# Karma bites angry driver in the butt. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 28, 2014, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karma-bites-angry-driver-in-the-butt/684781 "2014-03-28T19:45:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karma-bites-angry-driver-in-the-butt/684781/1 "2014-03-28T19:45:16Z")
I love this video. Angry tailgater speeds past car and flips her the bird. Then his truck slides off the wet road and crashes into a light pole. šŸ˜ƒšŸ˜ƒ šŸ˜ƒ All caught on video. The guy left the scene but cops arrested him later at home. karma is a bitch sometimes. Sure glad this loser didnā€™t hit any other cars or hurt anybody. > **[Woman films driver as he tailgates her - then crashes](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2591528/Road-rage-revenge-Woman-films-pickup-truck-driver-tailgates-cuts-loses-control-crashes.html)** > > Tracy Lynn Sloan caught the whole thing on camera - which allowed police to swiftly arrest the driver, Jeffrey Travis White, after he fled the scene in Tampa, Florida. ---
**Author:** ![2gigch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2gigch1/32/3313_2.png) [@2gigch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2gigch1)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karma-bites-angry-driver-in-the-butt/684781/2 "2014-03-28T19:53:35Z")
You bastard. (insert friendly smiley face here) [I just saw this on a friendā€™s website and was about to post this](http://www.statter911.com/2014/03/27/must-see-video-business/). [Original YouTube here.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XqZoaWKv2k#t=15) My thoughts are thus: I freely admit I would have wanted to get around a ā€˜slower driverā€™ in the left lane, even if they were still passing other vehicles. However rain slicked roads and the fact they were going to turn left soon anyway are both reasons to drive slower than I like. As such I would have waited until there was a safe time to pass and then done so, just like I have done thousands of times in the past, without wrecking or endangering others. The finger flying fool flew fearlessly from freeway to turnpikeā€™s trench totally upon his own actions. With regards to taping the event the driver was not looking at the phone, just guessing at angles, which is about as dangerous as eating a burger or changing the radio while driving. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karma-bites-angry-driver-in-the-butt/684781/3 "2014-03-28T19:54:38Z")
Lucky the other loser didnā€™t kill somebody while she was slowing traffic in the left lane and taking a video of the obvious consequences. Its just another case of one asshole bragging about somebody else being an asshole. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karma-bites-angry-driver-in-the-butt/684781/4 "2014-03-28T20:00:07Z")
God bless the British Daily Mail, our top source for Florida breaking news. ---
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karma-bites-angry-driver-in-the-butt/684781/5 "2014-03-28T20:04:01Z")
She was going to make a left turn. So she said. But yes, her recording it was also dangerous. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karma-bites-angry-driver-in-the-butt/684781/6 "2014-03-28T20:10:29Z")
> [@2gigch1](#): > > You bastard. (insert friendly smiley face here) > ā€¦ > > However rain slicked roads and the fact they were going to turn left soon anyway are both reasons to drive slower than I like. > ā€¦ > > With regards to taping the event the driver was not looking at the phone, just guessing at angles, which is about as dangerous as eating a burger or changing the radio while driving. And these two notes from the article is the reason that I claim that there were two assholes involved instead of one. The women claimed that the slick roads made driving cautiously a mandate yet she apparently wasnā€™t too worried about the added distraction of freeing up one hand to start up the video recorder on her phone. And I challenge the thought that video recording is as simple as pushing the radio buttons. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karma-bites-angry-driver-in-the-butt/684781/7 "2014-03-28T20:12:03Z")
I assumed the lady started recording just in case the other driver did something worse. Road rage incidents have resulted in people being driven off the road, beaten, or even shot. It was smart to get the incident recorded. ---
**Author:** ![2gigch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2gigch1/32/3313_2.png) [@2gigch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2gigch1)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karma-bites-angry-driver-in-the-butt/684781/8 "2014-03-28T20:34:55Z")
> [@BubbaDog](#): > > The women claimed that the slick roads made driving cautiously a mandate yet she apparently wasnā€™t too worried about the added distraction of freeing up one hand to start up the video recorder on her phone. And I challenge the thought that video recording is as simple as pushing the radio buttons. This will probably be one of those ā€˜agree to disagreeā€™ moments. I donā€™t believe holding a phone up _and not attempting to look through it_ (as evidenced by the fact the shot is not centered on the truck at all times, more guessed at) is particularly distracting. And I think the fact the truck driver canā€™t manage to wave the salute without wrecking speaks volumes on his driving abilities, and helps demonstrate how slick it actually was. Most of us mastered that act by age 17. I just canā€™t work up the ire at ā€œdriving slower than I want to in the left laneā€ folks like I used to. I _did_ in the past, but now Iā€™ve come to terms with the fact that the world just doesnā€™t work the way I want it to, and Iā€™m gonna have to deal with it. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karma-bites-angry-driver-in-the-butt/684781/9 "2014-03-28T20:42:49Z")
