I'm not nearly as bad of a driver as I feared

Kinja'd!!! "facw" (facw)
12/16/2016 at 20:26 • Filed to: caught on dashcam, Dashcam, Houston

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Going straight trough an intersection earlier today, I has a car seemingly come out of nowhere and nearly hit me from the left. I felt bad about not seeing it, even though it had to have run a red light. Reviewing my dash cam I feel less bad:

Video is too short to bother posting but here’s the breakdown:

Approaching red light, no cars making left turns from the other way (left turn light had been green for them, but the car on the right was the last one through):

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Light turns green, white car stops in oncoming left turn lane:

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Grey car next to white car decides to make an illegal left turn from a straight only lane, cutting in front of white car:

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My dashcam doesn’t have the FOV to show just how close we were to a collision, but you can see him looming closer in the corner:

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Blurry Marauder sighting for your time:

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Confession: I really don’t like the Panthers, not even the Marauder

 


DISCUSSION (4)


Kinja'd!!! jimz > facw
12/16/2016 at 20:45

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if you make an illegal turn from an non-turn-lane, it should be legal for me to drag you out of your car and beat you savagely. we have a sort of similar problem where I live. when you exit the freeway, at the top of the ramp it divides into three “lanes.” Left-to-right: 1) Turn left only, 2) Turn left into the right lane or proceed straight, 3) Turn right only.

I’ve had numerous instances where I’ve been in lane 2 and had someone in lane 1 to the left of me try to go straight. to the point that if I’m on a motorcycle I will only ever get into lane 1.


Kinja'd!!! Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > facw
12/17/2016 at 00:11

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*straight


Kinja'd!!! facw > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer
12/17/2016 at 00:16

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I have no idea what you are talking about...

/whistles innocently...


Kinja'd!!! Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > facw
12/17/2016 at 00:17

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/glares threateningly