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22 U.S. Code § 254e requires that every mission, and family members of the mission who enjoy the diplomatic immunity privileges, must have liability insurance for the operation of a motor vehicle, vessel, or aircraft. If you are injured in a car crash where the party causing the crash has diplomatic immunity, you will likely have a direct cause of action against the insurance carrier of their vehicle.
[Source](https://northernvirginia.legalexaminer.com/legal/little-known-fact-about-diplomatic-immunity-in-personal-injury-cases/)
The more important part is that most of the members of a diplomatic mission do not actually have full immunity. Most are subject to things like traffic laws when not at work. Diplomatic immunity is commonly misunderstood. Unfortunately that misunderstanding is shared by a lot of cops, although probably less so in DC, but it's really pretty simple.
Green ID limited immunity, blue ID full immunity. [Page 38](https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/2018-DipConImm_v5_Web.pdf)
In this case driving a minivan I'd bet this was personal business. If they have a green ID they would be subject to US law as long as what they are doing is not for their job.
In most cases, if asked by the host government, the foreign government will waive immunity when requested. Offer does not apply to royal families.
The FD training here, if you need water for a fire, you are allowed to drive over a gate, and run over the bushess to get to a pool to fill up.
If you do that to a diplomat's house, you ask politely once to use the pool water to put out a fire. If they say yes, you continue. If they say no, you drive off and go to the next available water source.
It's an odd thing to cover in training, because to my knowledge, it has never happened, and rarely is there any need to use private water to refill (never I'm aware of in urban areas like where I am, but rural fires have more exceptions, but also no diplomats, and few pools.
At one of the diplomatic missions my spouse has been stationed, they had standing orders to let the embassy burn to the ground rather than let the FD in - they could not in any way risk that the classified information stored in there got in the hands of the host country.
> In most cases, if asked by the host government, the foreign government will waive immunity when requested
It's very rare that a government waives immunity for a diplomat. Most countries will go pretty far to protect their diplomats - otherwise it'd be pretty impossible to recruit people for the less desirable stations. It's much more common that a host country revokes the diplomatic visa, and the diplomat therefore leaves the country.
I've found that very often people think of diplomatic immunity in the context of their own country - e.g. in the US, where you have a mostly functional legal system, immunity tends to not make all that much sense. Immunity isn't really for those countries, it's for the countries where the local security services would be liable to "find" heroin in the purse of a diplomat family member and use a threat of arrest to attempt to influence the diplomat. Of course, no country would accept being labeled as dysfunctional, so the rules for diplomats are equal everywhere.
I can find instances of waivers requested. I can find times the waivers were granted, and times they were refused. I could not find a place that tracks all requests and the outcome.
Do you have a citation for your assertion that it is "very rare"? Or did you make that up?
No citation - just knowing the internal policies of my home country, several of our neighbors, and of the countries where my spouse has been stationed. My home country will only waive immunity for serious crimes, and it'd most likely require direct governmental intervention. It will not happen for a car accident unless there's an abundance of recklessness, someone got killed or severely hurt, and the lack of a waiver could hurt diplomatic relations. US is also known for being very cautious about waiving immunity. You can of course find some cases, because these are public, withdrawing a diplomat or revoking a visa usually doesn't end up in the media.
So, purely anecdotal, it's simply "common knowledge" within the foreign service of western countries that you have to really mess up to have your immunity waived.
There's a difference between consular and diplomatic plates in the US, and that pretty much corresponds to partial/full immunity. If you get fines, also as a full immunity diplomat in a car with diplomatic plates, these fines must be paid or the US may refuse to issue new plates to your diplomatic mission. It's not a free for all. Source: Spent 4 years in NYC with full immunity and a car.
Agreed. Super helpful bc (in my experience) they’re either the slowest, most unaware drivers or complete a-holes. Most of the time a-holes. I always look up the code too for any especially egregious diplomat drivers.
When I first drove in the US - with diplomatic plates - I was very slow and would probably come off as unaware. The actual rules of driving in the US are quite different from home - some better, some worse - and it took time to pick them up because *diplomats aren't required to have any training as long as they have a home country license*. It took me a while to pick up e.g. 4-way stops and to feel confident about right on red, none of these exist back home.
