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Posted: 8/18/2017 12:18:59 AM EDT
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I pass on the right all the time. Let's be honest, if you aren't going 10-15mph over the speed limit on the freeway/highway/interstate then you are the problem. If you are going to do the speed limit just do us all a favor and stick to surface streets. This thread is not about left lane campers. There is a distinct difference between hogging the left lane for miles and hogging it for 10-20 seconds to pass. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 12:19:08 AM EDT
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Threads like this make me want to drive a Bro dozer 1mph over the limit and leave 1ft of my passenger tire on the center line. Just the off chance I can royally fucking piss a arfcommer off. And as you zoom up the highway I change lanes on you. Don't like it? Feel free to slam into my steel bumper.
I'm with you OP, instead of waiting the 10 seconds it takes for you to pull back over, they weave in traffic. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 12:19:39 AM EDT
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I totally disagree. If someone has room to pass you on the right you shouldn't be in the left lane. What pisses me off is having to pass people on the right because they are taking their sweet time in the left lane. Every day for a month. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 12:19:44 AM EDT
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OP, add a poll. 1. OP is the driver's ed instructor America needs! 2. FU OP |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 12:20:01 AM EDT
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I had a feeling this wouldn't go as planned
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Posted: 8/18/2017 12:20:28 AM EDT
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If they're tailgating, I just take my foot off the gas.
If they're courteous, and give me reasonable space and time to pass, without zooming up and riding my ass to in an effort to bully me out of the way with their Dodge Ram (that has the ginormous, but functionally useless, chrome grill), then I'll politely move over when it's appropriate to do so. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 12:20:31 AM EDT
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One should not be able to pass on the right.
In my state it's not illegal to pass on the right, so I will continue to do it daily until the motoring public follows the law and makes that impossible. Even if it was illegal, I would probably still do it if that's the fastest way around the moron blocking the passing lane. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 12:21:06 AM EDT
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Are you using your blinker or not? Sounds like you're not. Most of the time it's a fairly fluid motion. After I've gotten 30 or so feet in front of the vehicle I am passing, I bump the signal and merge back over. Anybody behind me then just keeps on going. In these cases, when I go to bump my blinker and look in my mirror, the person has already started to merge into the right lane. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 12:21:27 AM EDT
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Here's a pro tip.
Get away from other drivers as fast as you can not as slow as you can. If you're going to pass someone mash that pedal and distance yourself. Keeping someone parked behind or next to a semi is dangerous. Every cracked windshield I've had has been from a truck or semi. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 12:21:59 AM EDT
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I'll climb off the dogpile for a second to ask a legitimate question: When in your diagram do you begin signalling? I think you would have a better time of things if you were to begin signalling earlier, so as to reduce the anxiety of leadfoots like myself coming up behind you. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 12:22:51 AM EDT
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Threads like this make me want to drive a Bro dozer 1mph over the limit and leave 1ft of my passenger tire on the center line. Just the off chance I can royally fucking piss a arfcommer off. And as you zoom up the highway I change lanes on you. Don't like it? Feel free to slam into my steel bumper. 
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Posted: 8/18/2017 12:22:55 AM EDT
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I can only imagine how the op looks like a fast lane stone in the river a fast moving cars. As he mutters to himself about all these assholes being in a hurry.
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Posted: 8/18/2017 12:25:08 AM EDT
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The OP is really going to be triggered by this video from my dashcam. There is no law that says you have to pass on the left. I go through traffic, where ever there is an opening.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42HEvuP9bVA
To trigger the OP even more, here is my 400 mile drive in 3 minutes video. Look how many cars I pass on the right because they are going too slow. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9eT7cXtPLgPlease read in full, beyond just "passing on the right", and understand the context of what it means. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 12:27:29 AM EDT
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Here's a pro tip. Get away from other drivers as fast as you can not as slow as you can. If you're going to pass someone mash that pedal and distance yourself. Keeping someone parked behind or next to a semi is dangerous. Every cracked windshield I've had has been from a truck or semi. Doesn't seem that slow. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 12:30:51 AM EDT
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I go with the flow of the traffic.
If my lane is faster than the one on the left so be it. Sure in the hell not going to slow down to the speed of the left lane... |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 12:32:53 AM EDT
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Fuck you Opie. If you are getting passed on the right you are the fucking tard
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Posted: 8/18/2017 12:36:29 AM EDT
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I can only imagine how the op looks like a fast lane stone in the river a fast moving cars. As he mutters to himself about all these assholes being in a hurry. 
