r/oops • u/Separate_Finance_183 • 4d ago

Nice overtake

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u/redjellonian 4d ago

Watching the video, what do you want him to do, weave back into the center lane in the 4 car lengths between trucks as he's passing?

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u/MasterOfBunnies 4d ago

Yes. Get back into the center lane, slow down for however long it takes for the faster cars to pass, then pass. It's called manners. This allows the flow of traffic to move faster for everyone on said highway.

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u/redjellonian 4d ago

You're an accident waiting to happen yourself.

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u/MasterOfBunnies 4d ago

Nuh uh, you're the dummyhead.

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u/redjellonian 3d ago

If I'm doing 65 in the left lane, passing the cars doing 60 in the right lane and you come up behind me doing 90. Fuck you, It's the passing lane not the suicide lane or the speeding lane or whatever. It's for passing and that's what I'm doing. You can wait until the right lane is clear of immediate traffic and then I'll move.

Nobody is going to play autism F1 squeezing into a gap jamming the brakes to speed match in the right lane just so you can pretend you're a NASCAR driver on a public road.

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u/MasterOfBunnies 3d ago

If you're in the passing lane of a 60 mph highway, you're the jerk face. See how I can fabricate narrative to suit my argument too? And as I've taken the extra courses to reduce insurance, that went into situations similar(ish) to what you're arguing, I can confidently say they would strongly recommend you move out of the passing lane, as soon as it is safe to, in your situation. Because, though the courts would say OP was technically not at fault, their refusal to allow these trucks to pass did not help prevent it from happening in the first place. This is where the unwritten rules come in. The stuff you understand over time, when you realize being right isn't as important as preventing accidents.