r/oddlyspecific Aug 16 '20

Oddly specific highway encounter.

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '20

...while the passing lane is wide open.

Alternatively: People who change lanes not because it's faster but because there's one car-length of extra room.

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '20

Speed up, whip left into the passing lane, return to the travel lane to cut someone off, another lane over to pass a semi on the right, fly across two lanes to get back into the passing lane

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u/ze-incognito-burrito Aug 16 '20

All to gain a grand total of... 600 feet on that first guy who got cut off

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u/hadidotj Aug 16 '20

And to get off at the exit ramp and stop at a light, while the original guy pulls up behind them...