The guy didnā€™t just flip the bird while passing. He sped up and slowed down a couple times to make certain his message was received. He got what he deserved. Yeah, Iā€™m a prick. Sue me. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karma-bites-angry-driver-in-the-butt/684781/10 "2014-03-28T20:57:07Z")
> [@2gigch1](#): > > I just canā€™t work up the ire at ā€œdriving slower than I want to in the left laneā€ folks like I used to. I _did_ in the past, but now Iā€™ve come to terms with the fact that the world just doesnā€™t work the way I want it to, and Iā€™m gonna have to deal with it. If it really canā€™t be helped (thereā€™s too much traffic in the lane to your right to move over, or you will be turning left very soon), then it canā€™t be helped. But I think itā€™s bad practice to stay in the left lane and force people to pass you on the right.[sup]\*[/sup] My disapproval doesnā€™t rise to the level of ire, though, and the guy in the truck was very much the bigger asshole here. - There are places where passing on the outside like that (right in Germany, left in the UK) is a big-time no-no. I had a boss who had grown up in Britain and even though heā€™d lived here for years he said he still couldnā€™t get used to. ---
**Author:** ![FlyingDragonFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c89c15/32.png) [@FlyingDragonFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingDragonFan)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karma-bites-angry-driver-in-the-butt/684781/11 "2014-03-28T21:09:07Z")
As far as Iā€™m concerned, if itā€™s a road with actual left turn lanes like this one, there is no ā€œfast laneā€ and zero obligation to move over for tailgating assholes. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karma-bites-angry-driver-in-the-butt/684781/12 "2014-03-28T21:11:27Z")
Iā€™ve been in a similar situation where a guy in a Ford Bronco was riding my bumper for a a quarter mle or so as I was coming up to a left-lane freeway onramp. As we got to within a couple of blocks of the onramp, a car in front of me slowed to make a left turn and I tapped my brakesā€¦and he had to slam on his brakes hard to avoid hitting me. He lost control of the Bronco for a second and almost flipped itā€¦and boy was he pissed! He caught up with me on the freeway and made like he was going to sideswipe me while gesticulating madly. I avoided eye contact and moved over a lane to avoid him and finally he sped off to tailgate his next victim. I guess I was lucky that he didnā€™t pull out a gun. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karma-bites-angry-driver-in-the-butt/684781/13 "2014-03-28T21:33:20Z")
I love the picture of the guy - if I had to go through a ton of photos to find one of a guy who looks like heā€™d do exactly what that guy did, that would be the one Iā€™d choose. People not afraid to be stereotypes for the win! (And by ā€œwin,ā€ I mean ā€œlose.ā€) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karma-bites-angry-driver-in-the-butt/684781/14 "2014-03-28T21:52:52Z")
Thereā€™s also [the possibly apocryphal tale of a road raging mother & daughter flinging shit at a trucker](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=6200985). ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karma-bites-angry-driver-in-the-butt/684781/15 "2014-03-28T22:05:59Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > I love the picture of the guy - if I had to go through a ton of photos to find one of a guy who looks like heā€™d do exactly what that guy did, that would be the one Iā€™d choose. People not afraid to be stereotypes for the win! (And by ā€œwin,ā€ I mean ā€œlose.ā€) Yeah, if there were a ā€œroad rage poster boyā€ā€¦ I bet he never imagined, as he was tailgating and flipping off another driverā€” something heā€™s probably done before, and thought nothing ofā€” that this time it would lead him to (perhaps brief) international fame. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karma-bites-angry-driver-in-the-butt/684781/16 "2014-03-28T22:17:33Z")
She seemed to be driving her lane awfully well for being distracted. Also got the speedo, wonder what was the posted limit. Her left turn was very close to where the guy passed her. Seemed to be other traffic around also. Hummm, 'Go Pro ā„¢on a head bandā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/karma-bites-angry-driver-in-the-butt/684781/17 "2014-03-28T22:31:49Z")
Iā€™ve decided that, the next time I get a car, it will have a dash cam.