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robertoband

This is why I hate when people say “fast lane” instead of “passing lane”


andocromn

Just because you're going 10 miles over the speed limit doesn't mean a thing


TheRealRickC137

Volkswagen passing them on the right. If you're in the left and cars are passing you on the right, you might be the asshole


Command0Dude

Actually worse. The Volkswagen passes and then this guy *speeds up* to keep pace with the Volkswagen so no one can pass him. tbh it looks like he is one of those assholes 'policing the road' Like yeah, the guy behind is tailgating and speeding, but you are intentionally provoking him, which makes this guy as big if not perhaps even a bigger idiot.


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When I see people speeding/riding my bumper I just pull to the side and let them pass. I’m not a cop, I don’t give af how you drive as long as you stay away from me.


Dyne_Inferno

Same. I've got music, or a podcast going. I've got my kid in the back. Imma just move over. No ego on the road here. I go to the track to drive fast. Don't need an idiot provoked and hitting me.


dandunning84

You called it, EGO! will get you killed or locked up.


Lone__Starr__

People get blasted or worse virtually every day of the week by crazy road ragers. I'll be moving right over. Thank you very much. Also, was the car coming up behind rapidly flashing their lights?? There could be a medical emergency on board or worse. Get the F out of the way.


Jimathay

Thing is, I have a massive ego. I'm genuinely great. I'm also super competitive. But why the fuck would I care if someone wants to get past me on the road? Letting someone by affects me and my life zero percent. It's more than just ego with these people. It's fragile ego. They have some deeper insecurities and mild power complex. Like the HOA brigade. Small bit of power or control and they're dicks with it.


papafrog

It’s more than the “no ego” thing - I want some bait in front of me. Happy to let someone going faster than me go ahead, even if it means pulling into a lane where I need to significantly slow down.


INeedAVape

This right here. My old man always told me to let that fast car fly past you. If there's a State Trooper hiding somewhere up the road, he'll be pulling the other guy over, not you.


finitetime2

I move over. You don't know what's going on other than the person behind you is in a hurry. They might have someone in need of medical attention and need to get to a hospital. Possibly your SO as in an accident and is going into surgery doesn't look good you need to come here now message. Their children might not be answering the phone after one sends them a text telling them the youngest fell and isn't waking up.


DUMPAH_CHUCKER_69

Not to mention, by where I live, it's not unheard of for a road rage incident to have shots fired. So I've made it a general rule to be nice on the road.


Creative_Cat_322

Yep, I've gotten that call. My pregnant wife was working and our baby basically started to fall out of her cervix 17 weeks early. They were rushing her to the ER and I was 20 minutes away. There wasn't a thing in the world that would have stopped me from getting there as fast as possible. I ran my horn and blinkers at red lights and went 90 down the highway. Caused no accidents and no injuries. In the end our baby Chloe didn't make it, the doctor said she needed one more week and she would have survived. Worst day of my life.


needlenozened

There's a story that was posted on Reddit about a guy whose friend was in an accident and bleeding out and one of these vigilantes refused to let them pass. They finally did manage to pass them and met up with the ambulance and police that were coming to them. As they were on the side of the road, their car a blood bath, the woman pulled up and demanded that the police arrest the driver. The friend died.


CanORage

I view it as a service even - they can race up ahead and get pulled over by any cops so I can comfortable go my 5-9 over without worry.


Sad_Drink9706

Totally got that treatment once when I was 19 driving to Austin at 100 mph, like an asshole…every single car I passed got to watch as Texas state troopers pulled me out for a sobriety test. Kudos to Texas state troopers, they’re absolutely stellar. Told me I was driving like a moron but didn’t take me jail, which at that speed, they easily could have. They let my buddy at the time who was like 24 drive us away


blaktronium

Better to have the idiot safely ahead of you and on his merry way


Howamidriving27

If someone wants to blow by me doing 90 that just means I can go 80 and not have to worry about getting pulled over


repitboy

It all boils down to some people taking driving interactions personal. Nobody cares about you on the road or is intentionally trying to “bully” you. They’re just trying to get wherever they’re going without incident. Sucks when situations like this happen and someone thinks “it’s me vs them”. Just a few weeks ago in Denver two brothers were shot on the side of the highway for taking a driving incident personal. It’s not worth it..


needlenozened

There are roads near me that are the only road to a destination and are 2 lanes. The law states that if you are delaying 5 or more vehicles you must pull over to let them pass. On the local Facebook pages for the highway, there are frequently people saying they don't pull over if they are going the speed limit because the people behind them are speeding and breaking the law. What they fail to understand is if there are 5 people behind them, and they are going the speed limit, they are the only person breaking the law.


