'My dash cam was running the entire time': Family tries to pull scam after car accident they caused but guy has a dash cam

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Brad Dickson • Managing Editor
Oct 10, 2023 12:00 PM EDT

There is no shortage of dishonest people in this world, a fact that becomes readily apparent as soon as you get in even the most minimal of traffic collisions. There are honest people, too, but you're hardly going to remember the time you got into a traffic collision with the nicest guy on earth, are you? At that point, you're exchanging information and going your separate ways, and while inconvenient, it becomes kind of a non-issue.

 People don't like owning up to accountability, and to be fair, you really shouldn't when there are possible lawsuits and increasing insurance rates on the line, but that's why it becomes all the more important to make sure that you have solid, irrefutable evidence that you weren't at fault. Even if you are at fault, it keeps the less-than-honest from really milking the situation based on their own eyewitness testimony.

I was literally looking at getting a dash cam this morning, and I think this is a sign to do so… See the original story and the reactions below. 

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    Font - Posted by u/TheJOEisAWESOME 6 hours ago You're going to lie to the police? I'll go along with it I guess So I got into a car accident a few days ago. It was minor but mostly my fault. I was doing a k turn out of a residential driveway on a busy street and while backing up, hit a car that was speeding to get past. No airbags were deployed and both cars were completely drivable. This accident happened about 4:45.
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    Font - In the car was a middle aged father and mother with a toddler in a carseat in the back next to the door that was hit. This family does not speak English. The father got out of the car and did the immediate "look at my damage" woahs that come with an accident. He tells me there's a baby in the back and shows me the still sleeping child. His wife immediately gets on the phone with who I believe is the police.
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    Font - We pull into a parking lot to get off the busy road and wait. About 20 minutes later I grabbed their hubcap out of the road and handed it to the gentleman and he opened the back door again and showed me the sleeping baby. It's now about 5:40 and the couple's niece and her bf show up. They immediate demand money to fix the car and I told them we'll go through insurance. She asks several times if I REALLY want to go that way
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    Font - and I told her there was no way I had the money to fix both cars, so insurance it is. SHE proceeds to call the police at that point. The aunt was on the phone with her and not the police?! Ugh fine I'll wait even longer for the police to come then. Around 615 the toddler finally wakes up and starts crying. It's now been asleep for at least an hour and a half and most likely is hungry. At 630 the cops show up and ask the niece if the baby needs paramedics, and
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    Font - the niece (who didn't show up up until almost an hour after the initial collision) starts to lie to the police about how the baby has been crying since the accident and to send them. I've been in a few accidents over my years as a driver and now I'm starting to smell what this really is, insurance scam. I look through my dash cam and was able to prove they sped through a red light right before the driveway where I turned from. When the
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    Font - cop came to ask me what happened I told him my side of the events and showed the dash cam proving the light was red in the direction they claimed to be coming from. For good measure I told the police that the baby only started crying about 15 minutes. prior to when they got there. The niece started screaming that I was lying. I then told the police officer "If what she says is true then I'd like to make a claim against them for child endangerment. They claim
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    Font - that baby was crying for the last 2 hours from the accident and never once did they call 911 for medical assistance. They called their niece to come here instead of emergency services and only asked for them AFTER they were offered. The car seat also isn't center mounted like required by state law and should be cited." At that point the niece is calling me every name in the book like she just found I cheated on her from Jerry Springer. I then calmly tell the officer that my dashcam was
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    Font - running the entire time we were stopped and have it on record when the child woke up. The officer looked at her and said "ma'am it's a crime to lie on a police report, was the baby crying since the accident?" All of a sudden she now "had to check with her aunt and uncle to find out." She withdrew her claim and the officer tossed out her "witness statement" because she wasn't an actual witness to anything. Hopefully no buloit lawsuit comes from it!
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    Font - Meefie 10 hr. ago . More and more each day I see the need for a dash cam. 912 Reply Share sunntide 5 hr. ago They're extremely useful! I was driving my dad's car a couple months ago while mine was being repaired and he had a dash cam installed. Ended up catching video of a red light runner roll-over multi-car crash (no fatalities, thankfully). My car wasn't damaged or
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    Font - involved in the accident although it happened just 10 feet away from me and several other people were involved. Gave the dash cam footage to their insurance companies and everyone got paid out for their damages. Totally convinced me to get my own. ↑ 297 Reply Share
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    Font - DreamaHamm 5 hr. ago Nice, to be honest this doesn't even sound like revenge. More like you just stood up for yourself and didn't allow some idiots to take advantage of you. And god bless the dash cam. 4 84 Reply Share
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    Font - Koolest Kat 5 hr. ago . This is the BUY A DASH CAM sign any of you have been waiting on.... 121 Reply Share Tanyaschmidt - 5 hr. ago Yes, this got my attention.... 14 ↓ Reply Share
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    Font - miss_guided 5 hr. ago Save that dashcam. And also give a copy to your insurance company! 39 Reply Share
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    Font - Vast-Measurement-930 · 5 hr. ago It would have been nice to include the fact that emergency services were not requested until after OP rejected paying in cash well after the incident. ↑ 29 29 Reply Share
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    Font - stromm 3 hr. ago Always and immediately, use your smart phone to take pics and video as soon as you can. Don't wait till you've talked with anyone. Don't wait till you've called the cops. Check on your passengers first, and then take pics and video. Once that's done, THEN check on the other people. If you're in a one-party state, record audio of that interaction. 9 Reply Share
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    Font - Summer184 I'm glad this worked out for you, every story like this I read reminds me I really have to get a dash- cam. ↑ 8 5 hr. ago . Reply Share
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    Font - KRHARMAN 3 hr. ago Everyone needs front and rear dash cams these days. Do you know if someone hits you after running a red light all they have to do is claim you ran it. Without a dash cam you're looking at least 50 percent at fault. Good for you! B Reply Share
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    Font - w of judgem mr--godot 5 hr. ago Dashcams hey. I really, really need to get one 3 Reply Share
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    Font - Dry-Crab7998 4 hr. ago I've been promising myself a dashcam - think I need to get on that. 44 Reply Share
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    Font - Irondaddy_29 · 3 hr. ago I think it is time to buy a dashcam Reply Share 5
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    Font - Proper-Highlight1600 - 4 hr. ago Moral of the story? Get a dash cam 43 ↓ Reply Share
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    Font - Harvenger-11B. 3 hr. ago Just one more reason I need to stop procrastinating and get a dash cam. 3 ↓ Reply Share
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    Font - Ok-Toe7033 hr. ago Everyone needs a dash cam, there are just so many dodgy people out there. Save the footage, make a backup. Don't let these people get away with it, your insurance premiums shouldn't go up because they are law breaking scammers 4 Reply Share
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    Font - imakesawdust. 6 hr. ago I recommend you make 3 copies of that dashcam footage and store them safely for the next few years. Just in case this family decides to pursue later. 42 23 Reply Share
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    Font - KingPhenguins. 5 hr. ago They probably don't even have insurance. 2 Reply Share
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    Font - justaman_097 · 9 hr. ago Well played! It's a great thing that you had the camera to back up your side of events. 41 Reply Share
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