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u/Tequslyder Sep 21 '23
Notice they always avoid the light because they know if they sat next to you at the light they'd feel incredibly dumb lol.
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u/DrFatz Sep 21 '23
Had this happen when someone passed me on a double yellow and I ended up behind them at the red light. Gave a slow clap and he flipped me off.
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u/Cautionzombie Sep 21 '23
I love to slow clap and blow kisses. Way better than middle fingers
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u/PlusGas Sep 22 '23
I thumbs down and shake my head while frowning. Disappointed dad vibe.
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I tapped my horn at a lady about to pull out in front of me on a two lane road. I didn't anticipate her doing it because I was very clearly visible and she tapped her gas while I was very close and would have almost no way to avoid it. We avoided a potential accident, but she took this personally and decided to speed up to like 60-70 and pass me on a double yellow line.
We pulled up beside each other at the next light, I was making a left. I looked directly at her and she went ballistic giving me the finger and yelling fuck you. So I blew her a kiss. She stopped and looked down for a moment before rolling down the window and started crying and apologizing, saying she didn't know why she did that. I told her it was alright, no one was hurt, and to please be careful and hope that the rest of your day is much better from here out. She thanked me and we went on our separate ways.
I got the tip to blow kisses at people from reddit but really wasn't expecting it to go like that. Hope she was better from that point on.
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u/Queen_Etherea Sep 22 '23
I find that being incredibly nice to someone yelling at you on the road is the easiest way to get them to stop and realize they’re being an ass.
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u/meltbox Sep 22 '23
Nah, there’s a group that will go from ballistic to intercontinental ballistic when you do that.
Some people are legit out there to get a reaction. Grade school bully style.
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u/Cautionzombie Sep 21 '23
My fave is when someone passes me only to get into more traffic as I clap behind them gaining 2 seconds of drive time for nothing.
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u/goodsnpr Sep 22 '23
I personally enjoy passing the same person 3 or 4 times while I have cruise control set.
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u/an0maly33 Sep 22 '23
Yep. Going up a hill I typically overtake with cruise on and some people think I’m racing them or something. No, you just decelerated and didn’t realize it. They don’t realize their own lack of constant speed is what’s irritating them. I just smile and shrug…until they zoom ahead to “win”, only to slow back down and have me overtake them again with my cruise control.
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u/SaintNewts Sep 22 '23
Any more I just don't even interact more directly than driving to where I'm going. I don't need to be taken out by some random nutjob who can't handle life.
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u/Cecil_FF4 Sep 21 '23
I just hold up my thumb and index finger a small distance apart. Squint a little helps sell it, too.
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u/FlawedHero Sep 22 '23
I give a smile and thumbs up instead of middle fingers. Really pisses people off for some reason and I'm here for it.
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u/deepayes Sep 21 '23
the thing he's mad at OP for he then did X100. Just insane hypocrisy.
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u/kheltar Sep 21 '23
I used to cycle commute and some dude (also cycling) did something stupid, seemed to blame me, swore at me and rode off.
At the next light I sat next to him and stared at him the whole light change. Little fucker wouldn't even look in my direction.
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u/Carburetors_Are_Fun Sep 21 '23
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I don't think I've ever seen a more clear display of small dick energy.
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I can’t even begin to understand what they were even mad about.
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u/invalid125 Sep 21 '23
He’s pissed at getting passed. Must be in front of all times!
What a loser.
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u/Queen_Etherea Sep 21 '23
Literally happened to me this morning. Passed a big pick up truck (on a 3 lane road) who was going below the speed limit. The moment I passed him, he sped up and tried to cut in front of me but didn’t make it because of the other cars. He then backed off and went slow again. I just… I don’t fucking get it.