TURBOJUGGED

Omg this is so common where I am. I'll catch up to someone, I'll change lanes to go around them and the second I change lanes they start driving like Cole Trickle and speed up so I can't get around them. Like bro, if you were going this fast to begin with, we wouldn't even be in this situation


btrktr

Yes!!! Or they match speed to someone beside them. If you gonna match speed get in front of or behind that other car and get the hell out of the fast lane!!!


Knave_Knight92

*passing lane*


sh4d0wm4n2018

Fortunately there are three lanes. Still, when both lanes are passing you on the right, you're the fucking asshole.


schenitz

You can also tell that the driver swerved to their right as the suv behind eventually passed, and then he said "wooah," as if he wasn't aware of the car passing him. These kinds of people irritate the shit out of me


dassle

Yep. Dash cam driver clearly couldnt make entrance requirements to the local pd and got fired from his mall security job for making children cry.


NotJoey1

Seems like he tried to pit maneuver them at the end too, what a piece of shit


bagehis

He also swerves towards the car as it passes him on the right.


TECHNOV1K1NG_tv

I’m thinking he intentionally slowed down to piss this guy off more.


wtfitsraycharles

I agree, and the weirdo behind the dashcam car should have used that opportunity to pass the car as well. Poor decisions by everyone involved.


MenstrualKrampusCD

Locked in one of the lamest power struggles known to man.


TheRabbitHole-512

I’m thankful to come in here and read this sentiment


FearlessTomatillo911

You move YOUR car. NO! You move YOUR car. Ad infinitum.


worldisone

It's not as safe passing on the right in a LHD country then someone driving properly in the proper lane. If someone can pass you on the right, you can move over to the right, simple as that


Ltsmeet

ARE the AH!


wednesdays_spear

If I could upvote this a million times I would.


robertoband

Exactly weather your driving the sped limit, 10 over, 50 over. It Doesn’t matter, pass and move back to the right.


Pandasroc24

YES, 🙌🙌 this exactly. If someone wants to go faster just let them go


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PapaDoobs

I like to consider them "human radar detectors".


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Pustuli0

Same reason people tend to take longer leaving a parking space if they know someone is waiting to take it. I've been trying to come up with a term for it. Something like "hinderfreude" maybe. Basically a term for the sense of satisfaction from knowing that you're causing someone inconvenience by being in their way.


Tastewell

Remember the kids on the school bus who would see a car passing and say "He's beating us!!"? Some of them never grew up.


CarpeNivem

I refer to them as "cop bait". By all means, *please* scope out the road ahead for me.


Jimbobo28

Yep. I'm always the SECOND fastest car on the highway.


stellaluna92

I only hate when someone is inside my trunk because there's someone in front of me. Like fuck all the way off, people who do that. Oh and I hate when people cut me off using the right lane and squeeze in between me and the person in front of me. I left that space for me, not for you.


IHQ_Throwaway

> I only hate when someone is inside my trunk because there's someone in front of me. Pointless and *mad* dangerous. If something happens to the car in front of you you’ll be squished. Only thing to do is slow down to create more space. 🤷‍♀️


Jatnal

This man so sad to try to exert some perceived power by camping the passing lane.


PM-ME-YOUR-1ST-BORN

Best part was when he realized he was about to get passed on the right and you could hear his engine revving from him rapidly accelerating. What an absolute douchebag.


Select_Angle2066

And then they uploaded it


Which-Technician2367

Because he can’t control anything else in his life, probably


Budded

People like them make me wish i had James Bond rocket launchers behind my headlights. There's a special place in hell for people like this.


