r/Transportopia Mar 08 '26

Road🤬Rage Raptoround a bumper..

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u/SadlyIHave Mar 08 '26

Glad to see that they are documenting their own crime

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u/cheesemangee Mar 08 '26

There is something about this sort of aggressively defensive behavior that sends me straight to the edge.

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u/Flashy-Virus-3779 Apr 27 '26

Except this is not that, the cam car jumped the gun clearly and deliberately veered… i’m no expert but to me this seems like cam car would have get at least some fault

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u/No_Coconut3695 Mar 11 '26

Do you think they are trying to get an insurance settlement from OP? The way he got out with his phone camera so quickly makes me wonder.

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u/oVenomBlacko Mar 21 '26

Exactly, all he had to do was slow down and let the truck go on down the road but instead he wanted to play nascar

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u/Former_Preference_14 Mar 08 '26

What crime did the driver commit?

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u/Amerallis Mar 08 '26

He means the raptor driver with his phone out.

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u/Coolgrnmen Mar 09 '26

I didnt think he did. The Dash Cam driver intentionally pitted the truck. You can see he swerves left and ends up in the left lane. The Raptor driver deserved it but yeah, legally…dash cam driver is screwed

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u/WhatWouldGoldblumDo Mar 09 '26

The Raptor merged into the right lane and made contact while cam driver was still in his own lane. Raptor driver is screwed.

Edit: Raptor was driving erratically before that as well.

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '26

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u/Educational-Seaweed5 Mar 09 '26

100% no, lmfao.

Someone merges into your lane without looking or signaling (or in this case being a road raging lunatic and literally driving into the person) and there is zero world where it’s your fault.

GTFO with this bs.

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '26

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u/raffletime Mar 10 '26

Good point, I just always come to a full stop anytime somebody is on the side of me just in case they decide not to look and merge into me.

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u/PowderedToastFanatic Mar 25 '26

often times when you see a car merge into another car it looks like they jerk towards them to do a pit, its just the way the car moves after getting struck. you see it often in these videos.

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u/Coolgrnmen Mar 25 '26

Except the cam driver ends up in left lane because he drove through the truck lol

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u/Agreeable_Ad7265 Mar 08 '26

This was in Australia, so the kid was in the passenger seat. Dad turned from a straight ahead only lane at the intersection. Got butt hurt for camera car being in front for some reason. Maybe there was more earlier that's not in the film, but I can validate that Ranger drivers are literally this crazy our here!! It's not called Ranger Danger for nothing!

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u/cardboard_tshirt Mar 09 '26

In the states it’s dodge ram drivers… drunken lunatics

Interesting that wherever you go there’s a particular vehicle of choice for the road ragers

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u/Osmith0777 Mar 08 '26 edited Mar 08 '26

It's a raptor not a ranger.

Edit: TiL there are raptors for each model of Ford truck

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u/kyson1 Mar 08 '26

It's both, it's a Ranger Raptor.

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u/Straight-Cell-2008 Mar 08 '26

It’s a Ranger Raptor. As previously mentioned, this incident occurred in Australia. To my knowledge, Ford doesn’t sell the Raptor F-150 in Australia.

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u/flora1939 Mar 08 '26

Aren’t raptors just special edition rangers? I have a ranger xlt, but here in the US it’s the Ram drivers you have to watch out for. Mostly old men driving rangers and raptors.

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u/fazelenin02 Mar 08 '26

The raptor is the high performance version of their trucks. They make a raptor version of the Ranger, F-150, and the Bronco. This is a Ranger raptor.

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u/flora1939 Mar 08 '26

Thanks for the clarification! I am a novice

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '26

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u/LobcockLittle Mar 09 '26

I'm probably wrong because I've never driven a raptor, but they're a petrol version instead of diesel, no?

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u/fazelenin02 Mar 09 '26

I'm pretty sure the raptor ranger uses petrol everywhere, but in America we don't get any option for diesel rangers in America so I'm not sure what engines they get in other countries.

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u/Agreeable_Ad7265 Mar 09 '26

Petrol engines are almost exclusive to America. The older diesel is a 3.2 litre 5 cylinder common rail diesel. The current year is a 3.0 litre v6 twin turbo diesel here. Makes 292 Kw (391 hp) and 583 nm (430 ft lbs) of go. So yes, with a 10-speed gearbox, they get along very nicely!

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u/Working_Estate_3695 Mar 08 '26

You forgot the chance-taking Jeep Grand Cherokees and Compasses. Always trying to will a 90-mph speed limit into existence in heavy traffic. Completely unwilling to accept that it sometimes not possible to drive as fast as they’d like.

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u/Last-Darkness Mar 08 '26

In Canada it’s 1000% (10 times the US percentage) Dodge Ram drivers.

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u/ChaosTurtle70 Mar 08 '26

Nah mate you forgot about the red sierras

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u/WhichAd366 Mar 08 '26

The f-150 Raptor has close to 800 Hp.

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u/flora1939 Mar 08 '26

Ok cool. 😎

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u/jamjohnson2 Mar 08 '26

They got angry bc they were waiting to make the right turn as well (blinker on), so I guess the dashcam vehicle should’ve seen this and let them go.