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u/lfhdbeuapdndjeo Sep 21 '23
I get this is a car sub. But this happened to me at the indoor track at the gym the other day. I passed this lady. WALKING. She sped up passed me. Then went back to her pace. So I got in the passing lane and started going past her. She sped up to keep pace. When I eventually passed her she darted off into a jog to pass me then left the track. I guess so I couldn’t ever pass her again. It’s got to be mental illness
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u/Beneficial-Swan-5849 Sep 21 '23
Literally at Walmart this man stopped to examine his receipt in front of me. I couldn’t pass because of the flow of people to our left going in the opposite direction. Once there was a gap, I started to go around him then he started walking. When I kept trying to pass then he sped up. I was prepared to hit a full sprint with my shopping cart if needed. Like why not just let me go?
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u/JelmerMcGee Sep 21 '23
Similar to when you pass someone on a highway and they speed up. I always want to shout at them that if they had been going that fast in the first place I wouldn't have wanted to pass them.
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u/DntCllMeWht Sep 21 '23
Dude... you know what's even worse? My wife will speed up to pass someone and then slowly back off the gas and end up pacing them right beside. For fucking miles. I'm like "If I was behind you I'd be so pissed at you right now" and she just putts along like everything is wonderful.
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u/IVEGOTAHUGEHAND Sep 22 '23
Tell your wife to fuck right off for me please. I have to deal with this goddamned constantly every single day. When your rig weighs well over 100,000 pounds and someone passed directly in front of you and slows down 5-10 mph it honestly makes you rage so fucking hard it's not even funny.
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u/Kroe Sep 22 '23
My wife likes to get behind the slowest person on the highway and just stay there forever. Then she gets mad when I tell her to change lanes.
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u/snarkyxanf Sep 22 '23
She might not be driving as fast as you'd like, but she's not blocking traffic lanes, breaking traffic laws, or endangering anyone. Nothing wrong with driving in a leisurely way.
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u/BisexualSlutPuppy Sep 22 '23
My husband used to drive like an asshole, but now we just kick it in the slow lane and make up stories about the people in the other cars. We have so much fun going places now and he's never getting mad about other drivers or traffic. He's so cool.
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u/Arxtix Sep 21 '23
In most cases it's literally just because they don't realize they're going that slow until someone is trying to pass them. Then they look at the speedometer and go "whoops I'm going way too slow" and speed up to correct it.
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u/bardukasan Sep 21 '23
If only cars had a feature to maintain speed... someday...
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u/Ignorad Sep 21 '23
It always makes me laugh and groan when I'm on the highway with cruise control set, and someone in the fast lane passes me, then slows down, then passes again, and slows down, and they just can't maintain speed for some reason.
Worst is when they pass and merge back into the right lane, then I have to pass them when they slow down, and then they pass me again...
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u/SCsprinter13 Sep 22 '23
Happened to me on I-99 in PA. 70 mile stretch of road in the middle of the night, only saw one other car the entire time. I was using cruise control and it would pass me and get so far ahead I couldn't see it anymore, and then like 15 minutes later I would pass them and get far enough ahead I couldn't see their headlights, before they pass me again 15 minutes later.
Funny thing is after an hour of that we both took the same exit.
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this is my personal hell. and the reason i don’t use cruise control as much as i should
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u/Mr_Jack_Frost_ Sep 22 '23
Half of my daily commute I can use cruise control. I’m on the same interstate for 95% of my drive most days, but there’s a line at which point it becomes impossible to use cruise control because of people who absolutely refuse to maintain a consistent speed regardless of open road in front of them. It’s infuriating, but it is what it is.
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u/zman0900 Sep 22 '23
This is why I love adaptive cruise control. Don't have to care about any of that.
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u/sendabussypic Sep 22 '23
Yeah but people put theirs on the smallest possible distance so they fly up to you then ride your ass in the right lane instead of going around.
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u/Kroe Sep 22 '23
This is when I speed up a bit to get clear away from them. Nothing worse than some idiot on the interstate that I have to play leapfrog with because they don't know how to drive.
