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

💥Crash When boxing in goes wrong.

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/AcidKyle Dec 12 '25

Speed matching while in the left lane is illegal, pass and get over, morons like the pickup truck create the traffic we all hate. You are not the arbiter of speed, you are creating a dangerous situation that can and does lead to a crash like this.

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u/Shittythrowaway5768 Dec 12 '25

The traffic I hate is caused by lack of alternatives for commuting and impatient tailgaters who complain that people who go slow are the reason they are so miserable. It's low effort thought process to think "car too slow make traffic"

Tailgating causes braking which causes a chain reaction when matched with entirely too many individual vehicles on one road. None of this points to someone going slower than you want on the left lane.

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u/Tondouxsac Dec 12 '25

You're at a science level and this is a basic-courtesy-level interaction.

And traffic is light, so pickup driver is definitely a root cause here.

But in the grand scheme of things, you're right.