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This happened on our wonderful 635
May 15, 2019 5:32 PM
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zhouzhoupeddles
This happened to a radio host here in Chattanooga, he busted the guys window with a hatchet, and got a bullet in the upper arm...
hazeUrselfforthatcomment
That guy in the red car is an asshole.
VideoD3mon
I live in Dallas and I can 100% confirm this actually happens more than you think.
EdgyDetectiveFromThe50s
Got forced off the road yesterday. Car exited the passing lane, then as I passed they sped up and got right next to me as the lanes merged.
kylania
The red car clearly had the right of way.
TheMedlin
Texas has castle laws that extend to your vehicle. Other guy could have shot him in the dick and would have been applauded in local news.
Counterfit
Dammit Butters!
iliketotellabsurdconspiracies
I’m back here, from Florida, sayin, “finally some other state!”
glovelyday
In fairness they do have red cars. Doesn't that make it clear enough?
Barkinsons
Everyone knows red cars are the fastest
MyParanoidSide
Live in Dallas can confirm all of this is true. If you use your blinkers out here you’re just giving away your plans to the enemy
Nrpain
No shit right ! i have seen cars floor it to move up 2 car lengthd ahead casue they saw someone wantted to change lanes
saganworshipper
"Nice HHR." - Nobody
TootersMcgooters
Two assholes fucking up traffic for everyone else.
Sekolah
Just one
Grandolddrummer
I feel like that's the definition of a traffic jam.
MisterValiant
Dallas native here. Everything looks pretty fucking normal to me.
sorakray
Dr. Strange saw 14 million ways this scenario could have ended better but our timeline chose the dumbest one
noctynight
If somebody starts wailing on your car with a melee weapon and you shoot them, is that classified as self-defense?
vjitsu
Just FYI, if you’re in a state such as TX or AZ... you better not road rage. Especially if you’re bringing a knife to a gunfight.
CandyIsDandyButCraftBeerIsDandier
I don't know if I'm more disturbed by the attack or the fact that the dash cam is recording in pOrtRaIt mode. Srsly, wtf.
iexiak
It's even weirder that the 'dash cam' is floating just in front of the drivers seat. Seems like that might obscure the view a bit.
CandyIsDandyButCraftBeerIsDandier
My bad. Not actually a dash cam. Where did I come up with that?
Adipik
Gif end too soon
CaffeineManic
Once you've severely damaged another car with bat or crowbar, they have nothing left to lose. So all civilised restrictions are removed.
Nrpain
in a state where over half carrys a gun in some way , i would not push my luck
CrackHitler
I mean I get what you're saying but I don't think that's how the law works.
CaffeineManic
True. It's just how people work, at their worst.
Quipod
Except his life?
Wizardicus
The guy in the red car?
MajorGaff
That’s a machete, he’s lucky he wasn’t shot dead. If I watched this as a juror I would have to call it self defense.
Fjould
Once orange car got back in red car became aggressor
Slvrdgr
No the speeding up and rapid lane change was still an aggressive move
ourari
It'd be self defense if the car shot him dead.
BlimpDick
Its Texas. The red car probably got arrested for not shooting him
wwcenturion
This!
Isthe4thtimethecharm
Where he was hitting is part of the unibody and by a seem. So probably not getting that out. Maybe fill and repaint.
ralphie84
And people complain about the Massholes
ToCrushYourEnemiesSeeThemDrivenBeforeYouToHearTheLamentation
Well to be fair ... they are massholes.
ralphie84
I dont see road rage like that though
ToCrushYourEnemiesSeeThemDrivenBeforeYouToHearTheLamentation
I think Philadelphia drivers are more aggressive lane changing, and Massachusetts drivers speed and brake late. Texas ga and fla for rage.
r0twhylr
Masshole here. My first visit to Dallas, my cousin tells me "Careful merging, the onramps are really short compared to back home." (1/2)
Counterfit
Nobody has shorter ramps and merge lanes than Massachusetts.
r0twhylr
No one has more idiots stop on the ramp at the merge point than Massachusetts. Seen it waaay too often.
r0twhylr
I ended up merging faster than the freeway traffic. I don't think she rode with me after that. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
ralphie84
Hello fellow Masshole. How shorter were the ramps? I'm up to speed in a Prius around Worcester.
r0twhylr
You get a short, straight ramp from a 40mph service road adjacent/parallel to the freeway. Imagine merging onto 290 from Kelley square (1/2)
r0twhylr
... but you start at 40mph on the ramp. (Hello from across Worcester).