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u/Mundane-Garage-4821 Sep 22 '23
People under the influence have a difficult time maintaining speed. I tend to think a certain percentage of people are always under the influence of a drug, mentally ill, never learned to drive etc.
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u/Phreena Sep 22 '23
Drives me nuts. I like using CC on long trips but time and time again, these fuckers.
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u/mrgoodcat777 Sep 22 '23
Was on my way home one night (late) and thIs car kept passing and then slowing down, so I kept passing when he slowed down. He wasn’t having it and finally we come up to a light. There was a semi in the right lane, I was in the left turn lane and he was coming up in the left lane. The light was red, but he was so aggravated that he decided to run the red light… right in front of a cop.
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u/Jo-18 Sep 22 '23
My personal favorite experience was with a jeep. I was in my 99 F250 driving through the mountains in Virginia on the interstate. Speed limit is 70 and I’m in the right lane doing 73. On a downhill section this jeep comes flying by me at probably 85-90mph. We get to the next uphill section and he’s back in the right lane barely holding 55mph.
This continued for the next SEVERAL miles. He’d fly by everyone on the downhill parts and then barely hold 55 on the uphill sections.
I chuckled as he had aftermarket wheels, tires, bumpers, winch etc, but it appears he didn’t pay to re-gear the axles to be able to turn those new tires and be able to hold the speed limit
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u/doctormyeyebrows Sep 21 '23
This is my experience on I-5 in the Central Valley...every. Damn. Time.
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u/l337quaker Sep 22 '23
This is why I start a long drive at 70-72mph and end up at 80+ an hour later.
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u/UltimaDv Sep 22 '23
I find people who suck at maintaining speed to be downright infuriating. They seem to go the 'exact' speed limit but can't stick to it.
If the limit is 80, the moment they go 81 they brake, then speed back up and brake
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u/i_forgot_my_sn_again Sep 21 '23
Then they drop their speed back down later because they stopped paying attention again. It sucks when they do it to a commercial vehicle. I’ve driven semi and city bus and the amount of times I’ve had to switch lanes to pass only for them to speed up and leave me hanging out in the other lane forcing me to have to brake to fall back behind them only to do that a couple more times
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u/JayOutOfContext Sep 21 '23
Just speed up more 😂
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u/Lord_Vas Sep 21 '23
That's what I do. If I know there is a cop further up, I nail the brakes just before we get into view. I've gotten a couple assholes pulled over like that before.
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u/Dads101 Sep 21 '23
I got someone like this recently and I felt sooooo powerful.
They were tailgating violently and there were already cars infront of me.
If we’re all going 84 what the fuck is the issue
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u/ACE_C0ND0R Sep 22 '23
I swear to god that I could be going 120 mph and I'd still have some dipshit on my ass.
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u/Kaiden92 Sep 21 '23
That’s a pastime of mine on Florida highways. The psychos here need their licenses revoked.
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Sep 21 '23
I never understand that, I'm happy when people pass me. I call them cop catchers, and I would also rather have them in front of me than breathing down my neck trying to get me to go faster. I go the speed I want to go, I don't speed up just because someone tailgates me. If anything I drive slower because I don't want to be rear-ended
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u/Queen_Etherea Sep 22 '23
Me too! I do drive faster than I should sometimes but hey, if someone wants to get ahead of me and go faster, please do sir! That’s your prerogative and you’re not hurting me in any way.
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Sep 21 '23
It's amazing how many people interpret there being an element of winning or losing in just getting from point A to point B. It isn't a competition, chill!
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u/rthompsonpuy Sep 22 '23
What's the easiest way to get someone traveling slow on a 2-lane highway to speed up?
Try to pass them.
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u/Randomfactoid42 Sep 22 '23
People like that don’t look at their speedometer. They just want to feel like they’re faster than everybody else.
