Let's play "Spot the reckless asshole"

"sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg)
11/30/2015 at 19:45 • Filed to: None

Hey, look at that, I win! For some reason my camera didn’t start filming we started driving, so the first part of this encounter didn’t get caught. We were in the rightmost lane of a three lane each way road, and this black Ram was tailgating the shit out of another pickup in the far left lane. Being a surface street, there aren’t rules or courtesy regarding “slower traffic keep right”. The guy in the other truck finally brake-checked the Ram from 40mph down to about 25mph. The Ram cut all the way over to our lane, tailgated us briefly, then passed us extremely recklessly in a right turn only lane as soon as one appeared. My dad, who was driving, did not respond in any visible way. A while later, we got to our right turn, and lo and behold this guy is making the same right turn. Except that, for all his reckless impatience, he refuses to turn right on red. When he finally turns, he picks the left lane and drives more normally. My dad goes to pass him and he tries to passive-agressivly block us, which is where the video picks up. Not much left of the encounter after that, but enough that you can tell what a colossal dicksmack this person is.

DISCUSSION (16)

iSureWilll > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
11/30/2015 at 19:56

Haha “I won’t try and keep up with him.”

Levitas > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
11/30/2015 at 19:58

In the last few weeks I’ve been taking mental note of what vehicles do the most asshole-ish maneuvers/parking/etc.

The biggest offender so far is, by far, Dodge Rams. Especially ones that are red.

Thanks for reaffirming my mental list.

Berang > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
11/30/2015 at 20:03

Somebody in a pickup being a dickbag? Impossible!

jkm7680 > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
11/30/2015 at 20:06

Dat engine note.

My only explanation is that he couldn’t get a loan for a lift kit to compensate for his small man part.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > iSureWilll
11/30/2015 at 20:10

No need to turn a Monday night drive in the snow into the Seven Ups or something :)

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Levitas
11/30/2015 at 20:11

Yeah, they seem to have a thang...

http://jalopnik.com/ten-cars-that-…

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Berang
11/30/2015 at 20:13

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > jkm7680
11/30/2015 at 20:14

Possibly.

Levitas > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
11/30/2015 at 20:22

HA! I don’t recall seeing that, but it gave me a good laugh.

Urambo Tauro > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
11/30/2015 at 20:42

The other night I was nearly sideswiped by a Ram.

Travelling through the middle of town, I was cruising in the right lane, though everyone else seemed to favor the left lane for some reason that night. We were all going about 40mph (the limit), and there was a Ram truck in the lane to my left. Directly in front of him was a SUV, bathed in the glow of the Ram’s headlamps. I heard an exhaust note increase in loudness, as the Ram surged forward, closing the gap between it and the SUV. Instead of flashing his lights or honking his horn at the SUV, the Ram driver suddenly swerved to the right, coming right for me without so much as a signal.

I swerved too, trying to avoid a collision, while also trying to avoid slamming on my brakes (on account of the drivers behind me). Unfortunately, in my desperation to avoid the truck, I hit the curb quite firmly. Ouch.

I pulled into a nearby parking lot, and a fellow driver who had been behind us stopped too. He offered his phone number, having witnessed the whole thing. The Ram driver just kept going. My dashcam was running, but the footage is too low-res to read anything. It’s 1080p, but becomes very grainy in low-light conditions. Plates are much easier to read during the day.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Urambo Tauro
11/30/2015 at 20:44

You should still upload it here.

Urambo Tauro > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
11/30/2015 at 20:57

I already cleared it, unfortunately.

The dashcam is a cheap Pilot CL-3002WK that I got for christmas a year ago. I’m looking at replacement dashcams right now to see if I can find a good quality one that I like, before Cyber Monday ends.

d15b > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
11/30/2015 at 21:24

“My dad, who was driving, did not respond in any visible way.”

Your old man be doing it right.

#oldmangangsterswag

pip bip - choose Corrour > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
12/01/2015 at 01:59

saw the heading and thought , you got me on your dash cam?

then i realised i haven’t been to the USA this year.

Wacko > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
12/02/2015 at 11:48

looks like an average black dodge ram driver to me.

Wacko > Levitas
12/02/2015 at 11:49

Here it’s the Black dodge rams, also always the ones with hemis