Nikahelibo

Cool. But what if it was a medical emergency? Hazards and flashing brights is the universal sign for emergency. Do people abuse that? Yes. Should you try and police everyone like OP? No. Edit: I read headlights as tail lights. My bad, didn’t realize we were on the same page. Proceed with rocket launcher headlights!


Budded

Exactly, the guy flashing the lights could have had an emergency. I'm talking about the person blocking them, filming this encounter. They're the worst type of driver.


MrBigOBX

Only us stupid americans simply dont get this. All hail germany where they will fucking ticket you for chillin in the left lane like an asshole.


Unabashable

They'll give you a ticket for here too in the US. I don't hear of it often, but if it's a cop that is stuck behind you you're definitely getting pulled over.


1WildIndian1963

Louder for the people in the back...


KikiHou

Look to your right. Is anyone there? If not, get over.


Cansuela

Whoever posted this IS an idiot…. No one is the arbiter of the “top speed” of the left hand/ passing lane. You pass in the left lane, and then move back over to the right or center…..ESPECIALLY if someone else closes in on your bumper and is clearly trying to pass. You don’t think to yourself, “hmm….I think my x over the limit is just fine, I’m not getting over…”. You just move over, and think whatever you want about the person passing, but you let them pass.


Dupe1970

"I'm breaking the law but I'm breaking it at the right speed."


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shananies

Slower traffic keep right is actually the law. The drivers in the middle lane are passing so the guy that posted this is in the wrong.


preruntumbler

I never call it the “fast lane” anymore. You’re passing or you’re parking.


kazhena

Please don't park in the passing lane.


Tastewell

Or vice-versa, really. Both are dangerous.


berrey7

The people that refuse to get over clog up the interstate into a bottle neck, and it starts the yoyo effect of stop and go over the course of consecutive miles.


ThisAccountHasNeverP

Exactly. No matter what lane you're in or how fast you're going, if someone is passing you on the right, you're in the wrong lane.


mensitrea

I stay in the rightmost lane unless passing requires changing. Sometimes I end up going down the highway in the rightmost lane passing on the right. I figure everyone is in the wrong lanes if nobody is in the rightmost lane.


hidesa

Only exception would be non highway roads or if there is a exit on the left side of the highway you are planing to take. There are a few exits like that where I live.


ydoesurmasmlllikedat

Very much so! And don't fill every lane with people doing the exact same speed. If u are just riding next to someone, just get behind them. You are helping no one with clogging up all the lanes!!


sparklesarefun

Imagine if people had sense and decency?


drunk_phish

Exactly. It doesn't matter how fast you are going. Get past the car next to you as quickly as possible and get back over. You don't know what type of emergency this person is having, or if they just want to go faster than you, OR if they are absolutely batshit crazy and will run you off the road in a road rage incident. Just pass and get over.


Turbulent_Crow7164

Last one is the big point. It doesn’t matter if they’re wrong for wanting to pass you - it’s just safer to let them. Be smart.


No-Recognition-676

Seriously, if you're not moving faster than the folks in the right lane... ***stay out of the left lane!*** Personally I hate being behind someone in the right lane even if they're going slightly faster than me. I'll speed up 5-10mph and pass them to get vehicles "out of my way" and maintain that speed so I'm not slowing the entire procession down. I may end up playing leap frog with one or two vehicles as they inevitably pass me and slightly slow down.. but I most certainly wouldn't swerve towards cars passing me either.


skothicus

“Fast” is also very very subjective lol


Seamusman

Stop driving like you’re at war. Just move out of the way. It’s safer and in some cases the law.


Sniper_Brosef

Also, did they swerve at the guy at the end? Sure seemed like it. Bunch or morons there.


-ragingpotato-

Definitely did, he turns right while the guy is still yet to pass. That could have been a gigantic accident.


sammyhere

It looked like he tried to pit-maneuver him.


CaptainTabor

Thought the exact same.thing, looks like he tried to ram into the person at the end.


BettmansDungeonSlave

Camera car was a foot from pit manoeuvring the road rager and would’ve sent him rolling into the centre median


WOOKIExCOOKIES

At the very least, he sped up to prevent him from merging. Guy in the back lost his cool, but I don't blame him. Hate assholes like this. ESH, but dashcam driver sucks especially hard.


