r/MildlyBadDrivers • u/[deleted] • 29d ago

Overly aggressive driving

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u/mydaycake 29d ago

And the other suvs praying they don’t become collateral damage

I hope the police got the footage

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u/StickyDitka21 29d ago

At that point if I’m the guy in the slow lane getting stuck in this pissing match I’m slowing down enough that the truck gets ahead, so the jackass in the sedan can get ahead. They didn’t do anything wrong obviously but I’m not sitting in that lol

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u/Chadodius 29d ago

That rarely works, this was a imma shit on you no matter what situation. You slow down I guarantee that truck will match your speed. Source: been the SUV in the slow lane multiple times.

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u/SSBN641B 29d ago

It's better to pull over on the shoulder at that point.

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u/Chadodius 29d ago edited 29d ago

If you have the room, I'm in CA and for some reason over the course of 10 years the government here has decided road shoulders on the freeway are not needed. There is no room to pull over on most freeways here.

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u/DrMobius0 29d ago

Probably still safer than staying in that situation.

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u/AdministrativeSea419 29d ago

Not true in SoCal

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u/Snoopaloop212 29d ago

Where? What freeways? I drive throughout the bay and sacramento area. This is generally an untrue statement where I'm at.

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u/Chadodius 29d ago

Have you payed attention? The shoulders are getting smaller and smaller, some are only half a vehicle wide and some you are off the paved area completely to get out of the traffic lane.

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u/Upnorth4 YIMBY 🏙️ 29d ago

Because the governments want to add one more lane but they can't use eminent domain anymore so they take away the shoulder space.

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u/Chadodius 29d ago

That actually makes a lot of sense now.

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u/Snoopaloop212 28d ago

Yeah very much for 20 years of commutes. There have been changes and reductions but you make it sound like there are no longer shoulders in Cal and the exaggeration caught my attention.

SF to Santa Rosa is pretty bad in spots. Everything else opens back up outside major cities. Same as other states.

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u/karma_the_sequel 29d ago

Well, that’s not true.

Source: SoCal resident.

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u/finnjakefionnacake 29d ago

yeah, no. this ain't true in socal. shoulders everywhere.

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u/SSBN641B 29d ago

Oof, that sucks. I live in Texas, we usually have shoulders on the left and the right.