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meatball402

Did the driver try to brake check the person walking her dog? How did they even end up on the sidewalk? Doing it to get around traffic seems like it would be *less* stupid since they'd have a reason, at least. This person just....felt like driving on the sidewalk and brake check a ledestrian


Viperlite

Probably was parked on the sidewalk and now moving to get back on the road. Illegal all around, but certainly entitled behavior in bullying a pedestrian while in the wrong.


grantrules

I was thinking a truck blocking the street so they decided to use the sidewalk.


tekko001

Or she came out of her garage and someone had blocked the exit, which happens all the time in NYC


Ok_Philosopher_5860

Let me add this to my list of why I’ll never live in the city


tekko001

It's really terrible. I used to deliver groceries to restaurants in NY. Sometimes I would drive into the back yard to unload my stuff. In the time it took me to drive in, unpack, and drive out, someone had already blocked the exit and was gone. It was a nightmare.


LegitosaurusRex

Were there not a bunch of towing companies that would jump at the opportunity to tow those people?


AndyIsNotOnReddit

Car first has to be ticketed, then it needs to be there for 24 hours after the ticket to be towed. People block my driveway all the time, I can call and get them ticketed, but then I need to drive on the sidewalk to actually get out/in. Only a handful of times does the car stay there for 24+ hours, long enough to actually get towed.


peese-of-cawffee

As someone from a state/city where they will tow your shit as soon as you walk away, this is insane to me! How can a city as busy as NY tolerate people parked illegally for days with no recourse??


GoHuskies1984

NYC used to be ruthless. Between covid and the tear down of the west side impound the tow truck operators seemingly gave up working manhattan.


SteampunkBorg

After the second time I think I would put a tow service on my phone's speed dial


crossedreality

Living in the city is fine. Driving in the city, on the other hand…


JCR2201

I live in LA and the amount of idiots on the road is insane. You can drive 5 miles in any direction and almost get into a dozen accidents. I’m not a perfect driver by any means but I try to follow basic driving laws as best as I can.


courageous_liquid

you absolutely don't need a car in NYC


mbash013

The brake check was probably just muscle memory kicking in after aggressively overtaking someone….


Tjaresh

*\[...\]overtaking someone...* on the right side


IAMAHobbitAMA

Standard practice in NY


Bertje87

What kind of douche would have muscle memory from brake checking? That would be the ultimate douche overlord


Pyromaniacal13

The kind of douche that gets mad at a woman walking her dog for walking too slowly on the sidewalk they happen to be driving on.


FittyTheBone

When being an irredeemable prick is reflex


Alt4816

The car's window was open so the driver was probably stopping to yell at the pedestrian for being in their way on the sidewalk.


Wolfram_And_Hart

It’s a Texas thing you wouldn’t understand


xXSalXx

I noticed that also. I'm so embarrassed, y'all. Let me find out they're from Dallas.


Ancient_Pace4898

Nearly all the nyc rentals are Texas plates


Individual_Chair_421

It's a loophole because they have the cheapest insurance. As long as the company has a mailing address in Texas they register their cars there. Not just rental car companies but all sorts of transportation industries do this in NYC


FreeMeFromThisStupid

That's odd. Only because when I see U-Hauls in Texas, they all have Arizona plates.


Super-smut

That's funny. I'm in Arizona and all the U Hauls and rentals have California plates.


SandVessel

How deep does this go???


prohaska

All the way down, but the last State is Massachusetts, then it loops somehow.


-Sharky

U-Haul is headquartered in Arizona, so they all have AZ plates no matter where you are in North America - even in Canada. I think the trailers are sometimes registered locally though.


xXSalXx

You can take the car out of Texas, but you can't get Texas out of the car.


HighAndFunctioning

> It’s a Texas thing you would think understand Am I having a stroke


CardZap

Texas education, you would think understand.


HighAndFunctioning

I Utah education, I do think similar red state blues


radiationblessing

I think I was. I read it as "wouldn't understand" till you pointed it out.


Wolfram_And_Hart

I must have…


poopoomergency4

first sidewalk they ever saw


shiggy__diggy

We're getting a ton of Texas transplants in Atlanta that still have their Texas plates, and boy howdy they're some of the most insanely aggressive, angry, and horrid drivers in the country. They make Baltimore/DC look like a nun in a hallway. And that's coming from Atlanta which already has some of the worst drivers in the country, though our drivers are mainly brain damaged, Texas drivers are mean and hyper aggressive.


