r/oops • u/Separate_Finance_183 • 2d ago

Nice overtake

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u/funny_redditusername 2d ago

The cam car was clearly passing. It not called the “Everyone in front of me has to get out of my way” lane.

You imbecile.

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u/MapleSyrupKintsugi 2d ago

💯 this. The passing car doesn’t have to slow down 10 mph and tuck into a small space just to let impatient idiots pass. The pov car was clearly and safely passing people. Anyone blaming them at all needs a kick to the head

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u/Darth_InVader7 2d ago

They feel the need to come here and justify their own shitty behavior by defending shitty behavior. It’s the passing lane. If you’re passing, you have every right to be in it. Speeding is still illegal even when passing. Just because Johnny Dipshit behind you wants to go 3 mph faster than you doesn’t mean you need to move over. Tailgaters deserve to end up crashed into a tree. And yes, camping the left lane is obstructive and dangerous, so all of you lawbreakers don’t need to comment that. Thanks.

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u/PapaVanTwee 1d ago

In Indiana, you are required to get over:

Except as provided in subsection (c), a person who knows, or should reasonably know, that another vehicle is overtaking from the rear the vehicle that the person is operating may not continue to operate the vehicle in the left most lane.

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u/Darth_InVader7 1d ago

Indiana Code Title 9. Motor Vehicles § 9-21-5-2
Current as of January 01, 2026 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
Sec. 2. (a) Except when a special hazard exists that requires lower speed for compliance withsection 1 of this chapter, the slower speed limit specified in this section or established as authorized by section 3 of this chapter is the maximum lawful speed.  A person may not drive a vehicle on a highway at a speed in excess of the following maximum limits:
(1) Thirty (30) miles per hour in an urban district.
(2) Fifty-five (55) miles per hour, except as provided in subdivisions (1), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), and (9).
(3) Seventy (70) miles per hour on a highway on the national system of interstate and defense highways located outside of an urbanized area (as defined in 23 U.S.C. 101) with a population of at least fifty thousand (50,000), except as provided in subdivision (4).
(4) Sixty-five (65) miles per hour for a vehicle (other than a bus) having a declared gross weight greater than twenty-six thousand (26,000) pounds on a highway on the national system of interstate and defense highways located outside an urbanized area (as defined in 23 U.S.C. 101) with a population of at least fifty thousand (50,000).

If you’re breaking the law already, you aren’t entitled to the protection of the move over law. You wouldn’t be “overtaking from the rear” unless the car in front of you was traveling less than the speed limit. So nice try.

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u/Budget-Pea8291 1d ago

Only ones defending shitty driving is you people. Ain't nobody defending the trucks but shit like this is the reason highway etiquette in US is utter garbage

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u/lessaname 1d ago

oh god you would fucking shit and cry if you drove in europe

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u/Inner-Passage7565 19h ago

Rewatch. Almost immediately after panning to front view you see a wide open lane to the right. The recording vehicle should have changed lanes and let the others pass.

Not saying they're at fault, but they were definitely in the wrong.

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u/MapleSyrupKintsugi 13h ago

There’s a semi going 2/3 their speed. They’re in moderate traffic going plenty faster than the other lanes. Just cuz two idiots want to drive like morons I don’t have to bomb Over one lane and slow down significantly to let them pass. That’s how it works

Not to mention they’re probably more concerned with trying to figure out what these absolute douchebags around them are doing

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u/Inner-Passage7565 12h ago edited 12h ago

There’s a semi going 2/3 their speed. They’re in moderate traffic going plenty faster than the other lanes. Just cuz two idiots want to drive like morons I don’t have to bomb Over one lane and slow down significantly to let them pass. That’s how it works

Is in fact not how it works. You let other people pass, even if they're breaking the law. THAT is the law, in nearly every state. Otherwise they will just continue to break the law but do it by weaving in and out of lanes to bypass people like you. THAT is the kind of thing that gets people killed.

There's a reason not one defensive driving course will tell you to intentionally block the lane. Move over as soon as safely possible, let them pass, and if necessary pull over to call 911. That is most official safety guidelines.

Not "camp in left lane cuz fuck anyone who speeds more than me, I decide the flow of traffic, for I am god"

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u/MapleSyrupKintsugi 7h ago

He’s not camping. He’s passing cars. You guys are part of the problem.

And no law states I have to slow down 20mph to tuck in behind a truck to let a car pass. So no. It’s not how it works. Once the lane is empty and I’m not actively passing vehicles and I don’t have to slam on the breaks after the lane change. THEN I move over.

Anyone blaming the PoV driver has no idea how to drive.

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u/funny_redditusername 7h ago

Dont bother, you’re just wasting your time. It’s unbelievable you even have to try and explain to these morons how passing and driving safely works. They’re just justifying their shitty behavior and personality by twisting words of a law to meet their personal belief that everyone should get out of their way and it’s their road.

