Why Drivers Started Filming The Road — Transcript

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1. 0:00He slammed the brakes on the highway,
2. 0:01and the car behind him smashes right
3. 0:03into his [music] bumper. He climbs out
4. 0:05holding his neck and limping because he
5. 0:07figures whoever hits you from behind
6. 0:09always gets the blame. And sure enough,
7. 0:11their insurance pays for his car, his
8. 0:12doctor, and a nice fat check for all
9. 0:14that pain he's in. So, the next week he
10. 0:16does it again with a different car. He
11. 0:18picks them carefully. A guy on his
12. 0:20phone, a kid who just got his license,
13. 0:22anyone driving a little too close. Then,
14. 0:24he brings a buddy who drives right
15. 0:25beside you so you can't swerve. The
16. 0:27money comes in so fast he buys a nicer
17. 0:30car just to crash that one, too.
18. 0:31Eventually, the insurance company starts
19. 0:33calling. "Sir, this is your fifth neck
20. 0:35injury this year." "Yeah, I've got a
21. 0:37really weak neck." But, it's his word
22. 0:39against the guy who hit him, and he's
23. 0:41counting on everyone blaming the guy in
24. 0:42the back. Then, one rainy morning he
25. 0:44picks a quiet guy in an old car, slams
26. 0:47on his brakes, and out he comes
27. 0:48clutching his neck. But, the quiet guy
28. 0:50doesn't yell, and he doesn't even get
29. 0:52out. He just points at a little box
30. 0:54taped to his windshield. It's a camera,
31. 0:55and it filmed an empty road and a man
32. 0:57braking for absolutely nothing. And
33. 1:00that's how the dashcam was