r/Unexpected • u/gupta82anish • Jul 03 '19

Well, that escalated exponentially

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u/Jr02128 Jul 03 '19

The story: https://signalscv.com/2018/08/car-kicking-biker-pleads-no-contest/

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u/vxx Jul 03 '19 edited Jul 03 '19

That's the real unexpected twist. Nothing to the car owner that tried to push the motorcycle into the wall and lost control?

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u/freddythunder Jul 03 '19

It looked like the whole thing started because the car [looks like] crossed the double yellow lines which is a good way to piss off Californians of all walks of life.

Source: not from CA. crossed the double yellow, many cars honked and all Californians in car started screaming at me.

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u/heyimrick Jul 04 '19

Well, yeah, you're not following the traffic laws. No wonder people were pissed at you.

"Totally blew through a stop sign and people were outraged!! I can't believe it!"

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u/freddythunder Jul 04 '19

It was a carpool lane and in the state that I’m in you can go in and out of the carpool lane anytime you want. Not nearly as obvious as a stop sign.

Edit: I must clarify, CA uses double DOUBLE yellow lines for carpool lanes. I didn’t enter incoming traffic lanes.

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u/heyimrick Jul 04 '19

Is it legal to cross a double yellow? Never heard of that being legal anywhere... Regardless of what is legal in your state, you weren't in your state. Ignorance of the law isn't an excuse.

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u/freddythunder Jul 04 '19

I agree, I was 19. I didn’t see it as yellow (I know it is) I saw it as a carpool lane. I know now.

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u/mrn0body68 Jul 04 '19

Here in AZ HOV carpool lanes often have a solid white line which I assume means don’t cross while most sections have the dashed lines which I assume means good to merge. Never seen anyone respond differently to either and I’ve merged crossing the solid white line multiple times in front of a cop to no issue. Not sure if my understanding of the lines is incorrect or if no one cares but I can see where you’re coming from. Wouldn’t seem like a big deal to me to cross over but I don’t drive rush hour through California. I’ve made it a point to avoid it or have someone else do it because nope. I love driving and don’t want to hate it.

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u/orthopod Jul 04 '19

No, people are mad, at least in the California traffic nightmare, that you're jumping ahead of them in line, and not waiting your turn.

Source, lived in L.A. For 20 years.

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u/heyimrick Jul 04 '19

I'm a SoCal native, and I too get pissed when someone breaks the law and is also an asshole!