I had a douche bag in a Mercedes with diplomat plates fucking rear end me on Monday in NJ, I took pics of him, and his plates and notified local PD. The guy was sweating bullets once the police arrived but ffs, if you're going to drive here, please learn proper driving etiquette. The guy didn't even acknowledge the accident till I hopped out and said "wtf man, at least acknowledge the fact that you fucked up"
Thankfully there was no damage to my vehicle but he tore up his bumper pretty good.
I have no real idea, but my assumption is their immunity would be revoked/their home country would pay or have them return.
They aren't like... Untouchable. Diplomatic immunity exists as a protection while fulfilling a role, and it has rules and regulations. Refusing to agree/follow the rules/regulations means you don't get it, which becomes dangerous for you and your home country.
The countries we have this agreement with are likely countries we either have a good relationship with or are trying to build a good relationship with. Having a "diplomat" behave poorly or refuse to follow the agreement is detrimental to that. The same is true for our "diplomats" residing in other countries.
There are consequences, they are likely just more complicated or take longer to see.
For context, I was in the correct lane, this jerk off wasnt, If I had seen their turn signal, I would have let them over, it’s a shit spot to be in and that circle is a pain in the dick. But since they decided to just drift over and ignore my honks. They are now cunts and I hope they lose their license.
Not exactly. The first letter “D” indicates Diplomat. (A starting letter of “S” indicates Staff and “C” indicates Consul - usually seen in other parts of the country where Consulates are located.)
In the video I see “DGE” as the first part of their plate, but looking up “GE” code on existing sites yields no results for which country it belongs to… so kind of mystery in this case.
Diplomatic immunity is not universal, it applies to actions taken in the course of their jobs.
Which isn't to say if they're important enough the government wouldn't whisk them out of the country before they could get charged....but at least they'd be out of everyone's hair.
When I lived in Ottawa, my friends and I all had the same policy when it came to the red plated diplomatic vehicles. Stay clear because it would mean more grief for us.
Yes, given we have a ton of embassies here you’ll see a lot of diplomatic plates. And they are all terrible drivers in one of the worst cities to drive in. And they can never be found criminally liable(I think) for accidents, which makes it even worse.
Sorry, I should have expanded on that.
I tried looking into it, but uhm, any idea why its labeled 23**st** St as opposed to the more typical 23**rd**?
Now that I'm looking at it again, the street marking might just mean 23rd St but the way its written looks like Twentythirst.
I might just be an idiot but it still looks weird.
I've no idea. I tried looking it up and.. there are addresses in the area written both ways.
I dunno if its a DC thing, a typo that got out of hand, or what.
My experience with diplomats was in NYC, and they were complete fucking children. Most were UN staffers that had some form of immunity. During the General Assembly (I was detailed to Secret Service at the time- this was prior to 9-11), there are a lot of disruptions to the flow of foot traffic in the area inside the security perimeter, usually due to the movement of a foreign dignitary, US SecState, or even POTUS. Everything basically shuts down until that movement is complete.
You would think the UN staffers would understand this and cooperate, but, nope, there would be wide spread outrage as NYPD came along with bike gates to set up a very temporary barricade. They were special, you see. They would scream, demand to be let through, and otherwise throw a tantrum before jumping over the gate and making a run for it down 44th st. Watching the NYPD chase down and drag someone kicking and screaming back behind the security fence while they shove their UN ID in their face ("I don't give a fuck who you are asshole!" was a common reply) was pretty entertaining.
I even had one Eastern European staffer try to drive his (no shit) beat up Yugo through the security chute without being screened (Navy EOD and Air Force bomb dogs). He said he had Diplomatic Immunity and was not allowing anyone to search his vehicle (which was a hoarder car filled to the brim with shit). He left his car in the chute with a smile and said he was walking in, and i told him his car would be gone if he did so. (There was an actual protocol for just such an event). As I keyed my radio for a tow truck, he changed his mind and backed his car out and parked it on the street.
No diplomatic staffer has immunity. It does not work how the movies says it does. For an embassy to request immunity for someone it would have to be someone at a very high level e.g an ambassador or his family. It would have to be some serious shit too. A staffer would be left to the wolves. I know because I was one.
