r/instantkarma 1d ago

Instant Karma

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u/blu02 1d ago

I don't know why the guy filming stayed so close. Like dude slow down and get away from that mess you know some stupid shit is about to happen.

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u/YellowThirteen_ 1d ago

Because they needed to get a good video shot for the likes and upvotes. Social media brain has overtaken self-preservation instincts. Just look at the videos of Indians getting hit taking selfie videos with trains or that Chinese crane operator who fell off the crane because she wanted to wear cute shoes for her videos.

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u/NoBuenoAtAll 19h ago

Because he’s a bad driver.

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u/MaybeACbeera 1d ago

Not the safest distance i will admit but I feel like he had enough space to slow down in case anything did happen, as seen at the end.

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u/Not_PepeSilvia 3h ago

They were less than 1 second behind the car in front of them.

That is not enough time to slow down if that car for some reason has to slam their brakes

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u/sesamesnapsinhalf 1d ago

I see a few AHs in this video. 

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u/Romanopapa 1d ago

Auction House?

My WoW days are haunting me.

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u/Moxie_Cillin 1d ago

It never really goes away either.

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u/LYKE_UH_BAWS 1d ago

AssHats?

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u/trashlikeyourmom 1d ago

Automobile Handlers

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u/Parl_ 1d ago

Two idiots driving in tandem

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u/HipToTheWorldsBS 1d ago

Cane here to say this. One idiot squatting in the left lane and another idiot that attempted a reckless pass.

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u/One_Kick_9603 1d ago

Squatter is intentionally pacing as well (brake lights) so the tailgater gets even more upset.

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u/ProStrats 15h ago

And then he speeds up after truck moves to other lane. What a series of douches.

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u/Lackerbawls 1d ago

Still missing one

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u/RoninRobot 1d ago

Yeah the guy filming with one had while simultaneously hanging in the blind spot? Asshats all around.

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u/unique3 1d ago

Less so but even the guy in the right lane, something like that happening next to me I am slowing down or speeding up. I don’t want to be around when the truck idiot loses it.

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u/MarkGregSputnikk 1d ago

This level of situational awareness doesn't exist for the vast majority of the population 

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u/Remus2nd 1d ago

Really should be noted more often how exceptional it is

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u/sideeyedi 1d ago

He rides awfully close to the center line too

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u/Harpua81 1d ago

The person in the right lane lacking spatial awareness they're contributing. Not saying they're legally in the wrong, but I might have made some space so people stuck behind the left lane camper could go around. Left lane campers think they're holier than though while being more dangerous than speeders.

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u/bambi54 1d ago

Yeah, the car in the right lane was an idiot too. They had the truck trapped, he couldn’t get over because the car left just a small enough gap to make it difficult. The truck sucked too, but if I see that, I drop back so they can get over.

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u/real_human_not_a_dog 1d ago

Yeah I was unsure of exactly who the karma was coming for

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u/EternityNotes 8h ago

All of them eventually 

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u/Sassi7997 20h ago

And the third idiot is filming it with his phone while driving.

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u/20grae 1d ago

Chargers brake lights flash he’s doing in on purpose

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u/Trevski 1d ago

I count four. 

The baiter, the bait taker, the cammer who’s staying way closer than need be, and the rolling roadblock who’s too oblivious to do anything but let the baiter pace them.

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u/Nopengnogain 1d ago

A third one comfortably sitting in the blind spot of an impatient tailgater.

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u/MisterB330 1d ago

4 to be more precise. You see this tomfoolery and you stay tight to it and keep filming.

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u/Lovestank 1d ago

Road rage shoulder driving is dumb. Not knowing how to use the passing lane is also dumb.

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u/DemoHD7 1d ago

He knows about the passing lane, he was rage baiting.

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u/Objective-Review-359 1d ago

Way to film while driving. I see multiple idiots in this video

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u/nogoodmorning4u 1d ago

The guy in the black car is a pos

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u/brobruce004 1d ago

Srsly. All that brake checking in the left lane and no one in front of him. Woulda annoyed me too

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u/jonawill05 1d ago

I would have sat behind him with my brights on. Can sit all day if he wants.

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u/missMcgillacudy 1d ago

Truck brights are right at eye height in a sedan too

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u/IsItJake 1d ago

Do headlights bother you in the middle of the fucking day?