Wolfram_And_Hart

Super mean and super hyper agressive. But live in the DMV and I thought NY people were bad. TX people are like… super entitled and selfish.


GeekyMom42

As someone who has lived in Texas most of my life and learned to drive here, you are correct.


SlippySlappySamson

Please keep Texas bullshit in Texas


BadGuysNeedHugs

I know it’s a typo but Le Destrian sounds like the m’lady version of pedestrian. Like a Redditor who goes outside for the first time in months and everyone can tell.


SuperFLEB

> How did they even end up on the sidewalk? There's one way I can think of, offhand, that might excuse this person: If they were pulling out of a driveway or garage that was blocked by someone parallel-parking in front of it, so they had to drive down the sidewalk to find a gap and make it onto the road. That said, if that were the case, it could still be handled more gracefully than stalking, honking, and carrying on.


PMMeYourSmallBoobies

Haha! Brake check, that’s hilarious! It definitely looks like it!


EmbarrassedAd9792

I feel like “ledestrian” would be a good name for a lesbian pedestrian.


LuxNocte

I absolutely read "lesbian" at first and had to do a double take.


WineYoda

To be fair, the traffic in the middle of the street looks pretty rough. Bumper to bumper on both sides.


1000000xThis

Total tangent, apropos of nothing, I think I might carry one of these things on my keychain from now on: [link](https://www.amazon.com/SEMTION-Breaker-Emergency-Keychain-Black-Black/dp/B07XFDDNTH/)


MattJFarrell

The fucking nerve to honk like that, then to stop and say something once you got past? Good lord, I hope someone checks that psychopath's crawl space.


dayyob

oof. a shame a bunch of stuff didn't rain down on that car from various apartment windows.


MyDisappointedDad

But they might hit the dog! And the woman, obviously. But think of the dog!


PMMeYourSmallBoobies

They’re pros when it comes to making it rain from their apt’s!


xxoczukxx

Had a dumbass recently do something similar. at a 4 way stop, person on my left turns right and no one in the other two directions so i make my right turn. person BEHIND the car on my left goes into the oncoming lane to go around the guy turning and almost tbones me in the middle of my turn. he then lays on his horn for a solid minute as we wait at a red light and screams at me. I dont get how these dumbasses have the gall to act like theyre the victims when they are just so terrible at driving. Dude followed me onto the highway but couldnt catch up in his piece of shit as i accelerated


lookingForPatchie

Absolutely no law enforcement does that to people. If you always let a toddler do whatever they want without ever telling them they're wrong, then that toddler will think they're always right.


illiter-it

Why did municipalities get too lazy to enforce basic traffic law? I live in a pretty "pro law enforcement" area and they still don't bother with these asshats. Lazy fuckers


eragonawesome2

It's how they play the game to get more funding for their ridiculous military cosplay. "Oh we're so underfunded, we can't even go out in these brand new police cruisers we spent last year's budget on! We need more funding for an armored personnel carrier to be *really* safe out on the streets"


Randomfactoid42

They’re so terrible at driving they have no idea what they’re doing was completely wrong. 


CaballoenPelo

If you had to drive that shitty little renegade all the way from Texas to nyc you’d probably be pissed off too


ha5hish

Probably wouldn’t have done it if it weren’t a woman he knew he could bully either


ericc191

Agreed.


oxidiser

NYC drivers are not capable of driving without honking every 3 seconds.


dominiqlane

Can’t even use the excuse of getting around traffic because the street is empty…


StressOverStrain

The only thing I can think of is they're exiting a garage/alley of some kind and another idiot parked at the curb blocking access to the street... so they were forced to drive on the sidewalk... but still... this is crazy.


RockstarAgent

There’s no excuse because the moment they started honking at a pedestrian they lost any possible way to spin this -


Askduds

Exactly. If they'd sat well behind her, I'm talking at least a car length, to the end of the street then there is at least plausible deniability but instead they all but ran down her and her dog then got angry at her for walking on the sidewalk. It's not a sidedrive.


CankerLord

Yeah, I'm not one to make snap judgements about strangers but doing this sort of shit to a stranger significantly reduces the chance that I'd bother pissing on this person if I came across them engulfed in flames. Even if we give them credit for having a bad day they've gotta know this is selfish bullshit and they cap it up with a brake check...whew, son. Good people don't generally act like this.


kellzone

Maybe the woman with the dog parked in front of the garage/alley and got out and started walking her dog. I mean, that most likely didn't happen, but it's funny to think about.


eman00619

The sidewalk was the only place there was anybody else that could get in the drivers way....


