One of the traits that every driver is taught to have on the road is being predictable, and one particular Florida motorist was definitely not that. Reddit user Pooh_jo was driving down assumably Palm Dr in Homestead when a Nissan drifted into his lane, no turning signal used. Then, all of a sudden, the Nissan driver brake-checks Pooh_jo and came to a full stop right in the middle of the road. This all happened on a rainy day, making the maneuver all the more dangerous.
“I have no idea if this was some sort of road rage or insurance scam,” Pooh_jo wrote, shaken by the whole ordeal. He continued retelling what happened in his dashcam footage on r/dashcams. “He starts to yell and flip me off as I have to back up to even go around him. He then proceeds to flash his lights at me and follow me afterward.”
True to OP’s word, the video does show the Nssan driver waving his hand out the window, as Pooh_jo drove around and got away. As to why this driver did this to Pooh_jo and Pooh_jo specifically, Reddit’s opinion is mixed. Some claim the driver was being a self-righteous vigilante, while others just argue its someone looking to commit insurance fraud.
Reddit Couldn’t Decide Whether It Was a Scammer or Vigilante
Over three thousand people upvoted the comment saying “Honestly seems like an Insurance scam.” On the flip side, several people pointed out how OP was going 6 miles over the speed limit of 40mph. This is why several Redditors were confident that the Nissan driver was trying to teach Pooh_jo a lesson, though there’s no evidence of this.
“Judging by your speed relative to the surrounding traffic, my guess is this guy wanted to play cop and demand you slow down. It’s the only way this makes sense to me,” suggested a commenter. “I would think a scammer would move along when the hit didn’t come. This guy seems to think he’s making a point.”
In the end, OP was speeding, in the rain, no less, and the Nissan driver did an illegal brake-check. And between the argument of who was more in the wrong, one commenter made a solid point: “Dead stopping in the middle of the road for no reason is extremely dangerous.”