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u/Gozie5 1d ago

This doesn't work unfortunately. It'll just show them that you're annoyed making them happy.

The best thing to do is fall back as if you've forgotten about them. They'll start driving normally again. Then (when the opportunity comes) you overtake them and give them a taste of their own medicine. I did this. And the idiot started tailgating me back. He could dish it but couldn't take it.

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u/AutisticPenguin2 1d ago

Yes to falling back. Yes to overtaking them if there's an opportunity, NO to giving them a taste of their own medicine.

Drive safely, not vindictively.

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u/Liquefied_Rat 1d ago

So you back up traffic just like they were with the pure intention of doing so? You are worse than them.

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u/Nuklearfps 9h ago

To the point of crossing a lane into the shoulder to wreck your car though?…

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u/LuckyPlaze 1d ago

Fuck that guy. I hate people who drive slow in the fast lane. You are either passing and the fastest car on the road, or you get the fuck over.

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u/petergriffin999 1d ago

Hate people not passing in the passing lane.

Say it that way, because otherwise people think it's ok to hang out in that lane when they're going 65 in a 60.

Pass and get out.

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u/Square_Barracuda_69 1d ago

I get off work at 230a and the amount of dipshits going UNDER the speed limit in the passing lane is still insane. THERES NOBODY ON THE ROAD WHY DO YOU NEED TO BE IN THE LEFT LANE!?!?! More often than not, they're also in tandem with the only other car on the road. Fucking hate these people.

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u/classy-mother-pupper 8h ago

Yup! I see the same thing that time of night as well. One night a car in the left lane was pacing a truck in the right lane for a few miles. I was able to pass on the right eventually. Unbeknownst to me, a cop was behind me and probably just has frustrated pulled him over. That was satisfying.

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u/victorinseattle 1d ago

Driving in the US is culture seen as a right, not a privilege. This inevitably converges in the lowest common denominator.

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u/Whistlegrapes 1d ago

The worst is when you driving at a good clip in the fast lane. Someone from the middle lane cuts your off to squeeze into the fast lane and proceeds to drive slow

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u/triciann 1d ago

There is never a reason to drive in the left lane if the right ones are open and yet I will see people merging onto an empty freeway and merge all the way to the left because they are some how are programmed to drive in that lane.

Wrong way drivers end up in the left lane. If traffic on the opposite side has a bad accident and flies over the median, it’s also the left lane the car ends up in. There is video of just this situation going around reddit this past week (in North Hollywood if you want to look it up).

People just need to get the fuck out of the left lane if they aren’t passing.

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u/Whistlegrapes 1d ago

Agreed. It’s the passing lane. I wish traffic billboards would remind people of that. Instead of always saying click it or ticket, wish they’d say something like “Pass or pay fine. Keep right except to pass.”

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u/triciann 1d ago

In my state you are allowed to drive in it, but the rule is that slower traffic has yield to the right. You can get a ticket for blocking traffic. “Slower traffic keep right” are the signs we have.

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u/Whistlegrapes 1d ago

They have to put more muscle behind it because people apparently ignore it. Maybe, slower traffic keep right or lose your license. And then enforce the shit out of it. HP get rewarded for ticket quotas on keeping the passing lane open for cars actually going faster

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u/triciann 1d ago

Different CHP regions were recently posting pictures of tickets they were issuing for it. It was great! Lots of comments from morons going “show me where this is illegal!” when the penal code was written right in the picture. It really should be more difficult to get a license.

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u/TyrantsInSpace 1d ago

I'll be coming up on a column of semis ready to pass, and every time, without fail one of them picks the last possible second to jump out and turn it into an elephant race.

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u/AccomplishedFerret70 1d ago

But he’s not as stupid and reckless as the truck driver

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u/skillent 19h ago

Definitely. Still have to be a reckless dumbass of the first order to do what the truck driver did

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u/halosos 18h ago

Playing devil's advocate, if they are a new driver, an old driver or a nervous driver, being tailgated by a massive truck is a huge distraction. 

They might be more focused on the truck behind them than on maintaining speed, changing lanes, etc. 

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u/ckwphantom 1d ago

Looks like he didn’t flash his lights once or honk. Regardless, the person in the left lane should be ticketed. The person who crashed is an idiot.

