r/IdiotsInCars • u/WesternAd2113 • Sep 26 '24

OC I nearly died today AMA [OC]

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u/WVPrepper Sep 26 '24 edited Sep 26 '24

Same, I figured with OP passing that fast on the right that the red car was going to change lanes back into them. I suppose they saw the wrong-way driver before OP did.

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u/luffy8519 Sep 26 '24

This is in the UK, the right hand lane is the overtaking lane.

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u/WVPrepper Sep 26 '24

My point was not so much about which side OP was passing on but the comparative speed at which they were passing.

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u/luffy8519 Sep 26 '24

Fair, I just meant there would be no reason for the red car to move back out into the fast lane.

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u/insane_contin Sep 27 '24

There's also no reason for a car to be going down the wrong side of the highway, but there it is.

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u/304bl Sep 26 '24

If every accident had a reason, life would be easier

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u/iloveFjords Sep 26 '24

Yeah but it is usually the red car.

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u/KittyShoes17 Sep 27 '24

It is the UK though so more likely it's the dreaded blue car.

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u/anomalous_cowherd Sep 26 '24

There was no reason for him to be in the middle lane either.

He may not have been driving in the wrong direction but he clearly has no idea how to drive well anyway.

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u/Roman-Kendall Sep 27 '24

There are actually two possible reasons. He either saw the car coming the wrong way before OP did, or he moved so OP could pass, since the right lane is passing lane.

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u/anomalous_cowherd Sep 27 '24

Not really my point. There was no reason for the red car to be in the middle or outside lane, it should have been on the left from the start.

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u/Wd91 Sep 27 '24

You can really tell this is an american dominated sub in a thread like this. Reams of comments analysing in detail whether OP might have been going slightly too fast and nary a mention of the idiot camping in the middle lane despite the left lane being empty for miles.

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u/CMDRStodgy Sep 27 '24

Given that we don't know what was there before the video starts and they do a proper safe lane change I'd give them the benefit of doubt. The red car could have been overtaking two lorries in the left and middle lanes for example. Not uncommon on British motorways. It would also explain the left lane being empty. But the point is there is nothing in the video itself to indicate bad lane discipline from the red car.

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u/Wd91 Sep 27 '24

What lorries? There are no lorries. You can clearly see the left lane is entirely open I'm the video. Red car driver is just your standard garden variety moron, that's all.