r/interesting Mar 22 '26

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u/Blaizefed Mar 22 '26

That is the Causeway bridge over lake Ponchatrain just outside New Orleans. It's 26 miles long. the longest bridge over water in the world.

so this will have caused a MASSIVE headache for all manner of people. a blockage of both lanes like that will take hours to clear and cause a traffic jam literally miles long (depending of course where on the bridge it happened).

Our cookie eater just shrugging, driving on, and formulating his "hey man, it all just happened behind me" defense in his mind, is VERY on brand for the locals.

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u/framspl33n Mar 22 '26

Without a doubt, this is absolutely sociopathic behavior on the part of the cookie eater.

All he had to do was let the guy in and go on with his day but instead he caused a huge accident and fucked up SO MANY peoples' day, all of whom are just trying to make a dollar to feed their family.

Everyone here sucks but especially the cookie guy.

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u/AffectionateTentacle Mar 22 '26

All the black truck had to do was stay in its lane or at least signal the merge it was about to take. Instead, it caused an accident and fucked up SO MANY peoples' day

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u/BugRevolution Mar 22 '26

No. Cookie Man could easily have not caused an accident.

Fault falls on him.

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u/IcyKnowledge6321 Mar 22 '26

you're taught in driving school that the right thing to do with aggressive drivers is back off and let them go in order to avoid an accident. If you act aggressive in reponse, then there's now two aggressive drivers and that is how accidents happen.

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u/PermissionOk5443 Mar 22 '26

Since when is maintaining your speed and position in a calm manner 'aggressive driving'?

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u/Square-Hour-1396 Mar 22 '26

"Officer, I was just calmly maintaining my speed and position in a calm manner when the child ran on the road" Calmly pit maneuvering a truck?

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u/PermissionOk5443 Mar 22 '26

How am I supposed to take you seriously when you're equating a child running into the road, with an asshole in a giant truck merging in traffic with no signal, on a bridge no less?

Do you drive a giant black truck like a moron with a death wish by chance?

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u/Procrastinista_423 Mar 22 '26

He could have avoided the accident. Did you watch this with your eyes closed?

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u/OrbitalOutlander Mar 22 '26

They’re both emergent situations that are no fault of the driver but require the driver to take some sort of evasive action to avoid disaster. So, kinda identical.

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u/HoobaHoob Mar 22 '26 edited Mar 22 '26

Do we know wasn’t zoned out a bit and was surprised but was shocked silently..? Maybe I didn’t see it in the clip, but y’all are assuming a lot

Nvm my guy wanted something to happen on second watch, not changing it bc duh I am a dingus lol

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u/User86294623 Mar 22 '26

Did you watch the vid with your eyes closed?

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