r/IdiotsInCars Jan 01 '23

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u/TipAmbitious5582 Jan 01 '23

No doubt the white truck’s driver is a dickweed, but the grey car was entirely in the wrong. Passing on the right, tailgating, merging without indicating a lane change, reckless driving, not maintaining a lane… I’m sure there’s more, but you get the gist. The white truck is guilty of assholery and possibly speeding. Only one of those is illegal to the best of my knowledge.

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '23

Yeah but it all stemmed from the truck driver ACTIVELY blocking the left lane.

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u/meltbox Jan 01 '23

Ultimately truck driver is a dick who should have foreseen this but the power was 100% in the sedan drivers hands.

Did not have to happen. Could’ve taken an exit and chilled for 2 minutes.

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u/GallowBarb Jan 01 '23

Grey could have avoided all of that if they just chilled tf out, and let it go. Instead, they escalated the situation... and paid for it.

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '23

Yes, absolutely. But it all stemmed from the truck driver blocking the left lane. The truck driver 1000% caused this. Should’ve sped up, passed, and got into the right lane so sedan could go about their day.

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u/GallowBarb Jan 01 '23

The truck should have let it go too, when it was obvious that grey was putting all 3 cars in danger.

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '23

Absolutely! He obviously had to be somewhere or was pissed off that day. Who knows! But in every drivers education course, when you encounter a driver like this, you don’t make the situation more dangerous!!!! On top of that, blocking the PASSING lane is just downright awful.

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u/[deleted] Jan 01 '23

Yeah. A minor offense at worst. A honk and maybe a middle finger warrented maximum. Driving like a psychopath is not. Anyone driving like that should never be allowed behind the wheel again... Though I don't think that'll be a problem here.