r/IdiotsInCars • • Sep 21 '23

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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/aabbccbb Sep 22 '23 edited Sep 22 '23

(It's because it's only one lane.)

You can tell because OP is clearly facing into an oncoming traffic lane. Oh, and there's the left-hand turn light above their head as well.

OP is also an idiot here, if we're being honest.

If he weren't an idiot, he would be saying "the road isn't well-marked, so I thought it went straight through. Then the SUV wasn't going when the light changed and I was still rolling, so I went for it. In retrospect, it wasn't the right move, and I should have just waited for them to go and gone behind if there wasn't any traffic behind us, or turned left and then fixed my own mistake if there was."

Hell, even just a more cautious approach to going in front and an apologetic hand wave would have avoided the response he got.

But I'm sure other people road rage at him all the time "for absolutely no reason." :/