I will not be bullied

"Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit) 02/18/2016 at 13:16 • Filed to: caught on dashcam, dashcams, dashcam

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If you’re gonna camp in the left lane and make trucks hauling trailers undertake you (I had just entered the highway), choose your moment to merge into the proper lane carefully.

Edit: Dashcam video makes it look farther away than it was. This was at 75mph. Think about how many car lengths away he SHOULD have been before commenting :)

BrtStlnd > Takuro Spirit 02/18/2016 at 13:22

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Wait a sec... you wanted him to get into the right lane so badly that you didn’t let him into it? I’m missing something.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Takuro Spirit 02/18/2016 at 13:26

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I dunno bro, it doesn’t look like he was that close in front of you and he used his blinker, I would’ve let him in.

Takuro Spirit > BrtStlnd 02/18/2016 at 13:27

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It looks farther away than it was. I wasn’t going to slam on the brakes to let him in, no.

I also didn’t see his signal until he started moving. It was hidden by the a-pillar. He shouldn’t have been in the left lane to begin with.

BrtStlnd > Takuro Spirit 02/18/2016 at 13:31

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This is a poor, childish response. You should just slow down a bit, change lanes and pass normally. I don’t get your logic of “he shouldn’t have been in the lane anyway so I’m not going to let him get to the proper lane.”

Also your use of “bullied” seems like you take it as a personal affront to... you (?) when someone tries to merge into your lane ahead of you.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 02/18/2016 at 13:34

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Wide-angle dashcams screw with perception. Trust me. I’ve thrown away a lot of clips that had a lot of assholes on them, simply because it you couldn’t tell anything had happened.

Takuro Spirit > BrtStlnd 02/18/2016 at 13:34

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You weren’t there so I don’t expect you to understand. I don’t see a way to convince you so just move along.

CalzoneGolem > Takuro Spirit 02/18/2016 at 13:34

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I’m confused why they get 95% into the lane before noping out.

CalzoneGolem > Takuro Spirit 02/18/2016 at 13:35

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Classic BRT

Takuro Spirit > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 02/18/2016 at 13:36

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I didn’t SEE his blinker until he was already changing lanes. He was only 6-8 feet away from me at that point. The dashcam is wide angle and mounted high up in the windshield.

To “let him in” I would have had to stab at the brakes to not be right up his ass at 75mph.

Which I had to do ANYWAYS, because I didn’t want to hit him/her/whatever.

Takuro Spirit > Takuro Spirit 02/18/2016 at 13:37

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Kinja’d!

Echo51 > Takuro Spirit 02/18/2016 at 13:38

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I don’t care to discuss, i know how impossible it is to convey, and heat of the moment and so on and so on. But if you ever get in an accident, “his signal was hidden by x part of my car” is a failure to orient yourself, not his fault for having the planets align just so.

Speaking of, i never did get around to getting a dashcam...

Takuro Spirit > Echo51 02/18/2016 at 13:42

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If you see the video (it kinda shows up in the gif) you’ll note that they began signalling the same time they began to change lanes.

I had plenty of time to avoid the car had they braked or kept changing lanes. I wasn’t worried about hitting him. Or her.

But signal usage does not give someone right of way. If the lane is not clear, and it never fully was, the merge should not have been attempted.

Takuro Spirit > CalzoneGolem 02/18/2016 at 13:52

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They probably finally saw/heard me....

Milky > Takuro Spirit 02/18/2016 at 13:59

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Fuck a left lane camper.

Takuro Spirit > Milky 02/18/2016 at 14:02

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The F-250 pulling a trailer passed him on the right as I was at the end of the ramp trying to merge. I wonder how long they’d been in the left lane going that slow...

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 02/18/2016 at 14:09

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HMMMMM

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Takuro Spirit 02/18/2016 at 14:10

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ahh ok. That makes more sense I also couldn’t tell how fast you were going. Safe distance for a merge is very dependent on speed.

I agree with you then, If I have to punch my brakes you shouldn’t have moved there.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Takuro Spirit 02/18/2016 at 14:43

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I would be PO’d too but this is just standard fair for shit I see on the road every single day.

Takuro Spirit > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 02/18/2016 at 14:45

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When I commuted to the city everyday during rush hour it was the norm. Out here in the ‘burbs with hardly any traffic its unacceptable.

CalzoneGolem > Takuro Spirit 02/18/2016 at 15:01

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I’d be like fuck it I’ve already committed.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > Takuro Spirit 02/18/2016 at 15:14

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On the way to San Francisco from LA on Friday, I saw a guy changing lanes much closer than this at around the same speed. With your camera lens though, it might have been about the same but this guy fully committed to each lane change and did it multiple times across the road. To fit the stereotype of course it was a BMW but somehow he had turn signals installed! Based on the number of times he repeated this move, I bet that is normal operating procedure for some people. NASCAR style passing with inches to spare.

The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123 > CalzoneGolem 02/18/2016 at 17:20

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Because: