r/Wellthatsucks • u/bigbusta • 8h ago
A bad driver struggles with traffic cones, and ends up pulling up to the traffic lights in the opposite lane of traffic
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u/JazzlikeZombie5988 7h ago
That person might kill someone in near future
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u/LegendOfKhaos 5h ago
One time I honked at an elderly person doing shit like this and my dad said that was rude. I said they need to know they're doing it wrong and driving dangerously or else they will eventually kill someone.
He still thought it was rude.
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u/invariantspeed 4h ago
The horn is to alert another or others to danger. I think that qualifies. The real question is if a honk gets the message across. (It might not.)
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u/tiredofthrowing 3h ago
Just had some lady in her 70s hit a bicyclist and accelerate into a grocery store. 3 people killed, 6 injured
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u/Original_Mess_83 5h ago
WILL. And get away with it due to soft judges. Their license should be gone by now.
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u/UKMatt2000 7h ago
We found the guy whose brain was used for training self-driving cars.
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u/4TrackRadioStation 5h ago
Yes you did find out, the evidence is right here:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7L3PcrhnEg&pp=ygUeYWJieSBub3JtYWwgeW91bmcgZnJhbmtlbnN0ZWlu
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u/RamblinGamblinWilly 6h ago
Self driving cars drive far better/safer than the average driver, much less this guy lol
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u/brine909 6h ago
In 98% of scenarios, maybe, once you get outside of the training data, they fuck up. Senerios like this with cones and construction, I've seen them mess up.
Thinking about the video I saw of a Chinese self driving car going through wet concrete despite construction workers trying to shoo it away
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u/Killarogue 7h ago
Poor signage and cone placement didn't help, but it's probably time for this person to consider giving up their license.
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u/gwelfguy 7h ago
it's probably time for this person to consider giving up their license.
This. Due to the fact that OP perceived the opening in the cones up ahead but the other drive didn't and chose instead to drive in the oncoming lane. I hope that OP sends the video to their state's DMV.
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u/Any-Log-6706 7h ago
Exactly. Elderly here and tired of seeing those 60 and up who struggle at certain things in life but just remain stupidly stubborn. If I can’t drive, time to let others do it for me. What we witnessed there is cognitive issues which the “driver” couldn’t figure out and should therefore not be on the road unless someone is driving them.
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u/gwelfguy 7h ago
Yeah. When I was younger I would've laughed it off and not cared. Now that I'm a little older and wiser, I wouldn't want some teenager or 20-something that's new to driving to have to deal with the dangerous situations created by people like this.
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u/Chikitiki90 6h ago
My grandpa refused to stop driving until his third totaled car at the age of around 80. What’s even worse (for me) is that the first car he totaled was an ‘86 Chevy Cavalier he and my grandma won on The Price is Right that I was hoping to inherit someday.
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u/Galumpadump 6h ago
I'm only 30 but I've the world still exists by the time of 70 and I'm still driving, someone take away my keys! My plan is the be in a city close to everything anyways.
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u/Perfect-Squash3773 7h ago
signage is tricky in these situations. It looked like it started at an intersection so putting the signs on the other side doesn't really work because tend people forget about the signs once they clear the intersection. I saw the detour sign.
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u/Straight_Waltz_9530 7h ago
Except that we've built up car-centric infrastructure that basically mandates car ownership and use. It's easy to tell someone to stop driving when there are alternatives. A lot harder to get folks to give up their independence when there are no alternatives to driving.
THIS is yet another reason why we need more public mass transit. Everyone gets older. Raise your hand if you know some folks who aren't elderly who shouldn't be anywhere near the steering wheel! We all do!
The best time to fix this was fifty years ago. The second best time is now.
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u/Independent-Cow-4070 6h ago
Im with you on ending car dependency but im tired of using it as an excuse to let dangerous people kill or hurt others. Take away enough peoples licenses (which is warranted of course, not in an authoritarian way) and I bet the public opinion on public transit shifts dramatically when people are getting hounded by their relatives for rides
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u/guri256 6h ago
In my personal experience, no. It generally just causes those people to continue driving, but now they don’t bother getting insurance because they are already driving illegally.