Thereisnocureforbeingacunt
As a lifelong Dallasite, welcome to my last 35 years of driving. Commuting is definitely a contact sport here.
HistoricalContext
Which is why I'm getting the fuck out. Can't stand all these selfish drivers.
NKato
If I move there, I'm upgrading my CVPI with heavy duty PIT bars on the front and back.
Frylockpoplockin
https://www.nbcdfw.com/traffic/stories/Road-Rage-Video-Man-With-Machete-Recorded-Attacking-Another-Drivers-Car-in-Dallas-509862671.html
metalfoto
Thx
HeroinAndDogLover
Bless you child
Fuckthecaptcha
u da real mvp
TheMedlin
I drive this route six days a week. There are always accidents during the day and routinely shootings at the nearby strip clubs.
Deathwing777
I wonder if anyone else called the police and gave the license plate numbers.
DukeBravo
This is why I refuse to drive on 35
Ironbunny
It was 635
SociallyAwkwardCanadianMoose
Is this a regular enough occurrence in Texas??
noctynight
The terrible traffic and bad drivers? Yes. Ever since Californians moved to Texas traffic’s been hell.
Ironbunny
It has gotten worse lately.
Ironbunny
Road rage is every urban area in the country, but this traffic is normal lately in dfw.
jriley154
Usually in this instance it's the person with the crappier car, or no insurance, that wins.
ComradeZoidberg
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=OqqKEgrPhHo
ExtremelyHappyGuy
jokes on them: neither of them have insurance!
YeahBu0y
Are there really no consequences to driving with no insurance?
thehungryguy
only if you don't get caught
idontevenknowsillymonkey
Tbh it really depends on the circumstances of the incident. There are some situations where the officer on scene knows the system is never /
idontevenknowsillymonkey
going to be able to get any money out of the person and shit just kind of doesn't go any further.
PeteButtigieg
A fine.
Yesisaidthat
Garnished wages?
YeahBu0y
Star struck. Hi Mayor Pete!
Randomice
Never done that. Thought about it tho.
Snooj
We all think about it. For far less than that. But there's an important line that only the crazy people cross.
Nathanfake
you mean use a machete on another car?
Randomice
Yep. I live near Atlanta. Traffic can be like that. It's also why my wife is not allowed to own a gun. We simply don't have the bail money.
PaulSmackageFromGrapevineTexas
Can you help me tell dumbasses on 285 that the match tragic speeds when merging from the on ramps?
Noob3rts
(1) Look, I can understand the frustration with other people, but remember that the difference between a good and bad person could be simply
Noob3rts
(2) thinking about doing something and not doing it, or letting that thought push you into being like Mr Machete over there.
AnubisEvo
I like that the Subaru pitted the asshole with road rage.
pokebug666
I just want to know what the pitted driver thought was gonna happen. Did they think they might be able to lose other driver in the traffic?
EricEss
I think they're both assholes. Why people can't just back off and let people merge is beyond me like its a personal affront to let people in
Vegonbrei
I like how the Subie just went straight and dude pitted himself on it.
Gingrvitis
Does he just have a machete lying around in his car?!
NightPainPoe
It's Texas....you kinda need to be armed. Everyone else usually is.
theleftmostpotato
No he forged that one right then and there
Dedmunkey
I've always kept one under my back seat.
Benorf
Do you not?
WarTortilla
No, but I always have an ear of corn at the ready.
Gingrvitis
Fair point.
HeyOP
Hah I dunno who I dislike more here.
darren535
I'm with the Subaru. Give and take, at that point just go behind him
WarTortilla
They’re both pricks. But the PT Loser probably takes the cake by escalating this to assault with a deadly weapon.
WarTortilla
I know it’s an HHR, but it’s still a PT Loser to me.
thesupersonic
The red car obviously
widiwi
agreed, needs a little bit more context. though getting out of the car and slamming on the other car with a bat is definitly negative points
PeteButtigieg
Needs more context? Both of those car owners need to go to fucking prison and anger management classes.
eyematter
You can almost always use more context. What if dude on the right noticed machete guy in the car chugging booze and beating his wife before?
PeteButtigieg
Oh you're one of those ends justify the means kind of guys. You want to play this game?
eyematter
More of a some means can be justified by some ends kind of guy.
HeyOP
All I see here is negative points.
widiwi
try wearing some pink glasses... I read somewhere in the internet that it helps to liven up ones perspective on life.
