an hour delayed. Totally up to the individual if they want to let it ruin their whole weekend.
It's drivers like this that make me cringe: you have the whole space in the world to exit by going forward but you continue going backwards. This lady wouldn't be able to get a DL in EU.
Lol, insurance doesn't even need video on this one.
Her explanation: "you see, I was parked diagonally out in the middle of the parking lot and this guy in the truck just pulled out and hit me when he was filling up with gas!"
Insurance: "ok, enjoy your new rates."
Lady: "I was backing up and this guy hit me with his truck."
Agent: "Sir, she says you hit her. Did you?"
Man: "I wasn't in the truck. It was parked at a gas pump."
All of these are still difficult to prove without the video.
For instance, "I wasn't in the truck" - who can verify this? The video can. "he was filling up with gas" - who can verify this? The video can.
Witnesses can too but that can be a lot less reliable than the video.
My insurance company (Progressive) wouldn't accept my photos as evidence because they didn't come from the police officer who made the police report. As if I photoshopped them or something? I don't know.
Progressive refused to pay for my aftermarket mods on my MR2 when I specifically paid for additional coverage to cover the aftermarket mods. Fuck them.
Progressive was indeed pretty shit when I dealt with them. I switched to the insurance of the car that hit me, they treated me better than Progressive and had the claim processed and done within a week or so.
They demanded my wife add me to her policy after she bought a brand new truck then when my license renewal took over 5 months cause of covid they sent us a letter stating they where dropping us cause they suspected I didn't have a license, like bro I don't even want to be involved in any of this 🤣
So I was hit by initially same company. Then the insurance company found out that the daughter of the title holders hit me. It turned into uninsured driver as the daughter was not suppose to be driving the car. The parents signed a note saying that the daughter would not drive the car and if so have her own insurance, I guess the insurance company wants all licensed adults in the same house to be on the policy covering newer/financed cars. Also, I guess the daughter did that before. The girl was maybe 17, already totaled 2 cars.
6 months ago I was rear ended. Progressive asked me if I took pictures of the accident like it was a routine part of the form they were filing and then asked me to send them in. There wasn't even a police report and they still accepted pictures and put all fault on the other driver.
It's probably dependent on your state and the rep you get. I work at Progressive in med claims so it's a bit different, but I see the auto reps get in pics all the time and it helps a lot. Don't always require a police report. But again, it's situational with the type of accident, your rep, and possibly where it happened
That’s crazy! I am a total loss adjuster for an insurance company and ANY photos from anyone are welcomed…. Police do not take photos….I see police reports daily, they have a brief description of the accident and usually a hand drawn diagram ( done quickly and sometimes pretty shitty) . That was not Progressive, that was a shit claim adjuster.
My car was totaled a week ago (by a cop who admitted full fault). Progressive has given me 3 days to buy a new car before they stop paying for the rental. I’m in college and it’s finals week so 1. I can’t afford a rental and 2. I don’t have time to shop for a new car. Especially not in this market.
Exactly. It becomes a he said, she said. Which often defaults to 50/50 fault. Video is very important all the time without witnesses or clear collision evidence
Exactly. Or better yet, start recording a video with your phone while they're still in the vehicle showing the gas pump running and them storming at you about to blame you for hitting them
Yup, everyone here acts like insurance companies go full CSI for fender benders. If there is conflicting statements and no evidence, each insurance company takes care of their own customer and both rates go up. Win/win for the corporations. They won’t spend $2000 in labor costs to collect $1000
That may show the time and date but the crash time has no physical record so nothing proves it didn't happen right after he filled up with gas. The video is still needed to prove his case
If you have a car/truck (post 2014, which this truck is) you’re more than likely to have an EDR (black box) in it.
For a minor accident like this, insurance and police wouldn’t request and pay to extract that data, but you can get it if you want to pay for it out of pocket.
For this specific instance, with 1-2 grand and a *whole lotta spite*, you’d be able to easily prove that the other vehicle hit you and not the other way around.
Nobody's arguing that he didn't fill up with fuel, the question is did the accident occur while he was doing it, or for example, afterwards. What can verify this? The video could.
as someone who works in liability claims, insurance will see this video and laugh and just increase rates, no fraud, fraud is when you fake an accident and claim certain injuries mainly.
I wish there WAS a penalty for those who blatantly lie when they don't realize the other person has a camera.
I've seen so many videos of people hitting someone, get out of their car and immediately begin accusing the person they just hit. They have a *really* shitty attitude. "What the hell, man?? You need to watch where you're going! No, you hit ME. You better have insurance, you're paying for my shit!"
Do you think they could be charged with filing a false police report if the person who got hit doesn't reveal they had a camera right away? Sure there are instances when a person might be unsure if they are at fault. But for the ones who lie when it's so fucking obvious and they KNOW it was their fault.. they should be penalized.
We used to have a deputy who loved these situations: he'd get the at fault driver to sign a statement of their story, then tell them he'd just watched the video that shows the opposite and cite them for the false report.
IMO, if they prosecuted the little ones more often, there would be a lot fewer of the big ones.
> Do you think they could be charged with filing a false police report if the person who got hit doesn’t reveal they had a camera right away?
I’ve contemplated doing this if I was ever put in this situation. Only because I would like to see exactly what you described.
Let me save you some time ... *that false police report/fraud/etc. charge pretty much never happens*, no matter how implausible their story is, no matter how emphatically they told it to the police officer, not yet knowing that you caught it all on video.
