by "RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
Published 09/08/2017 at 22:09
by "RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
Published 09/08/2017 at 22:09
Tags: caught on dashcam
STARS: 0
Well, the last three days have involved two huge idiots during my travels! One this afternoon, and one two days ago....both on my 40-minute drives home from work.
Offense the First:
I see a garbage truck up ahead picking up garbage, so prepare to slow down and pass it on the left...look ahead, plenty of space for the car in front of me and I to both get past before any oncoming cars are anywhere near us. I signal left to change to the oncoming lane and prepare to pass the garbage truck behind the car I am catching up to just as it pulls out to pass....and then THIS happens!
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SERIOUSLY? You just stopped in an 80kph zone in THE ONCOMING LANE with 3 cars behind you and one oncoming to talk to the garbage man? What the hell!? Pull over and talk to him! 0_o
Offense the Second: This happened on the way home from work this afternoon. Note the massive yellow ‘DIVIDED HIGHWAY ENDS” sign on the right, the sign on the left denoting the road becomes two-way, and the dotted white passing line becoming a SOLID NO-PASSING LINE.
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Seriously???? What the hell man! The red Mustang convertible actually passed TWO cars, the car behind me, and myself...both AFTER the solid white line DISAPPEARED. We both had to brake relatively hard to slow down so he could get past without us getting pushed onto the shoulder. I honked as I was understandably upset...
Some people are morons!
"arl" (arl1968)
09/08/2017 at 22:23, STARS: 1
I too have passed trash trucks, and it always gives me the heebie jeebies. Like, I know there’s noone coming the opposite direction, but when I go to pass, I expect some stupid lunatic to pull out in front of me, or do some other stupid crap.
Be careful out there!
"Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
09/08/2017 at 22:58, STARS: 0
Re: 2nd vid-
What’s the deal with there being a solid white line between the forward lanes there? I don’t get what that is supposed to accomplish. The signs just before that told everyone that the right lane was about to end. Why would they try to prevent right-lane traffic from getting over? Are they trying to enforce a last-second zipper merge?
I mean, it could be argued that the Mustang got into the proper lane, and that you were effectively hugging the shoulder to let him by. He might have even thought that himself, based on the signage...
"RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars" (rallydarkstrike)
09/08/2017 at 23:10, STARS: 1
The solid white line in the middle of the two lanes on the side I’m on? After the dotted line in the middle between the two lanes? It’s common in Canada (at least here in Nova Scotia) - the dots before it mean that you are allowed to pass at any time it is safe (of course) as there are two lanes, but if it goes white like that after a “passing lane is about to end” sign, it means that you aren’t supposed to initiate a pass....just like you’re not supposed to pass on single or double solid yellows, but can pass on a dotted/solid or dotted only yellow line on a two-lane road...?
He started to pass after the line had already gone solid and indeed after the solid line had even stopped existing, so he was definitely passing when he wasn’t supposed to...
"Urambo Tauro" (urambotauro)
09/08/2017 at 23:42, STARS: 1
Ah ok, yeah, if he changed lanes across that solid line, then that definitely disqualifies him. I still don’t understand why they bothered to paint a solid line there, with so little room left to go before the right lane ends. But it is what it is, and you just don’t go crossing a solid line like that. I guess I can appreciate his eagerness to get into the proper lane, but he totally overstepped his bounds there. He should have waited for a legit opening.