Comments by "nimrodery" (@nimrodery) on "Road Rage USA u0026 Canada | Bad Drivers, Hit and Run, Brake check, Instant Karma, Car Crash | New 2020" video.

@tabora_ Yes, it's for turning. Not for passing someone on your way to the left turn lane to cut them off. You can't even enter the center lane unless you're turning in less than 300ft, not at the intersection. You drive like this?
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@dakerbal Using eyes and brain helps improve traffic flow. If braking cars are causing problems for you, you're driving too close to them. The slowing down didn't cause this, it was the reckless driving of the impatient person, who doesn't seem to know the rules of the road. The incident is exactly the sort of thing you prevent by driving defensively. If you're in a race with the other cars to get home and you own every lane, there's going to be a problem.
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@dakerbal Maybe that would be dangerous to drivers behind if they're breaking the law or driving without due care and attention. I don't see a legit reason to enter a turn lane before it exists.
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@dakerbal ....and the middle lane isn't a turn lane, it's a suicide lane. I don't know the official designation but they're two different things. The turn lane opened in this case after the suicide lane ended, anybody in the suicide lane should have turned already before entering the turn lane. If you follow the rules of the road, you'll likely be safe and avoid road rage, and not at fault in the case of an accident.
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@dakerbal When someone slows down in front of you, the best thing to do is slow down, after all you can't see in front of them. If there's another lane, you can change lanes, but if someone's slowing down or stopping for an obstacle or pedestrian, then this isn't the safest thing to do. The person behind was impatient, causing both drivers to be delayed. If cars slowing down is a problem for you, you shouldn't be driving.
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@dakerbal So you can't imagine a situation where slowing down for a turn causes danger to the person behind? That's good, that probably means you provide ample room for the car in front of you. It's a really good idea at night, in a residential area as well. At best this driver was hindered for a second. The road rage was the real problem, when the driver behind thought it's okay to pass in a suicide lane.
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@dakerbal So slowing down for your turn isn't justification for braking? You keep saying there was no reason but there are lots: The driver is turning. It is evening. This is a residential area. There's a speed limit, not a speed requirement. As long as you aren't impeding the flow of traffic, use your judgment and drive the speed where you feel safe. You still haven't given one reason other than "hindrance" that the leading driver shouldn't slow down for a turn. Do you own the road? Maybe Europeans don't have suicide lanes. You've shown no indication you even know what you're looking at.
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@dakerbal So we agree the cammer was 100 percent at fault, since you said the first driver should not have slowed down but now apparently that's okay.
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@dakerbal Not sure how they entered a lane without checking. The other car was in the suicide lane, not the turn lane, so the lane was clear. Please explain the error of the first driver.
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I think the road rage guy is slightly more guilty for deliberately hitting someone. Hit and run is quite reckless too though.
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@dakerbal By the same logic, not speeding is also dangerous to the drivers behind you, and hinders them. So you should speed.
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@dakerbal Please, enlighten me on how not slowing down to turn is safer.
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@dakerbal Oh, I see where you screwed up. The cammer was in the suicide lane, the lead car was in the turn lane. Those are two different lanes, that's why they're marked that way. The suicide lane doesn't "convert," it ends.
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@dakerbal One lane doesn't become the other, they're two different lanes and they're marked that way. Try opening your eyes or researching traffic laws, this is getting stupid.
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@dakerbal "I didn't cross the yellow line, officer, the lane transformed."
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@dakerbal The suicide lane isn't for overtaking. Turning only. It's not a lane you can use to enter the turn lane early, otherwise it would just be a lane (and that would cause a lot of problems). Think. Stop bothering me with your lack of common sense.
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@dakerbal Yeah, 200 feet before your turn. It doesn't permit you to leave the suicide lane to enter the turn lane (which is for turning at the intersection). It exists so people can turn into their driveways or Walmart without holding up traffic. I know you need to be right but declaring yourself correct repeatedly does nothing.
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@dakerbal In the video you linked, there is no turn lane, only the center "suicide" lane. You're bad at using your eyes.
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@dakerbal There's no left turn at the timestamp, just the suicide lane. It's a big waste of time even looking at it, it's not similar to this video. And it's also a huge waste of time since you seem unable to see the difference anyway.
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@dakerbal Here, I'll leave it at this. If you use the suicide lane to pass, you'll cause what happened in the video. Or it could be worse, maybe the person in front is slowing down for a pedestrian or obstacle. I haven't watched this in a while and I don't care to again, so you can have a W for some ruling some road tester made, but you get a big L for driving like an idiot.
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@dakerbal Okay, you can't have a license yet if you respond to anything like that. So that explains that.
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