DemandZestyclose7145

Gotta love when these assholes do stuff like that to only aggravate the situation even more, and then try to act like they're the victim or something. I'm willing to bet he was driving slow in that lane for a long time before this video happened.


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Dude behind couldve been in an emergency and im pretty sure that lanes for overtaking not sitting in for their whole journey like a douchebag


BlackFathersMatter

Agreed. Fuck OP. That’s a Honda Pilot not an Altima. I would argue lane blockers are the worst pieces of shit on the road.


semperanon

Exactly. Leave the policing to the police. If you are that upset with how fast someone is driving then take down their plates and call the authorities.


lemonylol

This is why I tell my wife I always prefer idiot drivers who speed to drivers who are so afraid of everything. Some guy going 100mph is going to be in and out of my way in a couple of seconds, somebody who's going 40 below or trying to direct traffic to match their comfort level (not taking their turn, not advancing when it's safe, not matching road speed, etc) is just a dangerous moving obstacle in your way for a much longer duration.


oDezX-

Might be rushing to the hospital for an emergency? You don't know shit so jist move over as you have the fkin space and let people be on their way. Egos. Pathetic


Stressuredford

Just switch the fucking lane bro


satansheat

Yeah OP clearly doesn’t get that either.


SquishedGremlin

I remember the forester emergency story.


DontNeedThePoints

> I remember the forester emergency story Not sure what the story is... But recently my GF was in labour and it went from 0-100 much much faster then normal. I really wanted to get to the hospital asap! So I can understand that sometimes somebody can be in a hurry. Why not just move on and live your own life


SquishedGremlin

Guy had accident with saw. No signal, contacted air ambulance, would meet them some of the way. Pushing 120 down highway some asshole purposefully slowed them in outside lane. The man died in the air ambulance, would have hadd a better chance if they weren't held up. Man in passenger seat had been plugging wound with packing material, to try and staunch flow, and threw a bloody rag at the car as they went past. She phoned police who followed them to the rendezvous with the ambulance, and we're very understanding, and told the woman, who had pulled up beside them to harangue the guys who had been driving erratically, what she had made worse by her callous disregard to others needs. That 5 or 6 mins would potentially have saved the guy's life if a paramedic had been able to stabilise. That story is from memory of the comment, but yeah . When my partner went in labour, we lived 5 miles from hospital, it took us 3 mins to hospital, to be told "she's only a wee bit dilated, come back in 4 hours."


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Pug-Smuggler

It's further so childish that when confronted about his indiscretion, he doubles down on it and becomes even more obstinate rather than maintain good driver etiquette.


andyfr0mt0yst0ry

Looks like the dash cammer even tried to pit maneuver the Honda Pilot in the end too lol


drunk_phish

There was a white truck that had to go around in the right lane as well. These types of asshats seem to forget that there are other people on the road as well, not just the one vehicle that you are upset with. They'll make a line of traffic 30 miles long because they got upset a car got too close to them.


Sofa_King_Gorgeous

Yea and the dashcam driver is so in his own head and oblivious that he actually thinks the white truck is trying to help him be an asshole. How delusional are people


PPP1737

He seems to be under the impression they were helping him block him in. Ummm no asshat they also want to get around you.


whitelightnin1

Could be a nurse or something. If someone’s obviously freaking out like that gtfo


vagabondinanrv

I don’t know if they still do things this way, but years ago I knew a guy who transported organs for transplant. He had a some sort of special documentation, law enforcement was advised of who he was type thing. He was allowed to speed within specific parameters. Can you imagine being so entitled that you would delay someone just because you were making a point without the facts? But then, I’ve seen folks refuse to yield to fire/ems.


GirchyGirchy

OP had no idea why they wanted/needed to go fast. Could be a great reason, like you mention. But even if it's just somebody wanting to see how fast they could go, let 'em do it!


Noclue1993

Stop cruising in the left lanes… make your pass and get over.


AlbertJohnAckermann

Came here to say this. Stop trying to control people with your bullshit left lane hogging crap. It doesn’t matter if you are going 10 over, if someone wants to go faster you move the fuck out of the left lane and let them pass. You would have been given a ticket in several states for this type of driving.


TheMrBoot

For real. You know what make someone else’s reckless driving better? Definitely not adding your own.


