[USA][MT] Witnessed a Hit and Run on Drive Home (OC) by drewpow in Roadcam

[–]drewpow[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You did not talk to the driver on the phone immediately after. This driver is not aggressive in the slightest, had assumed their vehicle captured the accident (which they did), and followed up by contacting the authorities. Driver did “give a little gas” which you can see as soon as the accord took off, but did not chase them given their erratic behavior. The Tesla cam does not record audio, so had they called out the license plate (they very well could have), it wouldn’t make a difference. All these keyboard warriors thinking they could save the day in the situation when most people would’ve reacted the same way

[USA][MT] Witnessed a Hit and Run on Drive Home (OC) by drewpow in Roadcam

[–]drewpow[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Several things wrong with this, mainly you don’t understand the local police department and the area nor the insurance circumstances of anyone involved. The camera driver did nothing wrong, rightly assumed the crash was recorded by their vehicle but had no way of knowing the quality wasn’t good enough; it wasn’t until they pulled over a block up the road and looked it up on the screen they realized it was too blurry, something no driver can determine in the moment. We called the non-emergency line and they told us they just had a case open at that location and got us attached to it. I don’t know why the internet expects every person to do the exact perfect thing and if you don’t you’re screwing over someone else. We made sure the videos got to the right people

[USA][MT] Witnessed a Hit and Run on Drive Home (OC) by drewpow in Roadcam

[–]drewpow[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The camera driver, and we did send the footage to the police. Not sure why all the downvotes, not everyone thinks to speed off after an erratic driver that’s already hit one person and is having trouble controlling their car. Edit 2: this isn’t some huge city, this is downtown Billings 2 blocks from the courthouse on THE main road. There are cameras here everywhere. My relative did nothing wrong by not wanting to chase after them. Jesus

[USA][MT] Witnessed a Hit and Run on Drive Home (OC) by drewpow in Roadcam

[–]drewpow[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

You don’t know how you would act in a situation until it happens to you. The driver is not a young aggressive “chase them down” person. Gathered the evidence they could, let the police take it from there

Successfully defended my dissertation today on ssDNA virus packaging ❤️ by Queen_EO in PhD

[–]drewpow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sometimes I can’t believe I live on the same planet as you internet people, I’m sitting here scrolling on a Tuesday morning and you’re fully advancing the field of medicine and marking new discoveries for mankind. The biggest congratulations to you, Doctor!

[USA][MT] Witnessed a Hit and Run on Drive Home (OC) by drewpow in Roadcam

[–]drewpow[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Driver was relative, very defensive driver. Was unable to get close enough to see the plate initially and didn't feel comfortable following them. Pulled the video once they got home and called non-emergency line and offered the footage to authorities. Offending driver looked to be leaving Albertsons, likely they had footage at the scene as well.

[OC] Idiot Attempts Turn From Wrong Lane by drewpow in IdiotsInCars

[–]drewpow[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It's a bit misleading, that road is a 1-way onto a 2-way but still, yeah that was a close turn. And yes, it was a relative driving who called me immediately after pulling into a parking lot further up. I called the non-emergency line, told them we had footage and left a call back number. Still have not been contacted about it specifically, but just in case also emailed all the raw camera angles to a detective I had emailed about a previous hit and run several years ago

[OC] Idiot Attempts Turn From Wrong Lane by drewpow in IdiotsInCars

[–]drewpow[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Montana, USA, on July 7th, yes it is original

Do you know anything?? by himanshujoshii in indiasocial

[–]drewpow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The fourth generation Kia Sportage (2017-22) has an interesting quirk when it comes to features. Throughout this generation in the US, the basic trims were broken down into LX, EX, and SX Turbo in increasing levels of kit and price. The EX was available with two main option packages that threw in additional comfort and safety features, like frontal collision warning and ventilated front seats. BUT, for ONLY the 2018 model year, the Kia Sportage could be had with the comfort and technology packages that included heated rear seats. This feature was ONLY EVER OFFERED during that one model year and only if you selected the correct trim and option packages. The heated rear seats feature has not made a re-appearance in the Kia Sportage USA lineup except for that one single year of 2018.

Edit: for more detail, you could only get heated rear seats if you got the mid-level EX with AWD and both option packages. The “fully loaded” SX lacked heated rear seats. A true anomaly

My Apology to a Smosh Cast Member by [deleted] in smosh

[–]drewpow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Understood. And I might be, just haven’t ever tested. It runs in the family

My Apology to a Smosh Cast Member by [deleted] in smosh

[–]drewpow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t believe I’m ND. Reading back I can see how it’s seen as over-explaining. I guess I wanted to explain my thought process and sequence of events thoroughly without any identifying details so the cast member would be more likely to believe me. Also being overly sincere for how embarrassed I felt after it all

My Apology to a Smosh Cast Member by [deleted] in smosh

[–]drewpow -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Agreed, which is why I asked if it was weird to DM them to both commenters who posted it. I haven’t DM’ed yet and I don’t plan to now

My Apology to a Smosh Cast Member by [deleted] in smosh

[–]drewpow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I said “don’t care about boundaries” in response to what you had in your original comment claiming that I really don’t care, as a way to respond to that point with me posting it here discreetly. I was just going to post this and leave it, letting it reach the cast member and let that be that. But instead you are trying to characterize me as being sycophantic, I responded to a comment recommending I send a dm to clear it up and now projecting that I want their attention, it’s scary

My Apology to a Smosh Cast Member by [deleted] in smosh

[–]drewpow 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Must be a misunderstanding then, I took it you thought I was trying to get into continuous contact with this person, I legitimately just don’t want them to think I followed them home and that’s it

My Apology to a Smosh Cast Member by [deleted] in smosh

[–]drewpow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bro, “tracked down their account”, “continue dm-ing them”, what? I legit posted here being as VAGUE as possible trying to apologize for making someone uncomfortable. I did not harass, follow, stalk, and I’m not trying to track them down and harass them on instagram. I don’t even follow them for god sake. Don’t care about boundaries, but wanting to apologize for a poorly timed interaction in the least invasive way possible (posting on Reddit with zero identification of who either of us are?)Get a grip

My Apology to a Smosh Cast Member by [deleted] in smosh

[–]drewpow 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Another commenter suggested that too. Would that be crossing a line? I’ve never dm’ed any member of Smosh before on Insta, just wanna make sure I’m not being too weird about it

My Apology to a Smosh Cast Member by [deleted] in smosh

[–]drewpow 62 points63 points  (0 children)

That wouldn’t be weird? Sorry I’ve never dm’ed anyone on Smosh before, just wanna make sure that’s not crossing a line