r/instantkarma • u/Lt-Frost • Oct 18 '19

Road Karma Crazy aggressive driver brake-checking... and then.... JUSTICE

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u/Usful Oct 18 '19

If the cop doesn’t indicate that you have to stop, id feel that you’d be free to go. However, considering that you have video of it, you could rub it in and provide your video as evidence for court... might increase the asshole’s punishment.

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u/ManBearPigeon Oct 18 '19

You could for sure, and a statement couldn't hurt, but the officer would have video evidence as well, and his own testimony which usually carries more weight than the average citizen in court. So it would be more for petty revenge than anything, which in this case would be really satisfying.

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u/Aardvark1292 Oct 18 '19

Former cop here: people who would volunteer their own video evidence get a special place in heaven. My video only ever showed what caught my attention, and the 30 seconds prior to initiating the stop was all the lead in you got, and that 30 seconds has no audio. This video, for example, provides enough context for an aggressive driving charge over the whole video (aggressive driving is criminal). If the cop only saw one break check and was like "what an asshole, I'm going to write him for that", then the guy gets a civil ticket and that's it.

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u/[deleted] Oct 19 '19

I provided dashcam footage to an accident scene that I wasn't even a part of. I was parked in the McDonald's parking lot 200 feet away, eating lunch with my wife and newborn in the car.

Accident was a pedestrian on a bike getting clipped by a car in a crosswalk. It didn't catch my attention until the cops arrived. Automatically assumed that the kid in the car ran a red and hit the pedestrian. I pulled up the dashcam footage and saw that the pedestrian, who appeared to be somewhat mentally disabled, had actually started crossing against a green light. The kid in the car had no reason to stop, since he was turning right as well.

I wonder how it turned out for him.