This impatient driver would rather play chicken with a school bus than wait a couple more seconds over a distracted driver.
Boston-area driver and Redditor /u/Minute_Tart_8259 shared headshaking dashcam footage from earlier this January (Jan 16, 2026) showing the unhinged moment an impatient driver, upset at a distracted driver not moving fast enough, resort to swinging into opposing traffic, setting himself up for a collision course with a school bus.
Check out the harebrained move below with the original Reddit Thread linked here.
The incident happened at the intersection of Gallivan Blvd. and Dorchester Ave (exact location on Google Maps linked here)
As the dashcam shows, OP is headed eastbound down Gallivan Blvd, with most of the action beginning to play out with traffic headed the other way.
Notably, to the left of the OP is a school bus. Whether there are kids on board at 2:30 in the afternoon, your guess is as good as mine.
Traffic on Gallivan gets the green light, and traffic, OP included, starts to move.
One driver in a Hyundai Palisade headed westbound on Gallivan is likely distracted and doesn’t start moving despite vehicles in front of him starting to go.
This upsets a driver in a black pickup behind said distracted driver, who, upon waiting at most four seconds, swings out into opposing traffic to overtake.
Remember that school bus? That pickup is now headed straight for it and threads the needle in front of it, swinging back into their lane.
Thankfully, nothing came of the incident; however, a miscalculation on that pickup driver’s part could’ve altered the situation into one disastrous and possibly injurious head-on collision.
“Why am I not surprised it’s a big black truck,” the top comment from /u/bearthw reads.
“How else would the kids know he’s still cool?” /u/TROMBONE*_68 added.
In Massachusetts (including Boston), crossing into opposing traffic to overtake where it’s prohibited (like over double-solid yellow lines/no-passing zones) is a civil motor vehicle infraction that can bring a fine typically between about $100–$500 and 2 surchargeable points on your driving record under the state’s Safe Driver Insurance Plan (SDIP), which can raise insurance premiums. (Road Law Guide)
If the maneuver is deemed especially dangerous or reckless, prosecutors may also pursue reckless or negligent operation charges with higher penalties beyond the basic fine. (LegalClarity)
