'I pulled a Karen': Guy gets cuts off by bad driver, cops almost let him off until guy pulls out the dashcam footage

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Sep 24, 2023 2:00 PM EDT

Every so often, there comes a time when you find yourself pulling a Karen for necessary reasons. This is not to condone Karen behavior, but rather to say that justified rage can sometimes be misinterpreted as Karen behavior, which is by definition unjustified. When you find yourself "pulling a Karen," you often have the inclination to stop yourself from getting upset even though you have objectively been wronged in this situation. Sometimes, getting upset is not being a Karen. Sometimes, it's standing up for yourself.

Now, of course, you have to be careful not to get too comfortable with this; otherwise, you may actually start pulling a Karen in future circumstances. However, in this instance, we have a driver who was cut off by someone who then tried to lie about it to the police. That's when the driver interrupted and showed the cops the dashcam footage, which clearly showed what actually went down. The driver shared his side of the story, which thankfully worked out in his favor, via this thread on Reddit's r/pettyrevenge subreddit.  

Keep scrolling below for the full story and for the best reactions in the comments section. For more tales of petty revenge, check out this post about a resident who sabotaged his neighbor's roof construction.

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  • 01
    Motor vehicle - "Cut me off on the road [...] and then lie about it?"
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    Font - Cut me off on the road, be an Ohole, and then lie about it? Thank God for dash cams. Want to preface this by saying that I'm a usually chill driver. What me off completely, though, is when other drivers are Ohole idiots and then get at me. At that point, all bets are off.
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    Font - Case in point: I'm at a four-way stop sign. I arrive first, and I clearly have right-of-way. As I start to make a left turn, a car on my right side rolls through the stop sign and makes a left turn, cutting me off. I honk at him, annoyed, and he gets aggressive and starts honking at me and flips me off.
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    Font - Neither of us realize that a police officer was nearby and witnessed the incident. He motions for both of us to pull into a nearby parking lot (we were in a school zone and the traffic laws are really strict).
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    Font - The other driver C s that he had right-of-way because he was on the "main road" and I was coming down a "side road." Police tells him it's a four-way stop, so the guy changes his story and says he actually did stop and but the police didn't see him because he was in a blind spot. Granted, there are a lot of trees/bushes at the intersection, so it was technically possible. But that's not what happened.
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    Font - The officer was going to let both of us off with a "warning" but I refused to take partial blame for something that wasn't my fault. I pulled a Karen and got my dash cam, which of course showed that he rolled through the stop sign and cut me off. got a ticket. This time, I flipped him off as I drove away.
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    Font - dragonzsoul 20 hr. ago nicely done! dashcams are a necessity these days! 408 Reply Share
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    Font - powerbanklighter. 20 hr. ago Well done! We wouldn't need big brother watching all the time if people weren't such liars. 184 Reply Share
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    Font - futurefirestorm 20 hr. ago These dash cams will eventually change peoples driving habits, for the better, out of fear!!
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    Font - Super_Ad_7135 - 18 hr. ago That was no 'Karen' move, that was super hero stuff. I am smiling for all those who have had to deal with road rage. Way to go
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    Font - Puzzleheaded-Desk399. 18 hr. ago Well done SnowPearl. You proved right of way and that definitely wasn't a "Karen", maybe a Justine. Yeah, let's go with Justine for justice.
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    Font - Glimmerofinsight - 19 hr. ago I love this! The nerve of that guy to lie to the cops!
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    Font - StaffOf Doom 19 hr. ago I hope the ticket got extra expensive because he lied!
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    Font - _my_choice 15 hr. ago The officer, from the way I read this, was wrong to say he was going to issue you both a warning. If you arrived first at a 4 way stop, you had the right of way. Even if the other driver stopped but then continued, cutting you off, he is guilty of running the stop sign. At a 4 way stop you do not continue until the intersection is clear.
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    Font - SnowPearl OP 15 hr. ago He didn't see who arrived first, only that the other driver cut me off and we were honking at each other. There were bushes/trees that blocked the officer's view and he couldn't tell what the other driver did upon arriving at the stop sign. As far as the officer was concerned until I showed him the dash cam footage, both of us were at fault because neither of us "obeyed traffic laws in a busy intersection and school zone." Except I definitely did. And my dash cam p
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