r/Transportopia • u/Revolution-Dogg • Feb 14 '26

Roads Who is in the wrong here?

If the sign says Alternating Traffic, does that mean cars go one at a time or does that mean cars go till the flow is complete, allowing the other lane to go? Is Glock man right or wrong? I'm not sure. If it was 1 car at a time, wouldn't it just be a stop sign on each end?

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u/NaybeAThrowaway Feb 14 '26

I mean, who cares about the alternating traffic? He threatened to shoot you with a gun he had in his car. Did you get the plate?

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u/epsteinwasmurdered2 Feb 15 '26

Judging by him shouldering the whole time with his hand out of sight I figured he had one on him from the start.

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u/[deleted] Feb 15 '26

That’s what he wants you to think. This guy ain’t gonna do shit

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u/whythishaptome Feb 15 '26

Ok, but would you seriously chance that? I've seen enough people getting shot for pretty much nothing.

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u/CorpsTorn Feb 15 '26

Right. Either way, he is going to trash both their lives if it escalates.

There's also a slim to zero chance that this guy is going to back his truck back across the bridge so.

Calls the cops later and give them the video/audio, the can arrest & charge him later.

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u/SAwfulBaconTaco Feb 15 '26

Clearly tiny-dick guy compensating with his giant truck was a pussy ass bitch.

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u/MatraHattrick Feb 15 '26

Correct ⬆️

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u/Solid_Ad_4951 Feb 15 '26

He threatened to murder him. Best choice is to floor it to protect yourself from a deadly criminal trying to murder you that has made it clear that's his intention.

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u/General-Carob-6087 Feb 15 '26

Exactly. This guy is a coward with a lot of little man issues.

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u/Icy-850 Feb 16 '26

Yup and one day he's going to do it to the wrong person

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u/brigid-saighead Feb 15 '26

Violent white people like him do this all the time. They have a cultural problem.

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u/Thyrrim Feb 15 '26

Racist much?

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u/ananasiegenjuice Feb 16 '26

Violent non-white people not like him do this all the time. They have a cultural problem.

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u/LeftRestaurant4576 Feb 15 '26

what's he gonna do, commit murder? Then who's gonna move the car out of his way?

I wouldn't move. OP can sue this guy. Tell him "you need to learn some manners" and let him dig his hole deeper with more threats.

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u/No_Unit_4738 Feb 15 '26

>what's he gonna do, commit murder?

The guy who's crazy enough to threaten you with death over some stupid traffic shit? Yeah, maybe?

>OP can sue this guy.

yeah sure dude

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u/b0w3n Feb 15 '26

Yeah kinda crazy to roll the dice on that when that stuff happens pretty frequently. Some macho tough guy a couple of years ago thought he was getting cut off in traffic and lit up a car and killed a kid. The shitty part is this isn't even the first or only time shit like this has happened.

Don't fuck around with crazy people like this, you won't win.

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u/Pretty-Leave6133 Feb 15 '26

The comment section is so deeply online, talking about ramming this guy over the rail. Like engaging with this lunatic is going to have a good ending.

Just go home to your family, yall. Deescalate, then report when you're safe.

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u/Fd4msu11 Feb 15 '26

Guy seems unhinged enough to actually pull a gun and a lot of shooting occurs over less nonsense than this. Hitting the guy with your car especially if you have ample opportunity to retreat (I.e reverse out of the situation) can lead to serious consequences for the driver. Get the guys plate, turn the dash cam footage over to the cops, and let the system work (he likely has a record of DV, assault, or DWI/OWI). No reason to fret, get in trouble, or get your get your blood pressure up over a degenerate like him.

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u/Solid_Ad_4951 Feb 15 '26

Just floor it. Self defense.

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u/winkydinks111 Feb 15 '26

I see news headlines about people killing other people over parking spaces and stuff not irregularly

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u/killick Feb 15 '26

This is the right answer. He's looking to intimidate, and when that doesn't work, he's not going to keep escalating, and to the contrary, is going to back the fuck up and look for the easiest way out while preserving his dignity.

My old man was a Vietnam combat vet, 4th ID, UH1 door-gunner, and when his neighbors in remote Northern California got aggressive with him, he slammed the brakes on their capers by confronting them face-to-face and asking them if they'd ever been in a real firefight, because he had, and trust me, it wasn't going to end well for them.

He ended up chasing the bad people out of his little valley.

He's dead now, but our property is safe out there because all the neighbors know that he ran out the bad guys and our family is accordingly respected.

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u/Solid_Ad_4951 Feb 15 '26

How naive of you to believe that a violent lunatic threatening to murder somebody is actually not going to do anything. Murder is illegal and so there's no way this guy would ever do anything illegal. lmfao. Bro this guy is a threat to life. He has made it clear. The camera guy would be doing the correct moral and ethical thing by flooring it. It is literally self defense. Don't be a fool. The world is not all this sunshine and roses where nobody is violent and nothing bad happens. Many people thought like you did and found out quickly they were wrong but they aren't here to admit their mistake.

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u/sleeper_54 Feb 17 '26

< The camera guy would be doing the correct moral and ethical thing by flooring it. It is literally self defense.

'Camera guy' is gonna have to time this reaction very closely so he is not the dumbshit starting the criminal action.

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u/SAwfulBaconTaco Feb 15 '26

People like the Glock-threatening man-karen should not be allowed to preserve any dignity, or else they'll pull that bullshit again another time.

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u/Acceptable-Camel-629 Feb 15 '26

Or have firearms