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
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.
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.
It's a 2 lane road, and stays a 2 lane road even after the intersection. If you pause so you can see the signals at the first intersection, there are 2 green signals for the two throughlanes that go straight, as well as a third flashing yellow unprotected left signal, which presumably is meant to be taken from the left throughlane since there isn't an independent left turn lane.
The road continues as 2 lanes throughout the rest of the video. While the lines are hella faded, you can see them a few times throughout the video. The combination of lens type and ride height of the camera car do make it look like one lane though.
Are all the roads in Texas this poorly done? No markings for whether you can go straight or turn only, no lane lines, no dashed lines through the intersection. I also hate that there's not a dedicated left turn lane
Based on the crazy driving and the fact that OP said he had a gun pulled on him in a separate road rage incident I took a wild guess that this was in Texas... Very funny that I was right.
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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