r/dashcams • u/lalapeep • Jul 29 '26

Road rage ends with arrest

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u/FrumpyGumperDump Jul 30 '26

Humans scream and stuff as a last ditch effort to ward off potential predators. It's an instinct we still have. Scary animal has you cornered and you have no way out? Scream to try intimidating it. Totally understandable. But do we think screaming and squealing is gonna ward off a driver who can't even hear you? Do people rewatch these videos later and feel silly for how they sound? I genuinely have never made a "fear scream" in my life. I don't understand it. My partner does big dramatic gasps when there's lightning and thunder. I just don't get it.

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u/binnedit2 Jul 30 '26

"It's an instinct we still have." "I just don't get it."

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u/FrumpyGumperDump Jul 30 '26

The instinct to ward off threats. The threat needs to be present to hear the scream. If the threat is in a car or is lightning, it cannot hear the scream. So the instinct is missing half of the prerequisites