HeyOP
Sounds rosy, maybe I'll try that.
widiwi
just don't wear red glasses, or you'll have shit like what happens in this video happen... unless you're into that sort of thing.
Arock77
Getting out of the car with a melee weapon in Texas where you're surrounded by ranged DPS is a bold move.
TheDementation
He definitely needs more dots.
Haidere1988
Most melee dps have ways to close the distance or CC their targets, so should be ok.
StopGentrificationNow
Sword art online has taught me that it can be done.
Katiekandy
trubblebot
This confused me because here in Texas DPS is Department of Public Safety which is the organization that the State Troopers are a part of.
aPlagueofSnakes
Dps as in damage per second, a damage dealer. It’s video game lingo. The joke being there is a good chance that guy had a gun.
trubblebot
Yeah I got it after I googled what "ranged DPS" means, mostly because Texas Rangers (law enforcement, not baseball) is also under DPS.
Weedies617
But how good is their DPS?
residenthermit
Haha, I've seen them miss more than hit. Probably safe. One ranger hits a bad guy and it's national news. What does that tell you?
KeyMasher
Ranged against ranged, always
AncientPostNecromancer
Surrounded by traffic, discharging a spell there could lead to serious collateral damage and the paladins would be really pissed.
flaskfullofcoffee
In AZ we just shoot you
NRC117
bleurajah
I’m from Texas and you gotta know how to choose your battles. If that was a lifted truck, no way that guy went out with the beater stick
Hiromagi
I think Texas has Open carry swords
hightechredneck06
Damn straight
Reimmop
KRicci
We do.
ThoughtsAndBeers
Saw a guy walking down the street with a katana. Typical Tuesday
thatguyinthewindow
It does but I still haven't seen someone carrying one
cliffjumper83
I mean, have ever seen someone try to carry one concealed?
daromander
Yeah but isn't a way to deal with a ranged DPS to charge with a Tank?
Bystandr
With proper support only. You have to suppress their support and buff for their DPS before the tank can charge effectively.
daromander
That's why he blocked the car AND attached from the rear lol
cattlegrazer82
The healer is in that white van
ScourgeOfAges
You're only a tank if you can take more than one hit...
OPsFatMom
challenge accepted
daromander
Hey, you don't know how much bath salts he's on. That's the damage resistant potion of real life
widiwi
it's the fault of the red car.
RoughToiletPaper
INeedAnUserNameButNoneIsFree
It's always the red car's fault
OptimisticButSoFarResultsNotGreat
tarataqa
widiwi
for every blow there is a suck.
komododave
earboybob
This fucking guy!!
sirrobbifo
Planet11202
USMCKCCO
Red car? You mean the grey car
Corbenik42
Camr back to upvote Unexpected Color Blindness Awareness Day.
adamt2
my friend doesn't understand. says he only sees three orange cars. someone wanna help him?
Tr3v0r07
That great comment that gets more upvotes than the actual post
widiwi
I'm sure someone will repost this post with that simple comment as a title... soon..
Tr3v0r07
Of course, but that’s not nearly as satisfying as watching a comment score more points than the original post.
widiwi
True, true.
ClassicSean
red cars always acting up.... they should be banned
MickyDolenzsucks
We need more yellow cars
Frederf
I think they generate sin: car-sin-o-gen.
ittybittyfunk
Carcist
madman604
The one with the tinted windows?
PopeyeTheSailor
i see 3
SirsSir
left one?
Grapedactyl
So, I actually work for a major insurance company as a supervisor overseeing a team who makes these types of decisions. The at fault car 1/2
Grapedactyl
Does in fact appear to be the red one. 2/2
MickyDolenzsucks
The one in the back
myusernamebringsalltheboystotheyard
Yeah fuck that Honda
Fellowsandchapeau
Also a Chevy HHR
berithwow
But that's a wrx sti
youcancallmesusanifitmakesyouhappy
Look to the left
MrPhucket
myusernamebringsalltheboystotheyard
GreenMnM
And the other red car guy is an ass
Gayforbae
VitaminJay
"Did you even notice the car in red, Neo?" --Morpheus in the Cars/Matrix crossover film
eightbitnoise
underrated comment right here.
KingSwing
So, are the human battery sacks inside the cars?
VitaminJay
Naturally...
16vscotch
While the red car is an asshole some people need to remember that a directional is a statement of intent not a statement of right of way.
username253
Thank you!!!!!
Gayforbae
They're both red cars.