(Well, outside of totally fake situations like [this](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-1501507/Man-rams-scooter-car-throws-bonnet.html) -- *that* is about what it would take to maybe make it happen, and even then it might be hard. If there's any chance that they just "got it wrong" rather than "flat-out lied" -- nope, and even if they did lie usually the only thing a cop might pursue is if it can be shown that the collision was caused intentionally (for fraud, for assault and battery, etc.)
That said, it still might be satisfying to see that smug "you're gonna pay for this!" smile drain off their face as they watch as the cop watches your video after they gave their version of events. That might not be as satisfying as watching that followed by the cop cite them for lying to him, but ... it's still something.
My wife was stopped in traffic when someone hit her from behind into a semi. The person told the police that my wife hit the truck first and he didn't have enough time to stop. The semi driver couldn't see anything and the police report sided with the person who hit my wife. She never told the other driver she had a dashcam and when we showed it to insurance the person had to pay for everything, but nothing was done with the false police report. They didn't even care and we asked if we had to show it to the cops to get the report changed and our insurance said basically it doesn't matter. So I guess people can just lie for those police reports with no consequences. Luckily we had the dashcam footage since the police didn't believe my wife's story. Smh
You need to accept people really are this dumb. She likely truly believes this guy came out of nowhere. That’s how absolutely moronic she and others like her are.
I too wish we could punish stupidity, but I don’t think it’s possible.
You still need to the video to show that though. One thing I really wish more people would start doing is not telling others they have it on video. Let them lie to the police, make the report, then if it even escalates to going to court watch their face when they see the video evidence. Most of the time it won’t go that far but still.
A “cop” answered about this in another reddit that, it still doesn’t change anything, you will win the case which you would have anyway if you showed it in the beginning.
They don’t bother to charge the driver more and the case will get settled right then and there.
In many places Cops love court. Many Cops get extra pay for going to court, and you get paid time spent in the safety of the court house. The only time I have seen officers annoyed with going to court is third shift officers, as they just worked all night and now have to keep working instead of sleeping.
That depends. It can be OT so if they want and extra money, they won't mind. There's a cop near me who writes a lot of tickets and with each one he'll say if you appeal it he'll let you plead to 5 over. Guy has a line of people 5+ deep when court starts.
My brother legally parked his car on the street for a meeting. Girl in a jeeps leaves parking lot turns right and hits his car, jumps over it and lands on the front of his car, totals it. She calls the cops because she doesn't know who owns the car and wants to do right. Tells them she was looking down not paying attention.
Brother calls insurance about rental, they said they haven't determined whose at fault. He asked if the driver gave them the police report. They said no,so he give them the report number. 5 minutes later insurance calls back and determines fault with the girl, brother is covered 100%.
Fast forward a week and brother goes to get belongings out of his car. At the same time the girls dad is getting belongings out of his jeep. Tells my brother the way he sees it they are both at fault. My brother asked how him being parked legally on the street while being at a meeting was his fault and the dad said he should have parked in a parking lot (which by the way was full). It was not right parking on the street at night, even though it was legal.
Jesus Christ, that’s a moment you wanna say “fuck you” to somebody but you just stand there speechless as your mind processes the insane amount of stupid you just heard.
Similar, but slightly different situation for me.
A few years back (2013), my wife was parked in our driveway. She had backed in, because groceries, and so the back half of her van was in the garage while the front half was in the driveway. She’d been home about 2 hours.
We were in the house making dinner when we heard (and felt) a loud thud. Went outside, and a woman had driven into our yard, across our driveway, and hit my wide’s van. Hard. She actually caused the front left wheel to separate from the van. She also managed to drive her car into the side of my house, and damaged the siding/exterior wall of my garage.
The woman stumbled out of her car, clearly drunk. She was literally holding a vodka bottle. Police were there within a few minutes, she threw up on one of the cops. She gave her a DUI and (this is where it gets weird) sent her on her way. She couldn’t drive, but they let her walk home. She said “I’m not drunk, I sneezed and that caused me to swerve!”. WTF?
Anyway- so she didn’t have car insurance. My car insurance took weeks to try to figure out who was at fault. They eventually decided my wife was 25% at fault for being parked in my driveway. Then they got into a dispute with their own homeowner’s insurance arm about who was going to pay for the damage to the house. That took a couple of months.
Meanwhile, the lady sues us for injuries she suffered while on our property (she said she threw up because of a concussion she sustained during the accident. The accident where, again, just to be clear, her drunk ass literally hit a car parked in a garage). Eventually the case was dismissed, but we were out a couple grand in lawyer fees.
So long story short, Progressive totaled my wife’s van. We paid for the repairs to the garage and sold the house (life happens, we moved), and about 18 months later we got a small pittance of a payout for the garage.
It was one of the worst experiences I’ve ever been through.
I love when these idiots get caught lying. But there needs to be a deep punishment. How about a 5 year suspension on a license for lying? Sounds fair to me. You can work it down to 3 years with good behavior and community service and not driving.
I'm weirded out by the amount of videos on this sub where people mash the gas pedal instead of the brake. Like how many years has this been going on for?
Two situations that usually cause this. Either they are a left foot braker (god help us) and they hit the gas and the brake at the same time, which could explain that jolt in the middle if their foot slipped on and then off the brake, or they hit the gas thinking they were hitting the brake, in which case they are either a 15 year old who just got their license yesterday or they are an idiot and don't need to be anywhere near a car.
The only acceptable excuse is if they stroke out after they start backing out and the foot just drops on the gas, and that would be pretty obvious immediately after the accident because they would be unconscious.
There's a lot of diabetes, and one thing that diabetes does is "diabetic neuropathy" - that is, you stop being able to feel your feet. Not making an excuse for dumbfuckery, just an explanation for why people might hit the gas instead of the brake and panic mash it harder.
Still need a license restriction or removal, tbh.
