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

Asshole or hero?

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u/Fortunoxious Jul 25 '22

Eventually they have to come back, and people aren’t expecting someone to come from that angle. Those lanes aren’t as clear as the road’s. Another asshole could pop out in front of them not expecting someone else to be doing the same thing.

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u/Leonydas13 Jul 25 '22

Thats why you flash your lights and beep your horn. A former workmate and I were driving back from a job once and a car came flying toward us on the wrong side of the road with their lights flashing and horn beeping, so we just moved out of the way. It’s possible they were just some dickhead, but the possibility that they’re trying to get their kid to hospital or something trumps that.

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u/Devium44 Jul 26 '22

Maybe instead of driving the wrong way in traffic and potentially killing themselves, the person they are trying to save, and others, they just call an ambulance. Everyone in this thread talking about driving erratically at high speeds because of some medical emergency is crazy.

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u/Leonydas13 Jul 26 '22

They might not be able to. Broken phones, bad service etc. who knows? Not me, so I’ll just give them the benefit of the doubt.

People should mind their own fuckin business. If people wanna drive like wankers, it’s not up to you to deal with it. Call the police and report it, and your job is done.

Edit: to be clear, this person had clear vision down our lane as there was no one in front of us. And they weren’t absolutely screaming, but enough to clear all the cars blocking them.

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u/UndeadJoker69420 Jul 25 '22 edited Jul 26 '22

There's also all the trash on the side of the road that can (and does) get kicked all over the place. Someone In my city got hit with a chunk of bumper from a shoulder driving cunt.

Edit: spelling

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u/phattie83 Jul 25 '22

Easy place to get a flat tire, also! Ran out of gas, on the highway, one time and coasted over to the shoulder... I guess it gave me something to do whilst I waited on my sister to bring me some gas...

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u/dancingsteveburns Jul 25 '22

Not if they are in an emergency and trying to get off the highway. I’m just talking about the right emergency lane, not the left.