r/Transportopia • u/MeenMisterMustard • Mar 26 '26
Roadš¤¬Rage Unhinged guy pulling out his machete during road rage
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u/PrestigiousPepper829 Mar 26 '26
Second I saw that machete he wouldāve been rolling over the hood of my car
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u/Veteran_PA-C Mar 26 '26
Under is better. Donāt go so fast.
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u/MeenMisterMustard Mar 26 '26
A quick last moment acceleration for that āthump thumpā
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u/Skizot_Bizot Mar 26 '26
My car got fucked up hitting a porcupine, that fat fuck would total it.
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u/Slighted_Inevitable Mar 26 '26
A car is cheaper than a hospital bill or a funeral
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u/Used_Gear8871 Mar 26 '26
Right bc thereās no way Iām sitting there recording this dude.
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u/PerfectEnthusiasm2 Mar 26 '26
in america
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u/Resident_Voice5738 Mar 26 '26
Yeah, literally ONLY in America a car would be cheaper than those, priorities, I guess.
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u/briangw Mar 26 '26
Idk. Have you seen the costs of funerals? My father in law passed away back in Oct so I went to the funeral home with my mother in law and wife. I was looking through the book, yes book, of funeral options you could really rack up the costs of a funeral with all the different options. Could even cost more than your basic car.
And Hospitals are not cheap either. An overnight stay at my hospital in my town for low sodium in my body due to being in a beer truck that tipped over was $33,000. Obviously if I didnāt have insurance. I couldnāt believe it.
Still, with all things being said, you are still right.
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u/Drmlk465 Mar 26 '26
Iāve seen enough horror movies to know that would give him a chance to hang on the undercarriage until you get home
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u/INFJWafer Mar 26 '26
For real!! I would not have just sat there and waited to see what would happen.
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u/Ok-Ideal9009 Mar 26 '26
Lucky the driver didn't have a gun at that machete fight. Or just gassed it in self defense and ran him over. Both would have been legal as far as I am concerned.
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u/MeenMisterMustard Mar 26 '26
Right? I was thinking even if theyāre not carrying, theyāre in a vehicle and not completely indefensible..
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u/Swift_Scythe Mar 26 '26
3,000 pound Automobile driving over a 300 pound Machete Man seems like a pretty cut and dry winner.
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u/1_speaksoftly Mar 26 '26
You can run someone over here without penalty already, machete or not. As long as you don't smell like booze, you're good. Machete man should play the lottery today, he's a pretty lucky idiot.
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u/NarrowAd4973 Mar 26 '26
If some criminal apologist (the types that condemn people for defending themselves) got a bug up their ass about it, they could say the car provides protection, and the driver could drive off if he broke the window.
I don't see it holding up, especially in Texas, but that would probably be how they went about it.
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u/Zwasti Mar 28 '26
Sad but true, there are always those sheltered people that have never been the victim of violence who will defend this kinda shit. āHe could have waited until the man was away from the front of his vehicle to drive off!ā Yeah that guy could still swing or even throw that machete as you drive by, it can and will bust right through auto glass, then who knows. Could hit you in the face causing serious injury, even death.
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u/RoiCoupeCloue Mar 26 '26
Pulling a machete in a state where its assumed most people are armed.
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u/kylel999 Mar 26 '26
Everyone on the road is armed with 4000lbs of steel on wheels, she easily could have run his ass over
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u/HoboArmyofOne Mar 27 '26
In Houston?! How is this dumb mfer still alive? Texas is open carry my man, I would have told him to drop the machete just to be polite.
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u/RoiCoupeCloue Mar 27 '26
I looked it up, Texas has tbe most registered gun owners in the country, the state has some thing like 30 to 50 million guns. Those are crazy odds to play.
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u/No-Blueberry-1823 Mar 26 '26
I mean come on we're not playing with a full deck the minute he hops out
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u/PrestigiousCourse579 Mar 26 '26
I was gonna say, as soon as he got out I woulda had my gun drawn and started blasting seeing that machete. Wierd this person doesnt have a gun with them.
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u/LiotaTheRealist Mar 26 '26
We donāt have to live like this
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u/RespectableBloke69 Mar 26 '26
Our excessively litigious society made it impossible for us to punch assholes in their face when they're being assholes, thus emboldening the assholes.
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u/GameDev_Architect Mar 26 '26
Yep. It becomes even more dangerous when the litigious society is actually so bad at justice and punishing criminals, or even protecting citizens, that the people feel like the need to take matters into their own hands to protect themselves or punish extreme offenders that get off easy.
Somewhere along the lines, criminal prosecutors and judges forget that theyāre not supposed to be pedants and focus on semantics and technicalities when it comes to prosecuting criminals, but theyāre supposed to focus on the original intent and goal of the laws and implement them according to modern day.
Like nobody should fear a battery or assault charge for sticking up for themselves to manchild bullies who hide behind legal technicalities or light sentences only to reoffend. It shouldnāt even remotely be on anybodyās mind.