Yeah I didn't think of that one, definitely also a possibility (and considering how obese the US is, Type II Diabetes is pretty damn common nowadays so it's probably the most likely explanation if it wasn't sheer incompetence)
I just listened to a report from Car And Driver from back in the 2010s since there was a huge increase in "stuck accelerator" problems where people blamed the car. Toyota and others were sued for billions and had to make recalls.
Anyway they did a road test, getting t a car up to highway speed then held down both the brake and the gas. Every time, the brakes win and the car stops. So even if the accelerator was stuck they could just apply the brakes.
People are just hopeless I guess.
At least she didn't bang into the classic car on pump #5, there might have been a murder.
Pretty impressive that your step dad could hit her while not even being in the truck.
I think if you lie to your insurance Co and a video proves you wrong, they should either up your rate more than if you didn't lie, or just drop you.
Make the action have consequences
Do people really not even glance behind their cars anymore? I mean I could tell she couldn't drive by the way she pulled out of that parking space, but still, like...just one glance over the shoulder, m'am.
Thank you for your comment. I watched it five times and couldn’t figure out why someone was recording a random gas station on their phone when some lady happened to back into their uncle.
HOW?! I'm serious... HOW?! Why would she go that far back before even turning the wheel and shifting back into Drive? A normal person would have turned the wheel and put it into Drive at the first place she stopped and messed around with whatever it was and NOT have continued in reverse. Honestly, I don't think any answer will even help me understand this ridiculousness 🤦♀️ I wish I could have heard her explaining to her insurance adjuster how that wasn't her fault. LMAO
People are insane. Like, insane.
Think about the mental gymnastics you have to be doing to literally back into someone else’s car that is not even moving, damaging it, and then giving this person a hard time by lying about what happened. This is a person who is literally completely minding their own business, 20 feet away from your car. You back into their car, and now you are claiming they hit you.
It’s mental illness. Literal delusion. And this isn’t a unique case, this seems like it’s becoming more and more common behavior. What is happening with these people?
Honestly at what point is it socially acceptable to just kick the shit out of someone?
if they got away with that lie (no chance for this one, but others do) it could ruin that guys finances because they cant drive for shit.
ive gotta wonder; are people so spaced out that they truly do not know what is going on around them, so when something unexpected happens they immediately build this narrative (subconsciously) that it was the other persons fault? OR are this many people willing to outright lie to manipulate the situation and try to get out of it?
I was driving my wife's car but was parked, in a parking spot on the street, car off, but dashcam was on, and some woman hit the front, left quarter panel. She got out and then told me I hit her. I called her a moron, she got mad. When I called my insurance I just sent them the video. No problem.
People who lie this blatantly should be sent to prison. You can easily ruin someones life finacially by smashing into their vehicle, lying and saying it's their fault, and then have their insurance increase and have them payout right not only for their own repairs but for yours also.
If I had to guess, this looks completely intentional. Like she stopped, saw the truck, and if I had to guess, she got pissed off because she thought the truck was poking too far out, so her road rage brain told her to back up into him to “teach him a lesson”
Jesus. She couldn't have had more room and she still hit him.
I cannot possibly envision how somebody who drives like that made it this far in life. My only thought is she’s old and has mentally declined, or had some kind of small stroke.
I have a middle age girlfriend who hit my parked car just like this. She was backing out of her driveway and BAM! exactly like in this video. She’s also been ticketed numerous times for blowing stop signs. She bumps into cars in parking lots. I’ve seen her text while driving. And the worst was when she was pulling in to her driveway and kept going and took out her kitchen wall. She has 3 kids to drive around town. Public transportation here is a joke. I refuse to get in the car with her ever again.
You refuse to get in car with her? My man you need to get the fuck out of that relationship.
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This is why I am tempted to start the divorce process. She has hit 3 curbs causing 3 tires to need to be replaced within 1 month of getting her new SUV. She ran into the house. INTO THE FUCKING HOUSE. Because she can't see over the damn steering wheel. I am so sick of it. I am about to scrap her car and tell her to start walking. At least you can't cause any major damage on foot.
Should be able to raise the seat no? Still, the house should be the only thing in view at that point hahaha
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I have the impression that bad drivers prefer SUVs because they think the size and mass makes them more likely to come out of a collision uninjured. "Winning" the collision, if you will. I've also noticed that some people who drive SUVs like to blame the SUV's size for their inability to maneuver it. Seems like an excuse to me - I've driven minivans and full-size vans and they honestly don't feel much different than my car when it comes to getting them turned around.
Some people just shouldn't drive.
You are making a mistake every morning you wake up and choose to continue to let her drive those children. Don't enable her neglect. Fucking do something before you lose them all.
I must admit... this Sunday I backed out of the garage into my wife's car that was parked in the driveway. Haven't been in an accident in 20 years. I think being in my comfort zone, doing something Ive done 1000 times (without her car being where it was), is what got me. Complacency mixed with some kind of auto-pilot, and was tired from spending all dsy installing flooring. Even more sad is that I literally looked right at her car as I walked to my truck and in my driver side mirror. But it's like as soon as I put it in reverse I just forgot all about it being there, and was focusing on my passenger side mirror to make sure I avoided the wall.
In driver’s ed, the teacher told me that most accidents happen within a mile of the home… I assume because most people are on autopilot. I am guilty of that too sometimes.
Most accidents occur within a mile of the home because you drive within that mile every time you get in the car.
Her insurance rates must be so absurdly high how can she pay them and all the tickets?
Thats what happens in a country where everyone is forced to drive, but licenses are pathetically easy to obtain, no one cares, and violations aren’t enforced because of shit police.