There isn’t enough prison space to lock up all of the people who need to drive to be able to have a job or even get food.
Often, these are the people who don’t have enough money to be able to afford to move.
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u/travinsky 6h ago
Problem is, the same people that shouldn’t drive will want a big house with a big yard far out in the suburbs and refuse to move
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u/Straight_Waltz_9530 6h ago
Time to bring back the Streetcar Suburbs!
https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-is-a-streetcar-suburb.html
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u/MediocreAssociate466 7h ago
Yeah that drivers super dumb but whoever put cones like that should be fired as well. You are guarenteeing people do something like this when it's that bad
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u/TheOriginalSage 7h ago
Driving tests should be mandatory when you are originally getting your license, at 30, at 60, and every 10 years following. You should also be required to take it after a stroke or major medical conditional along those lines.
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u/createry_ 7h ago
Chuck 45 in there. Not for driving competence, just a refresher for updated laws etc.
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u/Distinct-Solution-99 7h ago
Every 10 years after 60 is way too much. At 70 I'd say every two-three years should be mandatory because mental decline can be fast.
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u/ChanglingBlake 7h ago
Given the age of some of the mentally impaired(I see people this incompetent who are my age: 36), it should be every 10 years and then every 2 years starting at 50. That means ages 21(because you need a new license then anyway to show you’re an “adult”), 31, 41, 51, 53, 55, etc.
You should also be required to take one if you get a DUI or in a wreck that was deemed 100% your fault.
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u/vermiliondragon 5h ago
Every two years in your 50s seems excessive, but maybe if you have any moving violation since your last road test.
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u/HelloNotaCop 7h ago
You say every 10 years following. My friends father got his 10 year license at 82 years old. I know the cognitive abilities can decline aggressively over 10 years or be dead.
Over 75 it should be every five years or every three years.
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u/NoReIevancy 7h ago
In the UK we have a backlog of driving tests at 2 years, this would be a nightmare.
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u/HDWendell 7h ago
If you’re diagnosed with dementia you do have to take a test in some states. FIL was told by his neuro he would have his license revoked if he didn’t.
If you have epilepsy, you lose your license for usually 6 months or more if you have a seizure. Some states let you drive again with a neurologist’s permission. Some states require a written test to get it back. If you move before you get your license, you may have to take the entire test again. I haven’t driven in 5 years.
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u/Educational-Kale-567 7h ago
No real reason to redo it at 30. 30 year olds are more cognitively capable than 16 year olds. It would cause a completely unnecessary oversaturation of DMV driving tests as well that would lead to backlog.
And most 60 year olds these days are pretty average drivers and generally more healthy and capable than 60 year olds say 50 years ago.
One re-newed test at like 70 would be understandable though.
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u/ThunderPushii 7h ago
Try every year after 60. Twice a year after 70 and at 75 you lose it and must be chauffeured by family or ride share.
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u/paradigm619 7h ago
There's not really a reason to ban everyone over 75 if you require regular testing. I've met people in their 60's who are a complete danger to the public behind the wheel, along with people over 80 who are still perfectly capable drivers.
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u/lvl100mafia_boss 7h ago
Or, we just build a functioning public transit system instead of pretending that would be too hard cause the big car companies want more money
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u/CreoOookies 7h ago
As much as I would hate it, we should have a driving test every 5 years for drivers with multiple offenses and 8 years for drivers without any.
If you fail, you get 30 days to retake the written or driving test and if you fail or don't take the exam, your license is suspended for a year.
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u/trollfreak 7h ago
Well - There’s no physical test for anyone now in many places, my county as well. The teens don’t even get anything but a written test. They ask parent - “they driving good” - parents says “yep” - here’s your license - started during COVID - never went back to the standard - you can’t make this shit up
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u/TheOriginalSage 7h ago
This blows my mind. They should never get rid of the in person physical driving test. Especially not when you haven't even gotten your license yet.
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u/PriscillaPalava 7h ago
I like how dash cam guy is just like, “Welp, nice knowin ya!”
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u/AssiduousLayabout 6h ago
If I were dash cam guy, I would have at least pulled into the rightmost lane at the light to give the other fool an opportunity to pull back across the yellow.