WhichIsIt
He means the one to far left of the screen.
stainlessteelmohawk
I count only blue cars
ComradeZoidberg
Yes
keeganmommy4life7
Sadly, no one in Dallas seems to believe this. ‘Hey asshole, I have my turn signal on...you must let me in!!’
PresidentOfNewFreeLand
Too true, but not what happened here.
RacingToRedLights
Sadly, in big cities if you waited for a nice person to let you in you would die of old age sitting there on the shoulder of the road...
keeganmommy4life7
It was so different when I moved here 20 yrs ago. Everyone let you in and you gave a little wave to say thanks. Now it’s just like you said
nojustsayitdont
Where I live the requirement is to yield for someone who is changing lanes or merging. Not doing so can have consequences.
PPPMissPrissyPants
Where I am the person already in control of the lane of travel has the right of way and the merging car has greater duty to merge when safe
Hinahou
This is the same where I am. It also seems more logical to me, especially for situations like merging onto the highway.
ObliqueRay
I've had a idiot actually get out of his car and come up to my window because I didn't let him cut in front of me.
pocketcthulhu
ObliqueRay
Oh, you wanted a story, ok. 70 year old dude almost crashed into the car in front of him because I didn't let him cut in front of me.
ObliqueRay
Came up to me at the lights to ask me what the hell I thought I was doing. I just yelled at him till he went back. Seriously though,
ObliqueRay
you're a pensioner. Do you really want to get in a fight at your age? Next guy you go up to could be a psycho.
Yesisaidthat
Go on.
Mark2dot0
You're correct, it isn't a right of way, at the same time though you don't have to be a dick, just let them in.
edward8767
Often in cases like this it's the person trying to get in who's being a dick. If they've been able to be blocked out of the lane then...
edward8767
It's likely they were trying to force their way in to a gap that wasn't big enough for them, probably because they were trying to queue jump
GeorgeHWBushsGhost
I'm gonna guess that it was probably the HHR that tried to inch their way into an extremely small gap in standstill traffic instead of >
GeorgeHWBushsGhost
WellBehavedZombie
While it is nice and common courtesy to let them in, you don't just merge you, wait for room to be made.
16vscotch
Not making a comment on him not being a dick, dude is, but to be fair they both are really.
RacingToRedLights
Kinda hard to say who is the dick based on such a limited amount of info/context. Both look like dicks 1 likely is the big dick at fault.
Mark2dot0
Yea they both are in this case
SpringToMyWinter
I have never heard of a turn signal/indicator as a “directional”
KyleButNotThatKyle
In England, they're called "Mergy Wergies", probably.
StalinsCousin
What are you guys talking about? I cant find one in my BMW anywhere?!
Donpare
Maybe he was influenced by spanish, here in Mexico we call them “direccionales”. Just saying.
SpringToMyWinter
Good point. Wasn’t saying he was wrong, just that I had never heard of it.
FlootDoozle
I have never heard a blink blink called a turn indicator.
aspookyghostcoveredmeinectoplasm
Hmmm....I've never heard of a blinkidy winkidy dinkidy called a blink blink before
sassycephalopod
Where I live, it's a "blinker"
toastfrancaise
Blinkah
bomboy23
Blinker? I barely know her!
Cythert
Where I live it’s “rare”.
ObliqueRay
It's a blinker everywhere, I don't know where this guy lives.
CWStJdeNobbs
"Indicator" here
DentAurthurDent
Where I live they don't use them at all
Robotok
Ahh. Found the bmw.
Counterfit
Found the Masshole?
toastfrancaise
Right!
TheodoreJDetweiler
Must be out of fluid
Frio937
lol right?
CWStJdeNobbs
Britain?
DentAurthurDent
Philadelphia
g3engineeringdesign
The owners/repair manual from my 1968 firebird convertible refers to them as "courtesy lights"
ExtremelyHappyGuy
Did it include a machete as well? Because, apparently, those are needed as well. Didn't know until now.
RoughToiletPaper
Did it include a picture of a guy with a fedora tipping his hat?
g3engineeringdesign
Nobody driving a 68 firebird convertible wears a fedora. In 1968, people treated others with greater respect and courtesy while driving
AliBarber
"M'firebird"
PresidentOfNewFreeLand
The backstory here is the HHR hit the Subaru and tried to flee. S driver decided to ram HHR, HHR driver attacks with a machete.
clucja1
I was like why would you do that to your subie. This makes sense. Thank you.
TheBlindFreak
Thank you for the context!