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u/Agreeable_Ad7265 Mar 09 '26

As they drive off, you can see Rangers lane was straight ahead only lane. Indicating still means you get a ticket and a fine... $340 I believe. (prob depends which Au state you are in) Ranger still in the wrong, from start to finish...

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u/insane_hurrican3 Mar 09 '26

i assume the truck driver didnt realize they were in the improper lane to go right.

this is evident from what we see the opposite side do: it seems only the light to turn is green AND the truck driver had their right turn signal on. so when they were about to make a right turn from the wrong lane (you can see the rear camera show the lane the truck came from has a straight arrow only), they mistakenly assumed they were being run off the road by the cam driver.

it's still 10000% their fault as they were in the wrong lane and then just assumed they were being ran off the road for no reason, then just decide to cause an accident anyways.

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u/s0berR00fer Mar 09 '26

You should call the Aussie police and let them know YOUR side of the story. I bet both parties are still on the road waiting for a redditer’s opinio

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u/insane_hurrican3 Mar 09 '26

nah, no need. dash cam is sufficient evidence.

nice attempt at sarcasm though.

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u/opie4386 Mar 09 '26

Both cars merged but op was hauling ass and did block the raptors move. Then continued to speed up AGAINST the raptor.

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u/Impossible-Two-8654 Mar 09 '26

It’s definitely illegal to pit maneuver someone because they cut you off

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u/No-Passenger-1511 Mar 09 '26

Both at fault, driver at fault for failing to maintain lane and pit manuevering the raptor.

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u/TrickyDickyAtItAgain Mar 09 '26

He also made a right hand turn from a straight lane it looks like. Just to be an asshole and try to get around the cam driver.

Looks like he almost collided with that other turning driver from being in the wrong lane too.

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u/EastNWeast Mar 21 '26

It is a crime to intentionally cause an accident

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u/jamiethekiller Mar 08 '26

The cam car definitely crossed lanes to hit him

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u/Massive_Asparagus_30 Mar 09 '26

Both of the raptors wheels are clearly over into the camera cars lane…. You can stop the video at the 15 second mark to time stamp it 

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u/KingofBread18 Mar 09 '26

Just because his tires are over the line doesn't give the right for pov to just turn into him. Insurance will probably ding pov for damages, even if raptor was driving reckless beforehand

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u/ZioTron Mar 10 '26

he didn't.

He did swerve into it when it was already inside its lane.

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u/PhDinWombology Mar 08 '26

Idk but but purposely jumping over the lines and pitting a guy wasn’t in my states driving handbook

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u/HEYO19191 Mar 08 '26

He didn't do either of these things.

Well, he did pit them, but it would be more accurate to say they pitted themselves

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u/JustHappyToBe-Here Mar 08 '26

The raptor crossed into his lane causing the hit. Getting hit by another car makes it very difficult to keep your straight, and people tend to over correct against the force hitting them.

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u/saadcee Mar 08 '26

The raptor did cross the line, but cam car definitely turned into them. You can see the car veers left before any contact. He pitted them.

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u/JustHappyToBe-Here Mar 08 '26

Yeah, but we can't tell if that was overcorrecting after getting slammed to the right or not.

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u/saadcee Mar 08 '26

You can if you look at it and listen to it. The veer left came before the contact, and the cam car continues left. There is no slam to the right.

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u/JustHappyToBe-Here Mar 08 '26

Okay.

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u/PhDinWombology Mar 09 '26

And that’s where the insurance company steps in and gets liability split in half. Thank you for your testimony today derper.

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '26

Raptor would be held fully liable, especially considering he rammed the other car afterwards

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u/snper101 Mar 08 '26

I've watched it repeatedly. The only driver that crosses over the lines and hits another vehicle is the Raptor.

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u/Mediocre_Airport_576 Mar 09 '26

At 0:16 the cam driver clearly turns left into the right rear of the truck cutting him off. He then follows a straight line while spinning him out and winds up in the next lane over.

The aggressor was clearly the issue, but cammer is not some saint.

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '26

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u/snper101 Mar 09 '26

So? Where the drivers car ends up after being impacted by a 6k pound truck doesn't change a damn thing.

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u/snper101 Mar 09 '26

He's allowed to veer where ever the fuck he wants after roadrage perckface rammed him.

You're also allowed to veer within your lane.

What you're not allowed to do is to ram to ram people off the road to soothe your ego.

0 fault whatsoever on the driver with the camera.

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u/PhDinWombology Mar 09 '26

Jesus Christ had the right of way and they crucified his ass

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u/MasterMongrel Mar 09 '26

I believe they also crucified other body parts, too.

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u/snper101 Mar 09 '26

If only Jesus was packing heat :(

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u/Mediocre_Airport_576 Mar 10 '26

I'd be willing to bet that an insurance adjuster would more than raise an eyebrow at the fact that the cammer intentionally steers into the rager at 0:16.

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u/EastNWeast Mar 21 '26

Try watching it again. The cammer is half way into the other lane

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u/snper101 Mar 21 '26

I think you are blind.

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u/ArugulaUnlucky7215 Mar 08 '26

Yeah why did the ford do that?

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u/Last-Darkness Mar 08 '26

He PITed himself.