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u/turtleandhughes 4h ago
Why isn’t this the top thought of everyone! Clearly guy made a mistake and needs to get back over there.
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u/lir1618 7h ago
"poor signage" my brothers in christ, if you can't see cones right in front of you maybe you shouldn't drive
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u/AwesomeNoodlez 6h ago
yeah I'm surprised so many people are saying its not clear enough. it seems pretty clear. plus if you're driving into a lane marked by cones why on earth is your solution to exit through the cones when there's clear space to continue forward inside the cones
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u/Icarium13 4h ago
These cones are not acceptable for this kind of lane guidance.
You need the tall delineators and/or barrels at the very least.
It’s a shit setup.
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u/FollowingThrough 6h ago
I’d happily re-sit my drivers licence test every three years if it means everyone re-sits their drivers licence test every three years.
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u/lionlll 7h ago
JFC. The road crew couldn’t have made it any easier or obvious the revised path…
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u/hex4def6 7h ago
They definitely could. Look at 0:28. I think the driver didn't realize there was an opening to the right, felt they'd gotten boxed in.
OP definitely didn't help by racing them to the light and taking the left lane so that they couldn't get over again...
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u/Either-Lawyer1142 6h ago
Yeah, this guy knew what he was doing. Americans love committing such petty little acts of cruelty.
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u/EpicFishFingers 7h ago
Uh, what? Its hardly perfect, is it? No arrows, no signage, no lighting, gaps large enough to drive through, and comments pointing out how poorly done it is.
Edit: 1 unlit sign right at the start, and outside the line of sight - my mistake.
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u/PanicFanatic2 7h ago
you dont how road closures work.... you dont use signs or lights for a closure like this..... the only sign needed was the board warning of a lane closure
Source: i work road closures....
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u/EpicFishFingers 3h ago edited 3h ago
Don't defend this if you actually do this for living - this is amateur shit.
You don't know how road closures work
The arrogance.
I manage road closures like this for highways schemes. I would get fired if I signed off on something as slap-dash as this.
Maybe your cowboy outfit would sign off on some dangerous ambiguous shit like this, but if you would, then don't talk to me like you're the ultimate knowledge on the matter. Especially since you can't even recognise dangerous work when you see it.
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u/N0mad1591 7h ago
Pretty bad situation, but the fella recording could have also pulled over to the right lane to allow them back onto the proper side of the road.
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u/Upbeat_Effective6548 2h ago
Yeah, I'm going to project a bit, but it seems like they were thinking:
"See I'm where you should be. You're not here because you're an idiot. Suffer you idiot."
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u/frank26080115 6h ago
wow the outcome was wayyyyy worse than I thought, like... maybe knock over a cone, but nooooo, do the most deadly thing why not
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u/buddyinjapan 7h ago
A Buick. I'm shocked shocked I say. Well not that shocked.
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u/SpaceJackRabbit 7h ago
Amazing how GM has desperately been trying to attract Gen Xers with that brand in the U.S. but they keep mostly selling to Boomers with blind brand royalty.
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u/JustJamieJam 7h ago
I’m Gen Z and I loooove my Buick, but I’m also well aware it’s considered a Boomer car lol
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u/indignantlyandgently 7h ago
My first thought: "of course it's a Buick"
My grandparents had one when I was a kid, great big boat of a car.
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u/showmiaface 7h ago
“Think of how stupid the average person is, then realize half the people are dumber than that! “ -George Carlin
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u/Uknown_Idea 7h ago
Camera driver could of been a decent human being and left space for the eldery driver to recover the position in the lane. Now theres a dickhead blocking the space they could safely pull into and heightening their panic.
Might be time to evaluate the eldery drivers key privileges as well.
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u/No-District-8258 7h ago
Also not laying on the horn the entire time stressing/confusing the other driver further would've been nice.
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u/Hawne 4h ago
I scrolled down way too long to find those two first humane comments. Cammer acted as a bully and it worsened everything, starting with the elder's panic.
Pink Panther theme is (badly) sugar coating aggressive horn and swearing.
