This Audi driver could’ve caused a multi-vehicle collision resulting in possibly injuries, tens of thousands in damage, or worse.
Presumed Michiganian and Redditor /u/HardScrabbler33 posted up disturbing dashcam footage taken yesterday (May 26, 2024) to the /r/IdiotsInCars subreddit from Three Oaks on Highway 12 showing an Audi driver performing a reckless overtake on this rain-soaked single-lane two-way road.
Check out his dashcam footage below.
The incident happened in the 7700 Block of US-12 (Exact location on Google Maps linked here.)
As OP’s video shows, he’s driving at a conservative 50 MPH on this rainy, Michigan day.
In the distance, we can see a driver towing a trailer swerve violently out of the way to reveal a driver in a black Audi sedan (2020+ Audi R5/RS5) overtaking the car in front of him across opposing traffic, except there’s traffic headed right for him.
OP swerves out of the way onto the side of the road, narrowly avoiding a collision.
On a road like this with no passing lane, you’re only supposed to attempt this high risk maneuver if you have a clear line of sight in front of you that no car is coming in the opposite direction.
Making sure you can see oncoming traffic is especially important in the rain.
This Audi driver obviously didn’t care.
“What in the world was that person thinking going straight into oncoming traffic,” /u/fineimonreddit commented.
“This was already completely insane before you realize it’s on a soaked road, even just a car hydroplaning, and it’d have been a deadly wreck. I won’t say more because I’d be modded,” /u/Stranger1982 added.
“This is why I think that all vehicles, in all states and provinces, should have mandatory front and rear license plates. Freezing the video at 16 seconds would most likely have shown the plate quite clearly. Then show the footage to the cops and nail the idiot once and for all. Like others have said, this could have killed/injured many people,” /u/Perfect-Service-7937 suggested.
Reckless driving like this in Michigan is considered a misdemeanor ,“punishable by up to 93 days in jail, a fine of up to $500, and a “hard” 90-day driver’s license suspension.”
As the commenters above stated, this could’ve ended up a lot worse.
The increased risk you take doing such a maneuver is never worth the couple seconds worth of driving you save.
I drive this same stretch every day and I see the same kind of idiotic driving that have almost done me in many times these people drive that stretch of highway 12 like it’s the Indianapolis 500 they’re insane I wish the police would be out there more often to arrest them maybe that would send a message something has to