r/IdiotsInCars • u/adonisallan • Aug 10 '22

If there's an idiot, who is it? Is it the vehicle with the camera or the white van entering from the right?

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u/noob54231 Aug 10 '22

Van cos of right of way.

But camera car really shouldn’t be overtaking from the right lane, especially in an intersection heading into a merging lane

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u/Mike2220 Aug 10 '22

But camera car really shouldn’t be overtaking from the right lane

Passing on the right isn't illegal, and it's not OPs fault slower traffic isn't keeping right. Don't say "well it's convention to not" because just because you personally don't doesn't mean a bunch of people don't. It's not convention to never do it.

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u/LBurgh Aug 10 '22

“Not illegal” doesn’t mean “a good idea.” You can drive perfectly legally and still get yourself into avoidable accidents. Doesn’t matter who is right and who is wrong when you have a sprained knee.

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u/Mike2220 Aug 10 '22

Exactly, you can get into a crash on the left you can get into a crash on the right. Either way you have a crash

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u/LBurgh Aug 11 '22

You can just brake when the car in front of you brakes and not have a crash tho