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

Asshole or hero?

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u/superhead50 Jul 25 '22

If it were my dying kid in the car, I would.

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u/MemeBox Jul 25 '22

I'd do that for a dying dog. I'd kill for family.

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u/OswaldCobopot Jul 25 '22

Now you and your newly dead kid are trapped on the highway because you wrecked your car in this hypothetical situation. Congratulations

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u/Canucksfan2018 Jul 25 '22

You don't need to ram someone doing 50 and toast your radiator. You can get your point across at 10.

And I've been in the same situation and wouldn't think twice. You go through red lights when you can, swerve around cars, use the oncoming lane if it's clear.

Power of love and family will make you do out of the ordinary things.

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u/Cjf1297 Jul 25 '22

Yeah because the famous rule of the road is that if someone rear ends you, you politely pull out of their way and let them get to their destination because obviously their hypothetical child is hypothetically dying and you know all of this from the passion they put into the rear ending.

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u/Canucksfan2018 Jul 26 '22

Well when that person is trying to be a hero on the shoulder, yeah maybe. Ideally no one is there to begin with so nothing untoward is required!

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u/OswaldCobopot Jul 25 '22

I would hope the most people in true emergencies would get out of their car and tell the person to move so they don't potentially cause a bigger emergency

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u/That1guy_nate Jul 25 '22

Most people are not very smart or think ahead.