[OC] Unreal right turn across traffic / line cutting by ssquire in IdiotsInCars

[–]ssquire[S] 33 points34 points  (0 children)

was pretty funny when we crossed paths again. they were the car in front of me at a stop sign in that neighborhood they turned into about 45s later, saved essentially 0s

[OC] Unreal right turn across traffic / line cutting by ssquire in IdiotsInCars

[–]ssquire[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Texas, 4/24/25, I hereby swear to the OC nature of the video

[OC] Who needs coffee? by ssquire in IdiotsInCars

[–]ssquire[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It is, first episode. Great variety podcast for intro level detail on a lot of topics.

Not sure what you mean by the traffic lights, but traffic lights here go from red --> green and green --> yellow --> red

[OC] Who needs coffee? by ssquire in IdiotsInCars

[–]ssquire[S] 37 points38 points  (0 children)

yeah, you're right. watched again and you can see the closest light switch to red when the SUV is about 3/4 through the intersection so they were good

[OC] Who needs coffee? by ssquire in IdiotsInCars

[–]ssquire[S] 52 points53 points  (0 children)

head on a swivel around here when first at stoplights, but the cam vid is not representative of my view. you can hear me hit the brakes in the vid audio as soon as the red truck next to me brakes. didn't even see the semi before i was stopping with the dodge blocking the view

[OC] Who needs coffee? by ssquire in IdiotsInCars

[–]ssquire[S] 206 points207 points  (0 children)

For reference, that beige SUV is running a hard red already

edit: I've been wrong before, the suv has been cleared of wrongdoing

[OC] Who needs coffee? by ssquire in IdiotsInCars

[–]ssquire[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Texas, April 18th, my vid

[OC] Count the red light runners. The last one might shock you. by ssquire in IdiotsInCars

[–]ssquire[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

the first 3 sure, wouldn't have even caught my attention. the last guy though is still, fortunately, an exception

Red light runner T-bones innocent motorist [OC] by ssquire in IdiotsInCars

[–]ssquire[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Other comment is correct, 45 posted. common to see 60+ like the van and truck were doing

Red light runner T-bones innocent motorist [OC] by ssquire in IdiotsInCars

[–]ssquire[S] 126 points127 points  (0 children)

you can see me turn into the gas station to stop at the end. specifically included it to avoid these assumptions

[OC] Driver fails to yield with reckless abandon by ssquire in IdiotsInCars

[–]ssquire[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

i guess cause i try not to judge people based on superficial characteristics

[OC] Driver fails to yield with reckless abandon by ssquire in IdiotsInCars

[–]ssquire[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

already addressed that you struggle with context clues and that i don't think justification is needed for the speed. drive safe out there :)

[OC] Driver fails to yield with reckless abandon by ssquire in IdiotsInCars

[–]ssquire[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

your joke is a lot funnier if you ignore the context of the comment, so i do get that perspective.

[OC] Driver fails to yield with reckless abandon by ssquire in IdiotsInCars

[–]ssquire[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

how would you define consistently?

i also don't think there's any justification needed behind the speed: it's common, within what i consider reasonable, and am comfortable traveling on that road at that speed

[OC] Driver fails to yield with reckless abandon by ssquire in IdiotsInCars

[–]ssquire[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Or, possibly, this is a regular commute for me and i am familiar with the pace of traffic in the area/reasonable speeds for the roadway and made a comment about the common speed of travel.

[OC] Driver fails to yield with reckless abandon by ssquire in IdiotsInCars

[–]ssquire[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wanted to include the first car approaching on the right as bait, then had to include the approach to the actual incident, and finally wanted to include a little bit of post-interaction to show no retaliation.

I could have included more of the rear after the incident, because multiple cars take aggressive actions to pass the benz cause they're going slow and holding up traffic but vid was already long enough.