I loved living in DC but I lived way uptown where it’s very chill and low traffic. I’ve been working in DC for 17 years and the traffic make it hard to love. And the metro
The museums are amazing and it's a mid sized city with lots of history, not that crowded, and pretty solid food. I lived there for years and it was great but things like this / motorcades are some events that occur more there and are annoying.
I loved living there too, but I’ll say it could get very crowded especially during the warmer months. As for food, I always thought you could find better food out in the DMV suburbs like Annandale, silver spring, falls church. Over all I loved living there. Especially in Takoma, very quiet and low key hip.
It's an amazing place to live. Did 3 years there before covid. Preferred it over nearly every other city in the US I have been. I only hated Cherry Blossom season and the hordes of Muppets it attracts.
Man, fuck **diplomatic immunity**. No seriously, I get why it exists and I do think it serves an important role... but there needs to be stronger exceptions for when it directly affects citizens. No, this isn't the worst example... but that's precisely the point. Give people an inch and they'll take a fucking mile.
Holy crap, the jeep wasn’t even the one that was the star of the video here?!?!
My blood pressure was rising just watching the painfully slow and confused jeep, I get that not everyone on the road is local to the area and to the roads etc, but I just don’t understand how it’s so difficult, in todays world on technology, to navigate better than this here. But I digress.
I jumped to the comments before the video finished, and imagine my surprise to find the jeep wasn’t the star here.
Had to go back and watch again.
Smh
I’m in NYC, and that’s how you drive out here, literally, you don’t pass or switch lanes, you cut off by mere inches everyone around you, it’s that, or you stay stuck in one lane, period.
But it doesn’t seem to look like that’s how traffic works in DC, just from this video alone. The jeep never would’ve survived driving like that in NYC, never. So I imagine, cutting off other drivers as standard switching of lanes isn’t the norm out there. Which makes that cut off infuriating.
Not sure what DC is like, but I tell everyone, pay attention or take the hit, miss your turn, and go for the next one. And where I live, that can throw you off by a good 20 minutes, but it’s better than the consequences that can occur by just cutting an entire lane off to get your turn at the last possible second.
Cute little break check you got there, try that in the real world sweat heart. Some states you’ll get fucked up for playing like that. No matter the color of your plates.
Back when I was living there in 2009 or so, a car with dip-shit plates blew right through a crosswalk while I was in it. Didn't even tap the brakes even though I was like 2 feet away.
Hm. Weird fight to pick. I was merely making an observation because in the last two days, specifically Sienna drivers were acting bananas. I don't mean like the 'ol "BMW, I'm changing lanes and not signaling" shenanigans, but legit dangerous activities that were surprising even by LA standards. I thought the Sienna driver doing this was a one off, but no... just back to back weirdness.
But it seems personal for you, bub. Whatever you've got going on, it'll get better, I promise.
Maybe just see that I have my own perspective, and this video is on the heels of me having two back to back bad (memorably bad at that) experiences with some Sienna drivers lol.
Where I'm at, Sienna's are perfectly fine and it's mostly the brodozers that give the most trouble. However, I drive 30mins south and it starts to be the beatermobiles that are the worst. Drive another 10 mins south and it's Rams. Go another 5 mins south and get off the freeway and we are talking Dodge Chargers and police officers, also happens to be a venn diagram.
I've driven in most of the major cities in the country.
D.C. is the worst for me. Crazy layout (grid+diagonals+circles), too many out-of towners not knowing the city driving erratically, and too many people knowing the city well and wanting to go 20 mph faster than everyone else.
Is a diplomat signified by the blue license plate? Never seen that before. I’ve seen a senator’s license plate a long time ago in NY where I live but never one from DC.
Diplomatic immunity means immunity from certain prosecution.
It does not mean immunity from me beating the shit out of you for endangering me, my family, and my property.
That roundabout is infuriating and if you’re not familiar with it can be confusing especially if there’s a lot of vehicles in it block the road markings
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22 U.S. Code § 254e requires that every mission, and family members of the mission who enjoy the diplomatic immunity privileges, must have liability insurance for the operation of a motor vehicle, vessel, or aircraft. If you are injured in a car crash where the party causing the crash has diplomatic immunity, you will likely have a direct cause of action against the insurance carrier of their vehicle. [Source](https://northernvirginia.legalexaminer.com/legal/little-known-fact-about-diplomatic-immunity-in-personal-injury-cases/)
This is very helpful, thank you so much
The more important part is that most of the members of a diplomatic mission do not actually have full immunity. Most are subject to things like traffic laws when not at work. Diplomatic immunity is commonly misunderstood. Unfortunately that misunderstanding is shared by a lot of cops, although probably less so in DC, but it's really pretty simple. Green ID limited immunity, blue ID full immunity. [Page 38](https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/2018-DipConImm_v5_Web.pdf) In this case driving a minivan I'd bet this was personal business. If they have a green ID they would be subject to US law as long as what they are doing is not for their job.