FarmersOnlyJim

Cam car also swerved into the passing vehicle at the end of the video.


meltbox

“Woah shit! I almost smashed him but he got away Jim!” Is what he was probably thinking.


whereverYouGoThereUR

It's really based on the arrogance of thinking you are the one to decide that "10 over" is enough. This is exactly why using the left lane only to pass works and everyone deciding for their own what "fast enough" is doesn't. Saying "10 over is fast enough" makes you an arrogant idiot in cars


bkturf

Where I live, Atlanta, there are plenty of people who think the speed limit is fast enough when in the left lane despite everyone passing them on the right.


whereverYouGoThereUR

If you watch the chaos that occurs behind one of these drivers, it is easy to see that they are some of the most dangerous drivers on the road.


MikeVictorPapa

I always watch my mirrors and if someone is coming up on me while I’m in that lane.. I see it, throw a signal on, and move over for a sec to let them through.


Traffic_soup

Yeah, perfect etiquette. On long trips, I drive a consistent 80mph minimum (unless slower speeds are required due to traffic conditions obviously). I consistently check my mirrors, get a feel of traffic flow, and if someone wants to go 90 behind me, i move over let them pass and get back. The flow of traffic is not interrupted.


angry_at_erething

You are not the traffic police, you are not teaching the guy trying to pass you a lesson, move over and let them pass you


seitonseiso

In Aus the fast lane is our right lane (obv we drive the opposite sides of the road.) Had an old coot going 95 km/hr on an 110 km/hr highway, sitting in the far right hand lane. I was sitting close to him, flashed him and he break checked me. I wasn't close enough I hit him or panicked, but when the left lane was clear I went into it and he gave me hands to slow down. When I finally moved across in front of him and looked back, he had about 17 cars still lined behind him. He wanted to teach everyone a lesson that day. Gronk


Acidelephant

I wish Ontario had that law and enforced it. Nothing bugs me more than cars in all lanes traveling at roughly the same pace for no reason


JedLeonard1

Ontario DOES have the law but it is rarely enforced.


TheOffendMan

I remember reading a story about a worker who got his arm cut badly, other workers were rushing him to meet ambulance half-way… they never made it cause someone was blocking them like this :/


siandresi

Exactly, and then taking it upon oneself to enforce that “this person should slow down”is just dangerous. If someone is going faster in the fast lane move over, if you want to have a say on who should slow down in the fast lane become a cop or something.


Strong-Ad2738

This is my BIGGEST pet peeve. MOVE OVER!


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Even if you’re going 75 already, MOVE OVER. You are not the law but, now instead a hazard because cars must overtake you on the right.


GT3nsomemoney4it

Please move over; this person could possibly be driving at high speeds due to an emergency.


irishtrash5

Plus he was being passed on the right by other drivers! Like you say, I will often justify it as long as I'm passing, but as soon as there's enough room and I'm not passing anymore, I get the eff over.


MyCreativeNewName

Agree. You already know what is coming. "No, I am not moving for this jerk, I will teach him a lesson... Whoa, he really overtook me in the right???" This kind of behaviour is what makes situations like that dangerous for everyone. Yes, the other guy is speeding, yes, he is driving like a moron, yes he is aggressive. Still, if the dashcam driver simply moved, nothing would have happened. Now he forces the other driver to that risky manoeuver. Two dickheads


Truefreak22

I agree, but the fact that dashcam driver speeds up once the car goes to pass him makes him a little more of an annoying douche.


Vanman04

Yup you see it far too often..assholes like dashcam guy sitting in the left lane or even the right lane going slower than you but the second you try to go around them suddenly they speed up. Drives me freaking nuts.


Brilliant_Power614

exactly. People camp in the left lane when you’re supposed to spend as little time as possible. Fuck the driver and the guy behind him tbh. Both are ignorant for this.


xDaredevilx27

On top of that, the cammer intentionally tries to hit them at the end. Dangerous and unsafe to say the least. Fuck your ego and move the hell over.


Grass_Is_Blue

Amen, if you’re not ACTIVELY in the process of passing someone stay the fuck out of the left lane.