SirKhan
Whats an HHR? Europe doesn't have those
LuLuPennyAndOdium44
A shitty Honda
KeetSqueet
Chevrolet HHR (homo hot-rod)
EarloftheInlandEmpire
Its the official car of crazy white crack heads
pdp1
It's the model name of the red car on the left: Chevrolet HHR
rtkutless92
One of the ugliest card ever made
boomfelazi
A General Motors version of the pt cruiser
bobtheaxolotl
Same designer.
BatmansUnderPantsAreSoSoft
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/716ACbKaoGL._UY560_.jpg
1metalnation
Shitt crossover suv sedan thing
Gayforbae
It's actually closest to a panel van
Gayforbae
The van thing.
Ninjafromnorway
PT cruiser that did too many drugs in high school. I have a mermaid vagina blue HHR.
charbullins
I didn't know mermaid vaginas were blue, the more you know I guess.
Gayforbae
That's actually the Chevy factory color name
Ninjafromnorway
100% serious? Cuz my boss saw it when i first bought it and thanked me for letting him see what color a mermaids vagina would look like.
Sphinct182
I was given an HHR as a "gift" from my parents.
youcancallmesusanifitmakesyouhappy
I wouldn’t complain, i got a “lol” and a suggestion to get a job
MaladaptedMedic
PT cruisers at least have a quirky “love it or hate it” kinda vibe. HHRs are just... bland meh
trigonman3
It's a term used in a Google search. You do have that over in Europe, right?
Gayforbae
Shaddddde
bensento
Where I live its intent, but it's against the law to not let someone in that has their indicator on and punishable by a fine
TouchMeInTheMoonlightAnus
Yeah, it's not asking for permission. It's letting other drivers know I need to go this way. If you don't let them in, you're a loser.
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iwouldshootobytwice
Boston?
TouchMeInTheMoonlightAnus
America?
Th3D3generate
America.
MrBoogerPig
Indiana?
cutepiku
Same here. Not letting someone in can obstruct the flow of traffic. Be courteous, let them in.
ImJustSoFckingSickOfThisBllsht
For the people who downvoted this- you're the problem; piss off. Downvote me to oblivion; you pretentious inconsiderate, absolute doorknobs.
1776Pancakes
Typically I let people in but I live in Atlanta so inevitability there is always 1000 assholes driving in one lane to cut in front of
1776Pancakes
Everyone else which cases everyone behind them to slam in their breaks. This really causes more traffic then getting over earlier
RedstGiraffeDiver
I agree. I let people in unless they're massive fucking assholes to me. Then, I'll let them in but stare at them and make ride gestures.
RedstGiraffeDiver
Rude*
NullSecc
In most states you are required by law to allow traffic to merge lanes if possible.
NullSecc
I guess a few people failed to read the "if possible" part of my comment
AliBarber
Uh.. That's a fairly common law around the world. But it doesn't give the person with their indicator on the right to shove their way in.
NullSecc
Ofc
korbendaIIas
It’s not a law anywhere in the United States.
Fjould
It’s called failure to yield. I haven’t read laws for all states but in NV you are REQd to avoid an accident if possible.
NullSecc
http://www.dmvnv.com/pdfforms/dlbook.pdf
korbendaIIas
The dmv handbook isn’t the law. It’s a guide to safe driving. The statutes/law proves you’re wrong and that’s all that matters for liability
NullSecc
On the roads it certainly shows that most people have not read traffic laws
korbendaIIas
You’re wrong though. And continuing to spread misinformation is going to cause accidents. Read my other replies. My points been proven.
korbendaIIas
Link? Because it’s not a law in any of the states. You had to get that info from somewhere though. Unless....you made it up.
NullSecc
Looks like others beat me to, thanks
korbendaIIas
Read the replies to them jackass. The law only applies to the person merging. Educate yourself. Spreading misinformation is dangerous.
Fjould
It’s called failure to yield. I haven’t read laws for all states but in NV you are REQd to avoid an accident if possible.
korbendaIIas
The person in possession of the lane has the right of way though....so how are they getting failure to yield?
Fjould
http://www.dmvnv.com/pdfforms/dlbook.pdf under freeway driving ph 36 bullet 3. “...adjust your speed to allow safe and smooth merges.”
korbendaIIas
Ahh. See that’s the dmv manual for safe driving. That doesn’t mean it’s a law and so far I cannot find the NV statute for lane changes.
korbendaIIas
Nevada Revised statute 484b.263 is the statute and it only specifies the driver entering the freeway has to yield until it’s safe to merge.
Fjould
The next sentence read as quoted, either way both cars should attempt to avoid a collision...