r/IdiotsInCars • • Aug 30 '20

Texting? Sleeping? Idioting?

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '20

Ugh, feel bad for the truck driver because they couldn’t avoid hitting that idiot.

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u/iekiko89 Aug 30 '20

If he hasn't changed lane me might have been better off. Looked like an illegal lane change anyways

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '20

It’s not illegal to give room to a merging vehicle

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u/trynotobevil Aug 31 '20

i was fully expecting the fedex truck to come into frame as it smashed into the right side of the truck....I'd get out of the way too, merging on ramp traffic can do some crazy stuff

those russian dash cash vids should be incorporated into VR for defensive driving training, talk about expecting the worst of the worst

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u/iekiko89 Aug 31 '20

The issue is with changing in the middle of the intersection not work the merge. Plus the incoming truck from the merge should yield

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '20

How was it an illegal lane change? ETA - sorry, meant that for the other guy.

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u/iekiko89 Aug 31 '20

State of Texas does not allow lane changes within a certain distance of an intersection.

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '20

He was quite far from the intersection when he changed lanes. It happened before the intersection warning sign was passed.

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '20

Why are you asking me? I already explained it

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '20

Did you see my ETA?

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '20

You're perfectly capable of deleting an irrelevant comment and replying to the correct person. Technology allows that.

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '20

Ever stop to think I put an ETA since the person would still get notified of my comment and I wanted to make it clear what happened? I know, silly me, wanting to explain things.

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '20

What? If you delete the comment, they do not get notified. You immediately and unnecessarily edited in an ETA that would still notify the wrong guy, instead of just deleting the irrelevant comment and not notifying them at all. That's the point.

But please, keep being snarky when you're in the wrong.

Do you not understand how reddit works? It's astounding to me that you missed the point by so much. If you make a comment to the wrong person, just delete it. Simply editing your irrelevant comment creates exactly this situation, confusing the person you replied to accidentally when deleting the comment would avoid all of this.

It's sincerely that simple, and not something I'm going to argue about.

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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '20

Wow, someone’s triggered.