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Posted: 8/18/2017 12:37:01 AM EDT
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I use my blinker a second or so before I begin to merge. Most of the time it's a fairly fluid motion. After I've gotten 30 or so feet in front of the vehicle I am passing, I bump the signal and merge back over. Anybody behind me then just keeps on going. In these cases, when I go to bump my blinker and look in my mirror, the person has already started to merge into the right lane. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 12:41:09 AM EDT
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Simply not true. But whatever you say. I try to follow the left lane/right lane rules as best as I can. The entire nature of this thread are the people who pass on the right before I have a chance to get over. It's not like it happens every time I drive, but it happens enough that it pisses me off because it is so dangerous yet so preventable. Not only is the car cutting off the vehicle that we both just passed, there is then the risk that as they try to zoom around me on the right so quickly, we end up hitting each other. You are conflating left lane camping, which yes is a pain the pass and then passing on the right is no big deal; with right lane passing before the vehicle ahead of you has had a chance to get back over. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 12:42:24 AM EDT
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I use my blinker a second or so before I begin to merge. Most of the time it's a fairly fluid motion. After I've gotten 30 or so feet in front of the vehicle I am passing, I bump the signal and merge back over. Anybody behind me then just keeps on going. In these cases, when I go to bump my blinker and look in my mirror, the person has already started to merge into the right lane. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 12:44:29 AM EDT
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If there's room to pass on the right and you haven't moved over yet I don't blame them. Get the hell out of the fast lane. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 12:45:48 AM EDT
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I had a feeling this wouldn't go as planned They are thinking "left lane hogger" and it's blinding them to the reality. My post was specifically about aggressive drivers who shift lanes with little room to spare. The reason "passing on the right" comes into play here is because a person who is in the left/passing lane and has just passed a vehicle is likely to get back over. Shifting into the right lane before that driver has a safe and reasonable opportunity to get back over is simple a dangerous maneuver. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 12:46:19 AM EDT
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If there's room to pass on the right and you haven't moved over yet I don't blame them. Get the hell out of the fast lane. GET OUT OF THE WAY, your the problem. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 12:46:42 AM EDT
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Thread is full of dumbasses.
No wonder so many people die in auto accidents every year. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 12:49:14 AM EDT
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If you're waiting until after you're clear of the vehicle in the right lane to signal, it's too long. They've already punched the gas and started the pass before you've checked your mirror. Might have their blinker on too. Being mr hotshot and gunning it around the lead passer soon as you get the chance is going to get you killed. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 12:51:03 AM EDT
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a person who is in the left/passing lane and has just passed a vehicle is likely to get back over.
Your actual position is a lot easier to swallow than the premise of this thread, btw. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 12:51:21 AM EDT
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Passing should be an aggressive maneuver, none of this 1mph faster let me ease on past you for 5 minutes. Speed up and get over OP
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Posted: 8/18/2017 12:51:49 AM EDT
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Thread is full of dumbasses. No wonder so many people die in auto accidents every year. Either people are trolling or they are going to see a body bag one day if they really drive like they speak. 
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Posted: 8/18/2017 12:55:09 AM EDT
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Fuck you, I'll do whatever I want. m |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 12:55:50 AM EDT
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Have you been driving long?
Your actual position is a lot easier to swallow than the premise of this thread, btw. But I provided in the OP context of what exactly I was referring to. Yet there are still people who think if I don't get back over as soon as I'm a foot in front of the bumper of the car I passed then all bets are off.
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Posted: 8/18/2017 12:58:22 AM EDT
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Its called pass with authority... If the semi is going 55 you probably go 57 to pass. Its called the accelerator, just cause you like good MPG in your prius does not mean we don't have somewhere to go grandpa,
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Posted: 8/18/2017 12:58:29 AM EDT
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I don't think "cutting off" means what you think it means... There doesn't have to be a speed differential. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 12:59:46 AM EDT
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No, it's not. I'm not getting over while I'm passing the vehicle. I'm getting over after I've passed the vehicle. Being mr hotshot and gunning it around the lead passer soon as you get the chance is going to get you killed. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 1:01:26 AM EDT
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I try to follow the left lane/right lane rules as best as I can. The entire nature of this thread are the people who pass on the right before I have a chance to get over. It's not like it happens every time I drive, but it happens enough that it pisses me off because it is so dangerous yet so preventable. Not only is the car cutting off the vehicle that we both just passed, there is then the risk that as they try to zoom around me on the right so quickly, we end up hitting each other. You are conflating left lane camping, which yes is a pain the pass and then passing on the right is no big deal; with right lane passing before the vehicle ahead of you has had a chance to get back over. Put your blinker on sooner, accelerate around the vehicle you're passing to put some distance between you, and move over quicker to get the fuck out of the way. You can do it OP, we know you can. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 1:03:27 AM EDT
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Left lane campers deserve death.
That is all. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 1:03:31 AM EDT
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Move over grandpa.
