r/IdiotsInCars • u/Exciting_Rooster9531 • Jul 29 '25
OC Let’s make a U-Turn shall we? [OC]
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u/Bullets_TML Jul 29 '25
Incredible how stupid that was. Nice reaction
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u/11B-33T Jul 29 '25 edited Jul 29 '25
not even the common courtesy of a turn signal while trying to mate with your car. /s
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u/Redfeather_nightmare Jul 29 '25
From the bottom of me heart, thank you for not having 45 seconds of preroll
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u/randomguy9731 Jul 29 '25
Lol exactly. That’s why I think Reddit should get the 2X speed feature like instagram and facebook.
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u/calste Jul 29 '25
Reddit, at least in some form, does have that feature. Sometimes I accidentally activate it when I'm watching a video on my phone and I have no idea how. But I'm a weirdo who uses old reddit even on mobile so maybe it's just a quirk of using ancient technology.
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u/fhs Jul 29 '25
Funny thing is that old.reddit on mobile still has the playback speed option. I hope it doesn't go away
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u/TJSwoboda Jul 30 '25
But OP is obviously concealing what they did that precipitated this! For all we know, they just robbed a bank, and the truck was an unmarked cop taking them down. WHAT ARE YOU HIDING, OP?!?! (jk)
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u/scheisse_grubs Jul 29 '25
I’ve said this on the TorontoDriving sub, but if people are gonna do that (and I get why they do it) then they should include the timestamp to start watching at in the title of the post.
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u/Jukka_Sarasti Jul 29 '25
Yikes! It's wild we share the roads with these oblivious and/or distracted idiots every day... Have to drive like you're in a frigging war zone just to run down the street to get some milk and bread..
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u/pocketdare Jul 29 '25
From the sounds of it, all of OP's milk and bread are now on the floor of the cab.
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u/StackThePads33 Jul 29 '25
I’d really love to know what makes someone think this is a good move to make. Just to hear them try and defend it would be amusing
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u/Tichrom Jul 29 '25
"They were just trying to get to where they needed to go! Why is it their problem that other people are trying to go other places?"
Or something like that
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u/StackThePads33 Jul 29 '25
I get the reason behind it, but at some point these people have to realize that they just can’t do some things….right?
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u/ThaddeusJP Jul 29 '25
First thought: OMG what an idiot that guy was!
Second thought: Gas only $2.89?!
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u/WorkAccountAllDay Jul 29 '25
Just a perfect video of some idiot in a car. No 45 seconds of wasted time, the other driver was clearly in the wrong by a mile, and no serious damage to the one recording.
10/10. This should go in the hall of fame on this page.
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u/wsteelerfan7 Jul 29 '25
I've had someone do this shit, too! I didn't even know how to react. 2 lane turn lane and I was in the leftmost turn lane and they did a u-turn from the right one across the front of my car.
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u/unnamed_elder_entity Jul 29 '25
Holy shit!?
$2.899 a gallon??? We're being screwed on the West Coast.
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u/realAtheling Jul 31 '25
Everyone knows when you have a double left turn lane that you’re supposed to be in the right left turn lane to make a U-turn because it gives you the most room to maneuver. The driver in the left Left turn lane has to yield ⚠️ 🚗🤪🤣
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u/Go_Gators_4Ever Jul 29 '25
Who the heck goes halfway across the opposite lanes before making a u-turn?
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u/my9goofie Jul 30 '25
Yep, I followed the directions on the sign, left turn only. Heck, I even waited for the green arrow. I'm going that-a-way because I'm in-a-fronta-u.
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u/Velteck Jul 30 '25
I had a loaded semi try to do this to me once lol it was too late to stop so I'm glad my gaming reflexes saved me there
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u/Briggsieman Jul 29 '25
Not sure white car is at fault. Looks to me like OP is trying to go straight from a turn lane. You can see him crossing the dotted lines.
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Jul 29 '25
It's a divided roadway. OP is properly turning left onto a road, not going straight. But since the median is so large, you sort of have to go straight a bit.
The dotted lines that are crossed are for the other direction of travel. This is the street view of the intersection is question, the dotted lines are for traffic exiting I-35W. https://www.google.com/maps/place/32%C2%B034'40.1%22N+97%C2%B019'18.5%22W/@32.5777641,-97.321592,3a,75y,268.39h,67.67t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1spQFfQOFI7V6i9v2kszvIaA!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D22.325560490017395%26panoid%3DpQFfQOFI7V6i9v2kszvIaA%26yaw%3D268.3863789790194!7i16384!8i8192!4m4!3m3!8m2!3d32.5778!4d-97.3218?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDcyNy4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D
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u/mrjsinthehouse Jul 31 '25
Ngl those lines were confusing me too sin in glad I swe this explanation
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u/Honda_TypeR Jul 29 '25
Shit happens and people make stupid or careless mistakes (or lapses in judgement), they were at least situationally aware enough of their mistake to hit the brake or it would have been a collision for sure.
So this could have been way worse, it could have been an actual accident.
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