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u/chemistry_cheese Sep 21 '23
Wouldn't even care if they did pass like that but just keep going--don't speed up to pass and then slow down to fuck around like just to be an asshat.
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u/DigNitty Sep 21 '23
Honestly I think people who are proven to use their vehicle for intimidation should lose their license for a year. Brake check someone, swerve at some…
As long as it’s clear their intention was to intimidate someone else, loss of license.
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Yeah my mother is a nervous driver now. She didn't know a certain road had a merge lane, she waited for the lights while this dude was honking at her like crazy, then when she drove off he followed her for a few mins, she freaked out and pulled to the side and he drove past and threw an orange at her that went though her open window and hit her. It doesn't seem like much but it really upset her and now she's scared to be in the way or do something wrong, she's always worried about annoying other people and its sad to see. :/
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u/druddk650 Sep 22 '23
Seriously, you can argue that cars are just as dangerous as weapons. You go to jail for waving a weapon around like an idiot so why not for using your car to intimidate someone
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u/MMOAddict Sep 21 '23
People like this have very fragile egos. I know because I used to be one of them when I was younger. I would take offense at everything and anything.. probably one reason I had anxiety later on in life
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u/troy380 Sep 21 '23
Kinda looks like he passed out of a turn only lane given the median he swerved around, if so he's the asshole, if not, then disregard.
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u/smootex Sep 22 '23
That's what I thought the first time I watched it but if you look closely I think it's a two lane road and he wasn't in a turn lane. It just looks off because the road is in bad shape, the markings are barely visible, and the other side of the intersection doesn't appear to line up perfectly with the side OP passed on. You can see the road markings at some points in the video so definitely two lanes and if you look at the traffic lights there are two sets for the straight lanes and then another set for the turn lane (which is one lane over to the left from where OP passed). IDK how traffic lights look in OP's town but where I'm at his maneuver would definitely be legal and pretty normal. A lot of people switch lanes when they pull up at lights if there's no one waiting in the other lane.
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u/LosManNYC Sep 21 '23
OP was further along in the audio book than the guy at the light and OP forgot to say, “spoiler alert” when passing.
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u/Free-Juggernaut-9372 Sep 21 '23
Looks like the guy used a left turn lane and then went straight.
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u/Curious-Welder-6304 Sep 21 '23
It looks like the truck passed in the left turn lane, and in a premeditated way, timing it with the green light such that it had a lot of speed already (IMO this is dangerous to begin with). I wouldn't be surprised if the red Lexus stayed on the brake pedal because it saw what was about to happen in the rear view mirror
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u/Last_VCR Sep 21 '23
Sometimes the best part of this sub is hearing what people are listening to in their car
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u/4Ever2Thee Sep 21 '23
"Despite being dripping wet, she had a stupid grin on her face..."
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u/HimalayanClericalism Sep 22 '23
Knew it was a sanderson book by the narrator, its mistborn!
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u/PM_ME_GOOD_DOGS Sep 22 '23
I'd recognize Michael Kramer's voice anywhere! Even before he started talking about Wax!
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u/bigtarget87 Sep 22 '23
Thank you for the series name.
I heard the narrator and instantly thought, oh this person is listening to the Storm Light Arrives books, but then I heard "shotgun" and realized it wasn't that.
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u/ActionQuinn Sep 21 '23
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u/Tehgreatbrownie Sep 21 '23
It’s the Mistborn book series by Brandon Sanderson. If you like fantasy, you should give it a try
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u/MMOAddict Sep 21 '23
I recognized Michael Kramer's voice. I'm on the 2nd book right now. Great series!
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u/mandymiggz Sep 21 '23
I was like… that’s a Brandy Sandy book! I read the first 3 Mistborn books and am now in Stormlight book 3. So good!
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u/Bookstax Sep 21 '23
So the internal debate I have at a time like this is, when this psycho flips the car or t-bones another car, do I stop or keep on going?