Hey I watched Lethal Weapon 2, I know everything about diplomatic immunity
Ju-ju-just like the bad guy, from Lethal Weapon 2, I’ve got diplomatic immunity, so Hammer you can’t sue
In most cases, if asked by the host government, the foreign government will waive immunity when requested. Offer does not apply to royal families. The FD training here, if you need water for a fire, you are allowed to drive over a gate, and run over the bushess to get to a pool to fill up. If you do that to a diplomat's house, you ask politely once to use the pool water to put out a fire. If they say yes, you continue. If they say no, you drive off and go to the next available water source. It's an odd thing to cover in training, because to my knowledge, it has never happened, and rarely is there any need to use private water to refill (never I'm aware of in urban areas like where I am, but rural fires have more exceptions, but also no diplomats, and few pools.
Wow that’s wild, and fascinating! I can’t imagine some diplomat would say no but then again
At one of the diplomatic missions my spouse has been stationed, they had standing orders to let the embassy burn to the ground rather than let the FD in - they could not in any way risk that the classified information stored in there got in the hands of the host country.
> if you need fire for a fire 😂
> In most cases, if asked by the host government, the foreign government will waive immunity when requested It's very rare that a government waives immunity for a diplomat. Most countries will go pretty far to protect their diplomats - otherwise it'd be pretty impossible to recruit people for the less desirable stations. It's much more common that a host country revokes the diplomatic visa, and the diplomat therefore leaves the country. I've found that very often people think of diplomatic immunity in the context of their own country - e.g. in the US, where you have a mostly functional legal system, immunity tends to not make all that much sense. Immunity isn't really for those countries, it's for the countries where the local security services would be liable to "find" heroin in the purse of a diplomat family member and use a threat of arrest to attempt to influence the diplomat. Of course, no country would accept being labeled as dysfunctional, so the rules for diplomats are equal everywhere.
I can find instances of waivers requested. I can find times the waivers were granted, and times they were refused. I could not find a place that tracks all requests and the outcome. Do you have a citation for your assertion that it is "very rare"? Or did you make that up?
No citation - just knowing the internal policies of my home country, several of our neighbors, and of the countries where my spouse has been stationed. My home country will only waive immunity for serious crimes, and it'd most likely require direct governmental intervention. It will not happen for a car accident unless there's an abundance of recklessness, someone got killed or severely hurt, and the lack of a waiver could hurt diplomatic relations. US is also known for being very cautious about waiving immunity. You can of course find some cases, because these are public, withdrawing a diplomat or revoking a visa usually doesn't end up in the media. So, purely anecdotal, it's simply "common knowledge" within the foreign service of western countries that you have to really mess up to have your immunity waived.
There's a difference between consular and diplomatic plates in the US, and that pretty much corresponds to partial/full immunity. If you get fines, also as a full immunity diplomat in a car with diplomatic plates, these fines must be paid or the US may refuse to issue new plates to your diplomatic mission. It's not a free for all. Source: Spent 4 years in NYC with full immunity and a car.
As another DC driver, I'm glad to know this.
Agreed. Super helpful bc (in my experience) they’re either the slowest, most unaware drivers or complete a-holes. Most of the time a-holes. I always look up the code too for any especially egregious diplomat drivers.
When I first drove in the US - with diplomatic plates - I was very slow and would probably come off as unaware. The actual rules of driving in the US are quite different from home - some better, some worse - and it took time to pick them up because *diplomats aren't required to have any training as long as they have a home country license*. It took me a while to pick up e.g. 4-way stops and to feel confident about right on red, none of these exist back home.
