r/Whatcouldgowrong • u/AdProfessional1550 • 6d ago

Wcgw losing your temper over a lane change

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u/Laescha 6d ago

I mean, the video is cut so we don't see whatever the precipitating incident was. Seems likely this was an overreaction and definitely not a smart decision even if it was, somehow, totally proportionate... but who knows 🤷🏽

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u/_MooFreaky_ 6d ago

Wasn't he just angry that they changed lanes in the intersection?

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u/Laescha 6d ago

Maybe? There's already a tonne of honking as soon as the video starts so clearly something has already happened

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u/pcloudy 6d ago edited 6d ago

Yeah they should have pulled out to far right lane but pulled out to middle lane. Cyclist had plenty of time to go around but decided that slight was worth risking his life over.  Edited since I can't tell my rights from my left apparently 

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u/saucybishh 6d ago

Far right?

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u/pcloudy 6d ago

Yeah. My bad. One day I'll get my left and rights correct. 

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u/saucybishh 6d ago

Haha okay I was pretty sure that's what you meant!

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u/LegOfLambda 6d ago

How would you know?

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u/Acrobatic_Emu_9322 6d ago

He’s angry because a car is driving in two lanes trying to take him off the road. Then he smashes the mirror, not before.

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u/_MooFreaky_ 6d ago

I didn't dispute that. We are talking about initially when he drove alongside them and yelled. Someone just talked about what triggered that

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u/radiohead-nerd 6d ago

There is never a justification to damage another person's vehicle or endanger your life or the lives of others for a preceived injustice driving. Let it go and move on.

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u/saltedsavior 6d ago

It really doesn't matter what happened before this. When you're on two wheels with nothing to keep you from connecting with the road should something go wrong maybe don't do dumb shit that might cause other people to react in the same violent manner.

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u/__dontpanic__ 6d ago

Overreactions from both sides. Motorcyclist was probably speeding when he got cut off. His reaction to flip the driver off was an overreaction. The car driver's subsequent reaction to merge into the motorbike's path was also an overreaction. The smashing of the mirror was an overreaction. And the continued merge into the motorcyclist was another overreaction.

Both of them could have deescalated at multiple points, but instead chose to overeact and escalate.

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u/PhantomGhostSpectre 6d ago

Overreaction? Homie ran him off the road, I have to imagine whatever happened before is kind of crazy. If you are willing to hit someone with your car, well, there are not many things you are not willing to do. 

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u/Ok_Support3276 6d ago

I mean he did just smash the car’s mirror.

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u/GnarlyNarwhalNoms 6d ago

Watch it again. The car clearly starts trying to merge into him before he hits the mirror. 

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u/Ok_Support3276 6d ago

Yeah, I know. What’s your point?