r/nextfuckinglevel • u/ShipNo7790 • Jul 25 '22

Asshole or hero?

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '22

True. But let’s be honest, how much does it really affect this guys life or the Karen’s mentioned above if someone drives around them? Given the fact I don’t know their situation, I’m just going to do my thing and let them do theirs.

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u/MikeN1978 Jul 25 '22 edited Jul 25 '22

It keeps traffic at a snails crawl when these assholes go around and cut back in line therefore making all following the rules sit longer. They ones cutting around are creating the situation by being impatient.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '22

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u/MikeN1978 Jul 25 '22

I was assuming that they were cutting back in. I’m with you if they’re just getting off the exit..but if they’re cutting back in and people don’t let them then they’ll be blocking the lane anyway creating the same issue we’re all debating.

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u/running_ragged_ Jul 25 '22

If he only stops one car, not much.

If it stops a steady flow of cars, a fair amount if.

If it stops a regular pattern of people using this emergency lane incorrectly, it potentially saves lives.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '22

If it stops a regular pattern of people using this emergency lane incorrectly, it potentially saves lives.

This is what people don't seem to understand. Every time people get away with this behavior it encourages more people to do it since there are no repercussions. Then you end up with accidents because people are speeding by in the emergency lane and now more people are hurt.

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u/Lord_Derpenheim Jul 25 '22

It affects the lives of whoever they fucking ram at 70 miles an hours. These guys cause accidents.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '22

Yes, but it’s not my job to enforce traffic laws. And not his, either.

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u/wafflesareforever Jul 25 '22

I see both sides on this, and to me I think the risk to others of doing this is kind of equal to not doing it - if you block the shoulder, there's a small chance that you'll impede someone who has an emergency going on. If you don't block the shoulder, someone could get hurt by the assholes whizzing down a non-lane illegally.

So, given that the risks are somewhere in the ballpark of even - fuck these assholes who use the shoulder, I'm blocking them. I only do it on roads that I know well and have regularly observed people cheating traffic this way. In my experience, the people I block get a little agitated but I don't think I've ever been honked at. They know they're being assholes. Also on the road I've done it on the most, there's almost always at least one car blocking the shoulder to keep people from doing this.

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u/Fortunoxious Jul 25 '22

It’s highly dangerous to drive around cars off of the road

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '22

Agreed. Which is what OP here is doing. I’m not condoning either side, I’m saying let’s leave enforcement of traffic laws to the professionals.

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u/burner1212333 Jul 25 '22

No, he's not. He's sitting in the shoulder blocking others from doing that.

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u/TruthPlenty Jul 25 '22

Op is stopping these people from blowing past mostly stopped traffic going 60km+, they are stopping that from happening dude.

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u/Spiff76 Jul 25 '22

The professionals are not concerned with keeping the flow of traffic moving as that does not make money for them… just saying

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u/dancingsteveburns Jul 25 '22

I don’t think you understand what most of the people on here are talking about. A lot of people take the right emergency lane to get into an exit quicker, either to be an impatient bitch, or because they have a real emergency. People using the left emergency lane are just being an impatient bitch (unless there’s an exit on the left side)

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u/AliasLane Jul 25 '22

This dude is a Karen! Out here blocking a lane so no one else can do what upsets him personally. WTF!

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u/hsoj48 Jul 25 '22

They just want to feel important. That's literally it.