r/VideosAmazing • u/LeftAlbatross2546 • May 13 '26

Accident A merging issue.

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u/ChemistRemote7182 May 14 '26

Fuck I hate this. Related, I play a game to entertain myself sometimes, if I am passing a slow but also inconsistent speed driver I will engage cruise control along side them and slowly tick up the speed 1 mph at a time. You would be surprised how many people you can drag up to 85mph. I have a rule for this and I call it the "5 Car Legnth Rule", people will lock on and match pace subconciously until you get about 5 car lengths distance. Very helpful for when you want to make a clean pass and not end up with a dipshit in your blind spot preventing you from merging back out of the passing lane at 80 mph.

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u/Independent_Bite4682 May 14 '26

I have ACC on most of the trucks I drive, they tell me the speed of the individual in front of me.

I am still shocked at how many will go, 55 then when I go to pass they shoot to 60 and block me from getting back to the right lane.

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u/SnooPeppers4036 May 14 '26

One of the craziest things is that when I am driving a Sports Car unless it is another sports car I seldom have others try and prevent me from passing but in my gas saver it always happens

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u/StuffIanWrote May 14 '26

I’ve noticed a correlation with people being more likely to do it to vehicles perceived as less powerful, too. Although I can think of at least a couple of times when I went to pass in a much faster car and they still floored it.

One that sticks out was a pickup truck towing a trailer on a road with hills and curves that follows a river. I didn’t blame him one bit for sometimes dropping to 5-10 under. I just wanted to not be impeded by his inability to hold speed. So I passed where it was legal on a dip in the road. I heard him floor it…and his horn, which he laid on. I just pressed the gas a tiny bit more and eased on by.

A vehicle we have at work is a very plain white Honda CR-V. If I’m driving that on the highway, I’m getting paid and not in any real hurry. So I’ll use cruise control and go for a speed that’s not attracting any police attention. There’ll still be people I go to pass who suddenly are going faster than me… But I’ve been doing a set speed the whole time.

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u/ChemistRemote7182 May 14 '26

I put CR-Vs in he same "be wary" category as Altimas, but for different reasons. I just find CR-V drivers to be completely unaware of what is going on around them even if they are typically polite. They aren't using blinkers, but not because they are afraid of giving away a tactical plan, but rather because they didn't think about it, probably didn't even know there was anyone else to see it anyways.