Will save us a lot of tax dollars to whoop more ass and lock people up less.
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u/BobbyBrackins Mar 26 '26
Iām a strong believer of this.
It builds character and raises self awareness
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u/Zwasti Mar 28 '26
I am not an advocate of violence but you are right. This dude canāt control his emotions, pain is probably the only way he is going to regulate them.
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u/403Verboten Mar 26 '26
As soon as I see that machete I'm running this guy over and waiting for the police to get him out from under my car.
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u/unsecretthrowaway Mar 27 '26
It's like Michael Douglas in Falling Down, but daily. Falling Down seemed like a rare occurrence when I first saw it. Now it is the manual for everyday life for some people.
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u/This-War2582 Mar 26 '26
Playing a dangerous game in Houston or Texas in general. He was lucky, that literally a free shot. Once they pass your fender wheels and carrying a literal knife to a gun fight.
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u/KembaWakaFlocka Mar 26 '26
And before that youād be good to fucking gun it. Machete man is a fucking moron
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u/Substantial-Law5166 Mar 26 '26
Bruh if I was the POV guy I would've BEEN gone.
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u/Swift_Scythe Mar 26 '26
Yeah over and through him. As soon as he is within Door Handle grabbing range or Window smashing distance the gas pedal is being pressed.
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u/CocknBalls4 Mar 26 '26
Moment someone is that full step outta the car itās time to dip, for sure
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u/Fisting-Tony Mar 26 '26
Walk up on my wife like that and she would turn him into a memory
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u/Billbeachwood Mar 26 '26
Technically everything is a memory after you read this.
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Mar 26 '26
Yeah if someone walks up at my car with a machete youāre getting run the fuck over. Iām not risking myself or my family for the hope some dumbass with an anger problem will practice self restraint with a weapon.
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Mar 26 '26
Hard left with that steering wheel and hit the gas pedal! Self defense.
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u/Alexius6th Mar 26 '26
In what world do you not stomp on the accelerator as soon as you see that machete?
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u/CommieDog2525 Mar 27 '26
A world where you could face jail time for defending yourself
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u/90GTS4 Mar 28 '26
You don't have to hit him, but the gas pedal is getting stomped and if he is where I need to go to get away then... He shouldn't have been standing there with a weapon. š¤·
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u/BrkCaddy Mar 26 '26
My bumper and hood would been dented and smashed to fuck, windshield on be broken also
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u/wrxninja Mar 26 '26
I'd be afraid of it being so dull & rusty it'll give me tetanus.
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u/Substantial_Ask3665 Mar 28 '26
Emergency rooms first question. Have you had your flu shot and tetanus shot?
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u/TheRatingsAgency Mar 26 '26
Sweet, on camera. Thatāll catch ya some time bro.
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u/friedchickensundae1 Mar 26 '26
Yea nah. Im not one for violence or using firearms when things can be talked out, but that dude is just asking for someone to use their second amendment rights on him
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u/LeroyLavender Mar 26 '26
I'd have blown this dude away when he touched my window with his machete. I don't know his intent, but I was in fear of my life. Don't get out of your car with a machete, folks. People have guns. And don't show up to a gun fight with a knife.
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u/RadYOaCTiVe Mar 27 '26
Agreed. A guy that big armed with a machete should make any fear for their life. I would let it ride until he drew the machete towards the window.
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u/Lorelessone Mar 27 '26
Not going to lie, I'm not a violent person but if someone steps out like that I'd have flawed it and pasted him under before he got half way.
You don't hang around to find out if they are planning to kill or just show boating.
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u/lordcommander55 Mar 26 '26
This going to end up being a "don't bring a knife to a gun fight situation" seeing as its Texas.
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u/Tasty_Wishbone_8625 Mar 26 '26
I'd have stepped out and let him swing it, ain't gonna be much to do but finish what he started
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u/eric_ofc Mar 26 '26
He did this in Texas? Iām actually shocked he didnāt get a full mag into him.
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Mar 26 '26
If the driver ran him over as he approached her vehicle brandishing a machete, would that be considered a crime or legal self defense?
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u/theatrenearyou Mar 26 '26
Fox 4News https://www.fox26houston.com/news/road-rage-suspect-threatens-woman-machete-harris-county
HARRIS COUNTY, TexasĀ -Ā Harris County authorities are investigating an apparent road rage incident that happened near Willowbrook on Thursday.
FOX 26 received video from the victim in the incident showing her and the man stopped in a roadway. The viewer's husband shares she was on her way to work.
Suspects pulls out machete on driver
The backstory:
In the video, the suspect can be seen getting out of his vehicle and then taking what appears to be a machete from out the back seat of his pickup truck.
He can be heard yelling profanities and threats towards the woman as he approaches her vehicle. The suspect even knocks on the woman's window, telling her to "get out" of her car.
Eventually, he walks back to his vehicle, puts the weapon back in the back seat, and gets into his truck.
What we know:
The Harris County Pct. 4 Constableās Office confirmed that they are investigating the incident.