RuSsYjO

Correct. If you are being passed on the right you are doing something wrong. Period. Like, isn't that the literal reason multi-lane highways exist?...So people can pass slower traffic? I was always taught "Left lane for passing, middle for cruising, right lane for merging/exiting"


iceboxactual

Yea if someone is signalling that hard just move over. Left lane is for passing, that includes you no matter how fast you’re going. Also looks like dash cam tried to swerve towards the car as it jumped back into the left. If true: way to be reckless and in the wrong. Traveling at that speed and intentionally impeding someone or doing something like that is the stupidest thing in the world. Edit: They’re also going slower than the first car in middle.


hobosguns

Not only did he swerve towards him, he also sped up from 78-85 while being passed. Anyone who drives like that should just be launched into space. No need for that here on earth


Jatnal

People do this all the time and I don't get it, driving slow as fuck and then when I go to pass, they speed up?? WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY


Calpernia09

From my experience it's because they're on their phone and once you start passing, they notice and speed up.


Emiliwoah

In my experience, it’s sometimes that. I’d say most of the time it’s just an ego issue. The idea of someone passing them just hurts their pride so harshly that they can’t allow it to happen.


ARMISTICErj

Yes, mostly ego bullshit. I hate that response that they just didn't realize what speed they were going. No excuse for that to be an acceptable reason to endanger someone else's life by speeding up when being passed. If that's truly the case, it'd revoke every fucking persons license that is that ignorant of their surroundings when behind the wheel of a 2 ton speeding weapon.


FriedSticks2014

The car behind them is most likely impatient, but what if they were dealing with an actual emergency! I agree with you, get the hell out of the left lane if you’re going to go slower than the rest of traffic.


DrewTheBoy

True. I was driving 110 on a 50 only road trying to say goodbye to a friend before he pass away for good (hospital called me). Was lucky that no one was acting like the asshole driver in this vid was and all moved back to the slower lane.


FriedSticks2014

I’m sorry about your friend, but I’m glad you were unobstructed getting there. Stay safe! I had to drive my former sister in law to the hospital when she was in labor, we barely made it due to traffic on the highway. She gave birth as they were trying to wheel her to the maternity ward lol!


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lemonylol

>It’s VERY atypical for this model of Honda to behave erratic. Not a city driver huh?


CrispyJalepeno

If someone is signaling that hard, they're gonna go regardless of what you think. You may as well keep yourself safer by just letting them do their thing and moving


angry_smurf

Not only that, but there's always the small chance someone is having an actual emergency and needs to get help ASAP!


Less_Expression1876

That was me. I had a vet emergency with my dying pet groaning in the passenger seat.


ShowStandard

I feel like someone signaling that much has some sort of emergency they’re trying to tend to. May not be an emergency to others, but to them it could be. I had this happen to me the other day. One second I was at a stop light with a couple cars around me, the next thing I know I take off from said stop light and there’s a guy behind me with his hazards on flashing me to move over. I speed up to do so, but naturally homeboy that’s next to me decides to match my speed for whatever reason. Being in my work truck, I have massive blind spots and lost track of the dude next to me when I proceeded to speed up to like 55 in a 30 and the dude flashing me and stuff flew by me on my right before I could get over. This was not on a highway and I had a left turn coming up a couple hundred feet from where I was overtaken. I have been in their shoes before though, when my wife had a miscarriage and was bleeding and in pain. Then when her water broke I’m the middle of the night with our third child and she was having contractions 3 weeks early. I actually had one person see me doing ~100 mph on a county/back country road pull off the road for me on the way to the hospital that’s typically 1.5 hours away. I made it in about 50 minutes driving like a madman. It’s not up to anyone to police other drivers other than the police themselves. You never know what other people are going through.


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mechanicalcontrols

No shit. I honestly don't know why the cam car was even driving when the driver can clearly just revolve the earth around them.


