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Road Wars 2022 - Season 7 Episode 15 - Hot Rod, Hotter Temper
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00:11Oh, they're going to hit! They're idiots!
00:14Oh, he's taking off! Oh, f**k!
00:19Oh, my God.
00:22Look at this! Oh, my God!
00:24Oh, f**k!
00:25So when you slam on your f**king lights, I'm just supposed to immediately...
00:28My car's supposed to stop.
00:30Yeah, because you're...
00:31Oh, I don't know when the f**king rain is raining.
00:33Get the f**king safe with me!
00:35I f**king...
00:36I don't like July, f**k!
00:49Call somebody else to f**king that f**k!
00:52I don't know you.
00:53Exactly.
00:54Because you're an idiot.
00:56Oh, I'm an idiot?
00:57I don't know any idiot.
00:58Oh, who would you call a f**k if I got out of this car?
01:02In the last few years, the number of Americans on the road has skyrocketed.
01:08And that means more traffic, more accidents...
01:15...and also more rage.
01:17Yo, mom, step out your car!
01:20With violent road rage up nearly 500%.
01:32This is where the rubber meets the road.
01:45Oh, sh...
01:46Oh, sh...
01:46Oh, they're gonna hit.
01:47They're gonna hit.
01:48And they hit.
01:49Although sharing the road should be a common agreement among all drivers...
01:53Oh, my God, these idiots.
01:54Oh, my God, these idiots.
01:55They're idiots, yeah.
01:57...disputes over the right-of-way remain a major cause of road rage.
02:01They broke...
02:02They're idiots.
02:02...their mirrors all just screaming at each other.
02:04For these vehicles, what appears to be a contentious merge...
02:08They broke each other's mirrors.
02:09Oh, he got out of the car.
02:10This guy's getting out of the car.
02:12...becomes an up-close confrontation as two men emerge from the red car...
02:18We're gonna be going ahead of these guys here real soon.
02:20...and physically express their frustration with the other driver.
02:24Oh, he's taking off.
02:25Oh.
02:29Oh, my God.
02:32Look at this.
02:33Oh, my God.
02:34Oh, sh...
02:35Oh, my God.
02:38Oh, my God.
02:41Thankfully, the harrowing ride is short-lived.
02:44Oh, shoot.
02:47Oh, my God.
02:50But despite the dangerous escalation...
02:53Oh, my God.
02:55Oh, my God.
02:56Oh, my God.
02:56Get my car.
02:57The blame game rages on.
03:00You're driving in front of me.
03:02Proving that when two determined personalities both think they're in the right...
03:06You can't even make a wrong.
03:08Oh, my God.
03:10Oh, my God.
03:10I told you.
03:11I told you.
03:11Oh, my God.
03:14It could be a tinderbox for trouble.
03:19In Florida...
03:20Shut up.
03:21A minor rear-end collision has a driver on edge.
03:24What the f*** is this s***?
03:27Oh, my f***.
03:27Here you go, man.
03:28And though, as they trade information, he seems to acknowledge fault.
03:32I'm going through the same thing.
03:33No, no, you're not.
03:34Because you're not the one responsible.
03:36Because now I'm responsible.
03:38Because it's a rear-end collision.
03:40He quickly tries to shift the blame.
03:43There was a...
03:44No, no, that guy started going.
03:46I don't care if you're recording me or not.
03:47There was an ambulance...
03:49That guy started going.
03:49There was an ambulance car turning out of here, and you need a stop for an ambulance.
03:54That guy started going.
03:54So when you slam on your f***ing brakes, I'm just supposed to immediately...
03:58My car is supposed to stop.
03:59Yeah, because there's a car...
04:00I don't know when the f***ing rain is raining.
04:02There was a car in front of me.
04:03Where am I going to go?
04:04This ain't even a f***, man.
04:07You think I want you to f***ing car?
04:08How the f*** am I supposed to stop when the rain is raining?
04:11How am I supposed to stop when you guys automatically started going?
04:14And then f***ing expect me to stop?
04:17But instead of responding in anger, the woman attempts a much lighter tone.