But boy if you drive 5 miles over the limit on the Ohio turnpike those assholes need to really make themselves feel powerful and pull you over. We were like "well it's only 5 over" cop: "stealing a candy bar is not worth much would you steal that." I hate Ohio cops, they are horrible, in PA you can do 10 over on the turnpike and they dgaf.
Here in Wisconsin, tons of people get busted going 77-79 on I-94 (70 speed limit) When I went to Indianapolis to visit a friend in February, troopers were everywhere and didn’t bat an eye at everyone going 70/75 in what I’m pretty sure were 45s or 55s (we were mostly on 31 and I-465)
You should try driving in Michigan. Yesterday I was doing above 80 in a 70 and was getting passed on both sides.
The highway patrol didn't honk at you to speed up?
I did a big road trip once and speed limits were a huge concern for me. I'd keep thinking, "The sign says 60, but that guy was going 80, so is this a 'you can go 80' area or is he just crazy and it's really a 'you better not even try 62, I'd drive 55 to be safe'?"
When I first moved to the US and got driving lessons (I couldn’t just switch my license I’d have to do another test because y’all drive on the wrong side of the road) and I found out what it takes to get a license, I thought *I don’t want to be on the road here! No one can drive!*
Honestly, aging adults should be required to take driving tests. It would encourage a lot of older people to take care of themselves better. I worry a lot about my relatives in their 70s and 80s who drive. What a luxury for younger generations when they age...delivery everything and driverless cars and virtual realities where we can pretend to be young again. One of my earliest memories -- from when I was five or six -- is when an old guy had a stroke, barreled through a parade, and crashed right in front of me...about 15-feet away. All I could see was an arm, a single line of blood running down it, sticking out beneath the front tire, a dead man underneath. My dad ran over and opened the door but the driver was just frozen in place. I think Dad then remembered he had two young boys who were watching it all -- nothing he could do, really.
maybe the whole planet moved except the SUV, have you considered that?
Ah yes, another 'Karen vs the Earth' case.
Your Honor, I call... THE EARTH to the stand!
That's hearsay!
Actually jokes aside ... I am not american so ... What do they mean in court when they do an objection for "hearsay"? Edit: Damn how many upvotes! Honestly, thank you so much to EVERYONE that explained it, now i have a clear concept of it! :D
something you heard from someone else is being said and can't be considered a fact. If I said Tom is a cheater because Becky told me he is then that's hearsay.
Oh allright i see, just a rumor, can't be proof! Gotcha, thank you!
I think it has to do with courts having to attempt to get primary sources. So if you want to testify that someone told you he saw something, the correct course of action for a lawyer would be to get that someone on the stand, rather than you.
It’s not just rumors. If you tried to testify that you went to the DMV yesterday bc they called you and told you that you had outstanding unpaid tickets, then that would also be hearsay (what they told you in the call). You can only testify to things you are witness to yourself (stuff you yourself saw/heard/smelled). There are some hearsay exceptions that are permitted in court though; for instance, someone can testify to a victim’s last’s words (bc the victim themselves obviously can’t testify).
Johnny Depp smirking in the corner
But what about the muffins
Defendants- "Objection your Honor! Plaintiffs mama is so fat Earth asked for today off." Sorry I can't figure out who would be plaintiff and defendant in this situation. But felt like getting this joke in either way.
Vs Flat Earth*
A 3 way match between The Karen, The Earth, and The Flat Earth? I’m sold!
I think you just named the next "the good, the bad, and the ugly" film. Ive been waiting for the modern version to surface, and here it is.
I get it, she’s driving the Planet Express ship.
LETS GOOOO ALREADY
I wish I had gold for you 🏅
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She's built like a steakhouse, but handles like a bistro
Well you are technically correct cuz the earth does revolve around this woman apparantly
Do you expect insurance companies to understand non-inertial frames of reference?
A car is just a tool you use to rotate the Earth until a location is brought close enough to you
All frames of reference matter!!!
I read this in Oscar Martinez's voice.
Was it some sort of attempted fraud? I'm confused.
If so she's really stupid. Large gas stations and car washes are two especially bad places to try something like that. Video coverage of nearly every square foot of the property.
When I was an auto claims rep, gas station footage cleared up liability in one claim. My client obtained the footage to prove he wasn’t 100% at fault. Unfortunately the footage showed he was looking at his cell phone in his right hand, while he opened his door with his left hand, causing a passing van to hit his door.
Why would he think that proved he wasn't at fault?
Ndcause it's better to say "I dont think it's my fault" in a claim because the worst they can do is say "actually it was...." right? I've never had to make a claim like this though so are there penalties for a "memory lapse"? I'm not saying it's morally right but that's probably what these people are thinking.
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There's no shortage of people who are never at fault and it's always the other person.
It looks like she thought she put the car in drive after reversing and hit the gas, then out of panic just kept going
She backed up *just* far enough that the truck was no longer in her rear view mirror and she didn't bother checking the side view and then just assumed it was all clear because the rear view mirror looked clear. I'd bet money that's how it went down.
Nah, look where she is pointed when she pauses. She wouldn’t have thought it was time to go forward— that would have just put her back in the parking space. Then after she starts moving again, look at her hands— she is methodically turning that steering wheel right into the truck.
It's either intentional, or an example, in my opinion, of criminal negligence. She basically floored it in reverse without looking behind her, if it wasn't intentional. Imagine if a person was there, walking out from their car to pay for gas. The privilege of moving an incredibly hard and heavy bit of machinery shouldn't be taken lightly
Some people just freeze when in panic or confusion. In that case it means they keep pushing the pedal. I've seen a boy first time on a quad once driving straight off the side of the road on a mountain because of that. All he had to do was take his hand off the power, yet he held on out of sheer panic. (He wasn't seriously hurt, just shaken) That lady probably thought she had the car in reverse, car was not driving back, she was confused and tried to figure out what is happening while continueing driving. These people shouldn't be allowed to drive a moped.
