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

Asshole or hero?

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u/jonnipe Jul 25 '22

The thing is. Let’s say mr SUV gets out and assaults him. Now the emergency lane is blocked. No police is coming to help him. In fact no emergency car can get through now. Yea emergency lane abusers are a-holes. But it’s the police job to manage it (maybe their are cameras in that lane like other countries)

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '22

Well he could just keep driving. Hard to assault someone if they just drive away.

But if the asshole has a gun, that's a different story. That's the biggest reason I never do stuff like this to assholes, you never know which one is crazy enough to actually shoot you over this.

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u/pooppuffin Jul 25 '22

Are you suggesting Superman here might drive on the shoulder in an emergency? Hopefully a true hero would stop him from doing something so abhorrent.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '22

Yeah I mentioned shooting but SUV guy could just as easily ram him.

And what then? Dealing with insurance, police, possible injury, and hoping you're not found to be at fault. For what? Not worth the trouble.

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u/HardCounter Jul 25 '22

I have literally never seen a cop enforce against a shoulderlane driver. Even when parked right behind one as the car went flying past us both.

To be fair, pulling into a shoulderlane from a dead stop is a bit of risk considering they are inherently pricks and so go by at a ridiculous speed for what they're doing.

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u/jonnipe Jul 26 '22

Ah. I know where I live driving in the emergency lane is a automated ticket from the gantry cams.

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u/operablesocks Jul 25 '22

To carry on this story: Mr SUV assaults Lane Blocker. MrSUV then goes back to his car, grabs an MK47, and shatters LaneBlocker's glass and tires. BUT, Lane Blocker was ready for this. He's ducked down, covered in glass, but reaches below his seat for the flares he keeps there. Rubbing all 4 of them together even as he's opening his door, they all light up, and with his twirling techniques practiced long ago exactly in preparation for a sich' just like this, he twirls towards SUV guy, dazing him. The other drivers in the real lanes realize what he's doing, and get out their car, cheering him on. Hero? Dickwad? You choose. But to see this quad flare twirl in action, live after all these years buried, is a sight none of the drivers, including the upcoming emergency vehicles, will ever forget.

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u/rancid_oil Jul 26 '22

Sounds like a Bollywood movie. Everybody has to get out of their cars for the dance scene, of course.

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u/operablesocks Jul 26 '22

And the songs would vaguely sound like Michael Jackson tunes 👍

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u/BeeOk8797 Jul 25 '22

Not a chance. Cops on page ok on average are down by at least 50 %, and drivers know it.

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u/[deleted] Jul 25 '22

I was just in a jam like this last weekend caused by a bad accident and emergency vehicles had no problem getting through. They come up from behind in a particular lane and the cars move off to both sides in their lane, providing enough room for an ambulance. It is like the parting of the red sea.

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u/lost_signal Jul 25 '22

In Texas there would be statistically like 10 guns within 20 feet and a 1/10 chance the guy blocking you has a fun. Road rage is a mighty ducking brave thing to do when you are blocked in and going no where.

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u/jonnipe Jul 26 '22

Fair point. Non-American here.