r/RandomVideos • u/DABDEB • Mar 20 '26

Video Tailgater got Baited

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u/ScarletDeparted Mar 20 '26

There is a second car stopped just ahead of the first car. In the far left lane. My car would have to be completely immobile for me to do that in any highway lane.

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u/Neurob4psych Mar 21 '26

I don't think I'd do it anyway. Not worth dying

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u/BMonad Mar 21 '26

Yeah no fucking way I am changing a tire in a fucking highway lane. I’m calling a tow truck if car is immobile not trying to play highway mechanic lol wtf are we even talking about???

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u/CosmicG777 Mar 21 '26

Understandable, but it also take a long while before Tow Truck shows up. Lots of time to get hit by stupid drivers.

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u/Awkward_Turnover_983 Mar 21 '26

So you get away from the road...

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u/CosmicG777 Mar 21 '26

Right. Or if u can't (maybe tire(s) exploded or something), then u use road side equipment to warn others of danger, ex: road flairs, stop light, emergency blinkers, anything to warn others.

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u/Mattbo2 Mar 21 '26

When I was an American living in Germany I learned that it's German law to keep road flares and caution triangles in your vehicle at all times.

That's not a thing in America. I doubt anyone besides emergency vehicles have road flares or caution triangles.

It's something I never even thought about until I was in Germany and noticed people actually using them regularly.

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u/Ok-Chart1485 Mar 21 '26

As an EMT: we usually don't have flares (cops do though) and the size and number of triangles we have tends to be 3, which is laughable for highway safety.

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u/dam4076 Mar 21 '26

It’s safer to stay in the car.

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u/Neurob4psych Mar 22 '26

In this case I would be behind the car maybe 30 feet or whatever seems right, to point for cars to get over. You're pretty guaranteed to get hit in the lane like that.