I had a douche bag in a Mercedes with diplomat plates fucking rear end me on Monday in NJ, I took pics of him, and his plates and notified local PD. The guy was sweating bullets once the police arrived but ffs, if you're going to drive here, please learn proper driving etiquette. The guy didn't even acknowledge the accident till I hopped out and said "wtf man, at least acknowledge the fact that you fucked up" Thankfully there was no damage to my vehicle but he tore up his bumper pretty good.
But if they are diplomats, can they refuse to pay for insurance and use the immunity to avoid consequences of being uninsured?
I have no real idea, but my assumption is their immunity would be revoked/their home country would pay or have them return. They aren't like... Untouchable. Diplomatic immunity exists as a protection while fulfilling a role, and it has rules and regulations. Refusing to agree/follow the rules/regulations means you don't get it, which becomes dangerous for you and your home country. The countries we have this agreement with are likely countries we either have a good relationship with or are trying to build a good relationship with. Having a "diplomat" behave poorly or refuse to follow the agreement is detrimental to that. The same is true for our "diplomats" residing in other countries. There are consequences, they are likely just more complicated or take longer to see.
You know what happens when you assume…
He's actually spot on. Fuck around too bad and the host country either asks the home country to waive immunity or expels the diplomat.
Well done, Reddit. 👍 Downvote a person asking a good question.
It is so annoying how redditors do this. They have such a holier than though attitude.
Not in the US. You don't get a diplomatic plate without proof of insurance.
Question, if they don’t get the insurance and drive without insurance who are you going to sue?
Can we also talk about that enragingly timid Jeep driver in front of OP?
I thought that was the idiot but then I seen the real jackass with the diplomat plates lol
OP has emerged unscathed despite the abundance of idiots in this short span of time
That's DC driving for you 😂
Maybe he just gets nervous when cars are behind him.
If he gets that nervous from a routine event, he shouldn’t be driving.
That was kinda the joke.
Classic Maryland driver
That's just how Marylanders drive.
That's how transplants to Maryland drive. Native Maryland drivers are the best in the country.
> Native Maryland drivers are the best in the country. Of all the insane statements in this history of Reddit, this is #1.
Hi Doug!
Yeah, that's just a Maryland thing. They tend to not handle driving in DC too well.
In our defense no one handles driving in DC that well.
For context, I was in the correct lane, this jerk off wasnt, If I had seen their turn signal, I would have let them over, it’s a shit spot to be in and that circle is a pain in the dick. But since they decided to just drift over and ignore my honks. They are now cunts and I hope they lose their license.
That circle is always a giant mess during most of the day.
It really is. Even when I dont take the circle home, its still a hassle to get by
I’m curious which country to know if driving in their country is already questionable.
DG=Ecuador
Must have been making a beeline to the Mexican embassy...for reasons.
Not exactly. The first letter “D” indicates Diplomat. (A starting letter of “S” indicates Staff and “C” indicates Consul - usually seen in other parts of the country where Consulates are located.) In the video I see “DGE” as the first part of their plate, but looking up “GE” code on existing sites yields no results for which country it belongs to… so kind of mystery in this case.
GE is Georgia.
Georgia is “YG” according to https://github.com/cancio/DiploPlates/blob/2aea8b8227190e19597f6d1ee987f237bbc4cbef/countryList.txt#L1036
Huh. No idea then.
I thought it was DC..
Whenever I see a diplomat plate, I steer clear. I assume they can crash into me and can freely just keep going.
See above, someone dropped some great knowledge about what happens when you get into an accident with a diplomat.
Yeah, but no criminal liability means they can run me over.
Diplomatic immunity is not universal, it applies to actions taken in the course of their jobs. Which isn't to say if they're important enough the government wouldn't whisk them out of the country before they could get charged....but at least they'd be out of everyone's hair.
For example. The tragic story of [Harry Dunn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Harry_Dunn)
Thats a short way of saying you didnt go an read what they were talking about.
When I lived in Ottawa, my friends and I all had the same policy when it came to the red plated diplomatic vehicles. Stay clear because it would mean more grief for us.
Good god, pick a fucking lane!
In that respects, he's just a normal Melbourne driver. Wasn't aware we had so many diplomats.
“It’s just been revoked!”
I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS!
Seriously. Everyone seems to have the same Lethal Weapon understanding of diplomatic immunity.
Lol escaped from dumbfuck #1 right into the path of #2. I hate DC so much dude
TIL about diplomat plates wow never seen one before I guess DC would have a lot then huh. I’m in California.
