This was Too Close to an 'accident'!

[DickB]

I checked my mirror, turned my head, turn signal on. The left lane was clear. "Was" is the operative word. We came within inches.

Highway 27 in Sebring, Florida. Lots of crashes occur on this road. I try to avoid it when I can and stay in the right lane unless I make a left turn.

I don't suppose it would do any good to send this to the sheriff.

 

[Peter Aawen]

I checked my mirror, turned my head, turn signal on. The left lane was clear. "Was" is the operative word. We came within inches.
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Highway 27 in Sebring, Florida. Lots of crashes occur on this road. I try to avoid it when I can and stay in the right lane unless I make a left turn.

I don't suppose it would do any good to send this to the sheriff.

I dunno about that, but while it might be seen by some (usually those doing the wrong thing) as 'snitching' or 'dobbing', you can be abso-freakin-lutely SURE that if no-one ever does/says anything, nothing will ever change! And your pics DO clearly show the license plate/rego number of a vehicle that very much appears to be speeding and dangerously changing lanes in a way that could well have killed you...

Sure, nothing might come of sending it in, but maybe it will mean the driver gets a warning, or more. Who knows, maybe that ^ vehicle was involved in a really bad 'accident' just a few minutes later and by some weasel wording, the driver of that ^ vehicle looks like getting away with blaming the other driver (who is actually the innocent party?!), but your footage could help identify the true cause of said 'accident', if only they had it?! Or maybe even if they did have it, the Sheriff's office would just file it in the circular filing cabinet, the one that's under each desk, you know, the one labelled 'trash'! Who knows?!

But you do also know about that old saying, don't you?? It is a saying that has been attributed to a few different people, but regardless of who said it first, I reckon it still applies here - it goes something like this:

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing"​

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So like I said above, if you say/do nothing, you can be sure that nothing will ever change... and that might mean that you are the reason an innocent person gets charged/their life ruined for something the driver of that ^ car was actually responsible for - or not?!

Just Sayin'

 

[TheMariner]

If you don't forward it on it certainly won't do any good. Let them decide if they don't want to act... don't assume they won't. That passing idiot came within inches of mounting the kerb of that side road.

 

[Little Blue]

Glad that you are good and not in the
hospital. Some people will never learn to drive safely. Just Not in their genes.

 

[greer]

I'm thankful you weren't hit. Turn it in. The idiot may take that same route every day.

Sarah

 

[jjc54]

Whoa, that was scary! When driving the car, I have found when passing, I got surprised a few times after checking the side mirrors that I was indeed pulling out in front of a passing vehicle. The blind spot thing. In the name of defensive driving when in that kind of traffic, when on the bike, I remove my left hand from the handlebars and do a full body twist to check behind me. My head does not have the range of motion it used to have. After I determine it is clear, I check ahead for any tail lights in front, a quick downshift and get around as fast as possible. Don't know if this would have helped in your case, but sometimes I can't trust what I think is behind me! Sure happy it all turned out ok!

 

[Ozarkwoods]

For sure nothing will come of it if you don’t turn it in. But if you do turn it in there is that possibility that they will follow through. Being a school bus driver, I turn in all of my stop arm violations. We have full video on every bus. That report goes to the local PD with a video. I have no clue what happens after the report is submitted. Over 50 this past year, but I take the time to submit them. Just maybe that car was involved in some other crime and your video could lock that down.

 

[DickB]

I did send this to the sheriff and got this reply:

"Thank you for the email I will see if we can reach out to the person."

 

[RayBJ]

IMHO when we civilians start turning each other into authorities when no actual 'crime' is committed, we've forgotten what this country was founded for. I thought the Gestapo was dis-banned!

I get just as annoyed as everyone else when an A-hole is encountered but I move on - not letting an A-hole impact my day.

Clearly, the guy was a danger yet nothing happened. Why fester?

Won't you be surprised if the cops call you to testify about your civic duty!

 

[DickB]

Clearly, the guy was a danger yet nothing happened. Why fester?

Better had we been a few inches closer and something happened?

 

[DickB]

IMHO when we civilians start turning each other into authorities when no actual 'crime' is committed, we've forgotten what this country was founded for.

BTW speeding is a civil infraction but reckless driving is a crime.