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Posted: 8/18/2017 1:03:40 AM EDT
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Fuck you, I'll do whatever I want. There is what everyone is supposed to do to keep traffic flowing safely and there is what actually works in a world full of self-indulgent retards who couldn't recite any three basic highway rules. My rules are: Keep your head on a swivel and maintain constant awareness of everything in sight, both front and rear. I calculate my moves and reactions for benefit myself and the drivers around me and to a much lesser extent, for the ever present inattentive or otherwise idiotic drivers whose behavior is a detriment to the smooth and safe flow of traffic. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 1:04:02 AM EDT
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There is a distinct difference between hogging the left lane for miles and hogging it for 10-20 seconds to pass. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 1:11:51 AM EDT
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Oh my lord. If Im going 75 mph I am going 110 feet per second. If the vehicle I am passing is going 70, they are going about 102 feet per second. Which means that If I leave, at a minimum, 2 of my truck lengths it is only going to take me FOUR SECONDS to clear the vehicle I am passing sufficiently and start to merge back over. 4 SECONDS. Average 18 wheeler: 80 feet Average pickup: 20 feet You'll move into the passing lane with 2 truck lengths to go from the bumper of the 18 wheeler: 40 feet The 18 wheeler is 80 feet long (120 feet to cover so far) You wait another 2 truck lengths before getting back over (another 40 feet, now at 160 feet of total "passing") Closure rate is 7.333 ft/sec, which means it takes you 22 seconds to execute the pass, not 4 seconds. In 22 seconds, you've covered 2,420 feet, just shy of 1/2 mile. Now let's assume you are passing the average sedan (15 feet): Still have the same passing buffer (40+40), so now a total of 95 feet of "passing" at 7.333 ft/sec, which means nearly 13 seconds to pass the average sedan with a 5 MPH differential. It's taking 3 times longer to execute the pass than you think it is. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 1:15:13 AM EDT
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Once again, not relevant to the OP. Please read in full, beyond just "passing on the right", and understand the context of what it means. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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The OP is really going to be triggered by this video from my dashcam. There is no law that says you have to pass on the left. I go through traffic, where ever there is an opening. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42HEvuP9bVA
To trigger the OP even more, here is my 400 mile drive in 3 minutes video. Look how many cars I pass on the right because they are going too slow. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9eT7cXtPLgPlease read in full, beyond just "passing on the right", and understand the context of what it means. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 1:16:41 AM EDT
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Here, read this-
http://law.justia.com/codes/georgia/2010/title-40/chapter-6/article-6/40-6-123 Pay special attention to- No person shall so turn any vehicle without giving an appropriate and timely signal in the manner provided in this Code section.
(b) A signal of intention to turn right or left or change lanes when required shall be given continuously for a time sufficient to alert the driver of a vehicle proceeding from the rear in the same direction or a driver of a vehicle approaching from the opposite direction. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 1:16:44 AM EDT
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I think people really aren't understanding what I'm saying. They are thinking "left lane hogger" and it's blinding them to the reality. My post was specifically about aggressive drivers who shift lanes with little room to spare. The reason "passing on the right" comes into play here is because a person who is in the left/passing lane and has just passed a vehicle is likely to get back over. Shifting into the right lane before that driver has a safe and reasonable opportunity to get back over is simple a dangerous maneuver. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I had a feeling this wouldn't go as planned They are thinking "left lane hogger" and it's blinding them to the reality. My post was specifically about aggressive drivers who shift lanes with little room to spare. The reason "passing on the right" comes into play here is because a person who is in the left/passing lane and has just passed a vehicle is likely to get back over. Shifting into the right lane before that driver has a safe and reasonable opportunity to get back over is simple a dangerous maneuver. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 1:18:05 AM EDT
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My traffic annoyance for this week is the idiot that tries to pass merging traffic at an on ramp.
Truck in front of me, me, impatient BMW behind us. Truck merges into 65 mph traffic at ~65, BMW jumps into travel lane, guns it, refuses to move out of the slow lane and blocks both truck and I from merging safely. WTF is this shit?!?! |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 1:19:55 AM EDT
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The reason "passing on the right" comes into play here is because a person who is in the left/passing lane and has just passed a vehicle is likely to get back over. Shifting into the right lane before that driver has a safe and reasonable opportunity to get back over is simple a dangerous maneuver. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 1:21:22 AM EDT
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Brake checking them is fun but dangerous. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 1:23:15 AM EDT
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People going too slow in the left lane causes right lane passing.
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Posted: 8/18/2017 1:23:22 AM EDT
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I don't care if they want to drive faster than me. I care that when I'm trying to pass, they try to pass me in the travel lane before I even have a chance to get back over. It's a simple concept. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 1:26:37 AM EDT
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 Failed To Load Title I feel this is appropriate. |
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Posted: 8/18/2017 1:27:53 AM EDT
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Drive to work at 2am with no traffic. Compare it to how long it takes in rush hour. It won't be as big a difference as you all think. Oh, who am I kidding? You left lane racers aren't smart enough to figure out the time difference.
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Posted: 8/18/2017 1:28:04 AM EDT
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If you camp the left lane and brake check people, then you have a huge ego issue. Deserve to get rear ended and get ejected out of your windshield, and your mangled body sent flying off the side of a overpass, while we laugh at you.
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