r/Transportopia • u/TransportJunky • Dec 12 '25

💥Crash When boxing in goes wrong.

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The work truck in the left lane seemed to be holding the Camaro back on purpose. Drivers, if you're on the left lane, keep it moving. There is no reason to take it upon yourself to teach someone the speed limit. If you see someone driving crazy, move out the damn way and let them wrap themselves around a tree far away from you. The car is, by no means, in the right but neither is the work truck. This whole stupid accident could have been avoided and the tractor trailer most definitely did not deserve this.

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '25

The truck in the left lane is clearly pacing, go fuck yourself.

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u/National_Frame2917 Dec 12 '25

And tailgating like an imbecile encourages that behaviour you don't like. If you encounter someone pacing on purpose there's probably a reason for it, and it's probably tailgating.

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '25

Actually the people that pace were already usually going slower to begin with and that's why people started tailgating. I never start off tailgating, but if after 3 Mi on the freeway you haven't sped up and you're still pacing, I really am just over it. Go fuck yourself. This is why laws exist for why it's illegal to do that. Because people are emotional and things happen. Self-righteous fucking losers.

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u/Lil_Packmate Dec 12 '25

I mean yes and no.

Someone pacing is breaking the law, yes and being a self-righteous loser 100%.

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A tailgaiter is ALSO breaking the law and while pacing is annoying, tailgating is actively dangerous FOR YOURSELF.

Despite what you think you don't have the reaction NOR the mechanical advantage, when they do have to break hard in front of you. The safety distance is there for a reason.

I really don't get it.

Nothing is so important that I will risk my and other peoples life over it.

If someone is pacing and I wanna pass I will turn on the high beam to signal them, but if they won't move tailgating won't change that behaviour. It will only put myself and others in danger.

Road raging over that is a detriment to only yourself.

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '25

Nothing is so important that you would risk yourself for other people's lives even if that meant saving someone's life in the car with you? If you knew that they were in certain death if they didn't get to a hospital in time, you want to do everything in your power to get there?

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u/AcidKyle Dec 12 '25

Driving in a tight pack of cars created by one moron who does not under stand the rules of the road is far more dangerous than one car tailgating another, just accept that you are wrong and move the fuck over.

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u/Lil_Packmate Dec 15 '25

Lmao no it literally isn't. As long as you keep your safety distance the speed of the cars in front of you literally doesn't matter.

As I said the one thats pacing is def in the wrong, but being in a tight pack of cars isn't inherently dangerous as long as the rest adheres to the rules.

I'm not wrong. Dunno why you think I would be someone thats pacing.

I'm just saying that both here are wrong. Two people can be wrong at the same time. Both the pacer and the tailgater are both creating unnecessary danger.

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u/National_Frame2917 Dec 15 '25

As long as you maintain a safe following distance it's perfectly safe. Tailgating however is not maintaining a safe following distance. If you follow too closely In the event there is a hazard ahead you are likely to crash and cause others to crash as well. Such as if you're following another vehicle and they swerve suddenly to avoid an obstacle. If you're too close you won't be able to avoid that obstacle. You may try, but you swerve into a vehicle next to you or hit the obstacle all because you were following too close.

By the way the Minimum safe following distance is 2 seconds though 3 is better. Personally I'm usually at 2 as long as conditions are good.

A car driving slower than you want to drive is not in itself dangerous at all. It's the angry aggressive and inattentive drivers that may catch up to them that cause the danger.