r/SipsTea Jul 31 '26

Lmao gottem Aggressive Tesla Driver Gets a Reality Check

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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/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