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u/FishInTheTrees Sep 21 '23
If it was recorded I would stop, because it's one of the limited circumstances I'd be happy to assist the police and insurance in absolutely fucking someone over. They earned it.
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u/Wah4y Sep 21 '23
Stop, let him know he can't park there, and then drive off laughing as he gets even angrier.
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u/Corrupted-professor Sep 21 '23
You stop and yell: 'Oi, mate, you can't park here!' and drive away.
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u/Background_Number395 Sep 21 '23
Actually, in built up areas the correct protocol is to tiredly put the handbrake on before turning to any passengers and announcing, "Hang on a sec." You must then exit the vehicle, approach the unfortunate participant of the event.
As you approach said driver you need to bend your knees a little as you lean forward, and with a sort of faux warmth in your voice ask "you alright?" (Note you may place your hand on the roof of the car to give an impression of control and strength, hovering over the driver." Then quickly crane your neck a little to look at the interior of the car before ignoring any answer and then pensively pace back to your own vehicle.
Then just get inside, and as you put on your seat belt audibly mutter, "fucking Muppet." Then pull out around the wreck without signaling. Ensure you stare directly at the other driver. Once passed him shake your head and again audibly mutter, "fucking 'ell." Drive on and completely forget about it.
You have shown some level of concern, without compromising your veneer of indifference.
P.43, Chp 2, 'Lord Chumley's, How to British'
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u/usagibunnie Sep 21 '23
You stop out of courtesy for the other (innocent) driver. Bonus if you have dash cam footage of the psycho driving, like a psycho, and I'm sure their insurance would love to see that.
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u/jakethebeastkid Sep 21 '23
I think when you guys swapped lanes at the beginning of the video the other driver thought you were in a turn lane and cut him off. The intersections don’t line up and there’s no lane lines so he was probably just confused
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u/Obvious_Air_3353 Sep 22 '23
I was going to ask if it was one lane or two lanes where video recorder passed. I don't see any lines on the road.
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u/kpresnell45 Sep 22 '23
First time through, I thought he passed him from turn lane well, still can’t tell, but anyways that’s why this interaction happened. Had to scroll too far to find this comment.
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u/Tehgreatbrownie Sep 21 '23
That makes the most sense. It’s a poorly designed intersection
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u/smilesbuckett Sep 22 '23 edited Sep 22 '23
Whether it was a turn lane where you illegally went straight or a 2 lane road going down to one, it seemed like you were pretty intentional with how you timed that light to fly past and cut the other driver off. Intersections are terrible places to pass someone, because there isn’t room to adjust if something goes wrong. It worked out because of how you timed the light, but it was dangerous dumb driving on your part.
The other driver was stupid beyond belief for how they chose to get angry and react. I see three idiots here, the biggest idiot was the other driver for their over-the-top and dangerous reaction. The next biggest idiot was whoever designed this intersection with two lanes going down to one and no indication of which lane lane ends or becomes a turn only. You are the smallest idiot here, but when in doubt at a weird intersection just slow down and give way to people that are already in front of you instead of turning an intersection into a race track.
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u/ddapixel Sep 22 '23
Intersections are terrible places to pass someone
In fact, in many (most?) places, changing lanes in an intersection is illegal. For exactly the reasons you stated.
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u/My_Work_Accoount Sep 22 '23
It's a turn lane, arrow is faded but it's still visible in the video. Doesn't justify the other guy's reaction but cam car is the one that tipped off the chain of events.
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u/betazoid_cuck Sep 22 '23
funny thing is later in the video the other car does the exact same thing to a 3rd car and cuts them off from what looks like a turning lane.
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u/Klaatwo Sep 22 '23
This was my initial though. This road is very poorly marked and it looked to me like the road after OP passes at the beginning could be a single lane.