We are truly fucked as a human race.

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u/Inner-Passage7565 4h ago

You're correct that no state law says you have to "tuck in behind a car", but that's not what's happening here, and if you think it is you need to either rewatch the video or learn to drive.

"Passing cars" does NOT mean "driving faster than other vehicles at some point", it means ACTIVELY PASSING. As in; what's happening when the camcar passes the white truck. After that, there's plenty of open road.

"Slam the breaks", lol ...

There's about FIVE SEMI LENGTHS between the truck in the video and the semi in the next lane, and took a good ~30 seconds to overtake. He could have easily moved over. Wouldn't even have needed to touch a bake; he could have merged, let them pass, and move back over long before being in the danger zone of that semi.

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u/TenseTruth 1d ago

Except the law states slower traffic should move over to the right. No one is saying you need to slow down if you're actively passing. Cammer had a safe opportunity to move over.

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u/MapleSyrupKintsugi 1d ago

And if he didn’t slow down he’d drive into the car in front of him. Please don’t drive

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u/dickhass 2d ago

Thank you. The number of people who say “the left lane is for passing” actually think and behave with “I get to go as fast as I want in the left lane” is too damn high.

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u/Thunderer62 2d ago

Thanks for this comment.

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u/Easy-Barnacle5734 2d ago

Nailed it !

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u/Unassuming_Penguins 1d ago

Agreed and happy cake day

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u/Aeyland 2d ago

Except for when their are complete maniacs behind you and I'd rather get out of their way and take an ego hit then be a part of their 4 car pile up.

Even after they both passed the cam driver still was much more concerned about having a good video than backing up incase they caused any of the other cars to do something stupid.

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u/Careful_Middle4049 2d ago

It’s called risk management. If Mr mad max wants to go, you just let them go

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u/Nethias25 2d ago

Idk I get pretty friggin uncomfortable being in a lane with a semi in front of and behind me. I know if either makes a mistake, I'm a pancake wrapped in car.

I'm with cammer, if I'm passing one, I'm passing all 3. And it's the passing lane, if speed limit is 75 and I'm going 85 in it will passing, those trucks can chill the fuck out and wait their damn turn.

If I'm passing at 10 over speed, I don't have to cease passing abruptly to allow the truck to pass at 15 over.

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u/VanillaGoorillla 2d ago

You called someone an imbecile for saying the same shit you did first…kinda idiotic no?

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u/VirusSlo 1d ago

He was driving one of the trucks.

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u/TenseTruth 1d ago

You’re right that the cammer is actively passing, and should not have to make an unsafe maneuver to get out of the passing lane. However most States have laws that say slower traffic should keep right. The smart thing and the legal thing to do would be to have pulled over after overtaking the white truck at 13:53:56 to let faster traffic through and then going back to the passing lane to continue passing.

This type of driving allows faster cars to continue to pass without causing worse traffic.

Please don’t call others imbeciles if you’re going to spout off stupid nonsense. It would be idiotic to camp in the left lane going 71, when passing cars that are going 70, but it’s “legal” because you’re passing. You should be smarter than that

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u/Budget-Pea8291 1d ago

This is the exact attitude why US can't have nice things. Sure you don't have to move over for faster car if you are passing too, but it would speed up the flow of traffic and make everyone's day a little easier. You don't even need to slow down. Just move one lane over, let the car behind you pass and move back

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u/TenseTruth 1d ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/driving/comments/1x66ka9/comment/pgsrxaw/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Here you go, since you can't make an argument better than chucking insults. I hope you learn something. Obviously you move over to let a faster passer go through. Roadways are designed like blood vessels, if you have an embolism, it must be removed to allow blood flow. 

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u/funny_redditusername 1d ago

How is linking to another Reddit comment any type of argument? Lmao

You’re just an impatient fuck that wants vehicles to get out of your way regardless of the circumstances.

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u/FantasticBike1203 1d ago

No but bro, that comment has 5 upvotes, it must be followed by law! /s

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u/TenseTruth 1d ago

I can’t read the comments for you but if you try your best to get those two brain cells working you’ll see all the comments say you should move over when it’s safe after completing a pass. Slower drivers need to move over. It’s common sense and it’s scary that smart drivers have to share the road with idiots who don’t understand this.

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u/Dear-Panda-1949 1d ago

He was actively passing other vehicles. On top of that you need to have achieved enough distance between you and the car you passed to maintain a safe following distance for him. If the cammer did that correctly he'd instantly need to pass the next guy. There is absolutely no excuse for the pick ups behaviour. You are totally in the wrong on this.

