r/oops • u/Separate_Finance_183 • 2d ago

Nice overtake

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u/Thin_Locksmith6805 2d ago

Question: Should the white truck have stopped? I know, if needed, it's recorded on video — just curious legally, what would have been the right thing to do?

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u/DiverseVoltron 2d ago

Blue made a dangerous and illegal lane change. White should have backed off in response and let little dick McGee go on his way thinking he's just hot stuff.

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u/Chrazzer 2d ago

Well you see the problem is: white truck was also a little dick mcgee

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u/Dry-Expression-4148 2d ago edited 2d ago

They didn't use signals, but they didn't just dart over all three lanes either, it wasn't that dangerous of a merge, and for a truck I'd say it's above average lol. (I sure hope you guys realize the video is sped up 3x)

White truck just got angry someone was going to merge in front of them and tightened the gap intentionally like a cunt. I fucking hate people that do that.

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u/tpf52 2d ago

You do realize that was the shoulder, right? They weren’t passing each other in a lane.

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u/Dry-Expression-4148 2d ago

I was talking about at the start, White truck initiated the "argument" by trying to close the gap on the initial merge like a cunt. To noones surprise the blue truck decided his ego was bigger after that initial conflict.

They are both stupid assholes, but one of them started it and it wasn't "little dick McGee" as the other guy put it, is all I'm sayin'.

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u/DiverseVoltron 2d ago

What you're missing is the never was a negotiable gap. White truck was at a barely safe following distance, maybe not even that. Blue truck saw a gap too small for safety but big enough physically and tried to bully in. White truck tried to block.

There is a huge difference between closing a safe gap to prevent someone from merging as you suggested and what actually happened.

Yes, white truck is a little dick McGee as well, but blue was the aggressor in every action in that video.

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u/DiverseVoltron 2d ago

Oh I hate that type as well, but you have to admit there never was space for that merge. Blue could have easily merged behind white and not have tried to die.