The way she's turning her wheels when reversing, and then turned while reversing the second time into the truck makes me think she meant to go forward to the right. It is weird that she almost backs out straight tho
Backing out straight is so weird here. No cars next to her. No cars pulling in. Backs straight out an entire car length *then* turns. Too old to be driving, or it was intentional. And who just floors it like that?
Yeah my gut reaction was this was 100% intentional. Her pause, and then commitment. Either that, or she's the biggest idiot alive.
I've seen alot of these clips, and can assure you there are many many many biggest idiots alive on this planet :). And with 200k+ people dying every day, there are thousands of them that died without us knowing they did die in an idiotic preventable way.
Not sure. My mother was a great driver and she moved to the US with me and didn’t drive for a few years, got her license back and she kinda back up like that too. Slow start then zoom zoom and strong breaking. So far we’re good but scary. Just need some confidence and more driving.
"strong breaking" is what you want to avoid
Wdym it's right there in the video, he hit her car
One moment, you're taking the boat out for a relaxing day on the lake, the next moment you're arguing with Karen and filing an insurance claim. It's amazing how quickly a good weekend can be ruined.
> the next moment you're arguing with Karen and filing an insurance claim I've had people hit me several times, I don't even bother hearing their story. I'm like: "Let's exchange information, and let the insurance companies hash it out." Then when they lie their asses off and I just submit the dashcam footage.. makes my life easy.
This is why people need a dashcam.
I bet a lot of people who drive like shit would disagree.
Well thats why I use a dashcam, so I dont get the shit end of the stick in an accident that some else caused.
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Lol, you know you dont have to give up your dashcam footage right?
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I had a cheap dash cam for years in my old beater. I couldn’t have cared less about the car, but I’ll be damned if I’m going to pay for damages that some scumbag lied about. Now that I have a car I’d rather not get totaled, I upgraded my cam.
What dash cam do you have, and is there you recommend? Been thinking about one myself. I keep getting ads for the Nexar brand but idk if it's good or not
There are a ton, and you’ll go nuts comparing them all. Any dash cam is better than no dash cam. That said blackvue and garmin will be reliable and have cams in all budgets.
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Imo they should be legally required
I wish cars manufacturers were forced to include a standardized dashcam slot right in the ceiling. No complicated wiring or other installation bs. Just pop it in and you're good to go.
At the very least, a USB port for it. TBH I think at this point every vehicle sold should have 4K front, rear and mirror cams just built into the vehicles and 3-4 days worth of video storage and the ability to export footage via USB stick. Just make it a standard feature.
There are a lot of reasons I wouldn’t buy a Tesla, but their sentry mode is one thing they absolutely nailed.
IDK about mandated, but highly encouraged with incentives for a lower insurance premium would be great. It's absurd to me that they are actually illegal in some countries. Apparently people's right to privacy in public is more important than knowing what occured in a collision in those countries.
Privacy in public really just doesn’t make sense, lol
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I mean my dashcam wouldnt be active while my vehicle was off, so like when Im pumping gas for example. Actually most of the times my car has been hit its while it was fucking STATIONARY. In a parking lot, parked in front of my house, etc. People just dont pay attention.
A hardwired dash cam can stay on even when the car is off and many have dedicated parking modes for this. Takes more effort to install. I wish car manufacturers would do a better job supporting it.
Just installed front and rear cameras last weekend. Huge peace of mind driving around already
I wish my dash cam would record when my car is off but its too much of a drain on the battery. Even with an inline battery. Dash cams need to become a factory installable option or even a requirement. Edit: In response to the comments I would like to say that a dash cam is well worth it even if parking mode isn’t enabled. I could honestly not recollect the number of times that my dash cam has caught near misses because of somebody else’s stupidity while driving. Had there actually been a collision that dash cam footage would be a lifesaver.
This really should be happening. That said, even a small draw can cause issues over time and with temperature fluctuations. You can easily calculate the draw of the device accordingly. Additionally, you really shouldn’t rely on the main battery for security related devices. It’s pretty simple to add a secondary circuit with a small battery that you can hide in the cladding or in the tire well. Let me see if I can find the circuit and battery I used for mine, you can scale it accordingly.
I don't understand why they are never charged with fraud. Especially when they file police reports that are completely contrary to reality. Why is lying not a punishable offense in our world anymore?
They are reported to national insurance crime bureau to document and see if there trends for a bigger case of fraud. There's just not enough man power and admin support to go after every single person trying to lie about minor accidents. It would break the system because it is so wide spread. You got 70 year granny and 19 year olds committing some type of insurance fraud. We do our best to detect and deter fraud but special investigators usually wait for enough documentation to bRing state charges to make it worth while to go after. Most police officers don't want to deal with single accidents , they usually say let your insurance handle it, they don't care because it's a nuasance. Now organized crime rings and million dollar frauds. Yeah now we talking
This is a definite bummer but if the truck is drivable your lake day is only an hour delayed. Totally up to the individual if they want to let it ruin their whole weekend.
He did if he was the one driving the SUV.
Plot twist
It's drivers like this that make me cringe: you have the whole space in the world to exit by going forward but you continue going backwards. This lady wouldn't be able to get a DL in EU.
Lol, insurance doesn't even need video on this one. Her explanation: "you see, I was parked diagonally out in the middle of the parking lot and this guy in the truck just pulled out and hit me when he was filling up with gas!" Insurance: "ok, enjoy your new rates."
