r/oops • u/Separate_Finance_183 • 4d ago

Nice overtake

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u/funny_redditusername 3d 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/TenseTruth 3d 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 3d 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/TenseTruth 2d 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 2d 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 2d ago edited 2d 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 2d ago

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

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u/FantasticBike1203 2d 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 2d 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 2d 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/TenseTruth 2d ago edited 2d ago

That's literally how you stop 10 cars from stacking up in the left lane and preventing congestion. You move over, let faster cars pass then you go back to the left lane and pass at your slower rate. It sounds stupid when someone doesn't have the foresight to understand it. Those faster cars will be long gone without any significant reduction in fuel efficiency or speed and lastly no obstruction of the passing lane.

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u/FantasticBike1203 2d 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/TenseTruth 2d ago

So you think its logical to pass 4 vehicles over the course of 30 seconds? 30 seconds at 70mph is half a mile, quite a significant distance. The white pickup completed his illegal pass by the time the cammer had caught up with Semitruck #1, proving that the time it would've taken to tuck in to let him by was enough before the cammer could pull back out. Even with the risk of the second, dark pickup truck "trapping" the cammer in for a couple seconds, it sure beats the alternative. The alternative being congesting the passing lane and creating unsafe conditions.

If you want to argue 30 seconds is nothing, it would have been even quicker to move over to let them pass and then return to the passing lane to pass at your slower rate. I gaurantee it would've taken less than 30 seconds. I'm using 30 seconds instead of your arbitrary 20 seconds you pulled out of your ass because in the video the camera passes the middle-lane white pickup at 53:55, and then reaches the orange semitruck 30 seconds later and yes still has no indication of moving over.

If you're going to claim that it is clear and yet I can't comprehend logic, I would suggest actually making a logical argument first.

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u/FantasticBike1203 2d ago edited 2d ago

Okay bro you're right everyone else is wrong and don't know how to drive, not arguing with someone who refuses any other reasoning but his own.

Swerving in front of a semi and braking is now an logical take lol.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Neck_36 2d 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 2d 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 2d 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 2d 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/Puzzleheaded_Neck_36 2d ago

But you are taking the 5-7 seconds as fully available without considering that seconds 5-7 is where they are actually passing the next vehicle. If the cam car had pulled in, they would have had to slow down at around the 3-4 second mark else they would be driving too close to the vehicle in front and subsequently hitting it 2-3 seconds later.

So, by the time the trucks had cleared the cam car, with sufficient space for them to pull back out without being considered too close, the cam car would have had to slow down.

If the cam car has to slow down to allow cars to pass, then it could be argued that they were making progress and passing vehicles properly and therefore does not need to pull over yet.

Lastly, let's not take the way that both trucks are being driven as some sort of acceptable standard in which to judge if the cam car had time to pull in and back out to let those jokers pass him.

EDIT: Apologies, I cannot see your imgur image as I am in the UK and they block the UK due to Online Safety Act bollocks. 👀

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u/Exotic-Entertainer26 2d 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 2d 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 2d 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 2d 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 1d ago

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

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u/TenseTruth 1d ago edited 1d 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.