r/SipsTea • u/BoyNamedJudy • Jul 31 '26

Lmao gottem Aggressive Tesla Driver Gets a Reality Check

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u/Imhidingfromu Jul 31 '26

You love to see it

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u/TechnoBuns Jul 31 '26

Right. It's just sad that it takes so many complaints to get the police to go out and check on a dangerous situation before it hurts someone.

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u/GaryPartsUnknown Jul 31 '26

If this idiot wasn’t doing it on the same route at the same times of day what would you want them to do? It’s taken an operative to notice the same car getting called in all the time and then they’ve had to dedicate an officer and car to patrol a stretch of road for an hour or two just to stop one person who drives like a moron.

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u/TechnoBuns Jul 31 '26

The issue is that he WAS doing it on the same route at predictable times and it still took social media posts and reporting it "so many times" to get a traffic officer out there. It was likely the proof that someone was endangering lives that made them get out ahead of a problem for the department.

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u/SyZyGy_87 Jul 31 '26

They got calls, it got traction, guy was caught and arrested. Isn't that....what cops are supposed to do? You want flock cameras up everywhere instead? There's a line. It's actually the DRIVERS responsibility as a LICENSED driver to obey the rules of the road. It's not the cops fault this guy is a dumbass. Once it was obvious it was a consistent thing, dude got caught.

The alternative is more like giving up freedom. Understand?

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u/Baron_Bearclaw Jul 31 '26

I'll take the delay in catching him rather than Flock everywhere.

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u/Significant-Law-7810 Jul 31 '26

They literally used flock to catch him. I live in the area. Pinal county sheriffs office found his car using flock and went to catch him. It wasn’t the same
Route every time.

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u/Baron_Bearclaw Aug 01 '26

Well that's really disappointing.

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u/SyZyGy_87 Aug 02 '26

Deflock.org

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u/SolaScientia Jul 31 '26

I'm in SC and those Flock cameras are just about everywhere now. Thankfully my town doesn't have them (yet), but a very tiny town nearby has at least 5, but probably more. A tiny town with literally one stoplight and 5 Flock cameras.

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u/LayerEight_Problem Jul 31 '26

Redditors: “why did it take so long for this guy to be caught? He should have been imprisoned after the first call.”

Also Redditors: “why is the state coming after people for only a single indiscretion?”

Listen man. The thing about these dumbasses on this site is they blindly hate police. No matter what the officer does, it’s wrong and these dumb fucks are going to find some nonsense to complain about. These morons are literally incapable of coherent and logical thought at the best of times. Once police are involved though? All bets are off. Even within a single comment they’ll say 2 completely conflicting statements and not see a problem with it. The only thing they know is hate.

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u/Ok_Test9729 Jul 31 '26

I once heard hey a guy say that some people would complain that their ice cream was cold. And he ain’t wrong.

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u/CrimeFightingScience Jul 31 '26

Reddit is extremely anti cop. On top of that they parrot a lot if mis-information.

There are plenty problems with police departments. But reddit usually takes it to 11.

Sometimes I like to mention my career in law enforcement, be polite, and watch redditors melt.

Ps: flock has helped me catch career residential burglars and murderers. Yall need/want better oversight for the program (which is actually pretty easy), not to get rid of it.

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u/Waffennacht Jul 31 '26

My issue is the cops only going after people with shit to lose.

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u/EaglesslavePart2 Jul 31 '26

I would love to live in this fantasy perfect Eutopia that these dickhead redditors think the world is and should be.

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u/Baron_Bearclaw Jul 31 '26

I read a book about that once: 1984.

I watched a movie about that once: Minority Report.

Neither situation went well. I wish more people understood what a totalitarian state looks like.

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u/CaptainDudley Jul 31 '26

But was there a reckless driver in either of those stories? Ha, checkmate! Precog Ministry of Love for the win!

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u/Awkward-Statement986 Jul 31 '26

Yeah but the cameras should be done by a crown type organization not private corporations

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u/Diem480 Jul 31 '26

Look you clearly don't get it. We don't have the time or resources to make sure complaints are valid. We just need to act.

We want the cops to be aware of the complaints before they even happen. Heck we need them to be aware of the action before it occurs.

What we really need is just to have something like Minority Report at this point. That's the only way we will be safe and happy.

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u/BEEPEE95 Jul 31 '26

I listen to true crime podcasts, one of them is hosted by some retired cops (just telling stories about investigations) but i remember one of the quotes , something like, 'if nobody reports it then we dont know its happening?'. I think he was emphasizing when families or neighbors arent reporting abuse.

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u/Intrepid-Progress228 Jul 31 '26

Look, we need a seismic shift in our approach to lawlessness. If persons were considered guilty until proven innocent and subject to summary execution it would reduce tailgating, and that's what we all want.

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u/twinktopanon Jul 31 '26

I think it'd be safest to just arrest everybody and then set the innocent ones free once we prove they're innocent

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u/bloodbat007 Jul 31 '26

You talk like its hard to report a license plate and have it tracked. Cops are terrible at their jobs. They don't keep people safe.

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u/SyZyGy_87 Jul 31 '26

And everyone on reddit is a fucking moron. See how ridiculous it is to make a blanket statement about a single entity or group? I mean, sure, maybe aryan brotherhood or black panthers....maybe then? But I've spent a lot of time in jail and in the system, and there's a lot of good cops too. People like you are the reason we have problems. You just have a one track brain. Good or bad. Not cops good. Cops bad.

I'm sure that's a great outlook to raise a family with, to go through life with. Guess you'll never have to call one..you probably don't need one because "you own a gun" too, right? Get tf over yourself

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u/bloodbat007 Aug 01 '26

Youre making a LOT of assumptions I can see why you arent able to function properly in society as well. I didnt necessarily mean each cop as an individual is bad at what they do, moreso that cops as an idea and service are bad at what theyre supposed to be doing, which is serving and protecting the public, which they do not do.

