Sometimes the universe has a sense of humor. A video making the rounds on social media captures the moment a woman in the U.K. shouted an insult at a prominent right-wing politician from her car window, only to immediately crash into the vehicle stopped ahead of her.
The footage shows a woman driving a grey sedan past a roadside political gathering. She leaned out her window and yelled an expletive at the politician and his group. Taking her eyes off the road to do so, she missed an approaching red light and slammed into the car stopped directly in front of her.
“She won’t be doing that again,” a bystander can be heard saying in the clip.
According to a report, the video was posted to X by Reform U.K. leader Nigel Farage, who captioned it: “This lady shouted abuse at me and then crashed her own car. That’s what you might call instant karma!”
Farage’s party is currently projected to achieve significant gains in the U.K., potentially becoming the largest single party in the country.
The incident happened in the lead-up to a by-election in the coastal town of Clacton. Farage had resigned as the area’s Member of Parliament earlier in July, pointing to intense media and parliamentary scrutiny over his finances and political backers. His resignation triggered the vote, which is scheduled for August 13.
In Britain, a by-election works similarly to a special election held in the U.S. to fill a vacant House seat. Farage is now campaigning to reclaim the very seat he gave up, framing the race as a battle of “people versus the establishment.”
The ballot is unusually crowded. Farage is up against 33 other candidates, with major national parties opting out of the contest entirely. That decision has left the field packed with independents and lesser-known figures, including satirical candidate Count Binface and former actor Laurence Fox.
Whatever the outcome of the election, the clip of the crash has already taken on a life of its own online, serving as a cautionary tale about the dangers of distracted driving and the perils of political road rage.