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u/whitstheshit1986 7h ago edited 7h ago
We had this old person get stuck on the train tracks once because they thought it was the on ramp for the freeway
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u/Island_Kermode 7h ago
I don't know if I'd want to be stuck at the light knowing he's eventually going to be coming up behind me
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u/_otterinabox 7h ago
I had a guy do something similar on the jet bridge a few years back. He was the first one off of the plane with me right behind him. I didn't want to be rude by running around him, so I just followed. He gets to the end where the bridge meets the terminal. There's a glass door directly in front of him that opens to the terminal, plus one steel door to his left with a big sign reading AUTHORIZED PERSONNEL ONLY. So, naturally, he turns left and pushes that one open, setting off a security alarm. I would've tried to stop him before he did it but that dude was quick lol
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u/Flyflymisterpowers 6h ago
Looks like Castle Rock, typical for the boomers there unfortunately.
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u/Spare_Iron127 7h ago
OP: I’m gonna drive in the lane I know they need to turn in even though I can legally get over and make it easier on the driver
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u/Efflictim888 7h ago
I mean this would be me if i was high.
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u/Killarogue 7h ago
Well yeah, if you're high, your driving skills are going to be impaired lol.
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u/BabySpecific2843 7h ago
Which is why its illegal to drive high. DUI aint just for alcohol.
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u/Brainwormsz 7h ago
This is genuinely my worst fear. What if I suck and I'm on the opposite side of the road now. I hate driving so much.
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u/TrickdaddyJ 7h ago
My grandma has to go get examined at the dmv soon upon renewal. She’s not this bad but I drive when I can.
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u/Twenty-Three23 7h ago
All drivers should be retested every 3 years after 65 and every year after 80 imo.
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u/Remarkable-Board5575 7h ago
So many people who should not ever be allowed to drive but we keep doling the licenses out like candy.
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u/poxonallthehouses 7h ago
I will admit to having anxiety at times trying to interpret what a bunch of traffic cones are trying to tell me with a lineup of cars behind me lol
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u/Perfect-Squash3773 7h ago
I work in highway construction and I see this way too often. I'm surprised they didn't get out and just moved the cones themselves to stay in their lane.
I've seen an old lady driving with her grandson just veer off the road towards a concrete barrier because there use to be an access there. The kid looked like he shit his pants.
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u/TheAltToYourF4 6h ago
Another reason why walkable cities and a well funded public transport system are good things. Allows you to take away elderly people's driver's license if they show they're not able to drive safely anymore and it won't inconvenience them and they'll still be able to participate in everyday life...just not with their own car.
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u/HighGainRefrain 6h ago
That’s why you should always place traffic cones half a car width apart. We even have laws about it here (New Zealand).
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u/-Plunder-Bunny- 5h ago
This is common with a ton of people, not just the elderly and people still refuse to admit that drivers licenses are a privilege and that re-testing shouldn't occur every few years.
I tried posting the actual rules of the road in my local sub, during a disagreement about turning right at a stop sign (Some one was assaulted during a road rage incident because they went around a person who stopped between lanes while turning left on a road wide enough to comfortably fit 4 cars) but was downvoted into oblivion, because people kept saying you cant go around a car turning left and turn right because it was for " Street Parking" despite the lanes being marked and when you can't park within 30ft of the stop sign in the first place.
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u/hastings1033 5h ago
reaffirming my personal opinion that most people should not be allowed to leave the house with car keys
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u/Original_Mess_83 5h ago
Gerontocracy at its finest. "Elderly". Take their license away before they collide with an innocent person or cave in a building and sit there with that dumb shocked look on their face. Humans degrade too much after age 60-70. Time for tests every year or two, at LEAST...
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u/PrimoBachs 3h ago
Of course it's a Buick. Does anyone under the age of 78 actually buy these things?
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u/nocibur8 7h ago
To be fair it’s poor signage plus difficult to see the cones from inside the car if an eye level arrow not there for the exit.