04:22I was in the same boat as you.
04:24There's someone that stopped in front of me.
04:26You were obviously not.
04:27Yes, I was, sir.
04:28A wise move, given the man's escalating temper.
04:33Oh, f***.
04:35I cannot afford a f***ing accident right now, man.
04:39You don't even understand what this is doing.
04:42Stop f***ing recording me.
04:43I'm gonna because I feel very unsafe.
04:45I feel threatened from you.
04:47Really?
04:47Because you stopped on the f***ing time and expect me to stop.
04:49There was an ambulance.
04:50No, no.
04:51Yes, there was, sir.
04:51It's not fair for me to have to eat your f***ing lesson.
04:55The woman alerts a passing motorist.
05:00He hit the back of my car because there was an ambulance leaving, and now he's mad at me.
05:06Here, stop for a second.
05:07He don't have to do a f***ing thing.
05:08It's none of his business.
05:10You need to go.
05:12Go, man.
05:12It's best for you to go.
05:14I'll call 911.
05:14But even the potential of police involvement doesn't fully simmer the man down.
05:19You just f***ed my whole day up, lady.
05:24You ruined my f***ing day and my driving record now.
05:27Thank you for f***ing stopping me.
05:29You ruined my car.
05:30Listen, you drove, and you ignited your car.
05:33You stopped for an ambulance.
05:34You stopped for an ambulance.
05:36There was a car in front of me.
05:39Where was I going to go, sir?
05:41Can someone come here, please?
05:43Can I have a picture of your idea?
05:44Of course you can.
05:45Okay.
05:46Because now that we're doing this, it's a tit for tat.
05:48Of course.
05:49Because this is going to be a fight.
05:50Can you call the cops, please?
05:51This guy had hit me, and he's being very erratic, and he won't call the cops, please.
05:56So now you can call the cops.
05:59I would like to keep this on the board.
06:01You need to stop involving people.
06:02No, you're not on the board.
06:03You need to call the cops, please.
06:06Despite the woman's best efforts to de-escalate, the man's anger boils anew.
06:11I have a camera back here that you hit me, buddy.
06:14You just screwed me, too.
06:16Of course I hit you.
06:16It's a rear-hand hit.
06:17Yeah.
06:18But you f***ed stopped in front of me, and the car slid into you.
06:21I couldn't control it.
06:22I couldn't control it either.
06:24There was a car in front of me, too, too, sir.
06:27And when the woman solicits yet another witness...
06:30Do you mind calling them for me?
06:32I don't want to take this off a record.
06:35He hit my car because there was an ambulance leaving.
06:39The man appears to warn them away.
06:43No, I got this under control.
06:44I'm calling the cops.
06:45You don't need to f***ing be involved.
06:47You don't have to be nasty if you just...
06:49This is how people get themselves in trouble.
06:51No, if you would have just called the cops like I asked.
06:53I'm sorry.
06:53It's not allowing me to.
06:55Finally, the man makes good on his promise to call authorities.
06:58Look it.
06:59I'm going to do it again.
07:00911?
07:02Hello?
07:04Yes.
07:09According to the video source, police arrived to resolve the dispute before the heated showdown gets any worse.
07:16This testy confrontation had the potential for an ugly outcome.
07:21You don't even understand what this is doing.
07:23Stop f***ing recording me.
07:24Thankfully, at least one of the parties kept their cool.
07:28I was in the same boat as you.
07:30There's someone that stopped in front of me.
07:33Even if the other was losing theirs.
07:35I bet you hit me, buddy.
07:37You just threw me too.
07:38Of course I hit you.
07:38It's a rear-hand hit.
07:40Yeah.
07:45With an estimated 330,000 stoplights in the U.S., occasionally, there are bound to be some technical glitches.
07:57Some of which can be decidedly confusing.
08:07While structural issues can be life-threatening.
08:15So in order to prevent situations like these from happening, especially during peak traffic times,
08:22routine stoplight maintenance is often scheduled during off-peak hours,
08:26making it more convenient to commuters and safer for the work crew.
