'Now it’s my turn': Karmic justice gets served when a pedestrian gets payback on a reckless driver, making their heart skip a beat with a taste of their own medicine

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
Jan 31, 2025 11:00 PM EST

This lady found a way to teach a reckless driver a lesson in parking lot etiquette after they brushed off a nearly treacherous vehicular incident with a shrug and a brash smile. Well, this driver wasn't smiling after being on the receiving end of the same dangerous stunt. 

In many places, if someone even looks like they might be thinking about crossing the street within the next 3-5 business days, as a driver you're supposed to slow down and stop of them. For the safety of people walking alongside the street and to keep drivers well-aware of their speed, pedestrian crosswalks serve was a great way to keep both parties accountable and safe on the streets. However, when you're in a shopping center parking lot, the place where the most fender bender incidents occur, it's best practice to be extra mindful of your driving safety. 

Remember, a car is really just a 2-ton steel box on wheels and the squishy flesh of the human body stands no chance in a head-to-head showdown. In our heads, we know that, but this ornery driver seemed to forget about their moral obligation to protect innocent pedestrians, threatening a woman in a parking lot with a reckless maneuver that would end up teaching both of them a lesson in patience… And karma. 

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    Is it still considered road rage if you're a pedestrian? Like every New Yorker in a comic strip or 1990s-era sitcom, when some unruly vehicle threatens you while you're walking on the street, sometimes the only way to respond is with a curt hand gesture and a simple, 'I'M WALKIN' HERE.'

  • "Want to speed up your car so I can’t walk on a crosswalk?… Now it’s my turn."

    Needed to go to a store that was located in a large & busy shopping center. Parked my car and proceeded to walk from the parking lot to the crosswalk that leads to the storefront sidewalk.
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  • As I am about to cross I hear a car accelerate then immediately look up. Had to quickly jump back as she almost hit me with her car. I reacted with a loud, "Are you serious?"
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  • She stops her car, looks at me, and carelessly shrugs her shoulders while laughing. So I shake my head and continue. Then I realize that I had parked
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  • on the wrong side of the shopping center from the store was going to. I do the 'walk of shame' back and get back in my car. As I'm driving to the other side, I see shoulder-shrug-lady about to cross in the same way that I had.
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  • Not proud of this but I absolutely FLOORED the accelerator so she couldn't cross. She jumped back in disgust, but didn't realize it was me... yet.
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  • So I stopped my car in front of her and gave her the most pronounced shoulder-shrug while mimicking her smile. She actually laughed in disbelief, and my food tasted better the rest of that day.
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  • justaman_097 Well played! Nothing like giving a j the dish they served you.
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  • Mister-Sister Ngl, I kinda love that she laughed at you getting her so good. Defs an outright a move on her part. And seems like she knew it...twice. Lol/boo!
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  • Samael-Armaros Her reaction means there might be hope for her. Hope she learned a lesson from it.
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  • Bob Nices_Boytoy. Probably a smarter way of getting back at them than I would lol. Generally if I notice someone's trying to accelerate so that they can cut me off, I'll also speed up my walking. They're forced to stop, I slow down,
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  • and give them a stare the entire way across the crosswalk. I figure f, y'all gonna be we can play. I have the right of way, so it's not like I'm going to be the one at fault here.
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  • LadyA052 If they still manage to pass you, smack the side of the car as hard as you can. They'll think they hit you.
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  • Glittering Code 4311 Pedestrian have the right of way you acting like her is not immpressive but shows incredible lack of judgement.
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  • Coder Joel 10 points if you hit her with the door as you fly past her.
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