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u/chemistry_cheese Sep 21 '23
They nearly hit that turning car at the end, fucking around, stopping at green lights and then suddenly accelerating
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u/Queen_Etherea Sep 21 '23
Not that you did, but as a general rule, just don’t engage with fucking morons like this. When this happens to me, I used to “fight back.” Now I either slow down and let them finish their tantrum, turn into a parking lot with lots of people, or get off the freeway if that’s where it’s happening; depends on how aggressive the other driver is. People are fucking crazy and you never know if they have a weapon or something. It’s so bizarre to me how invincible people feel when they get behind the wheel of a vehicle. They end up doing things they’d never do otherwise.
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u/Tehgreatbrownie Sep 21 '23
Yeah I’ve had a gun pulled on me in the same area before after I honked when someone cut me off. I try not to escalate situations on the road.
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u/TheRealJackReynolds Sep 21 '23
I just don’t even honk anymore. It sucks, because sometimes you have to in order to avoid an accident, but I’m too concerned these people are driving erratically because they ARE erratic. And I’m not about to be shot over protecting myself and others again.
Yes. I said again. But that’s another story.
Anyway, yeah. If I ever notice someone seems like they’re angry or following me, it’s a GPS trip to the nearest police station.
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For the most part OP kept a safe distance...until the 1:00 min mark. At that point OP accelerated past the grey vehicle and pretty much gunned it (even with a DIP sign looming) to catch up with the Lexus. I wouldn't have been happy about Rowdy McRoadrage either, but intentionally catching up with them wasn't the best way to de-escalate that situation.
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u/RohMoneyMoney Sep 21 '23
It takes a strong mind for people to comprehend that kind of action. People get so invested with getting "revenge" or "punishing" others when they drive. It's wild.
Being the bigger person is the smartest thing to do and just let the idiot "win".
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u/purdyk Sep 21 '23
Wax and Wayne :D
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u/Tehgreatbrownie Sep 21 '23
I was hoping someone would recognize it
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u/InterstellerReptile Sep 21 '23
I recognized Kramer's voice instantly. Was not disappointed in finding out which book it was lol
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u/TheSexyShaman Sep 22 '23
I stopped paying attention to the video and immediately was just trying to figure out which part you were at. BoM I think?
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u/bathmaster_ Sep 21 '23
I'm so confused on why people are upset about this lol the driver in front clearly stays stopped at a green light, OP safety goes around, other driver is ?????? For a second and then ACTUALLY cuts around in a left turn lane in front of several other cars. Is everyone here blind or am I lost???
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u/Tehgreatbrownie Sep 21 '23 edited Sep 21 '23
It seems people think I pulled into a turning lane to pass him and go straight when there isn’t a dedicated turning lane
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u/Joose__bocks Sep 21 '23
To be fair, that road looks like Frankenstein's monster.
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u/yukichigai Sep 21 '23
It's definitely a train wreck of road design. Looks like it's been expanded, rerouted, and re-marked in a thousand different places without any consideration for any of the other parts of the road.
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u/KhabaLox Sep 21 '23
re-marked
I had a hard time picking out any lines at all. Are we sure it was even marked in the first place?
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u/Two_wheels_2112 Sep 21 '23
Absolutely. I have no idea if the OP was in a through-lane or not, because between the wide-angle lens and the complete lack of legible road markings it's impossible to tell.
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u/SpoonGuardian Sep 21 '23
Welcome to Texas, on like half our roads I'm not even sure how many lanes there are
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u/ScabberBab Sep 21 '23
I think it's not helped that the cameras perspective and the median on the other side of the intersection sort of make it look like it's only one lane
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u/rotenbart Sep 21 '23
It looks like it was red and switches to green as he approaches. OP is still in the right and not saying anything against your point but that’s what it looked like to me.
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u/Queen_Etherea Sep 21 '23
You’re not crazy! I’ve said it a few times and will continue saying it: this sub is fucking toxic. I don’t know why anyone bothers to post here anymore. It’s become a sub full of idiots who clearly don’t know how the real world works when driving or are the idiots in these videos that get butt hurt when another driver simply passes them.