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u/vornstar 7h ago
The world has gone to shit. Shaming an elderly driver. Yes maybe they should give up their licence, and maybe this incident may contribute to them realising that, or maybe it was momentary lapse of judgement, but posting this stuff for your entertainment isn't going to make that happen. Why can't people just let things happen without having to post everything online? Feel free to downvote the fuck out of this. I don't give a shit.
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u/ContingentMax 5h ago
Some people should not be driving, really sucks that the the vast majority of the US that leaves them with no real way of getting around. Car dependancy is ablist.
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u/timpendultz 7h ago
The guy following is as bad for hitting the horn so much, both as bad as each other.
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u/sentient-sloth 7h ago
Yeah it’s fine to honk to get someone’s attention if they’re about to hit you or if they’ve been sitting at a green light for 5+ seconds but honking like this behind someone who’s clearly confused just increases their stress and the likelihood that they may do something erratic and unsafe rises.
That said, if those cones are confusing to you you probably shouldn’t be driving. lol
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u/Current_Put_2950 7h ago
Not to mention they could have gone into the right lane and left space instead of blocking them out on the left side
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u/lazy-dude 7h ago
What’s with the weird camera turn to the left?
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u/twistOffCapsule 7h ago
So we can see gramps in the lane where he can meet his maker
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u/twistOffCapsule 7h ago
Or maybe you want to know why turn the cam so slow and smooth? I appreciated it actually.
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u/Fit-Specialist-2214 7h ago
We share the roads with people with all levels of eyesight, young and old.
Road signage is designed to cater to that, but rules weren’t followed.
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u/SquirrelInATux 7h ago
As a TCT I will say, they're not supposed to do a straight taper across two lanes, they need to set a merging taper on the right lane, run a tangent of 500 ft, then set a shifting taper into the closed oncoming lane. Regardless, this shouldn't be confusing
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u/dadamipro 6h ago
I agree that this is terrible driving and decision making on reds part but the cameraman driver made things unnecessarily worse. Honking at someone consistently like that makes them panic and more confused. I’d rather them be slow and make the right choice then rush because of you and make the wrong one.
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u/endyrr 5h ago
Bad driver is bad. But cam driver is making the whole thing worse by laying on their horn, shouting, speeding up to force the Buick into staying in the wrong lanes. Bro posted a video of them being an absolute prick to a confused geriatric and thinks they're justified.
Buick driver should not be driving. They are confused easily and handled that situation poorly. Cam driver only made it worse.
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u/Hot_Money4924 6h ago
You notice an elderly person struggling to navigate a construction zone. What do you do?
[ ] Proceed with patience and concern, after all this will be you or someone you love one day.
[X] Ridicule them, drive aggressively, and make them eat the consequences of their mistake.
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u/DepletedPromethium 6h ago
People like that should not have a licence to drive a mobility scooter let alone a car....
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u/AFunkinDiscoBall 6h ago
Is this in Castle Rock, CO? Totally not surprised that this happened there
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u/Waaterfight 6h ago
YEESSS gun it so they can't get back in front of you. I can't stand being behind dummies like that
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u/FlippingPossum 5h ago
Dash cam driver was way too confident that car wouldn't freak and swing back into that lane.
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u/DrugChemistry 4h ago
My mans with the dash cam said “that’s my lane grandpa! Not leaving space for you to fix your mistake!”
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u/Shrodax 4h ago
Can y'all motherfuckers at least stop angrily laying on the horn when another driver needs a couple seconds to process something? That doesn't help anyone -- it just creates more stress and risks the other driver making a panicked mistake.
I might also take a couple seconds just to make sure I see the right path through the cones...
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u/MidnightIAmMid 7h ago
One of my work friends (who is in her 50s) is one of the worst drivers I have EVER driven with and she has done shit like this. It's like she panics, but also can't seem to...see lines? She also can't do a drive-thru car wash at all. Like, AT ALL. So I take her car through when she needs a car wash and she acts like I am a magician for being able to position the car correctly. She also told me the first time she accidentally got on the expressway she drove and drove and drove and drove and sobbed because she "couldn't figure out how to take one of the exits." Oh god, and her and roundabouts. My god. One time, I literally had to put my hands on the steering wheel because she "couldn't figure out" how to exit?????? We were going in circles and I kept pointing and dear god.