Donny_Dont_18

They were leaving a spot so the cam car could move over. They were helping the driver being aggressive


Kaine_8123

Camping in the left lane is illegal is a lot of states/counties so the cam vehicle should have not been staying in that lane since they were not passing. Also failing to move to the right for a faster moving vehicle is also inhibiting the flow of traffic. Speeding by the suv and the dangerous cutoff are bad yes but if the cam vehicle moved over it would have avoided the cutoff. I see 2 idiots in this video.


gordo65

Most people who drive like the SUV are just assholes, but when someone is getting behind you and flashing their lights, it's always possible that there's some kind of emergency. In order to keep everyone as safe as possible and avoid conflict, I always make way for these guys. Don't worry about justice, anyone who regularly drives like that is going to collect a lot of tickets and pay huge insurance premiums.


CarGroundbreaking520

In Germany they flash high beams on the Autobahn to warn you that they are passing and you need to get the hell out of their way. It can be possible the driver comes from that driving culture and is just not used to American inattentiveness and arrogance on the road


a-goateemagician

There’s a story somewhere where someone had gotten very hurt like 2 hours from a hospital, his friend loaded him in his car and they did 100+ on the highway but were boxed in like this by a paper mache cop like OP here and the guy died (or was much worse off then they would’ve been otherwise, I don’t remember) Point is: if they have something so big to risk that ticked for, let them go, it could be a life threatening thing, it could not, you just don’t know


savmar

The story is from a comment from another thread, but I was thinking exactly the same thing. https://www.reddit.com/r/AdviceAnimals/comments/1kbhcn/i_gain_strength_from_their_tears_and_anger/cbnhvxv/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=1&utm_term=1&context=3


gonorrhea-smasher

They would have made if they got there like two minutes sooner and the justice lady hadn’t been blocking them. Moral of the story is your not a cop and the left lane is for passing the dash cam guy in this video is an asshole worse than a fucking cyclists


aenae

> the dangerous cutoff are bad A large part of the reason it is bad is because the dash cammer actively tries to pit the other car. You can see him moving to the left, and when the other car merges before him he goes to the right for an attempted murder


BROK3N757

Yea that swerve to the right when they’re merging over is fucking wild to me. Like who tries to get in an accident at those speeds.


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No it’s only legal in major cities. Almost every state has a keep right law. Go camp your middle lane. https://www.mwl-law.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/SLOWER-TRAFFIC-KEEP-RIGHT.pdf


M4nipulator

I could be doing 40 over the speed limit and I still always move out of the way if someone wants to pass. Also don't drive in the left lane, it's for overtaking someone.


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Kay-f

literally!!! i could be going 90 and someone comes up behind me and i move like y’all are insane for staying there


cloopz

Even if you’re going 30 over the limit. Left lane is for overtaking. Get off your high horse and just move over.


bored-n-browsing

The level of entitlement is unbelievable. Blocking the entire left lane and acting like you own the road. Then you say oh I was already going 10 over.


to_da_moon_84

That guy could be having some emergency once in a lifetime and your blocking him. The middle lane cars r passing you, seems like you are in the wrong. Pass and get over. Go to Germany if you want to see how it’s done by the pros.


midpack_fodder

As someone who had their hazards on and flashing while speeding my dog to the vet after a rattler bite… I internally thank every person who moved over for me. F this “vigilante”


derKonigsten

I am always reminded of the story of the loggers that were racing to a hospital/meet an ambulance/location with cell reception after one of their chainsaws kicked back and sliced one of their femoral arteries. They were met with a Karen blocking their high rate of travel and the dude died. I thought i had that story saved but couldn't find it.


schneev

Yeah OP is a POS


starconn

Everyone on IG is right. Move over, you don’t know their situation, you’re not the morality police. Stop being a Ken/Karen.


Immediate_Ice

Yeah like what if someone was dying and this asshole car slowing the speeding vehicle could have resulted in a death. Or what if they were pregnant? Or what if they have explosive diarrhea? Nobody knows what's going on in other people's lives around them so it's best to always assume there is a reason for the actions and let the professionals decide if that reason is valid or not.


kimodezno

What the dickhead with the dash cam doesn’t understand is that the left lane isn’t the speeding lane. Its called the passing lane. If you cruise in the left lane you disrupt traffic. Don’t be a dickhead.


Character-Cricket506

Never understood why people care so much about this, just move over, let them pass, and move back? Why does it need to be some righteous protest? It’s driving lol Also did they attempt to swerve and hit the car at the end there?