08:31Of course, with so many stoplights and only so much time to work on them,
08:36sometimes workers and drivers are unfortunately forced to share the road.
08:43In Louisiana, at a busy intersection, a work crew uses a bucket truck to perform midday maintenance on a stoplight.
08:53Though the truck itself is coned off, they've left all lanes open,
08:57allowing drivers to pass through completely unencumbered.
09:01Or at least, most of them.
09:14In Louisiana, a bucket truck crew works on a stoplight during midday traffic, allowing vehicles to pass underneath.
09:23But while the light is more than high enough for most vehicles to clear it easily,
09:27the worker's bucket beneath it most certainly...
09:35...is not.
09:39Despite the presence of a worker in the street, a semi makes a wide turn through the intersection.
09:48Slamming the bucket and upending the workman, who is fortunately wearing a safety harness.
09:55He's left dangling head-first above the concrete while his crew scrambles to respond.
10:02But not wanting to make any sudden movements with the bucket arm,
10:06one of the workers serves as a spotter.
10:09One of the workers serves as a spotter.
10:11While the hanging crewman manages to flip himself upright.
10:19The semi-driver approaches the scene, along with a motorcycle officer who happened to be nearby.
10:27The officer blocks off the road, and a rescue team is alerted.
10:32According to news reports, the crewman is soon freed,
10:36having suffered only minor injuries that don't require a trip to the hospital.
10:42Good news for him, and for the trucker, who was clearly shaken by the mishap.
10:48It is unknown if any charges are filed in the incident.
10:52But one thing is clear.
10:54No matter what color a stoplight shows,
10:56when work crews and traffic occupy the same roadway,
11:03everyone should proceed with caution.
11:12Driving in a residential area
11:15requires a heightened sense of vigilance.
11:19Where every driver
11:22must constantly watch for kids, animals, and other foot traffic.
11:27Which can occasionally
11:29Call somebody else a f***ing fat f***.
11:32lead to some friction.
11:35What's your name?
11:36Exactly, bitch.
11:38Like it has between the driver recording and this dog walker.
11:42You are the one that keeps screaming at me every f***ing day.
11:46I'm going slow.
11:47I couldn't go around you.
11:49I could not go around you.
11:51If there's another car coming and you're in the middle of the road.
11:54Then stop.
11:55Then move off the road.
11:57It is a passenger.
11:59It's a pedestrian road.
12:02And instead of both parties finding a way to peacefully coexist.
12:06Wait, exactly.
12:07I don't know you.
12:08Exactly.
12:08Do you know why?
12:09Because you're an idiot.
12:10Oh, I'm an idiot?
12:11I don't know any idiot.
12:12It turns into a turf war.
12:15Who would you call a fat f*** if I got out of this car?
12:18I am not a fat f***.
12:20But you call me one, bitch.
12:22Only because you drive like one.
12:24And sadly, some of these wars go far beyond insults.
12:30In Florida, a sports car driver with a mounted tail camera cruises through her neighborhood.
12:37When she spots a resident ahead whom she apparently has a problem with.
12:47And when the man and his dog start to approach.
12:55An apparent near miss is followed by a confrontation with a gun.
13:15In Florida, a sports car driver encounters a neighbor that draws her ire.
13:26According to her, their family keeps getting in her way while she's driving.
13:31And this time, she goes ballistic.
13:44With family rushing to the man's defense, the driver turns her wrath on them all.
14:03The family retreats to call police.
14:09Who pay the driver a visit at her home soon after.
14:12Hey, good morning.
14:13Let me talk to you for a minute.
14:14And hear her side of the story.
14:16I've had problems with these people last night.
14:19I'm driving.
14:19My car is loud.
14:20And I'm driving in last night.
14:22I guess they had kids out there playing.
14:24But I saw the kids.
14:25I'm not stupid.
14:26I have kids.
14:27So I'm coming in and they all jump in front of my car like this.
14:32Now what if I would have hit one of you guys?
14:33You're jumping in front of my car.
14:35This morning, I'm leaving to go get and breakfast for my kids.