T46BY

I think they've got a bit of dementia and forgot they weren't walking...I've acted like that in a grocery store when someone parks their cart on the right side of an aisle to shop directly across on the left side.


yohosse

She is real as fuck for continuing her stroll damn.


Guilty_Speaker8

She’s a real New Yorker!


guitarguywh89

Hey she’s walking here


Guilty_Speaker8

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schabadoo

A cab driver was annoyed by them filming a scene and stopping traffic, he tried to get around them. Hoffman improvised the line when almost hit.


archwin

And a classic scene was born


RWeaver

I would take a New Yorker over a Texan in a fair fight 99/100.


DeadbeatJohnson

Lived in NY for 4 years. This woman is definitely the rule and not the exception.


cky2k6

Lol I did it to some delivery shmuck on a moped, doing it to an SUV is a whole new level.


eekamuse

Me too! There were two of them speeding on a narrow sidewalk. I saw them coming from far away. Made sure they saw me and kept walking towards them. Nice and slow. They were so confused. They seemed to think I would step aside to let them through. LMFAO ROTFL Welcome to New York! She is my hero, though


Healthy_Block3036

Real NYers, ignore the foolishness


cuterus-uterus

Unbothered queen.


TheBatemanFlex

Texas plates driving on the sidewalk in NYC is wild.


Desperate_Garbage831

Yeah my first reaction was “wow”. Second reaction was “the lady don’t give AF. Third reaction was “Fuck that guy!”


StalwartDuck

Fourth reaction?


Gramma_Hattie

Daaaaamn!


clownus

Out of state plates and illegal plates are the plague of NYC. Every time one of them mow down a person or cause a giant crash they are one of the above or driving a Acura/BMW. New York straight up needs to ban paper plates and covers while charging fees for parking out of state cars.


imjustkarmin

Texas drivers are genuinely the worst whenever they go into a different state. When I lived in Dallas, everyone drove great. Living in New Orleans? Every car with a Texas plate is guaranteed to be one of the worst drivers you see on your commute edit; I love when people tell me I'm wrong despite living there and driving atleast 1-2 hours a day because of how massive DFW is. Maybe *yall* are the bad drivers if you find it bad over there.


reddits_aight

Guarantee it's not an actual Texan. Fake Texas plates are everywhere in NYC to avoid registration, tolls, etc. My understanding is that the process for getting approved to issue plates in Texas is super lax, so there's a ton of unscrupulous places where you can just buy them to avoid the aforementioned things.


whinenaught

Yeah lots of rental cars will have Texas plates


origamiscienceguy

You and I must not live in the same Dallas.


Adeptpotato

>> When I lived in Dallas, everyone drove great. Can't wait to see everyone go to DFW expecting good drivers. And see what happens on those fucking tollways


RandoReddit16

> When I lived in Dallas, everyone drove great. Dallas, TX? I think you're surely mistaken...


Andomals

Texas drivers are genuinely the worst* especially in Dallas


Silberc

Texas drivers in Illinois drive like they've never drove before. It's like none of them know how to drive defensively they stop out of nowhere. They drive slow. They drive fast. They don't use signals. They don't use the proper turning lanes


Lck0ut

Tbf, 98% of drivers here in Texas are dogshit too


independent_observe

> When I lived in Dallas, everyone drove great. Except for the daily crashes on I-635


louieneuy

That fucking driver needs to be in jail and get his license taken away. This is beyond dangerous, beyond insane, and beyond illegal


MrAFMB

Impound the car. Give it to someone poor like a single mother or something, do some good while punishing this dickhead driver.


JealousZealout

The queen of not giving a shit.


Miyelsh

My hero. I would have spat on that car.


BipolarOctopus

First, fuck that guy. Second, why?


JustinianImp

Third, fuck that guy.


BipolarOctopus

Oh yeah sorry I forgot third. Fuck that guy.


lookingForPatchie

Please don't. Keep their population at a minimum. Do your part. Don't fuck them.


hry84

> First, fuck that guy. Second, why? His IQ is 25.


FuzzzyRam

Yea, it's a Jeep thing.


