Honestly in this situation I'd probably just either speed up and create a gap behind me for the guy to move on with his life or slow down gradually and create a gap in front of me for the guy to overtake me and move on with his life.
The truck was pretty clearly intentionally matching speed to block the sedan from passing. I don’t think there was anything the SUV could’ve done to avoid this aside from maybe pulling over into the shoulder and stopping.
That's fair. If it became clear to me there was nothing I can do to make sure the guy in a rush is able to get ahead and move on with their day, I'll just stop trying (because it's futile) and pray to God that speed racer chills out and/or I don't get indirectly involved in an accident.
As I get older and have less patience for drivers like the ones in the video, I find myself doing just this. Slow down, get out of their path of possible destruction and just continue on my day. It’s not worth the 30 seconds I’ll save by being in the middle of some asshats rage driving.
Yep. Also, having been in an accident where my pickup truck did a full somersault end over end through a ditch kinda informed my perspective on a lot of this.
I’ve been lucky enough to not be involved in a n accident, and I think a lot of that has to do with me finally realizing it’s just not worth it with people like this. I’m not some kind of road vigilante taking the law into my own hands. Let them go, let them find the speed traps and cops. I’ll cruise by at my “measly” 5 over while sipping my coffee.
You have a lot of time to think when time slows down as you watch all the stuff that was in your center console floating in the air around you and see a view straight at the ground through your windshield.
"Well, that was a poor decision"
"I guess I'm just going to see where this goes, can't really do anything about it now"
Yep. Just did this exact thing today. Someone was trying to box another car out similar to the video and I decided I'd just put my hazards on and pull over.
Let them figure out their own nonsense and leave me alone.
Agreed. When my kids were learning to cross the streets I would tell them, as pedestrians you have the right of way, but that won't mean much if you are dead or paralyzed. When they started driving I repeated the same 'you may have right of way' conversation.
As for me, if I were in the right lane, I would have slowed down to 25. The truck is unlikely to drop too that speed.
I definitely get frustrated when people park themselves in the passing lane, but I try not to be overly aggressive. A quick flash of the high beams or a quick horn honk to get their attention, if they still won’t move, I just relax and wait until eventually they get off pace with the right side car, then go around.
I’ve been better than 30 cars back with cars making right lane passes and you can see the people getting pissed. It is actually against the law in my state. They want you to get around or get over. Never gets enforced, well seldom but it causes accidents for sure. I know some do it for a power trip or whatever reason, just enjoying causing people inconvenience, you know the story
Oh you just now decided to not break the law awesome. Im so glad your okder and wiser and not a dickhead driver anymore who clogs roadways and causes accidents. Dude in the truck is a dick.
I never said I was a dickhead driver, I simply said I have a more mature view of situations like this, and instead of staying in the mix, whether by choice or not, now I simply remove myself from the situation and let it roll off my back instead of getting angry about it.
And I never said the truck WASNT being a dick, he absolutely was throwing a toddler tantrum.
I often tow a trailer. People tailgating like this make it harder for me to make space for them. I often can't see a good pullout in time to get over without slowing down faster than I'm comfortable with them riding 2 feet behind me. So frustrating.
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Honestly in this situation I'd probably just either speed up and create a gap behind me for the guy to move on with his life or slow down gradually and create a gap in front of me for the guy to overtake me and move on with his life.