Redditors are calling him a knock-off version of Bruce Willis.
Smartphone footage posted on Reddit’s /r/idiotsincars subreddit and Twitter shows a road-raging driver spitting on and accosting another driver in the heart of downtown San Clemente off N Ola Vista.
Check out the shocking bit of road rage making the rounds below.
Slight off topic for my normal musings…
— OC Truth Teller (@OCTruthTeller) August 22, 2022
But does anybody know who this person is? Harassed a woman recently in San Clemente. pic.twitter.com/cSvhZmehB6
As mentioned, the incident took place near the intersection of Avenida Del Mar and Ola Vista Road next to Avilta’s Ranchito Mexican Restaurant.
Here’s a link to the place on Google Maps and a screenshot of where it went down below.
The aggressor, supposedly an ex-cop, is driving a black, 2021 Ford Explorer with license plate 8XHU177.
“This video was from a friend of a friend, “/u/horkneeJedi AKA OP commented. “There’s no audio because she was on the phone at the time the dude started spitting at her. Apparently she made a U-turn in front of the guy and he lost his s***.” (link to comment here.)
You can make out the man say, “Get off your phone.”
When the smartphone holder pans the camera we can see the screen on their infotainment system.
She’s been on the phone with EDD (California Disability) for over 20 minutes at that point.
We see the man, described as a knock-off Bruce Willis or a haggard looking Rick from Pawn Stars, spit on the filmer’s car with her window open and closed.
The title says “kid in car” so, presumably, there’s a kid in the back seat.
At one point, in a show of frustration and dominance, the man plays with the other car’s mirrors.
And it doesn’t end there, the aggressor stops his Explorer in the middle of the intersection, climbs out, and approaches the smartphone holder to yell at them some more.
Having a bad day, much?
Apparently, eventually the victim calls 911.
“The police said they couldn’t really do anything to help,” /u/horkneeJedi clarifies. “Through the help of twitter they were able to identify him (from his shirt logo) and verified his name from his social media. The girl in the video is already talking to a lawyer. Justice will be served.”
According to Los Angeles Criminal Attorney’s, spitting is a type of assault under offensive touching and is punishable with a fine up to $1,000 and/or up to six months in jail.
Regardless of what the smartphone holder was doing that caused this road rage spitting at and confronting the offender as a form of vigilante justice is never the right thing to do.
In this case, it’s clearly assault.
I’ll update this blog post as new information about the supposed case becomes available.
Any update on this maniac?