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Suburban Motorists Record Erratic Driving, Post to YouTube

Some use video cameras in their vehicles to prevent scammers while others say posting the videos to YouTube is meant to educate, according to The Seattle Times. Others say it's just entertaining.

When someone cuts you off in traffic, blows a red light or follows you too closely, what do you do? 

Its undoubtedly a frustrating situation that many suburban drivers face on a daily basis. 

And it is what has inspired one Glen Ellyn man to mount a $300 video camera in the passenger compartment of his 1990 Chevy Silverado with the purpose of recording bad drivers, according to to The Seattle Times. 

He then posts videos of the bad drivers to his YouTube account, JOE FPOC, according to the article. You can view one of his videos aboveand more here

Elbaor is among a growing number of drivers who are using recording devices to capture what's happening "in front of — and sometimes behind — their vehicles," The Seattle Times reports. 

Another local resident, Sebastian Dembinski of Winfield, has a $30 cellphone mounted to his windshield and posts videos of erratic driving to his YouTube account, mydashcam6, according to the article. 

He told The Seattle Times that in 2013, he avoided being scammed after playing back a video to a motorist who denied changing lanes and "snapping back Dembinski’s side-view mirror."

One of his most-viewed videos on YouTube involves a woman who nearly crashed into his vehicle while she was putting on makeup and driving down a residential street. It can be viewed here


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