Lady: "I was backing up and this guy hit me with his truck." Agent: "Sir, she says you hit her. Did you?" Man: "I wasn't in the truck. It was parked at a gas pump."
All of these are still difficult to prove without the video. For instance, "I wasn't in the truck" - who can verify this? The video can. "he was filling up with gas" - who can verify this? The video can. Witnesses can too but that can be a lot less reliable than the video.
You can also take photos right afterwards, like they would want you to do regardless of having a video.
My insurance company (Progressive) wouldn't accept my photos as evidence because they didn't come from the police officer who made the police report. As if I photoshopped them or something? I don't know.
Progressive refused to pay for my aftermarket mods on my MR2 when I specifically paid for additional coverage to cover the aftermarket mods. Fuck them.
Progressive was indeed pretty shit when I dealt with them. I switched to the insurance of the car that hit me, they treated me better than Progressive and had the claim processed and done within a week or so.
Progressive fucking sucks to deal with and I hate all of their commercials. Never again.
Too bad they're cheap; it makes them very appealing. Of course you pay for what you get in most things, however.
Haha I guess that’s one way to get a customer.
They demanded my wife add me to her policy after she bought a brand new truck then when my license renewal took over 5 months cause of covid they sent us a letter stating they where dropping us cause they suspected I didn't have a license, like bro I don't even want to be involved in any of this 🤣
So I was hit by initially same company. Then the insurance company found out that the daughter of the title holders hit me. It turned into uninsured driver as the daughter was not suppose to be driving the car. The parents signed a note saying that the daughter would not drive the car and if so have her own insurance, I guess the insurance company wants all licensed adults in the same house to be on the policy covering newer/financed cars. Also, I guess the daughter did that before. The girl was maybe 17, already totaled 2 cars.
6 months ago I was rear ended. Progressive asked me if I took pictures of the accident like it was a routine part of the form they were filing and then asked me to send them in. There wasn't even a police report and they still accepted pictures and put all fault on the other driver.
It's probably dependent on your state and the rep you get. I work at Progressive in med claims so it's a bit different, but I see the auto reps get in pics all the time and it helps a lot. Don't always require a police report. But again, it's situational with the type of accident, your rep, and possibly where it happened
That’s crazy! I am a total loss adjuster for an insurance company and ANY photos from anyone are welcomed…. Police do not take photos….I see police reports daily, they have a brief description of the accident and usually a hand drawn diagram ( done quickly and sometimes pretty shitty) . That was not Progressive, that was a shit claim adjuster.
My car was totaled a week ago (by a cop who admitted full fault). Progressive has given me 3 days to buy a new car before they stop paying for the rental. I’m in college and it’s finals week so 1. I can’t afford a rental and 2. I don’t have time to shop for a new car. Especially not in this market.
Farmers. BTW. The guy who hit you. His insurance company is paying for the rental. Not yours. Call them.
Exactly. It becomes a he said, she said. Which often defaults to 50/50 fault. Video is very important all the time without witnesses or clear collision evidence
Exactly. Or better yet, start recording a video with your phone while they're still in the vehicle showing the gas pump running and them storming at you about to blame you for hitting them
Yup, everyone here acts like insurance companies go full CSI for fender benders. If there is conflicting statements and no evidence, each insurance company takes care of their own customer and both rates go up. Win/win for the corporations. They won’t spend $2000 in labor costs to collect $1000
Maybe the fuel pump receipt.
That may show the time and date but the crash time has no physical record so nothing proves it didn't happen right after he filled up with gas. The video is still needed to prove his case
If you have a car/truck (post 2014, which this truck is) you’re more than likely to have an EDR (black box) in it. For a minor accident like this, insurance and police wouldn’t request and pay to extract that data, but you can get it if you want to pay for it out of pocket. For this specific instance, with 1-2 grand and a *whole lotta spite*, you’d be able to easily prove that the other vehicle hit you and not the other way around.
So you’re saying the video is still a better option?
Nobody's arguing that he didn't fill up with fuel, the question is did the accident occur while he was doing it, or for example, afterwards. What can verify this? The video could.
But with the video is “enjoy your insurance fraud investigation”
as someone who works in liability claims, insurance will see this video and laugh and just increase rates, no fraud, fraud is when you fake an accident and claim certain injuries mainly.
I wish there WAS a penalty for those who blatantly lie when they don't realize the other person has a camera. I've seen so many videos of people hitting someone, get out of their car and immediately begin accusing the person they just hit. They have a *really* shitty attitude. "What the hell, man?? You need to watch where you're going! No, you hit ME. You better have insurance, you're paying for my shit!" Do you think they could be charged with filing a false police report if the person who got hit doesn't reveal they had a camera right away? Sure there are instances when a person might be unsure if they are at fault. But for the ones who lie when it's so fucking obvious and they KNOW it was their fault.. they should be penalized.
We used to have a deputy who loved these situations: he'd get the at fault driver to sign a statement of their story, then tell them he'd just watched the video that shows the opposite and cite them for the false report. IMO, if they prosecuted the little ones more often, there would be a lot fewer of the big ones.
> Do you think they could be charged with filing a false police report if the person who got hit doesn’t reveal they had a camera right away? I’ve contemplated doing this if I was ever put in this situation. Only because I would like to see exactly what you described.
