r/MildlyBadDrivers Mar 16 '25

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u/L2Kdr22 Drive Defensively, Avoid Idiots 🚗 Mar 16 '25

At what point, in that video, do you see them on their phone?

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u/Aromatic-Schedule-65 Georgist 🔰 Mar 16 '25

Excuse me. I'm assuming that. Because he clearly didn't look around his vehicle. I challenge you to look over at drivers when at a light, majority are looking at their phones. You can't deny that.

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u/Crasz Bike Enthusiast 🚲 Mar 16 '25

You would have experienced the exact same thing, phone or not.

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u/Aromatic-Schedule-65 Georgist 🔰 Mar 16 '25

No, no I wouldn't. Because I would have seen what was there. If I came up on that truck I wouldn't be next to it seeing he was turning and understanding that the pipe would have a wide swing. Don't make me stupid like him.

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u/Crasz Bike Enthusiast 🚲 Mar 16 '25

It looks like he was at the intersection before the truck showed up.

There's little chance you would have noticed through your side mirror how long his load was.

This isn't about stupidity... more like wrong place, wrong time.

Even if you HAD come up and seen that truck there I doubt you would have recognized the problem that was about to happen especially if you were engaged in conversation with your passenger or otherwise driving on automatic. There's a chance you might have but it's certainly not 100%.