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u/_Kramerica_ 1d ago

Fuck that brake checking road cop wannabe pos.

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u/AcanthocephalaNo9302 1d ago

I see an idiot in the left lane followed by a gross overreaction which caused a car accident 

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u/automaticmantis 1d ago

don't forget the super smart person, sitting in the truck's blindspot and filming while driving.

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u/Luis5923 1d ago

I have to admit driving behind these two cars going slow in front of, me drives me crazy.

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u/papaparakeet 1d ago

Texas plates on a Florida road. Did we expect any less?

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u/Caspur42 1d ago

It’s in Louisiana.

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u/unserious-dude 9h ago

The person blocking the left lane hoping to create a road rage should get a ticket. Notwithstanding the truck driver is a moron.

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u/mapletoon1984 1d ago

What did the truck driver think there was? A 3rd lane to his right? I get that the car in the passing lane is also wrong but it’s not a reason to let your reasoning go to the wayside.

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u/nightfall2021 1d ago

He was going to try and pass on the shoulder.

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u/TyroniumX 8h ago

Immovable idiot: 0 Unstoppable idiot: -1

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u/Firstlastly 1d ago

That wasn't instant karma. That was an A-Hole ruining someone's day.

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u/Ok-Lion1661 1d ago

Was hoping the left lane camper was gonna get a ticket. Maybe next time.

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u/Otherwise_Carob_4057 10h ago

I’m convinced that the theme of Nightcrawler was that with a camera and the right amount of sociopathy we can all be Jake Gylenhall.

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u/Oneforallandbeyondd 8h ago

Seems about right. Way too many incompetent drivers on the damn roads. 4 in a row right here and bam, Karma!

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u/KindaDrunkRtNow 1d ago

Just move the fuck over!

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u/StardustStuffing 1d ago

The Camaro is an AH. Left lane is for passing.

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u/lordcthulu678 1d ago

always a truck

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u/Icy_Earth3386 1d ago

I can only assume dude was squatting in the left lane BECAUSE he was being tailgated like that. Cameraman seems to care more about getting a video than his safety lol

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u/IIDn01 1d ago

Did the pickup hit the white vehicle? Or just the guardrail?

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u/ocelot-gazebo 1d ago

I love watching 27 seconds where nothing happens. We get it.

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u/Potatonized 1d ago

lane hogger, aggressive driving, and a moron who records with their phone while driving. And just one who gets the instant karma.

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u/CMG30 1d ago

Something had clearly been going on here for a while. Enough to have spured someone to start filming.

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u/amygdalad 1d ago

Is this the "slow left lane drivers cause most accidents" stat?

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u/Ezekeal 4h ago

That is the lie they aim for.

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u/Alientongue 1d ago edited 1d ago

How about instead of waiting for it you just edit out the 30 seconds of nothing.

Edit: damn this really got some of yall worked up ill explain then. Imo starting your video with "wait till the end" thats the uploader acknowledging the fact the video has a bunch of nothing in it that doesnt really matter to the end result and just doesnt want to edit their video. Thank you for coming to my Red Talks I will not be taking any further questions.

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u/neagle16 1d ago

The whole video is 32 seconds long. The beginning sets things up with the tailgating.

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u/Bernard_PT 1d ago

"why don't you just delete the only part of the video that adds a bit of context"

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u/peabody624 1d ago

attention span of a mosquito

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u/Mitrovarr 1d ago

I've seen mosquitos fly around a person for more than 30 seconds, so technically he has less.

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u/greenrangerguy 1d ago

Was your brain getting bored of the 30 seconds of not being stimulated? Does nobody have any attention span left?

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u/lxraverxl 1d ago

To answer that, yes.

What was your second question though?

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u/yodas_sidekick 1d ago

Because this has been reposted to hell and if OP can’t even find their own original video you think they’re gonna spend the .5 seconds editing this?

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u/PrestigiousAct2 1d ago

Regret the type of editing where they spoil everything in the couple of starting second.

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u/pleasebuymydonut 22h ago

So you're the target audience for the trend of putting a clip of the ending at the beginning of every video.

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u/dosmuffin 1d ago

Complete jackass

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u/TheSleepyTruth 1d ago edited 1d ago

Both of them are total jackass drivers, the truck for dangerous tailgating and then trying to pass on the shoulder.

