This insecure Ford Raptor owner pulled a blind merge onto a busy LA road, then got offended enough to block the dashcam driver from passing.
LA County-area driver and Redditor /u/azzoYT shared headshaking dashcam footage from Lawndale from earlier in May (May 2, 2026) to the /r/IdiotsInCars subreddit showing a certified a**hat of a driver in their Ford Raptor pulling a no-look, blind merge onto Inglewood Ave just because they probably do this on the daily.
Check out their blind merge below with the original Reddit thread linked here.
The incident happened in the 1500 block of Inglewood Ave, just before the 405 (Exact location on Google Maps linked here.)
As the dashcam shows, OP is going northbound down Inglewood towards the 405.
As he approaches and passes the Chevron, a driver in a white Ford Raptor comes accelerating out in a highly dangerous no-look, blind merge.
The driver likely gave the slightest look, saw that, despite OP coming, he could hit the loud pedal and cut them off, sliding into the leftmost lane.
OP comes within inches of clipping the rear bumper of the Raptor and continues, naturally, passing the Raptor, which was still trying to point straight.
Seeing OP pass him and not wanting OP to potentially cut them off, the Raptor driver accelerates forward again.
All was for naught as OP slipped onto the 405 South towards Long Beach.
“Truck driver wasn’t even looking,” the top comment from /u/Boring-Set-3234 reads.
“Apparently, they don’t need to; they bully their way onto the road and know that people are going to brake for the 6,000-pound wall,” OP replied.
“Give him a break, he just had to take out a loan to fill up that monster,” /u/Low-Establishment621 added with a chuckle.
With a 36-gallon tank and regular at that station being $6.40 (I looked it up), they definitely spent $200+.
Yikes!
In California, a dangerous “no-look” merge out of a gas station could lead to an unsafe lane change or unsafe turning citation under CVC 21658 or 22107. Typical penalty is around a $238+ fine after fees and 1 DMV point on your license. (TicketFight)
If it caused a crash, reckless driving, or failure-to-yield charges could potentially stack on top depending on how bad it was. California drivers entering a roadway from a driveway or gas station must yield to traffic already on the road. (qr.dmv.ca.gov)