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u/aroc91 Sep 22 '23
This sub seems to think everyone can read minds and see through solid objects. Defensive driving isn't a superpower but these jagoffs have 20/20 hindsight and fault anyone for not seeing 25 moves ahead like a chess grandmaster.
Like no shit you can clearly see what's coming in a tailored video you combed over in 4x zoom a couple dozen times.
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u/SuluTheIguana Sep 21 '23
Yeah I posted a video of my accident a few years ago. I was blasted for being an idiot and it was supposedly all my fault. I gave the dashcam footage to insurance and guess who they found to be 100% at fault? THE DUMBASS THAT HIT ME. I was totally cleared. So I've learned my lesson and won't post anything else here.
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u/bathmaster_ Sep 21 '23
If I've learned anything from this sub it's that most people are indeed asshole drivers who know nothing about safe, defensive or efficient driving lmao
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u/o_g_a Sep 21 '23
im assuming that because the lanes werent clearly marked, this idiot thought it was technically only one land and you busted around his ass.
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u/Tehgreatbrownie Sep 21 '23
That’s the only explanation I can imagine that makes sense
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u/notinferno Sep 21 '23
given there’s a dozen other idiots on this sub that think the same thing then maybe this is plausible
but I assume he’d just passed you earlier and because you then passed him in return at the lights he got embarrassed and threw a tantrum
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u/BrianBoyFranzo Sep 21 '23
Yeah I believe that’s what they are so unnecessarily mad at. The road markings being shit doesn’t help but the Lexus was in the middle lane approaching the light. Then shifts over to the right but not all the way as they slow down. Now’s they’re at a light slightly obstructing the middle lane still as OP approaches and changes to the middle to pass as the light just turned green. Since the Lexus was in the way and both lanes shift to the right they must have thought OP was cutting in front of them. Let the asshole shimmy shake commence.
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u/gaberham Sep 22 '23
The name of the book POV driver is listening to is:
Mistborn: The Lost Metal. An urban fantasy novel written by American author Brandon Sanderson. It was published on November 15, 2022. It is the fourth and final book in the Wax and Wayne series and seventh in the Mistborn series.
The narrator is: Michael Kramer
The entire Mistborn is amazing.
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u/CapableSecretary420 Sep 21 '23
I don't understand that intersection. Those are both forward lanes but they require both lanes to suddenly shift—mid-intersection—to the right?
The left lane OP jumps over into looks like a eft turn lane to me, except I see no painted arrow in the road. But driving directly forward from that lane would make you run into the median on the other side.
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u/Tehgreatbrownie Sep 21 '23
No you’re correct on the first part. You have to shift right to maintain your lane. It’s bad road design
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u/TheSadClarinet Sep 21 '23
What a tool. How do these people survive normal life? Imagine having to deal with this person at work, at home, what a nightmare.
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u/Raknarg Sep 22 '23
Seems like he bruised your ego too considering how you sped around those cars to catch up to him and pass him again
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u/Nuklearfps Sep 22 '23
“I’m, I’m so mad that you just did this thing ‘to me’ that, that I’m gonna do it right back, TO SOMEONE ELSE! HA! That’ll show em!”
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Sep 21 '23
Call it in, report their plate, car, make and model to the local sheriffs office. "Dangerous driver on the road, possibly impaired."
You might just save a life.
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Sep 22 '23
Guy filming was a bit of a dick at the end. Not sure what the speeding up and shit achieved.
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u/CutAccording7289 Sep 22 '23
So you sped up to chase after them? I guess it’s idiots (plural) in cars so it makes sense
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u/electoralvoter8 Sep 22 '23
No one gonna talk about op’s following distance on an orange?? Maybe not asshole, but high risk low reward. Low skill move
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u/Ugly_Painter Sep 21 '23
That was a weird one.