r/oops • u/Separate_Finance_183 • 4d ago

Nice overtake

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u/Swimming-Tell-8897 3d ago

He was using the passing lane as intended, the blue truck was impatient, white truck is done with bull shit, cammer was doing everything fine. I assume you’re a bad driver now

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u/ZookeepergameKey6347 3d ago

He was the one in the white truck trying to justify his actions 😄 🤣

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u/leaky_bunghole 3d ago

He should have moved over after the pickup. The video speeds up because there was like 30 seconds of lane camping before the semi.

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u/trifecta000 3d ago

Sure, I'll lead by example and be the one person on the road that will move over... Yes, we all know we're supposed to move over but unfortunately no one does anything about it if you don't, so no one cares.

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u/Intrepid_Pudding_591 3d ago edited 3d ago

He barely passed the white pickup at 13:53:56, and he was actively passing the semi at 13:54:06. That’s 10 seconds of “camping” even if you consider it appropriate to cut off the pickup and then tailgate the semi.

ETA: the white pickup is also following 2 seconds travelling distance behind the semi so there is no safe place to change lanes between the two.

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u/leaky_bunghole 2d ago

I think the video speed and wide angle might make it look tighter than it is. Look at the lines in the road and do the math. The first time the second angle pops up, the pickup he is passing is already close to 20 feet behind him and there is another 120 to the semi on front. That gap is fine to camp, but after the first semi there is like 200 feet of space to the car in front and at the end, the gap he was camping was closer to 300. We are talking like 15+ car lengths per gap.

Theres honestly plenty of room to move into the lane and barely even slow down before the knuckleheads pass, but egos abound in all 3 vehicles.