Karen backfires

The Herald reports:

David Seymour is standing by the driving that saw him land in the crosshairs of a State Highway 1 motorist’s cellphone, with footage posted to Reddit showing the Deputy Prime Minister apparently speeding and undertaking another motorist.

However, the Act Party leader will not be making a complaint to police about his accuser appearing to be using a cellphone while behind the wheel, Seymour told the Herald this afternoon.

“Police time is very valuable and I think Reddit man has already had enough community discipline to rethink his action here,” said Seymour, describing himself as “a very responsible driver”.

The Karen involved probably thought they had done something which would harm Seymour, by filming him overtake him on the left. But instead the vast majority of people have pointed out the Karen shouldn’t be filming while driving, and also that you should not be blocking the right hand lane unless you are overtaking yourself.