14:39And they're walking the dog, I guess.
14:41I have it on my car video.
14:44And there's one standing right there and one standing right there.
14:47And I don't know.
14:48Are you guys going to jump in front of my car again?
14:50Though the driver paints herself as the aggrieved party.
14:53He's like running up on my side of the door.
14:55And I have a gun.
14:57I carry.
14:58So I stand out of the car and I'm like, what are you trying to do, man?
15:02Like you're a guy and I'm a woman.
15:03Her version of events stands in stark contrast.
15:08To the actions captured by her own car camera.
15:14And her exiting of the vehicle while wielding a gun.
15:20Leaving her in a very bad position.
15:22Unfortunately, I cannot let you go.
15:26You are legally detained.
15:28Okay.
15:29And you're not free to go.
15:30Okay.
15:31The driver is arrested.
15:33And according to court documents,
15:34is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without intent to kill.
15:39She has pled not guilty.
15:41And as a production, the case is ongoing.
15:45But it's a potentially high price to pay for being a very unneighborly driver.
15:58When a car breaks down along the road, sometimes hazard lights just aren't enough.
16:09According to AAA, flares or other warning markers should be included in any vehicle safety kit to increase one's visibility
16:17in the case of a roadside emergency.
16:19An important practice for all civilians to follow.
16:28But even more so for any emergency professionals.
16:33In Prada, Brazil, a tow truck driver attaches a cable to a car, preparing to pull it from a garage.
16:42Despite parking in the middle of the street, the tow truck driver doesn't appear to use cones or warning markers.
16:48And while there seems to be very little activity on the road at the time, just down the street, a
16:54preoccupied motorcyclist is loading up his bike.
16:59The motorcyclist goes inside, just as another biker turns onto the street.
17:09Fortunately, seeing the tow cable in time and steering safely around it.
17:16But the tow truck driver still doesn't appear to warn others of the danger.
17:21And when the first motorcyclist returns and mounts up...
17:38In Brazil, a tow truck driver stretches a steel cable across a road in order to pull a car from
17:45a garage.
17:46But he doesn't appear to set out any warning markers.
17:49And when a motorcyclist saddles up for a ride...
18:02The motorcyclist hits the cable at neck height, flinging him to the pavement.
18:15Somehow, the biker stands.
18:18Though he appears to be grimacing in pain.
18:25Despite the tow truck driver appearing to pass the blame, according to a news source, he takes the motorcyclist to
18:32the emergency room himself, where the man is treated for his injuries.
18:37Any charges related to the event are unknown.
18:41But the devastating crash serves as an important lesson.
18:44Always put up warning signs when stopped on or beside a road.
18:49And always proceed with caution past any stopped vehicles.
18:57So that their emergency...
19:02Doesn't become your own.
19:10Three-wheeled ATVs were all the rage in the 1970s and 80s.
19:15We're gonna get a few of these three-wheelers out today and put it around for a few minutes and
19:19see what they do.
19:20But one reason their popularity faltered...
19:32Instability.
19:34Which is why ATVs like this have been banned from being produced and sold in the US since 1988.
19:45All right.
19:47No more of that.
19:49Modern three-wheelers use a tadpole design with two wheels in front and one in the back.
19:56Which is better for stability.
19:59Better.
20:01But not perfect.
20:03In Hot Springs, Arkansas.
20:06A bus's dash cam records traffic, which includes a three-wheeled trike.
20:10When suddenly...
20:18A slowdown ahead catches the driver off guard.
20:22And a jerk of the handlebars tips the rear of the trike to its left, throwing the passenger head-first
20:28into a car.
20:31Then drags her directly into the path of the bus, which thankfully is able to stop just in time.
20:41The trike's driver hurries to check on his passenger, quickly joined by a concerned bystander.
20:51The injured woman struggles to get off the road as witnesses call for help.
20:56She's reportedly taken to the hospital, but thankfully soon released.
21:02Fortunate to have survived.
21:05And likely convinced that anything less than four wheels on the road is a risk to one's safety.
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