What this driver did might be considered an illegal U-turn.
Idahoan and Redditor /u/QueenHillz shared headshaking dashcam footage from earlier in December near a Twin Falls neighborhood showing the hare-brained, no-look U-Turn this driver pulled resulting in them coming within inches of getting T-boned.
Check out OP’s dashcam footage below with the original Reddit thread linked here.
The incident happened along the 200 block of Carriage Lane in Twin Falls (Exact location on Google Maps linked here.)
As their dashcam footage shows, OP crosses the intersection with E 3900 Rd, continuing on Carriage Lane.
A driver in a white Chevrolet Malibu one vehicle ahead of OP turns left into the front office of Addison Springs and immediately busts a U-Turn right into the path of OP.
Thankfully, OP drives defensively, recognizes the imminent crash, and slams on their brakes.
As the featured image shows, OP comes within inches of T-boning the bonehead driver.
Thankfully, OP stops in time, stopping what would’ve been one expensive repair job for either of them, not to mention the back and forth that would ensue between their insurances.
“Insanity. I understand needing to make a maneuver to turn around like this, but they need to be very vigilant in making sure nobody is around. They clearly did not attempt to look. No excuse for this s***,” /u/EKS789 comments.
“Zero hesitation. That’s the kind of people that cause an accident and have everyone in the car say they did everything right,” /u/Late-Ad-4624 adds.
“Oh that guy definitely deserved to be SMASHED right in the driver’s door… good reaction OP but I’d be soooo tempted to just teach this dumb f*** a lesson,” /u/R0rschach23 menacingly added.
In Idaho and like most states, this is arguably an illegal u-turn, an infraction subject to a $100 fine that can easily reach up to $300, and that’s before fees.