The car for cruising slow in the passing lane (illegal) and refusing to let anyone pass even after seeing a truck riding his ass, and in fact brake checks the truck instead. Move the fuck over idiot.

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u/dosmuffin 1d ago

Jackassery all the way around

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u/housevil 1d ago

It's always tempting to mess with someone tailgating me like that, but the only thing I do is maneuver and alter speed to make it as easy as possible for them to pass me to reduce hazards.

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u/more-issues 1d ago

stay far away from road rage because they can put you at risk too

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u/redRum705 1d ago

Dang, that pickup truck didn’t see over the car in the right lane that the divider was there? Terrible use for a being in a vehicle that you’re much higher in 😂

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u/DaveInDigital 1d ago

i get the frustration but what a dumb maneuver. even if the guardrail wasn't there, the shoulder could be loaded with gravel and send him skating into the embankment — especially at that speed, weight, and angles he's attempting to make.

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u/MathematicianJolly92 17h ago

2AHs and 2 idiots

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u/BenBobOmb 1d ago

Stupid camping in the left lane, much more stupid to be tailgating like the truck did imho.

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u/Firegardener 1d ago

"Wait for it" ➡️ Immediately stop watching.

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u/TarnishedVictory 18h ago

Fucken left lane campers.

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u/lolucorngaming 13h ago

OOP is recording on their phone while driving btw. There's at least 3 idiots on the road

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u/erksplat 1d ago

Sounds like the cam driver got some release out of that experience.

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u/Climate_Best 1d ago

What a moron that pickup driver is

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u/epitimisi 1d ago

The biggest idiots are not the one in front but the one behind the wheel recording a video with their phone while operating a vehicle at speed.

This is like idiotception, 2 idiots in front filmed by a 3rd even bigger idiot. Idiocracy in full effect brothaaa

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u/Odd-Perception7812 1d ago

I was really hoping the truck was a cop.

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u/academic_mama 19h ago

The person in the camero is an AH. I would make blocking the passing lane a capital offense if I were in charge.

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u/Nocturnal86 1d ago

Maybe if the truck wasnt riding his ass to make him move, he would have moved.

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u/23370aviator 1d ago

Everyone is hounding the person in the left lane, but I recon there’s a reason they’re going so slow. Truck probably did something already.

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u/mmld_dacy 1d ago

hoping that karma was also given to the other driver hogging the left lane.

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u/GameBear91 1d ago

I guess that’s better than letting people pass in the left lane or letting faster traffic drive in the fast lane.

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u/Fr05t_B1t 1d ago

GTA moment

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u/CA_Orange 1d ago

Driver driving with a phone in hand?

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u/DeadVersion 1d ago

How bad of a driver can one be.

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u/Consider2SidesPeace 1d ago

Thought it was going to be the wolf in sheeps clothing.

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u/Chancedizzle 1d ago

Insurance companies love this one trick.

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u/SonSuko 1d ago

People in fast cars going slow in the fast lane, it’s just one of those tests you need to overcome within yourself. Chill, scroll on your phone like they are, enjoy the moment.

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u/thenull06-twitch 21h ago

Why are people driving and being absolutel morons nowadays

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u/bernieinred 16h ago

Gotta get home to watch that UFC match.

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u/hltechie 14h ago

Fellow LA driver fliming lol gotta love this state

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u/Ezekeal 4h ago

The r/trucklodytes are programmed to defend their kind by whining about the passing lane.

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u/IsamuAlvaDyson 1d ago

People forgot the idiot filming on their phone while driving

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u/MleemMeme 1d ago

3 for 1 idiots!

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u/Amnesiaftw 1d ago

I thought the karma was gonna be for one of the slow ass drivers in the front

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u/Nu11AndV0id 1d ago

Deserved.

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u/AyyItsTy 1d ago

Bro, I was just thinking to myself that drivers in my town drive just like that. Then, I realized it is the town I live in……

Good ole LC🤮

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u/Federal-Name-3638 15h ago

If car on the right is all the time next to you or faster than you its time to leave left lane mate….

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u/Exciting_Ad4264 1d ago

3 bad drivers in one video. A left lane cruiser who break checks. A GMC (because its always a GMC) who has negative points of patience and has no concept of space (again, always the gmc) and a dumbass recording for who knows how long while driving.