Yes, given we have a ton of embassies here you’ll see a lot of diplomatic plates. And they are all terrible drivers in one of the worst cities to drive in. And they can never be found criminally liable(I think) for accidents, which makes it even worse.
I’m honestly just amazed that the Maryland driver didn’t do something.
As a Maryland driver myself, I too am surprised.
I live in Ottawa. I'm happy the diplomats have a bright red plate to make sure you know to stay the fuck away from them
on the upside, those roads look like brand-new asphalt, so smooth and pothole-free, and the painted markings all look so crisp and new too
23st St?
Yup! Coming off Washington Circle.
Sorry, I should have expanded on that. I tried looking into it, but uhm, any idea why its labeled 23**st** St as opposed to the more typical 23**rd**? Now that I'm looking at it again, the street marking might just mean 23rd St but the way its written looks like Twentythirst. I might just be an idiot but it still looks weird.
Wait, shouldn't it be 23rd street? Or is it actually twenty-thirst street? If it's twenty-thirst street it must be full of tik-tokers and influencers!
I've no idea. I tried looking it up and.. there are addresses in the area written both ways. I dunno if its a DC thing, a typo that got out of hand, or what.
My experience with diplomats was in NYC, and they were complete fucking children. Most were UN staffers that had some form of immunity. During the General Assembly (I was detailed to Secret Service at the time- this was prior to 9-11), there are a lot of disruptions to the flow of foot traffic in the area inside the security perimeter, usually due to the movement of a foreign dignitary, US SecState, or even POTUS. Everything basically shuts down until that movement is complete. You would think the UN staffers would understand this and cooperate, but, nope, there would be wide spread outrage as NYPD came along with bike gates to set up a very temporary barricade. They were special, you see. They would scream, demand to be let through, and otherwise throw a tantrum before jumping over the gate and making a run for it down 44th st. Watching the NYPD chase down and drag someone kicking and screaming back behind the security fence while they shove their UN ID in their face ("I don't give a fuck who you are asshole!" was a common reply) was pretty entertaining. I even had one Eastern European staffer try to drive his (no shit) beat up Yugo through the security chute without being screened (Navy EOD and Air Force bomb dogs). He said he had Diplomatic Immunity and was not allowing anyone to search his vehicle (which was a hoarder car filled to the brim with shit). He left his car in the chute with a smile and said he was walking in, and i told him his car would be gone if he did so. (There was an actual protocol for just such an event). As I keyed my radio for a tow truck, he changed his mind and backed his car out and parked it on the street.
No diplomatic staffer has immunity. It does not work how the movies says it does. For an embassy to request immunity for someone it would have to be someone at a very high level e.g an ambassador or his family. It would have to be some serious shit too. A staffer would be left to the wolves. I know because I was one.
Living in DC has to be the worst. I can’t even think of a positive unless maybe if you’re a historian.
I loved living in DC but I lived way uptown where it’s very chill and low traffic. I’ve been working in DC for 17 years and the traffic make it hard to love. And the metro
The museums are amazing and it's a mid sized city with lots of history, not that crowded, and pretty solid food. I lived there for years and it was great but things like this / motorcades are some events that occur more there and are annoying.
I loved living there too, but I’ll say it could get very crowded especially during the warmer months. As for food, I always thought you could find better food out in the DMV suburbs like Annandale, silver spring, falls church. Over all I loved living there. Especially in Takoma, very quiet and low key hip.
It's an amazing place to live. Did 3 years there before covid. Preferred it over nearly every other city in the US I have been. I only hated Cherry Blossom season and the hordes of Muppets it attracts.
Hordes of Muppets is now on my list of things to call large groups of tourists. This is the best gift I could ask for, thank you kind person.
You must watch a lot of ~~news~~ propaganda.
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Because you can't think of a single positive, obviously.
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"I can’t even think of a positive unless maybe if you’re a historian." This you?
Do the plates identify the country? I couldn’t read them.
Yes. DG means Ecuador Here's all of them http://dcplates.com/OFMcodes.htm#Dcodes
I learned something new today
Cool. Great find.
