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Instant Karma: Footage Captured on Tesla Puts Gun Flashing Motorist in Jail

There's road rage, and then there's asking for a felony charge. Everyone's entitled to having a bad day. It's human, and in psychology, it's therapeutic. But there's a limit to venting. Drenching your frustration on someone else, and worse in traffic – is outrightly inappropriate. A recent post by a Tesla owner on Reddit shows a traffic confrontation that almost went fatal. Fortunately, the entire footage was captured on camera.
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In the video, a motorist on the right side of traffic switches lanes and almost hits a Tesla. The Tesla driver honks back, perhaps to warn the other driver, but he doesn't like it. Instead of moving back to his lane, he confronts the Tesla driver, flashes a gun, and speeds off.

The Tesla driver didn't appreciate the stunt. He reported the incident, handed the footage captured by the dashcam and got a case number. The Police were able to pull the vehicle tag from the video. As it turns out, the gun-wielding driver was out on bail and on the authority's radar.  

The traffic confrontation was a blessing in disguise, and the footage captured was a critical piece of evidence the officers needed to get him behind bars. The Tesla owner still had to identify the gun-wielding driver from a line, which he did.

"So, it turns out he was out on bond. The cops had reports of him doing this with no evidence. This video was what they needed to go pick him up and revoke his bond," the Tesla driver wrote.

It's unfortunate the Tesla driver had to get into such a confrontation, but thanks to the footage, another dangerous person is behind bars and off the streets.



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About the author: Humphrey Bwayo
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Humphrey is a car enthusiast whose love and passion for automobiles extended into collecting, writing, driving, and working on cars. He got his passion for cars from his Dad, who spent thousands of hours working on his old junky 1970 E20 Toyota Corolla. Years later, he would end up doing the same with a series of lemons he’s owned throughout his adult life.
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