Road rage incident in Florida - Page 2

masraum · 08:59 AM

I watched the video again, but with sound.

Another car honks at him, and then he brake checks them, HARD.

Almost as soon as that happens, he clearly starts planning to get to his gun. It looks like there's a second, lighter brake check a bit later.

Then I hear a noise as the other car passes and he then opens fire. According to the video above, the other car threw a water bottle at his car. The driver is a serious numbnuts, and should be in jail. His kind of stupid is a criminal offense.

It's my opinion that he instigated this. If he hadn't brake checked the other car, my guess is that nothing would have happened. If he had let the other car get past, likely nothing would have happened. He's as much at fault in the whole situation.

This reminds me of the kind of guy that gets in a fight because some other dude calls him a name, which then escalates to pushing and eventually throwing punches and rolling around on the ground.

masraum · 08:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Paul_Heery

He pulled out his gun rather deliberately after he brake checked the other car.

Yep. I can only assume/hope that the person in the other car flashed a gun.

I just watched the video embedded above. According to that, they threw a water bottle at him.

masraum · 02-01-2022, 08:53 AM

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Originally Posted by 911 Rod

What a whackadoodle!!

couldn't have said it better myself. Pure neanderthal.

masraum · 02-01-2022, 08:53 AM

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Originally Posted by fastfredracing

that windshield had it comin'

ROFLMAO!
Thanks for that.

masraum · 02-01-2022, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by matthewb0051

Maybe it is just a Florida thing:

sheesh, more neanderthals. In this one, the other driver did appear to flash a gun, but if the guy in the truck had just let it go, I suspect nothing would have happened that hadn't already happened.

Too many numbnuts around these days.

masraum · 02-01-2022, 09:02 AM

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Originally Posted by speeder

and this is why it's a great idea to let all citizens carry a gun. They will all act responsibly and not start shooting indiscriminately the first time that they are angry or scared.

fify

Jeff Higgins · 02-01-2022, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by speeder

And this is why it's a great idea to let all citizens carry a gun. They will all act responsibly and not start shooting indiscriminately the first time that they are angry or scared.

Well, there were a couple million Americans carrying guns that day who didn't. And, statistically, there were many who defended their lives and/or the lives other loved ones, who thwarted robberies or burglaries, and who generally just made things difficult for the bad guys. But, yeah, let's focus on this one idiot and say "I told you so..." and try to drive policy decisions based on the one in several million outliers. Because, well, when that's what we want to do anyway, we must take maximum advantage of these exceedingly rare aberrations.

Baz · Baz's Garage

SLATER SCOOP: Exclusive video of road-rage shooting in Miami from in-car camera.

The shooter seen here was arrested and is awaiting trial. He told cops the other driver fired first.

(Warning: Language and gunfire) pic.twitter.com/10vDVEwBbw
— Andy Slater (@AndySlater) January 28, 2022

URY914 · URY914's Garage

Another fool that should have deleted his own video.

Rot 911 · 02-01-2022, 05:11 PM

Damn, I start laughing every time I watch that video!

A930Rocket · 02-01-2022, 06:26 PM

What a maroon.

svandamme · svandamme's Garage

I don't see a gun in the open window of the other car, his hand is beside the car, like it would after having throw a bottle..

Was the other guy agressive, to some extent yes..
was he armed, technically yes, he's in a 1.5-2 ton heavy vehicle that can be used as a weapon indeed.
But so was camera guy, he was doing those same things and had a similar vehicle that can be used as a weapon.

But was he using it ,AS a weapons? no.. he was overtaking.. and about to make a point, or maybe he was going to return the favor of the brake check.. or maybe he was going to force camera car to stop..but he didn't do that , the camera car on the other hand DID do the brake check and in a way forced or attemped to make the other guy slowdown and stop.

What is clear, is the camera guy was getting ready to shoot his gun, he was working up his mind towards shooting.. To many tacticool youtube videos and a small peepee , fear mentality.
But there's NO logic in thinking he would shoot from that position\angle\drivingspeed.

Hell , it doesn't make any sense, a tiny little gun when you are in control of a 2 ton big weapon is the wrong choice either way.. Defensive driving will get you much further then a silly 9mm gun
Shooter/camera guy did not deconflict
he was not defending his castle, nor was he standing his ground.. He was defending his fragile ego
He will need a very good lawyer.

john70t · 02-02-2022, 02:07 AM

He was blocking the left lane so he's automatically in the wrong.

Norm K · 02-02-2022, 04:03 AM

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Originally Posted by matthewb0051

Has he never fired that thing before? I'm sure his ears were ringing.

Firing a weapon while inside a vehicle - or even in a normal sized room - ain't like it's depicted in the movies.

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berettafan · 02-02-2022, 04:41 AM

i can't imagine too many scenarios where it's more clear you have zero defense for firing a gun.

URY914 · URY914's Garage

Did he post this video somewhere himself? Why in the world would you have a camera facing yourself then after you do something incredibly stupid you post it for the world to see and you get arrested because of it.

The Synergizer · The Synergizer's Garage

Good soundtrack, like an old cop movie.

masraum · 02-02-2022, 05:53 AM

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Originally Posted by URY914

Another fool that should have deleted his own video.

masraum · 02-02-2022, 05:55 AM

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Originally Posted by svandamme

I don't see a gun in the open window of the other car, his hand is beside the car, like it would after having throw a bottle..

Was the other guy agressive, to some extent yes..
was he armed, technically yes, he's in a 1.5-2 ton heavy vehicle that can be used as a weapon indeed.
But so was camera guy, he was doing those same things and had a similar vehicle that can be used as a weapon.

But was he using it ,AS a weapons? no.. he was overtaking.. and about to make a point, or maybe he was going to return the favor of the brake check.. or maybe he was going to force camera car to stop..but he didn't do that , the camera car on the other hand DID do the brake check and in a way forced or attemped to make the other guy slowdown and stop.

What is clear, is the camera guy was getting ready to shoot his gun, he was working up his mind towards shooting.. To many tacticool youtube videos and a small peepee , fear mentality.
But there's NO logic in thinking he would shoot from that position\angle\drivingspeed.

Hell , it doesn't make any sense, a tiny little gun when you are in control of a 2 ton big weapon is the wrong choice either way.. Defensive driving will get you much further then a silly 9mm gun
Shooter/camera guy did not deconflict
he was not defending his castle, nor was he standing his ground.. He was defending his fragile ego
He will need a very good lawyer.

I'm hoping he ends up having a really bad lawyer.

masraum · 02-02-2022, 05:57 AM

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Originally Posted by john70t

He was blocking the left lane so he's automatically in the wrong.

Absolutely!

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Originally Posted by berettafan

i can't imagine too many scenarios where it's more clear you have zero defense for firing a gun.

Exactly right.

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Originally Posted by URY914

Did he post this video somewhere himself? Why in the world would you have a camera facing yourself then after you do something incredibly stupid you post it for the world to see and you get arrested because of it.

I don't think he posted it. I think he volunteered it to the cops. Presumably the media got it and then they uploaded it.