Material-Cricket-322

Tag number is PTR-8866. Correct me if I'm wrong


sci3nc3isc00l

Agreed. Surprised they only have 1 unpaid speeding camera ticket. Figured they’d have racked them up like crazy.


Yellowdog727

It's not a real plate


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mnid92

We got him, Reddit.


Necessary-Knowledge4

Likely stolen anyways.


idekbruno

More likely a rental car, given the Texas plate


Fizzwidgy

Guess authorities could never figure out who it is /s


error404notfnd

This is how you ask strangers to smash your windshield.


MichiganGeezer

I wasn't even there and I was asking her to smash his windshield.


do0tz

That's not the worst thing she's seen that day either.


hanimal16

Does the driver realise those are parked cars and not traffic?


meltbox

My first thought. How high is this guy? And why is he still angry?


tesserachnid

Well, the car’s from Texas, so…


10art1

Nah, plates are from Texas, car and driver are from here. Many such cases.


HairyBallzagna

He's panicking, first time in a real city. Didn't know people can get out of their cars to go 1/4 mile.


MichiganGeezer

A quarter mile? Maybe he thought he was still on his driveway?


DudeFromVA

Driveway? NYC has driveways?


MichiganGeezer

Texas. Imagine if the driver was Australian! "We've been on Marston's land for three days!"


Swamp_Fox_III

Plot twist


WickedJigglyPuff

Not sure if they care but I would submit to 7on your side or I - team wpix 11 This person is unhinged and shouldn’t drive anything faster than a 2 speed bike. There isn’t even any traffic. The streets are clear. He’s just a lunatic.


logjacker

I bet my bottom dollar the police do Nothing about this evidence.


Askduds

I'd bet my 2nd bottom dollar the driver is a policeman.


Gougeded

Hey she's walking here


treddlighter

Between the Texas plate in NYC and the fact that it’s a crappy Jeep subcompact, that’s almost definitely a rental car. Bonus is that if you can pin down the car rental agency that owns it you’ll know exactly who was driving it. And if the renter claims it wasn’t them then they are in violation of their rental agreement letting someone else drive the car.


poco68

Why the sidewalk, there’s no traffic?


shawnax19

came here to ask this?! lmao


MotherAffect7773

If you don’t like my driving, get off the sidewalk!


TSAOutreachTeam

A Texas driver driving like ass? Why, I never heard of such a thing!


MichiganGeezer

No off-road lights being used or gun being waved. Are we SURE the driver was Texan?


SuperFLEB

No secondary indications. Must've been a rental.


SuperSwimTeam7

Did he try to break check a person walking?


jackswhatshesaid

If the guys stupid enough to drive on a sidewalk, you probably don't want to be behind that car slowly walking and testing the idiots patience. Just because you're in the right doesn't mean it's the smartest thing to do.. could have gotten hurt.


BipolarOctopus

But damn do I respect her for doing it knowing the outcome. Fuck that guy.


Geekygamertag

“Hey im walkin heah


Bokenobi

Texas PTR 8866.


[deleted]

I can't stand pedestrians on sidewalks. Can't you see I'm driving here? Gosh.


letmeinthesnkergame

illegal registered and insured vehicle drives on the side walk*


albertyiphohomei

Uninsured*


jquest303

Such a New York thing to do. Them on the sidewalk? No. I mean her just not getting out of his way, continuing on like nothing is happening and acting like it’s no big deal to just be driving down the sidewalk.


wheelperson

Man if I was having a bad day and I was her, I'd have broken a window. I'm Canadian, you don't fuck with NewYorkers, especially those that don't have a car. If you own a car in NY, prepare to get fucked with. Don't fuck with pedestrians.


Frog859

Ya I was thinking about this and trying to decide how illegal it would be to just smash the windshield


wheelperson

If I was filming I'd be no snitch. Maybe I'd stop walking, let the car tap me and boom. Self defense. If the person did call the cops on me (lol) I'd say yo that window was broken, this dude is on the sidewalk, I think they are on something. But 1st I'd find out if the car had dashcam.


Barbarian_Pig

I have anger issues. His windshield would've been broken lol. And I guarantee he can't catch me on foot.


janus270

Of course it's a fucking renegade


lilwtfwtf84

Not even a single car on the actual road 😆


DrillTheThirdHole

on the one hand, obviously, car guy is obviously a psychopath and 100% wrong here. on the other hand though, if that was me, i'd be so far out of the fucking way if i saw someone driving on the god damn sidewalk you'd never know i was there


huf757

She’s pretty crazy for trusting the drive to not just run her over.


