‘I knew it was coming!’ Men record erratic driver before bad accident

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It should have been scary to look at the jeep coming to hit them.
Forward to 2:25 if in a hurry. 😉
Funny thing is that idiot woman says “why you gotta cut out in front of me?!”.
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‘I knew it was coming!’ Men record erratic driver before bad accident
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Sunny said:
Funny thing is that idiot woman says “why you gotta cut out in front of me?!”.
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Jeez that's not good - I'm wondering if they were talking to the driver of the oncoming car though as they were saying that the other car had been swerving and stuff?

Not nice though and they're all lucky!

They stick messages up on the electronic gantries saying you should take a rest when driving but to be honest I don't know how many people take any notice of that here!
 
So they decided to use their phone to record video instead of calling the police.
 
flank said:
So they decided to use their phone to record video instead of calling the police.
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Pier28 said:
That's what bugged me the most, where is the urgency to call the police? They "wanted" to see something bad happen it seems.
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First, she was not driving all over the road.
Just little bit crossing the lane few times. Not necessarily a reason to call the cops unless she was weaving constantly. Not every swerving driver ends up in an accident.

2nd, I really doubt that the cop would have been there to stop her before the accident.
 
Maybe, but they seem to put more effort into being entertained than thinking about their own safety or the safety of others. I'd be flashing my bright lights, honking, and calling 911 via bluetooth.
Some effort is better than nothing. (even if Police can't make it on time)
 
Yes, honking was something they should have done.
 
So full of all sorts of win it's sickening
 
Don't be so hard on the guys in this video; it's easy to judge them after-the-fact. Who knows if they thought that something was likely to happen or not... Before the crash, was the driving just sloppy, or was it really *that* bad? Was the cameraman recording the white truck because he wanted to post a dashcam-style "bad driving" video, or did he think that something was likely to happen?

The cameraman at least realized there was increased risk in following a ****ty driver, so he was telling the driver to slow down, because he didn't want to get into a crash.

Most people make a judgement call as to whether it's worth calling the cops or not. I certainly do-- I see law-breaking dangerous drivers every single time I drive to work. If I called every ****ty driver in to the police, I'd spend my entire commute on the phone with 911 (and it's risky to be on the phone while driving!). The cops out there are already busy with the ****ty drivers that I didn't see! So I only call the cops when I'm sure a driver is dangerous, which is a couple times a year. So based on the what-would-I-do criteria, I'm not sure that I would've done anything, other than maintain a much longer following distance.

My past experience with drivers who are driving sloppily or poorly is that high-beam-flashing (which is illegal) and horn-honking gets no results. Maybe a finger, but the driving doesn't improve. And in the US, what if they're crazy/bad-drunk and armed?

In this case, if the Jeep driver was tired, they should've jolted back awake after nearly running a pickup off the road. My bet's that the driver was drunk. Delayed reactions throughout the video-- including sitting the green light.

Should the cameraman have called the cops? Yes, but it's understandable that they didn't.

Should they have kept a longer following distance? Yes.
 
longer following distance (short of being a half mile back and driving 10 mph) wouldn't have kept them from getting hit by the jeep coming from the other direction. they had nearly stopped behind the white SUV that caused it because the SUV was slowing down to make a turn, so they had to slow down or they'd hit the white SUV from behind. camera-truck had nowhere to go.

and i think the female voice near the end was the driver of the jeep from the other direction, asking why the white SUV had turned in front of her. so a perfectly normal question, not worthy of derision as in the OP.
 
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About calling the police:

- I called them one time on a driver that appeared to be drunk and the set a cruiser. His license plate never showed up on the local traffic court docket so he was not charged with anything.



- Another occasion I called police after seeing an elderly woman driving the wrong way on a state highway (divided 4-lane highway). She pulled a u-turn and got headed the correct way. I was still on the phone with the police as she stopped to gas up and she was unable to stand, leaning against he car the whole time even as she walked around. They said they were sending a cruiser and ended the call. Took her 15 minutes to gas up, but the police didn't arrive. Finally I called them as she set off again and they again said they were sending a cruiser but when I said she was joining the freeway and I was following her that told me I shouldn't be following her and that they could find her without me. I was committed tot he next exit at least, which was 10 miles away. No cruiser ever showed up so I exited and went about my business. Called again to let them know I broke off and she continued south. They said they didn't need my assistance so stop following and don't call again. Kinda soured me to the concept of calling in an impaired driver. They could said; "no cruisers available" or "that's no enough to stop her" or something, but they kept saying a cruiser was on its way, but as it turned out it wasn't.



- Called the police when I got passed by a Maserati doing twice the speed limit on a 65mph freeway. They were interested until I estimated 125mph and the dispatcher kind of chuckled and asked if I had a radar gun or something. They said they'd look for him, don't call back.



So I've pretty much decided to not call the police unless the vehicle is about to crash.
 
my dad and i caught up to a drunk in a truck late one night (around 1am on a wednesday if i remember right) doing about 30 mph in a 70 zone of us hwy 59 that was 3 lanes wide. he was weaving across all 3 lanes plus the shoulders on both sides. we put on our flashers to warn others (we were driving separate cars) and stayed well back as dad tried to get the cops on the phone. he kept getting bounced between Humble, TX city cops, harris county sherrif, precinct 4 constable, and even the state troopers. nobody wanted to claim jurisdiction except finally the state troopers, but by then we were about to exit. they said they'd send a car since they had the description and plate number, but i doubt they did.

the scary part was that there was a little girl sitting in the bed of the truck, and she looked scared to death. and dad told them that too, right along with all the close calls where the truck almost hit other cars. cops didnt seem to care and dad was still supremely pissed off when we finally got home another 15 minutes later. we did what we could - warn others, call cops, and pray. didnt care about the driver but that little girl in the back had no choice about being there.
 
flank said:
So they decided to use their phone to record video instead of calling the police.
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Pier28 said:
That's what bugged me the most, where is the urgency to call the police? They "wanted" to see something bad happen it seems.
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While it is good to have it on tape someone get this guy a DashCamera.
This and that lady that phone shot the video in FL drive me a little goofy.
Stop playing with your phone. Not only does it look bad on you to hold a phone all around the video itself might get a DUI.
 
Another time I got behind a car doing 25mph on the freeway on 3 wheels, grinding its left front brake disk into the freeway throwing up sparks like a police chase video. Called the police and followed him with my hazard lights on for 10 stinkin' miles before he exited the freeway into a neighborhood. My wife was too nervous to follow him into a neighborhood so I continued on my way. They never caught up with him, evidenced by the gouge in the road that I followed the next morning, that lead all the way up to his garage door.
 
Keep in mind that the nearest available trooper may not be within 5-10 minutes of your current location. It all depends on time of day, location and traffic volume. Also, once the vehicle leaves the highway for the surface streets, the local jurisdiction will have to get involved too. If every driver called about another erratic driver, their phone lines wouldn't be able to handle the volume, not to mention they don't have the personnel to investigate every incident in real time. I would've reacted the same way you did seeing a 3 tire roman candle rolling down the highway, but might have followed it out of curiosity unless it was going to a very questionable neighborhood.

KuoH

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They never caught up with him, evidenced by the gouge in the road that I followed the next morning, that lead all the way up to his garage door.
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