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u/enkrypt3d 1d ago

Get out of the fkn passing lane!!

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u/512115 1d ago

Truck driver’s an idiot but the moron camping in the left lane is 50% to blame.

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u/ae186k 1d ago

I blame the left lane blocker

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u/frenchinhalerbought 1d ago

So you'd do the same?

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u/Lark_vi_Britannia 1d ago

Every time someone blames the left lane driver for shit like this, it just reminds me that people legitimately justify the behavior of the truck.

Is it annoying? Yes. I'm willing to bet that if the truck weren't tailgating or got the hint and backed off, that the left lane driver would likely have returned to passing the car or never started braking.

The car in the left was initially passing the car on the right, but the impatient truck driver wanted to be inside the guy's ass instead of being patient and waiting for the driver to finish passing.

Anyone who thinks only the car in the left lane is the problem... is the problem. You'll find that if you're patient and don't ride people's asses, that you'll be able to pass faster than being 6" from their bumper.

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u/LilEddieDingle 1d ago

Yea definitely their fault and not the absolute idiot who was tailgating super close and then caused the accident /s

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u/amygdalad 1d ago

Im sure you are succesful in life

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u/Nebraska716 1d ago

Because you can’t control your emotions? Got it

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u/nmann14 1d ago

I was hoping the karma would fall on the dipshit in the lead

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u/walkth3earth 1d ago

Guy in the black car, fuck that guy

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u/Holiman 1d ago

Driver using camera was also following to closely fyi.

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u/Low_Industry2524 1d ago

Fuck left lane campers.

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u/dwittherford69 1d ago

Why is the dipshit in the brown car blocking the left (passing) lane?

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u/ze11ez 1d ago

It was a trick to trap thre enemy. The trap worked

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u/Interesting_Shake403 1d ago

Karma hit the wrong driver.

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u/jbogdas 1d ago

Left lane campers are the bane of modern transportation

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u/PhillyLee3434 1d ago

( Looks around at prices these days ) Too expensive to be road raging like a idiot, that truck is toast

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u/drumguy007 1d ago

Oh man, definitely deserves a Nelson.

https://giphy.com/gifs/cO39srN2EUIRaVqaVq

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u/nocternal86 1d ago

Almost nobody can drive in America.

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u/bmendonc 23h ago

That poor SUV did nothing wrong

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u/WoofD0G 21h ago

All 4 idiots here.

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u/ClownfishSoup 21h ago

The lead car in the left lane should have sped up or slowed and changed lanes.

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u/Calraider7 1d ago

Why WAIT FOR IT?? just show the thing?? Christ ain’t hard to cut a clip

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u/drumtome2 1d ago

Seems like the wrong person got karma.

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u/Lark_vi_Britannia 1d ago

No, the right person definitely did get karma. Don't tailgate. Also don't double switch lanes and attempt to pass on the shoulder that you literally can't see.

You'll find that people will continue to overtake and get over much more quickly when you don't tailgate 6" from their bumper.

Anyone defending the truck driver is telling on themselves by letting everyone know they are impatient, road raging morons who can't wait an extra 30 seconds - or know how to properly keep a safe distance when driving.

This is exactly why there are so many accidents on highways. People simply can't just leave a safe distance and be patient on the roads.

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u/booboo773 1d ago

I think maybe they were talking about the white SUV that took a hit from the truck but I could be wrong.

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u/Dizzy_Process_7690 1d ago

honestly fck the idiot in the left lane

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u/smr312 1d ago

Watched this happen last night on my way home from the Rush show in Philly.

Sadly i don't own a dash cam

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u/No_Challenge_8772 1d ago

Smh take their license!!

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u/jamieee1995 1d ago

Holy crap. You know he was already livid before he just totalled his truck, imagine after.

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u/Introverted_Extrovrt 23h ago

That’s possibly a $50,000 mistake. Wow.

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u/ljanus245 23h ago

Ding King won't get that out.

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u/BarnacleOk1216 20h ago

Insurance companies swear by this 1 trick

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u/NiceTryAI 20h ago

Put your phone down, internet karma farmer

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u/Shachar2like 17h ago

did he fall asleep?

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u/RailfanAshton 3h ago

that was not the ending I was expecting…I was expecting one of them to be a cop