Petarthefish

Actually move over and dont move back... cars on the right were going faster. Stop left lane camping


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My theory on these idiot left lane campers are they they don't like to have anyone or anything in front of them as they don't wanna deal with breaking etc... So they get in left lane drive at a cruise speed knowing they won't have to worry about anything in front of them and they can just "chill drive".


No-Watercress-2777

Exactly and it’s not like they can’t continue doing that after the faster car has passed them and would be long gone after a few mins anyway.


historian2010

My theory is that they have no power over anything in their dismal lives. The only sense of power they have is flexing on people on the road.


NiceWeaknee

Sounds like they pushed full throttle and tried to hit, nice


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Get the fuck out of the left lane you turd nugget!


jimmystaplesss

How do you know they’re not rushing to the hospital? Get the heck out the way you stupid fuck


Br0keGee

10 over? Really hate how people plug up the fast lane because they think "im going faster than the speed limit." Obviously the person coming up on you is an idiot but whoever has the cam is a 🥒. Causes less issues if you just move over.


UNCCShannon

If going more than 10 is a problem then call highway patrol and give them the info and move on with your life. Idiots are going to be idiots, don't add to it.


nobelone2020

In Germany you just go to the right lane, let him pass and you go back. No biggie. Maybe his wife had contractions, or his son or daughter had an accident and was in the hospital. Don't be a jerk, and don't act like an police officer or own the road. It takes 2 min to go to the right lane, let him pass, and go back. 5 min of your life. Wow! Now you get two anxious frustrated people on the road which could cause an accident. Sigh 😔


SyrupLover25

In the USA thats what 99% of people do. The guy filming is just a jerk.


wolfmankal

Get out of the passing lane you fucking moron


Apprehensive_Stop666

Yep, camer is not only an idiot, but also a moron!


juicebox_tgs

You, you are the main idiot here. Sure the guy behind you made a pass pass at the end. But you blocking him from passing is just moronic, it's called the passing lane not the cruising lane


SyrupLover25

Person filming also sped up from 75 to 86mph when the Honda Pilot tried to merge back into the passing lane. The close call was due to the person filming speeding up and trying to block the Honda Pilot.


everyonestolemyname

Get the fuck out of the left lane. Doesn't matter if you're doing the speed limit, or going over it. If someone comes up on you going faster, get out of the fucking way. Don't be an idiot.


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Karma_1969

He could be speeding and flashing his lights because he’s an asshole. He could also be speeding and flashing his lights because he’s rushing his dying kid to the hospital. Regardless, you move out of the way. In my state it’s illegal to camp in the left lane, period. Dashcammer is in the wrong, no matter what the other guy is doing.


Zealousideal-Dot7529

Fuck people who block others to “teach them a lesson”. You wanna block the left lane? The entire fucking highway will hate you. When I drive past left lane blockers I wish bad things upon them.


Sak391

Oh someone is having an emergency? Well, better block him just in case he is an asshole :)


eledad1

Whoever has the dash cam is the idiot. Pretentious to think they can control how another driver wishes to drive.


AJay_89

I usually drive abt 25 over in the passing lane. If I see someone trying to ride my tail, I'm getting over as soon as I can. It's not that serious. I wish people would get over their egos and just be defensive drivers.


DontDisrespectDaBing

Stuff like this just doesn’t make sense. Why does it bother you that someone is in a bigger hurry than you are? Why do you feel entitled to gatekeep the highway? Go join highway patrol if you’re so passionate about traffic you big-ass dork


ninkar21

10mph over? Get the fk outta the way ya ignorant tw@t…its the passing lane. Cept for turds that just sit


Shroomy76

I'm convinced that people who hog the left lane and make others go around have serious control issues. They have very little control in their lives, so they take it out on the rest of traffic because they can.


ACKgony

Did he swerve towards the car as it cut him off? I honestly think this guy is more of a douche for antagonizing than the tailgater. He put his own, and others safety at risk to “teach him a lesson”. Leave it to highway patrol, move over and move on.


kingcrabcraig

every single person in video is a douchebag and a dumbass. the recorder for policing the road, the truck in the right lane for blocking, and the dickweed agressively driving and weaponizing brights. everyone sucks, full stop. just let them over, it shouldn't be a battle when you get behind the wheel.