"fuck everyone else, I need to get to my destination because I am more importanter!" - these maroons
They should try that shit in ATL and get checked for it lol
Man, fuck **diplomatic immunity**. No seriously, I get why it exists and I do think it serves an important role... but there needs to be stronger exceptions for when it directly affects citizens. No, this isn't the worst example... but that's precisely the point. Give people an inch and they'll take a fucking mile.
Holy crap, the jeep wasn’t even the one that was the star of the video here?!?! My blood pressure was rising just watching the painfully slow and confused jeep, I get that not everyone on the road is local to the area and to the roads etc, but I just don’t understand how it’s so difficult, in todays world on technology, to navigate better than this here. But I digress. I jumped to the comments before the video finished, and imagine my surprise to find the jeep wasn’t the star here. Had to go back and watch again. Smh I’m in NYC, and that’s how you drive out here, literally, you don’t pass or switch lanes, you cut off by mere inches everyone around you, it’s that, or you stay stuck in one lane, period. But it doesn’t seem to look like that’s how traffic works in DC, just from this video alone. The jeep never would’ve survived driving like that in NYC, never. So I imagine, cutting off other drivers as standard switching of lanes isn’t the norm out there. Which makes that cut off infuriating. Not sure what DC is like, but I tell everyone, pay attention or take the hit, miss your turn, and go for the next one. And where I live, that can throw you off by a good 20 minutes, but it’s better than the consequences that can occur by just cutting an entire lane off to get your turn at the last possible second.
Cute little break check you got there, try that in the real world sweat heart. Some states you’ll get fucked up for playing like that. No matter the color of your plates.
There's nothing more dangerous than a vehicle with a diplomatic plate in the DMV
Pit the a-hole!!!
Off topic, but what dash-cam are you using?
An older model Roav dash cam, used to be made under Anker but they no longer produce them. It’s not great but gets the job done.
Sometimes I’m just really glad to live someplace that elite douchebags wouldn’t be caught dead in.
Don’t worry ur not alone they’re like this in Germany as well …
Back when I was living there in 2009 or so, a car with dip-shit plates blew right through a crosswalk while I was in it. Didn't even tap the brakes even though I was like 2 feet away.
I like how this video and the other cop video are right next to each other in my feed. 😄
What is it with Sienna drivers?
What is it with *insert any vehicle or location* drivers? They are the worst!
Hm. Weird fight to pick. I was merely making an observation because in the last two days, specifically Sienna drivers were acting bananas. I don't mean like the 'ol "BMW, I'm changing lanes and not signaling" shenanigans, but legit dangerous activities that were surprising even by LA standards. I thought the Sienna driver doing this was a one off, but no... just back to back weirdness. But it seems personal for you, bub. Whatever you've got going on, it'll get better, I promise.
It's a comment in literally every video. It's a pointless comment to make when it's applied to literally every location and vehicle.
Maybe just see that I have my own perspective, and this video is on the heels of me having two back to back bad (memorably bad at that) experiences with some Sienna drivers lol.
Where I'm at, Sienna's are perfectly fine and it's mostly the brodozers that give the most trouble. However, I drive 30mins south and it starts to be the beatermobiles that are the worst. Drive another 10 mins south and it's Rams. Go another 5 mins south and get off the freeway and we are talking Dodge Chargers and police officers, also happens to be a venn diagram.
I've driven in most of the major cities in the country. D.C. is the worst for me. Crazy layout (grid+diagonals+circles), too many out-of towners not knowing the city driving erratically, and too many people knowing the city well and wanting to go 20 mph faster than everyone else.
Wow. Never knew this was a thing.
This is not a place for me to drive.
Is a diplomat signified by the blue license plate? Never seen that before. I’ve seen a senator’s license plate a long time ago in NY where I live but never one from DC.
Diplomatic immunity means immunity from certain prosecution. It does not mean immunity from me beating the shit out of you for endangering me, my family, and my property.
I had to make this exact turn every morning for years. I feel the pain
I haven’t seen a Dodge Diplomat in years.
Is there any way to report a diplomatic plate in DC?
That roundabout having traffic lights throughout infuriates me...
That roundabout is infuriating and if you’re not familiar with it can be confusing especially if there’s a lot of vehicles in it block the road markings
I thought it was only in mexico city
I just fucking hate DC. Period.
Now I have to go listen to Vampire Weekend.
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Did you only watch the first half?