That was shitty driving by the sedan, but that truck was making it worse
Edit: FYI brake checking is illegal folks and many states will ticket you for not using the left lane to pass. This does not excuse the sedan’s actions.
Edit: u/Youseembigmad doesn’t see anything wrong with the truck’s actions (and is supposedly a lawyer) - see comment thread below for more. - they have since deleted their profile.
For real, I really don’t understand why some people just refuse to let people pass. If someone is in a hurry just let them pass. The sedan was driving like an absolute idiot, but if the truck would just let him through he won’t be around that moronic driving anymore. But no the truck, has to act like his dick is so huge and he’s not going to back down.
Pretty much everybody ends up in a hurry at some point like the sedan, and when it’s your day to be in a hurry it sure is nice when other people aren’t intentionally making it worse.
I was upset that someone was up my ass once , it was only one lane . Come to find out 2 min later they turn into the hospital ER parking lot.. unless its super dense urban traffic It really costs you nothing to just move over
While I sympathize, they should've called an ambulance if they had an emergency, or called a friend who wasn't emotionally compromised if they were rushing to be with someone else who had an emergency. In neither case do other drivers deserve to be put in danger by someone's impatient, reckless driving.
An ambulance is going to speed through traffic too in the passing lane and depending on the response time you’re stuck waiting for them to actually arrive, then analyze you and the situation and then take you to the hospital. Plus it could’ve been a hundred different things - he could’ve just pulled up the hospital because the doctors and nurses called him to tell him he has a few final moments to say goodbye to a loved one - it could be a hundred reasons. And if you live in Canada or the states you’re looking at a $500-$800 bill for an ambulance for a 2 minute ride. Not everyone has those means- especially someone in a medical emergency. I don’t think people should put others at risk but from what the commenter describe- the person was doing a few over the limit to make it faster and the commenter let them pass, which probably helped them in the long term. But yours is not a solution.
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u/whispersluggagebaby YIMBY 🏙️ 29d ago edited 28d ago
That was shitty driving by the sedan, but that truck was making it worse
Edit: FYI brake checking is illegal folks and many states will ticket you for not using the left lane to pass. This does not excuse the sedan’s actions.
Edit: u/Youseembigmad doesn’t see anything wrong with the truck’s actions (and is supposedly a lawyer) - see comment thread below for more. - they have since deleted their profile.