By Steven Symes 
Dashcam footage recorded by a Tesla shows a road rage shooting go down in California’s Bay Area. It’s a shocking reminder of how getting into it with a stranger on the street can turn into a potentially deadly situation.
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That footage, which has been blurred to hide any gore, shows two cars stop still partly in the lane of travel on a fairly busy road. As the vehicle in front of the Tesla goes around the two stopped cars, a man in a black Camry gets out and starts walking toward what looks like a silver Camry.
As he does, the other driver steps out, immediately firing on the man from the black Camry, who drops to the ground immediately. The Tesla driver swerves to the left, probably to avoid any errant rounds coming in that direction, so we don’t see the shooter drive off.
A report from KTVU states the victim did survive. But we don’t know what kind of condition that man is in now.
Police aren’t saying if they even know who the shooter is or if that man has been arrested. While some people have thoughts about that, we’ve seen enough incidents like this to know there might be more to the story than just the brief footage.
For example, we don’t know if the victim was actually an aggressor and had a weapon in his hand as he approached the other car. He might have had a gun and shot at the other driver. We’ve seen cases like that where the person who’s seemingly the aggressor was simply defending themselves after a violent attack not recorded by a bystander.
What we do know is the Tesla driver had reason to take evasive action. Two out of four shots fired by the one driver hit the roof of the electric car, so it’s lucky two people weren’t shot.
This is why we don’t get into verbal exchanges, honking fights, or any other confrontations with other drivers on the road. You never know what the other person might be capable of doing.
Image via KTVUFox2/YouTube
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