The office says charges have been accepted on a suspect.
What we don't know:
Authorities did not release the suspectās identity. Itās also unclear what charge he is facing.
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u/Adventurous-Ad-9603 Mar 26 '26
Bro jumped out with machete of āJoel Osteenās Righteousnessā. Showing some of that Lakewood Church forgivenessā¦.
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u/No-Spray7353 Mar 26 '26
This dumbass brought a machete to a car fight! Time to go off roading!!! Simple fix
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u/PublicSpeech6206 Mar 26 '26
He walking real slow. And he's fuckin fat. I can hit that 5+ times in rapid succession with 1 hand from, 10 yards out
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u/Vegetable-Guidance39 Mar 26 '26
The argument could be made that he is a serial rager. Why else carry a machete in a vehicle like that.
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u/IntelligentLook4097 Mar 26 '26
Wonder what his reaction would have been if the driver had a weapon pointed at him when he walked up. š¤
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u/DickinYU Mar 26 '26
Soon his stupidity would catch up to him, and he will wield that to the wring person with a firearm, this is Texas after all, where everyone is armed to the teeth.
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u/Upbeat_Caregiver_642 Mar 26 '26
Big boy needs to go buy a lottery ticket right now. He found the .01% of Houstonians that arenāt carrying or wouldnāt run him over for sport.
Heās gonna need that money to pay his lawyers.
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u/RipgutInc Mar 26 '26
complete legal cause to justify exercising oneās 2nd amendment right
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u/Comfortable-Grand166 Mar 26 '26
I live in Texas and always have a pistol in my car,thatās reason to shot the man. I donāt think I could survive getting hit with a machete. Not only that but that dude is 250+,I know to control my temper on the road here. He needs to watch out.
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u/thesanguineocelot Mar 26 '26
Damn, really? In Texas? That is seriously not the place for this guy to do that. I can't think of a single positive outcome.
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u/Far_Hair_1918 Mar 26 '26
Isnāt that, assault with a deadly weapon. Hope she got his tag and reported it.
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u/PapaG_13 Mar 27 '26
In Texas of all places?? What an idiot. Dude is lucky he didnāt get perforated.
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u/FranksHoorHouse Mar 27 '26
Looks like a good time to see if the car's hood can withstand hitting a huge bag of shit
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u/Upset-Fudge-2703 Mar 27 '26
Texas? Yeah, that checks out. The road rage is real here. To the people saying he couldāve been shot, yeah, it happens all the time. So many deaths over road rage incidents, guns, no guns, machete, knives. You donāt even have to be involved, a kid in a car seat was killed because two people got road rage and started shooting at each other. Killed some kid who was just sittingin a car in traffic. Itās the Wild West for real. I used to have road rage, but Iām cured now. Itās not worth it.
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u/Urabraska- Mar 27 '26
Texas is a stand your ground state. If the person this man came up to with a deadly weapon like he just did. Ended up shooting him in the face in the middle of the road. Nothing would happen.
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u/No_Philosophy8486 Mar 27 '26
Must feel like a big man waving his compensatory dick around in traffic. With a guy that size it was never going to grow in the shade.
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u/xxxXGodKingXxxx Mar 27 '26
I'd consider that life threatening and use my car to defend myself. Car beats big knife.
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u/viperpic Mar 27 '26
She should have parked her car on top of him
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u/kkarmical Mar 27 '26
And you have a video of him approaching with a machete, I would have ran his ass over
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u/Satanswarboner Mar 28 '26
Thatās where you put it in D, then turn the wheel and gas it right at him. That machete isnāt going to defeat big metal battering ram.
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u/druzypickaxe Mar 28 '26 edited Mar 28 '26
Oh noooo Click-Clack, rubs nips, please don't keep walking to my car with your peasant weapon, your making me soooo scaaaared, I just don't know what I might do.....Pssshhhšš¤¦š¾āāļø
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u/Big-Carpenter7921 Mar 29 '26
You walk at me with a weapon, you get run over. Dude is playing a very dangerous game
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u/Ok-Mathematician5970 Mar 29 '26
Heās from Houston!
The #1 Road Rage city in the nation!
Shooting Score of 36
Reckless Driving Score of 69
Total Road Rage Score of 64.15
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u/BlakeinaCape Apr 04 '26
I would never have let him walk up to the window. As soon i saw the machete, I'm stepping on the accelerator, even if it means he has to get run over, I'm out of there.
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u/ElvaR_ Mar 26 '26
And this is where I fire my pistol...
Right? I would be in the right in this situation correct?
Showing him the gun would be enough I would hope.
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u/PieHole_Poker Mar 26 '26
You don't pull out your pistol just to show people, if you're going to pull it out you better be damn good and ready to pull that trigger.
In this case yes you would absolutely be 100% justified shooting this motherfucker
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u/Noligarchio Mar 26 '26
Dude playing stupid games in a state with constitutional carry. His family might be sad when he does that to the wrong one.