A 77-year old driver was caught on dashcam causing a multi-car collision, all of their own doing.
SoCal driver and Redditor /u/dimsum4u shared headshaking dashcam footage from this busy Torrance intersection from earlier in January (Jan 13, 2026) to the /r/IdiotsInCars subreddit showing an elderly driver in their Honda drive into a vehicle then, when they backed up to self-correct, they hit the gas even harder, backing into OP’s front bumper, too.
Check out the overall shi**y situation play out in the dashcam below with the original Reddit thread linked here.
As mentioned, the incident happened at the intersection of Crensaw Boulevard and Amsler St. (Exact location on Google Maps linked here.)
As the dashcam shows, OP is stopped in a left-turn lane, pointed northbound on Crenshaw.
Suddenly, a driver in a Honda CR-V can be seen letting their foot off the brake pedal, causing them to roll into the back of a truck in front of them.
If that wasn’t bad enough, instead of throwing it in park, the driver self-corrects by hitting reverse but slamming on the gas instead of just letting off the brake.
The driver reverses, hard, into OP’s front bumper, completing their multi-car collision.
The driver was 77 years old, confirmed by OP in a reply asking how old the driver was.
“This has never happened in 45 years of driving!,” the driver supposedly exclaimed.
If you were wondering, OP also confirmed the driver was found 100 percent at fault and had just recently gotten his car back from the body shop.
“Absolutely love the different “what the fu**?” And “what the FU**!,” the top comment from /u/TodashBurner reads.
“It can truly express a range of emotions,” OP replied.
In California, if you are found at fault for a collision where you hit the car in front of you and then reverse into the car behind you, the **DMV will typically assign *one negligent‑operator point* to your driving record for that at‑fault accident** under the state’s point system.
This point applies once law enforcement or the DMV determines you were responsible for the crash; separate moving violations (if cited) could add additional points. Accumulating too many points over time can lead to warnings or even license suspension under the Negligent Operator Treatment System (NOTS). (legalclarity.org)
