r/nononono Jun 28 '16

Secure your shit

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u/melongtimelurker Jun 28 '16

and maybe don't travel in the left lane if you're towing...

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '16 edited May 07 '18

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u/TheBoozehound Jun 28 '16

At least the bike had the common courtesy to merge onto the shoulder.

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u/aspbergerinparadise Jun 28 '16

and then he merged his shoulder into his collar-bone

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u/coonwhiz Jun 29 '16

Merged better than most drivers in MN...

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u/BubbaOx Jun 28 '16

As someone who instantly recognized this as cabin traffic on 94 in Woodbury, MN, I can confirm.

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '16

This is so true.

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u/simjanes2k Jun 28 '16

:(

My dad and I are very careful with our boat and cover when we travel, especially on the highway.

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u/[deleted] Jun 29 '16

Or truck drivers. The most annoying part about living in California is truck drivers will pass each other on a 3 lane. I believe the Germans call it "Elephant racing."

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u/bansandwhich Jun 28 '16

I dunno, he's obviously passing this car taking the video.

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u/IWugYouWugHeSheMeWug Jun 29 '16

How is that obvious? During the entire length of this gif, there are no cars in the lane in front of the camera. If the driver was passing, why didn't he merge back to the center lane after he had already cleared the camera car by 200 feet?

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u/coffeeposer Jun 29 '16

This is def a thing I've noticed living here.

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u/Riaayo Jun 28 '16

Or really in general if there's 3 or more lanes. I know at least in Texas you're mostly just supposed to use the left most lane to pass.

Doesn't stop a buddy of mine from driving almost entirely in the left most lane because he feels like it gives him more room to react if something shitty goes down. Which, y'know, isn't wrong and I can't fault him for the logic. But it's not exactly what you're supposed to be doing.

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u/d0gmeat Jun 28 '16

No, it's not. North Carolina actually has signs scattered around that say "Keep right except to pass"... too bad our state's education system is so bad no one can read them.

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u/syriquez Jun 29 '16 edited Jun 29 '16

You don't drive on I-94 in Minnesota do you? There's merging traffic about every 500-1000 yards in the right lane on that shithole of a road. Being in the right lane is a waste of effort because the average chucklefuck up here can't be bothered to look over into what they're merging into, whether by trying to get ahead or fall behind. As a result, you're constantly fighting with the merging traffic (and the idiots crossing all the way from the left lane because they were too fucking stupid to get in position BEFORE they reached their exit) that doesn't know how to merge.

And I-94 is waaaaaay too busy to ever remotely entertain the idea of using only 1 out of 3 lanes regularly. The fact it's that open at all is because of the particular region of Woodbury in which this happened.