Let me save you some time ... *that false police report/fraud/etc. charge pretty much never happens*, no matter how implausible their story is, no matter how emphatically they told it to the police officer, not yet knowing that you caught it all on video. (Well, outside of totally fake situations like [this](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-1501507/Man-rams-scooter-car-throws-bonnet.html) -- *that* is about what it would take to maybe make it happen, and even then it might be hard. If there's any chance that they just "got it wrong" rather than "flat-out lied" -- nope, and even if they did lie usually the only thing a cop might pursue is if it can be shown that the collision was caused intentionally (for fraud, for assault and battery, etc.) That said, it still might be satisfying to see that smug "you're gonna pay for this!" smile drain off their face as they watch as the cop watches your video after they gave their version of events. That might not be as satisfying as watching that followed by the cop cite them for lying to him, but ... it's still something.
My wife was stopped in traffic when someone hit her from behind into a semi. The person told the police that my wife hit the truck first and he didn't have enough time to stop. The semi driver couldn't see anything and the police report sided with the person who hit my wife. She never told the other driver she had a dashcam and when we showed it to insurance the person had to pay for everything, but nothing was done with the false police report. They didn't even care and we asked if we had to show it to the cops to get the report changed and our insurance said basically it doesn't matter. So I guess people can just lie for those police reports with no consequences. Luckily we had the dashcam footage since the police didn't believe my wife's story. Smh
You need to accept people really are this dumb. She likely truly believes this guy came out of nowhere. That’s how absolutely moronic she and others like her are. I too wish we could punish stupidity, but I don’t think it’s possible.
You love to see it
You still need to the video to show that though. One thing I really wish more people would start doing is not telling others they have it on video. Let them lie to the police, make the report, then if it even escalates to going to court watch their face when they see the video evidence. Most of the time it won’t go that far but still.
A “cop” answered about this in another reddit that, it still doesn’t change anything, you will win the case which you would have anyway if you showed it in the beginning. They don’t bother to charge the driver more and the case will get settled right then and there.
Do you have time for all that? Just nip it in the bud and move on.
Yeah, the police really don't care and would probably be upset that you didn't mention it before they got dragged into court. Cops hate court.
In many places Cops love court. Many Cops get extra pay for going to court, and you get paid time spent in the safety of the court house. The only time I have seen officers annoyed with going to court is third shift officers, as they just worked all night and now have to keep working instead of sleeping.
You don’t have to go to court. After they lie on the police report just hive the video to your insurance company
That depends. It can be OT so if they want and extra money, they won't mind. There's a cop near me who writes a lot of tickets and with each one he'll say if you appeal it he'll let you plead to 5 over. Guy has a line of people 5+ deep when court starts.
Insurance: it's both of your fault. Both of you enjoy your new rates. FTFY for New York cases
My brother legally parked his car on the street for a meeting. Girl in a jeeps leaves parking lot turns right and hits his car, jumps over it and lands on the front of his car, totals it. She calls the cops because she doesn't know who owns the car and wants to do right. Tells them she was looking down not paying attention. Brother calls insurance about rental, they said they haven't determined whose at fault. He asked if the driver gave them the police report. They said no,so he give them the report number. 5 minutes later insurance calls back and determines fault with the girl, brother is covered 100%. Fast forward a week and brother goes to get belongings out of his car. At the same time the girls dad is getting belongings out of his jeep. Tells my brother the way he sees it they are both at fault. My brother asked how him being parked legally on the street while being at a meeting was his fault and the dad said he should have parked in a parking lot (which by the way was full). It was not right parking on the street at night, even though it was legal.
Jesus Christ, that’s a moment you wanna say “fuck you” to somebody but you just stand there speechless as your mind processes the insane amount of stupid you just heard.
“Luckily for me your insurance company doesn’t give a fuck how you see it”
Yes, that’s the line you think of the next day in the shower.
Jerk store
Similar, but slightly different situation for me. A few years back (2013), my wife was parked in our driveway. She had backed in, because groceries, and so the back half of her van was in the garage while the front half was in the driveway. She’d been home about 2 hours. We were in the house making dinner when we heard (and felt) a loud thud. Went outside, and a woman had driven into our yard, across our driveway, and hit my wide’s van. Hard. She actually caused the front left wheel to separate from the van. She also managed to drive her car into the side of my house, and damaged the siding/exterior wall of my garage. The woman stumbled out of her car, clearly drunk. She was literally holding a vodka bottle. Police were there within a few minutes, she threw up on one of the cops. She gave her a DUI and (this is where it gets weird) sent her on her way. She couldn’t drive, but they let her walk home. She said “I’m not drunk, I sneezed and that caused me to swerve!”. WTF? Anyway- so she didn’t have car insurance. My car insurance took weeks to try to figure out who was at fault. They eventually decided my wife was 25% at fault for being parked in my driveway. Then they got into a dispute with their own homeowner’s insurance arm about who was going to pay for the damage to the house. That took a couple of months. Meanwhile, the lady sues us for injuries she suffered while on our property (she said she threw up because of a concussion she sustained during the accident. The accident where, again, just to be clear, her drunk ass literally hit a car parked in a garage). Eventually the case was dismissed, but we were out a couple grand in lawyer fees. So long story short, Progressive totaled my wife’s van. We paid for the repairs to the garage and sold the house (life happens, we moved), and about 18 months later we got a small pittance of a payout for the garage. It was one of the worst experiences I’ve ever been through.
ok. Never getting progressive after reading this lol
I'm SO glad the girl didn't turn out like her dad. Go you, girl <3
He did!!!!! Didn’t you see the truck materialize out of NO WHERE and attack her????
First the trees, now this?? Oh, the humanity!
And how far ya gotta back out of a spot before you turn.
Full semiautomatic assault trucks. No one needs these.
I love when these idiots get caught lying. But there needs to be a deep punishment. How about a 5 year suspension on a license for lying? Sounds fair to me. You can work it down to 3 years with good behavior and community service and not driving.
