Never Pass in the Right Lane

[fjmeat]

http://youtu.be/dOx_TZ079Ps

 

[GagHalfrunt]

There are bad drivers in Russia? I'm shocked, shocked to find that out.

 

[DesiPower]

roflcopter

 

[dank69]

Video so old it was filmed by dinosaurs

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

In some cases, you should totally do it though: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5wk9bPgoHM

 

[HumblePie]

That is passing on the shoulder of the road and not the right lane.

 

[JulesMaximus]

LOL!

 

[ZaneNBK]

Better yet, figure out that the shoulder is not a lane.

edit: Damn you HumblePie!

 

[purbeast0]

404 - passing in right lane not found

 

[purbeast0]

In some cases, you should totally do it though: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5wk9bPgoHM

LOL now THIS wins the thread.

 

[cubby1223]

In some cases, you should totally do it though: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5wk9bPgoHM

That is a staged scene. It got him 500k views so far, working his theoretical dollars

 

[soulcougher73]

Right lane not found.

 

[nageov3t]

404 - passing in right lane not found

+1

passing on the right isn't ideal, but there are some times when you've got little other choice (ie: when the guy in the far left lane is going slower than every other lane)

 

[cubby1223]

I recently was forced to pass on the shoulder, and had a cop right there to pull me over!

there's a story to it - following a van with no windows in the back (I cannot see traffic in front of him), following at a safe distance for the speed we were driving, never knew he was approaching a stopped car waiting to make a left-hand turn when he swerved onto the shoulder at the last moment, leaving me ready to plow into the stopped vehicle, or if I slam on my brakes and hopefully stop before whacking that car, I'm rear-ended by the moving van behind me.

And of course the jerk who cause this got away clean, while I was left to deal with the cop.


Good to see the guy in the opening video got what was coming to him!

 

[William Gaatjes]

Lol ! You can hear the guy laugh. :biggrin:

 

[HumblePie]

I recently was forced to pass on the shoulder, and had a cop right there to pull me over!

there's a story to it - following a van with no windows in the back (I cannot see traffic in front of him), following at a safe distance for the speed we were driving, never knew he was approaching a stopped car waiting to make a left-hand turn when he swerved onto the shoulder at the last moment, leaving me ready to plow into the stopped vehicle, or if I slam on my brakes and hopefully stop before whacking that car, I'm rear-ended by the moving van behind me.

And of course the jerk who cause this got away clean, while I was left to deal with the cop.


Good to see the guy in the opening video got what was coming to him!

That situation is legal here in Texas. Shoulders can be used to pass in certain situations.

 

[tynopik]

there's a story to it - following a van with no windows in the back (I cannot see traffic in front of him), following at a safe distance for the speed we were driving, never knew he was approaching a stopped car waiting to make a left-hand turn when he swerved onto the shoulder at the last moment, leaving me ready to plow into the stopped vehicle, or if I slam on my brakes and hopefully stop before whacking that car, I'm rear-ended by the moving van behind me.

if you aren't sure you could stop in time, then you obviously were NOT following at a safe distance

 

[gevorg]

In some cases, you should totally do it though: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5wk9bPgoHM

Flawless victory!

 

[Mayne]

ever hit a shoulder with big ass stones as the pavement. Scary ass shit man.

 

[Red Squirrel]

You can tell that video was converted from Beta Max to VHS and then to digital, that's just how old it is. It's interesting how the conversion process slowed it down, but it may be that particular VCR was set incorrectly.

What that driver got was well deserved though. I can't stand drivers who are in a hurry and think they're more important. They should have left 10 minutes early if they're that much in a hurry to get to wherever they are going.

 

[Krazy4Real]

Video so old it was filmed by dinosaurs

this

 

[reallyscrued]

I recently chose to pass on the shoulder, and had a cop right there to pull me over!

Fixed.

 

[cubby1223]

if you aren't sure you could stop in time, then you obviously were NOT following at a safe distance

Safe driving distance is ~2 seconds behind the vehicle in front of you. Stopping time from 50mph is about 2 seconds if you slam on your brakes as hard as you can, which can send your car out of control even in dry conditions. Would you take that chance of stopping in time if the situation immediately presented itself and you had a mere instant to decide what to do?

I wouldn't chance it at 4 seconds behind.

 

[cubby1223]

Fixed.

Meh. The cop realized exactly what happened and neither I nor the moving van behind me (who was also forced onto the shoulder to pass) were ticketed.

 

[tynopik]

Safe driving distance is ~2 seconds behind the vehicle in front of you.

Safe drive distance is however far it takes you to safely come to a complete stop.

Stopping time from 50mph is about 2 seconds if you slam on your brakes as hard as you can, which can send your car out of control even in dry conditions.

Ergo, not a safe distance.