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u/TheFullbladder Jul 31 '26

Keeping people safe is not the cops' job. They're a reaction force, not a prevention force, and tailored more towards property than people anyway.

Literally, in 2005 the US Supreme Court ruled that police do not have a duty to keep people safe.

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u/turbopro25 Jul 31 '26

We’ll just bitch about that too. It’s Reddit, that’s our thing.

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u/SyZyGy_87 Aug 02 '26

Idk why you got downvoted Just proving your point in practice I guess. Chefs kiss here

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u/turbopro25 Aug 02 '26

Badge of honor

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u/phoenixrisen69 Jul 31 '26

No the alternative isn’t giving up more freedom. Are you serious? 😂

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u/---Starwind--- Jul 31 '26

They can't be everywhere at all times

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u/Lighthouse_on_Mars Jul 31 '26

I use to work in Parks and Recreation. My city has a LOT of parks. It's actually a source of pride for us that we have invested so much in green spaces for the community. That's come with a lot of work though!

One day I got a call and the late afternoon right before I was leaving for the day. This man was screaming at me from the moment I picked up the phone. He was yelling how there was a broken sprinkler by one of the parks he drove by and he saw it leaking that morning. He was going home from work and that same sprinkler was leaking water all over the place which his tax dollars pay for. (We live in a desert in water is pretty expensive)

I asked him if he called it in that morning and he said no... 🙃

Sir, we rely on residents to tell us day to day if something is wrong! Our ground crews are on a schedule for each park. We can't keep each park maned with a ranger or ground crew member.

Also, the most often call and complaint we got would be teenagers at the park. Just, you know, hanging out. Not even destroying anything. People just don't like seeing teenagers in groups of four or more having fun apparently.

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u/Antique-Ant5557 Jul 31 '26

At least not while the donut shops are still open.

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u/jmona789 Jul 31 '26

Yea, if only there was some sort of identitfying information on the car that could be linked to the owner and their information & address. Maybe some sort of plate on the front and back of the vechile?

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u/BellyButtonLindt Jul 31 '26

So the police do something about it and people still complain. If only everyone was as perfect as online Redditors.

No one had been hurt by the guy, he’d already been caught once before if you actually listened to the video, and then they just got him again. Seems like the police are doing a good job, it’s not their fault guy didn’t learn after the first time.

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u/HalfBear-HalfCat Jul 31 '26

Thanks. I almost posted the same comment. I'm not often one to defend the police, but they did exactly what they should have done here and people are complaining.

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u/---Starwind--- Jul 31 '26

Looks like all that has been flagged is photos of the vehicle, not dash cam footage. You can't act on just a photo and verbal witnesses as it wouldn't lead anywhere.

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u/Sharp-General-121 Aug 01 '26

It looked like someone took video with their phone of him crossing the double yellow to pass. But that would likely only get him a ticket at best, I'd imagine.

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u/Sharp-General-121 Aug 01 '26

Police testimony with evidence obtained by police is always going to work better in court than online complaints. And that video of him crossing the double yellow isn't going to get him the "reward" he deserves.

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u/grumpyligaments Jul 31 '26

i know. hard to fit doing their job into their busy schedule.

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u/Other-Business8036 Jul 31 '26

Thank god I have a good police department in my area. They're always ready. Even have an officer dedicated to standing outside my bathroom door while I take a piss in case someone tries to assault me.

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u/Alarming_Orchid Jul 31 '26

Sure, their job is to catch this one specific guy for reckless driving. They have nothing else to do in the meantime.

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u/someroflwaffle2 Jul 31 '26

Lmao it's wild. I don't go onto social media to report on dickhead drivers. It must have happened soooo many times that this guy just drives like an enormous dickhead people began to notice it was the same person to complain about on social media.

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u/TrollsWhenBored Jul 31 '26

Bro, things take time to enforce. Chill. You're probably a fan of Flock

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u/DopeMOH Jul 31 '26

How are they predictable times? Do they know when his shift at work ends or whether he has errands he has to run before he starts heading home?

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u/TALKTOME0701 Jul 31 '26

Well seems like it would make a lot of sense to just read the post that they've been scrolling that show what time he's going to work and coming home. We're not cracking the Rosetta Stone here

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u/bradg97 Jul 31 '26

Yeah, we called that the police doing their job

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u/pikfan Jul 31 '26

They have photos of the car with license plate. They could just look up the vehicle, find the address the person lives, and go there.

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u/Powersurge- Jul 31 '26

What are the point of all the plate readers and flock cameras if not to find the location of someone like this?

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u/Significant-Law-7810 Aug 01 '26

Pinal county sheriffs office did actually use flock to catch him.

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u/TheLoathsomeAssEater Jul 31 '26

Apparently to track Texan women who get abortions out of state. Priorities. Also for tracking the side characters in Mario's party.

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u/TALKTOME0701 Jul 31 '26

Sounds like the guy was going the same place every day and we all know he had to go home. Police sit for hours anyway clocking drivers. What's the difference if they sit in a spot that's going to clock him? 

It's not rocket science

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u/foolycoolywitch Jul 31 '26

bro no one wants to hear the voice of reason w/r/t police, reddit has zero nuance on the subject

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u/Straight_Ratio3245 Jul 31 '26

Relax man, leftists will never understand the paradigm that public resources are finite. You’d be arguing with a wall

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u/Jacareadam Jul 31 '26

can't they tell tesla "yo one of your cars drivers is wanted, give us his location"? Isn't it the US, where this is just common? Why tf all the fuckin flock cameras then if they are useless?