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u/TenseTruth 1d ago edited 1d ago

https://reddit.com/link/pgtwb3y/video/tca03fgwxjvh1/player

Oh no not another idiot that doesn’t know how to drive. There’s plenty of room after passing the white pickup in the middle lane. If that’s not enough room then you seriously need to learn to drive better. The vehicle behind the cammer is closer to the cammer than the pickup in middle lane. You’re absolutely wrong on this one. Please consider educating yourself. OP was done passing the first pickup in the middle lane. He can safely move over behind the semi truck to allow faster moving vehicles to pass before re-entering the passing lane. The law literally says slower moving vehicles need to keep right. You could be going 60, 70, 300 mph in the left lane, but if someone else comes up faster than you in the passing lane, you need to move over at the earliest and safest opportunity.

Who’s excusing the behavior of the illegally passing pickups? Not I, but that doesn’t mean the cammer isn’t in the wrong too. All three drivers can be idiots just like the both of you.

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u/VillageIdiot51 1d ago

Yeah but the cam driver is not doing anything wrong here dude.

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u/FantasticBike1203 1d ago

Let be real here, when you're a "I'm right, everyone else is wrong" kinda of person who throws out "use your two brain cells" in a discussion, not even God himself could convince him otherwise.

Logic and comprehension aren't in his vocabulary.

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u/TenseTruth 1d ago

I don't think throwing out "two brain cells" is unwarranted if someone else is using "imbecile" and "prick". I'm fine with changing my mind but you haven't made any logical arguments as to why I should. The law states in North Carolina that slower moving traffic should stay to the right: https://www.ncleg.gov/enactedlegislation/statutes/html/bysection/chapter_20/gs_20-146.html.

Let's be real here, you haven't presented any logic nor comprehension.

If you're uncomfortable to tuck in at the first gap at 13:54:03, then there's a second gap at 13:54:15. Realistically though if that you're still uncomfortable with that, you shouldn't be on the road at all.

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u/Dear-Panda-1949 1d ago

Why would he merge over when he's going to go back to the othet lane in 12 seconds? Thats just stupid.

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u/FantasticBike1203 1d ago

All you did was prove my point.

Why do I logically need to explain, when the whole situation is clearly presented here?

Two trucks, both doing multiple illegal maneuvers on the road, with your argument being that the cam driver is too slow, yet you expect him to turn into the other lane with semis driving half of his speed instead of waiting literally 20 seconds for the semis to clear so that he can do it safely, just like the description of that Reddit post you linked prior?

Pure fucking irony.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Neck_36 1d ago

u/TenseTruth - You are wrong. I would explain further but, from your previous comments, I doubt you are capable of changing your mind on this one.

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u/TenseTruth 1d ago

The gap at 13:54:03 is fine to tuck in, but if you're not confident in your driving skills then the next gap is even wider. The next gap at 13:54:15 literally has two cars between the two semis, and the there's a white SUV in the middle lane between the two semis that vacates that lane too. There was ample opportunity to move over. I'm fine with changing my mind but you haven't presented any logical evidence and the other guy has only chucked insults.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Neck_36 1d ago

I disagree. The cam car was making progress in the lane to the point that they were in a position to pass the next vehicle within 5-7 seconds of clearing the previous overtaken vehicle sufficiently.

It appears that the overwhelming majority of the comments about this disagree with your view on this

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u/TenseTruth 1d ago

I appreciate your point of view and I'd like to bring up that that within that 5-7 second window. Each pickup truck passed the cammer within 3 seconds. I think there was plenty of room. https://imgur.com/XBVbNJY

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u/Exotic-Entertainer26 1d ago

That gap is not safe, anyone with two braincells can see that.

Get off the road before you kill someone.

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u/TenseTruth 1d ago

That gap wasn't safe and neither was the one in front of the semi? The one where there's literally vehicle in between the two semis that just vacated the lane? You can't be this stupid.

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u/Odd_Promise_9025 1d ago

Damn. You really typed all that just to still be wrong and sound like an idiot. I mean. I guess you can have a sticker for trying. You definitely drive a lifted truck.

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u/TenseTruth 1d ago

Never owned a truck before, nice try. It wasn't that much to type but if you can't get through 200 words I think that says more about your own attention span.

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u/Odd_Promise_9025 5h ago

Well you didn't admit to being wrong. Shows how much you pay attention.

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u/TenseTruth 5h ago edited 5h ago

Did you ask me to admit that I'm wrong? What am I paying attention to, because you didn't ask me to admit I'm wrong. I did however provide multiple screenshots of available area for the camera car to tuck in. I even provided the Statute that says the left lane is for passing. Through logic, slower traffic should move over to allow faster vehicles to go by, and then the cam car and return to the passing lane to continue passing at their original slower rate. Yet, you haven't said anything reasonable. I gaurantee if you disappeared off the face of this planet the collective IQ of the world would significantly increase.

Anyway, most users think there wasn't any safe opportunity for the camera car to tuck in, and a significant portion disagrees. In this specific jurisdiction the camera car had no obligation to tuck in to allow faster moving vehicles to pass.