There’s nothing worse than losing your credit card. Not only is it stressful, as you run the risk of potential fraudulent charges and identity theft, but replacing a lost credit card can be extremely inconvenient as well. Recently, a man lost his credit card on a highway in New York, and was driving slowly along the road in a bid to find it. This led to a verbal altercation from another driver who was frustrated by the man’s slow driving. The saddest part? The argument devolved into racist slurs, which was caught on camera, and is making the rounds online at the moment.
The 18-second clip takes place on the side of a highway in New York, and while it doesn’t show the buildup before the verbal altercation, there is some additional context that can be gleaned from the OP’s original Instagram post that helps set the scene. Specifically:
PLEASE make these people famous…. I usually don’t do this but I have to. I lost my credit card today on the side of the highway and because I was trying to find it and was driving a little bit slow coming to a red light anyway I get called the N-Word MULTIPLE times by this animal. 🚨 I went to the Local police and they aren’t doing anything about it. “Freedom of speech” which is 100% correct. So since they won’t do anything here they are. They drive a dark grey Jeep Cherokee.
Via meelthegoat on Instagram
As you can see, the man recording had lost his credit card and was attempting to find it on the side of the highway, which sparked the heated confrontation in the video. In it, we see a man in a blue New York Yankees cap and a blue jumper leaning out of the window and angrily giving the cameraman the middle-finger. “Take a picture of this! Take a picture of this!” yells the irate New York driver.
The cameraman must’ve experienced some sort of racist slur before the camera had even started rolling, as he keeps repeatedly responding with, “Say it again! Say it again!” As his female companion attempts to calm him down, by putting her hand on his shoulder, he begins to wind up his window, which makes it look like the public spat is coming to an end. But that’s not the case.
Instead, the angry New York driver winds down his window again, and yells, “F*ckin’ piece of sh*t!” and gives the cameraman the bird yet again. It’s not over yet, though, as the furious driver has one final insult. “What? That you’re a f*ckin’ n*gger! Yeah, I don’t give a f*ck!” which ends the footage.
Public Reactions to the Heated Road Rage Incident
As the clip continues to snowball online, social media reactions have criticised the racist New York driver’s angry rant. One user on Reddit wrote, “let their employers know asap!!!” while another sarcastically replied to this with, “He would probably set up a gofundme and raise a few hundred thousand quid.” Others, meanwhile, joked about the guy’s appearance, with many comparing him to The Smashing Pumpkins’ singer Billy Corgan. One person penned, “Billy Corgan’s p*ssed.” while another quipped, “Billy Corgan is unwell“.