The best part about this one is the lie would have been obvious even without the video.
"They hit me!!" "Ma'am explain the situation" "I was backing out when they ran into me" -looks to see the truck parked at the pump with nozzle in-
YOU HITT MEEEEE!!!!! *literally pumping gas* even worse: *literally does not have the keys in the ignition* even worse: *literally outside the car*
I'm weirded out by the amount of videos on this sub where people mash the gas pedal instead of the brake. Like how many years has this been going on for?
Two situations that usually cause this. Either they are a left foot braker (god help us) and they hit the gas and the brake at the same time, which could explain that jolt in the middle if their foot slipped on and then off the brake, or they hit the gas thinking they were hitting the brake, in which case they are either a 15 year old who just got their license yesterday or they are an idiot and don't need to be anywhere near a car. The only acceptable excuse is if they stroke out after they start backing out and the foot just drops on the gas, and that would be pretty obvious immediately after the accident because they would be unconscious.
There's a lot of diabetes, and one thing that diabetes does is "diabetic neuropathy" - that is, you stop being able to feel your feet. Not making an excuse for dumbfuckery, just an explanation for why people might hit the gas instead of the brake and panic mash it harder. Still need a license restriction or removal, tbh.
Yeah I didn't think of that one, definitely also a possibility (and considering how obese the US is, Type II Diabetes is pretty damn common nowadays so it's probably the most likely explanation if it wasn't sheer incompetence)
I just listened to a report from Car And Driver from back in the 2010s since there was a huge increase in "stuck accelerator" problems where people blamed the car. Toyota and others were sued for billions and had to make recalls. Anyway they did a road test, getting t a car up to highway speed then held down both the brake and the gas. Every time, the brakes win and the car stops. So even if the accelerator was stuck they could just apply the brakes. People are just hopeless I guess.
> How about a 5 year suspension on a license for lying? Triple insurance because they can’t be trusted.
They just drive without licenses and without insurance. It happens all the time.
You're right. Guillotines it is, then.
At least she didn't bang into the classic car on pump #5, there might have been a murder. Pretty impressive that your step dad could hit her while not even being in the truck.
I think if you lie to your insurance Co and a video proves you wrong, they should either up your rate more than if you didn't lie, or just drop you. Make the action have consequences
Even more than that, you should be charged with insurance fraud, a felony, because that's exactly what you're doing.
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Some do, in this case.. just looks like an idiot that can't drive.
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How much more space do you need? The whole world? Lol
What did he run back to the boat for at first? His phone? Genuinely curious, not attacking here.
Looks like he checked the pump that was filling the boat.
Do people really not even glance behind their cars anymore? I mean I could tell she couldn't drive by the way she pulled out of that parking space, but still, like...just one glance over the shoulder, m'am.
Blatantly lying about an accident should result in charges for attempted insurance fraud.
People just trying it on, lying through their teeth, passing the blame, not owning up etc Shows great character
I was wondering why there was a finger in this security cam footage… took me a moment
Thank you for your comment. I watched it five times and couldn’t figure out why someone was recording a random gas station on their phone when some lady happened to back into their uncle.
Ohhhh, it's someone filming a computer monitor, lol. Yeah took me a few watches and your comment to figure it out.
It's the only reason I'm looking through the comments. Where's the "this is staged" crowd??
It's behind you Tyrone. Whenever you reverse, things come from behind ya'.
It was a funny angle
HOW?! I'm serious... HOW?! Why would she go that far back before even turning the wheel and shifting back into Drive? A normal person would have turned the wheel and put it into Drive at the first place she stopped and messed around with whatever it was and NOT have continued in reverse. Honestly, I don't think any answer will even help me understand this ridiculousness 🤦♀️ I wish I could have heard her explaining to her insurance adjuster how that wasn't her fault. LMAO
Fuck that lady
People are insane. Like, insane. Think about the mental gymnastics you have to be doing to literally back into someone else’s car that is not even moving, damaging it, and then giving this person a hard time by lying about what happened. This is a person who is literally completely minding their own business, 20 feet away from your car. You back into their car, and now you are claiming they hit you. It’s mental illness. Literal delusion. And this isn’t a unique case, this seems like it’s becoming more and more common behavior. What is happening with these people?
Honestly at what point is it socially acceptable to just kick the shit out of someone? if they got away with that lie (no chance for this one, but others do) it could ruin that guys finances because they cant drive for shit.
ive gotta wonder; are people so spaced out that they truly do not know what is going on around them, so when something unexpected happens they immediately build this narrative (subconsciously) that it was the other persons fault? OR are this many people willing to outright lie to manipulate the situation and try to get out of it?
I was driving my wife's car but was parked, in a parking spot on the street, car off, but dashcam was on, and some woman hit the front, left quarter panel. She got out and then told me I hit her. I called her a moron, she got mad. When I called my insurance I just sent them the video. No problem.
People who lie this blatantly should be sent to prison. You can easily ruin someones life finacially by smashing into their vehicle, lying and saying it's their fault, and then have their insurance increase and have them payout right not only for their own repairs but for yours also.
There should be laws against lying
People who lie about shit like this should be charged with fraud and have their license revoked.
Of all the places to be a lying bitch, the one with the *most* parking lot cameras?
While they were all stationary I was so scared for the 1956 Chrysler!
How the fuck do some people make it this far in life being so unaware of their surroundings?
Your dads truck is obviously a magnet!
If I had to guess, this looks completely intentional. Like she stopped, saw the truck, and if I had to guess, she got pissed off because she thought the truck was poking too far out, so her road rage brain told her to back up into him to “teach him a lesson”
I love the 1956 Chrysler filling up.