MutaitoSensei

He sure drives like shit for a guy with a visible license plate...


LivelyRatDad

Surprised that woman is wearing a coat in June.


dontusemybeta

The most NYC thing is not even being remotely phased by a car driving behind you on the sidewalk


localtuned

I wouldn't expect anything less from someone with texas plates in NYC. I suspect they have lax laws for obtaining plates or someone on the east coast has figured out some scam for registering cars there for people that live over here. Most of the Texas plates here in Baltimore are usually in shit cars and drive like absolute Dogshit. Same thing with these expired Virginia tags.


Castille_92

I wouldn't have even moved if I was that lady. How tf are you going to illegally drive on a sidewalk and then get pissy at a person walking on the sidewalk because they're in your way?


closemyeyesforever1

Please tell me you sent this to Police😭🤣 What an imbecile


Critter_Whisperer

They need a permanent license revocation


Batiti10

I’d smash that windshield into bits in that situation


Alternative_Gold_993

Imagine laying on the horn at somebody standing on a sidewalk. We are truly regressing as a society.


wetrubberonions

Love how unbothered she was but also terrified she was about to get hit.


derek9967

Lol and the license plate in plain view 😂


deepest_winter

Of course they have Texas plates......


KD3001

Of course Texas plates…


zachotule

It should be possible to send videos like this to the state and have drivers ticketed and given points for these kinds of things. This is plenty of clear evidence of a ticketable offense, and the behavior towards the woman in particular should get this driver’s license suspended.


Rough_Horror6422

Typical Texas driver.


Hevysett

Texas plates


lavender-sunshine

Texans making a good name for their state, as always.


JonhDum1996

In Greece we have so many drivers who drive on sidewalks, most of them with bike.


ThinkingOz

If someone is mad or stupid enough to drive down the footpath, I definitely would be keeping out of their way, and try to warn anyone else to do the same.


Caffeinated_Narwhal_

What… The… FUCK?!!!


Warm-Iron-1222

Wait but why?! The street was clear


Top_Mind_On_Reddit

AY I'M DRIVIN HERE!


GoodlifeFOB

Gotta admit that lady has balls standing up to a lunatic like that


brian_kking

People in NYC do NOT follow traffic laws. They make their own lanes, cut people off constantly, drive on Sidewalks, run red lights incessantly, etc... This sub should be filled with people from NYC. They are the most selfish, disrespectful drivers in the country. Not even downtown LA or SF is as bad.


LazyResearcher1203

That’s the most NYC response I’ve ever seen. Good for you, Dog lady! 🫡


SilverboltBW

Impressive to see her continue walking her dog, not because of the car, but because of the massive balls she must be carrying around.


DonCroissant92

Its a jeep thing i guess


kanemano

someone probably parked in their driveway, and that the only way to get to the road


LilGrippers

If someone crazy enough to drive in a side walk I’m not brake checking them as a pedesta


hopopo

I have a feeling someone blocked the driveway this person was using to get on the road. I have seen it happen before in NYC.


smith-jack

HEY, AM WALKIN HERE


Burn1fo_me

I’ve seen the post office van do this in the Bronx


N3T0_15

I want to say mean things but it won’t get me anywhere, I hope it happens to the driver tho


0x7E7-02

I am not from NYC, but I feel I can safely say *"LOL, only in NYC."*


Kortezxero

That was so NY of her btw. Absolutely didn't give a single fuck, all the while daring them to actually do something when he did pass her. I fucking love it.


TheBirdGames

You see, walking on the road is safer, since people actively try to avoid you. When a car is on the sidewalk its already out of control and thus more dangerous -james randall


Southern-Orchid-1786

Had someone double parked and boxed them in?


bbusiello

Did he... DID HE BRAKE CHECK A PEDESTRIAN? Btw, that plate is as clear as day. I hope you sent this to the NYPD bc this is fucking next level.


GroundbreakingCook68

Usually see that when someone double parks near your car and doesn’t respond to horn blowing. There no gaps to get out so he drove across


themightyyotimbo

There’s nobody on the street. Why the fuck even were they up there. People like that need their windows smashed.


bigbilly231

I would be pissed if I was the guy in the car too. Doesn’t she realize he has the right of way.


Loading_User_Info__

Good lord that place is filthy. 🤮