This Brazen Insurance Scam Was Foiled By One Man And His Invaluable Dash-Cam

The full story from the driver of this car reads as follows:

Since I have this case over with, I thought it would be ok to share it now. I can’t stress how invaluable it is to have a dashcamera, it really saved my hiney. My channel has always been about entertainment/education and I’ve stated this at the bottom of the description in all of my bad driver compilations; they are not to be used to publicly vilify an individual unless the vid is being used to report a driver. The camera I have is an iPhone 4 on a mount.

Updated Description with full story:

He started walking forward when I was about ~25 ft away. He was also walking sideways towards me even though it may not appear like it (it was much more obvious without the black boxes). As soon as he slammed himself on my car, he pretended to have hurt his ankle and rolled onto the ground as soon as he came off camera. When I got out of my car, I made sure not to mention my camera and basically cussed him out for about ten minutes until the police came.

There were five witnesses in total (including a driver just turning the corner behind me) and all said that I had hit the pedestrian. When the police came, I was pretty much the last person they interviewed (probably because I was all hot-headed and it looked like I was at fault). I showed them my footage straight from my camera, which at this point, the pedestrian already had lied if he had been hit. After they saw what was going on, they asked my if I would cooperate by providing them this footage so they can file charges, which I agreed to.

There was a very small dent on my hood and I didn’t realize it was there until days later after this after seeing a slight imperfection on the reflection from the paint. They took down my information and I was free to go. I don’t know what has happened to any of the witnesses and I’m sure they arrested the pedestrian. To this day, I received no follow-up.

If you were previously unsure about fitting your ride with a camera, then this footage will hopefully give you the push you need to invest.