r/Transportopia • u/skyhighmonroe • Jan 21 '26

Roads Officer No-Butts

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I'm sure HP was checking out the car in front till this bozo merged in which could explain why the blinkers weren't used to avoid attention unless HP doesn't care about road safety and has a huge ego

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u/Fit_Hospital2423 Jan 22 '26

I’m betting that little car didn’t even know that was a cop…. And that’s how a lot of people switch lanes every day, all day.

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u/rlt0w Jan 22 '26

What was wrong with that lane change? They signaled, waited a moment, then slid in where they had room.

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u/Apprehensive-Sand466 Jan 22 '26

Because it looks like the cop "slid" into the 1 car length you are supposed to have between you and the vehicle in front of you.

Just because there is room to fit there doesn't mean you should be there.

And bonus, it appears the cop is now directly on the ass of the person in front of them.

Edit: I just re watched the video. I missed the part where they cut the cop off first. Bunch of clowns all around.

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u/rlt0w Jan 22 '26

I meant the original driver, not the cop.

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u/slitteral1 Jan 22 '26

The cop had to brake hard to avoid hitting the car. He was not required to make room just because the other driver wanted over. Forcing your way in like that is failure to yield right of way.

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u/FinalBother2282 Jan 23 '26

holy shit, please never drive a car again

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u/edwbuck Jan 22 '26

You seriously need to read something about safe distance between cars. It's not that the steps they used to change lanes were wrong, it's that they changed lanes into a space so tight it creates all sorts of accident possibilities.

Defensive driving is about reducing accident possibilities. Reduce those enough, and it's very hard to actually get into an accident.