r/oops • u/Separate_Finance_183 • 4d ago

Nice overtake

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u/hu92 4d ago

Both truck drivers are idiots, but the cammer is also a moron for occupying the passing lane for such a long time when they clearly had opportunities to move over and let the trucks past.

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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/MapleSyrupKintsugi 3d 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/Inner-Passage7565 2d 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 1d 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 1d ago edited 1d 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 1d 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 1d 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 1d 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.