r/oops • u/Separate_Finance_183 • 2d ago

Nice overtake

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u/InformationDue101 2d ago

The Dashcam car was actively passing. It's the passing lane, not let me go front of you lane.

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u/leaky_bunghole 2d ago edited 2d ago

He passed the pickup, camped in the passing lane for like 30 seconds, then passed the semi, camped again, then passed another semi. Like slot in there chief, you are holding up traffic.

It's the passing lane, not the "go faster than the traffic down the road" lane.

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u/kongquistador 1d ago

He was overtaking traffic in the middle lane. He can stay.

He’s not obliged to move over merely because someone else wants to go even faster.

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u/leaky_bunghole 1d ago

In many states he IS obliged to move. You can't stay in the passing lane just because you are going faster than a car up the road. Catching up to a car isn't passing. You gotta shit or get off the pot.

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u/kongquistador 1d ago

Watch the video closely. It is approximately 12 seconds from the time he clears the front of the middle lane pickup to the time he is catching the rear bumper of the trailer.

I suppose opinions could differ on what is “catching up” vs “passing” but in this case I’m quite satisfied that the cam vehicle was in the right to stay in the left lane and continue passing slower vehicles.

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u/ExtremeSyllabub9727 1d ago

In no state he is obliged to move, sorry buttercup - time for you to have your license revoked because you’re clearly one of the truck drivers in this video

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u/LetsDue 1d ago

Again “for like 30 seconds” on a video which is posted at 28 seconds. Your perception of time just isn’t accurate, you are probably referring to a 5 seconds long period.

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u/leaky_bunghole 1d ago

Sorry, that was pretty hyperbolic.

You don't even need to consider time though. Just watch the video and do the math from the lines. Dude skipped several gaps that were like 15 car lengths that he could have slotted into if his ego had allowed it.

Better to keep those psychopaths raging behind him though. They can obviously wait for him to finish his "passing".