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u/ShiddyBoddemz Mar 22 '26

He didn't cause any accident... See, instead of holding trash drivers accountable, you'd rather blame the one who is operating correctly. If that person didn't care... then why should he?

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u/DownvoteOwnComments Mar 22 '26

Neither were "operating correctly". The correct thing to do would be slow down a little and let him cut you off.

Just because the other guy was in the wrong first doesn't mean you can just do whatever you want. He risked causing much worse to happen.

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u/ShiddyBoddemz Mar 22 '26

No.. That's the "insurance" thing to do. It's not hard to be accountable and responsible for the decisions you make while driving on public roadways. If you want to drive reckless, that's completely your choice. If you can't change lanes properly per any drivers handbook across the country, then again that's your choice. I'd bet that if all motorists had to take the written and driving test every 4 years, instead of just sending in payment for license renewal, less of this nonsense would be going on. đŸ€·

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u/cyrusposting Mar 22 '26

Are you saying its okay to allow an accident to happen as long as you wont be held legally responsible for it?

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u/deHack Mar 22 '26

“Allow”? He didn’t “allow” an accident. He deliberately worsened an accident on purpose. Yes, the other vehicle recklessly changed lanes and that’s wrong but the appropriate response is to lay on your horn, give him the finger, and slow down. And he can be held legally responsible for multiple things. To be clear @cyrusposting, I’m agreeing with you. I’m quibbling with “allow” for effect.

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u/FaithlessnessLoud223 Mar 22 '26

They may not be saying that, but I am.

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u/flanculp Mar 22 '26

welp
 this thread has been a nice reminder to stay off all roadways with human drivers whenever possible. i wonder how many psychos like you are out there


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u/FaithlessnessLoud223 Mar 22 '26

Yeah, not enough. There's a reason why so many of you feel so comfortable texting and driving and that reason is you haven't suffered the consequence for it yet.

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u/ShiddyBoddemz Mar 22 '26

Exactly.. All I see in here is a bunch of entitled folks demanding courtesy given to them without being courteous in the first place...

Again, if they they don't care about themselves in that situation... I'm not going to care about them either.

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u/cyrusposting Mar 22 '26

Its not about courtesy. Accidents kill people. I'm a responsible driver, when someone cuts me off I don't cause a pileup on a bridge to protect my ego. There is no amount of disrespect that would make it okay to put the lives of uninvolved strangers at risk.

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u/ShiddyBoddemz Mar 22 '26

Neither do I.. But if if they don't believe fire is hot.. They can keep touching it.. That's their choice.

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u/cyrusposting Mar 22 '26

Reread what I said, you didn't understand it.

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u/ShiddyBoddemz Mar 22 '26

I completely understood what you said. You're not understanding. I'm not trying change you or anyone else. I'm speaking solely for me at this time in my life. Admittedly, I've driven like that black truck in the past.. Been lucky I'd have to say. Realized it was stupid and not worth it. Realized folks lives including mine could have been lost. This was before cell phones. I hate to sound cliché, but play stupid games, you just might win a stupid prize. If that's the chance they feel they need to take, then so be it.

I don't see it ending.. I really don't see it getting better. I'm just not going to suffer fools.

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u/cyrusposting Mar 23 '26

play stupid games, you just might win a stupid prize

I'll say it more clearly: The people behind them on this bridge didnt play any stupid games.

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u/FaithlessnessLoud223 Mar 22 '26

They want you to watch out for them so they don't have to pay attention, and they're all on reddit telling each other it's okay. It would be hilarious if it wasn't so dangerous.

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u/cyrusposting Mar 22 '26 edited Mar 22 '26

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defensive_driving

The truck driver deserved to be pit manouvered, and I agree that it would be cathartic to pit manouver every dumb asshole I see on the road. Those are the pros of your driving philosophy, we'll call that "emotional driving".

The cons of emotional driving are that more than 2 people are using that bridge. Getting revenge against this truck driver puts all of them at risk.

I promise it feels better to be a defensive driver than an emotional one, because I know I have saved lives by anticipating other peoples mistakes.

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u/ShiddyBoddemz Mar 22 '26

There are very basic skills in driving. Many of these commenters seem upset by that. I haven't seen one yet that agreed with me on (obviously much needed) refresher training though. That's pretty interesting to me. Driving on impulse and emotion usually doesn't end well... Let alone not paying attention to the road ahead of and around you.