Truck Driver Tailgating?,...in the "Nanny State"..Yeah right.

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Originally Posted by trout1105

That May be the case But do you seriously think that the car driver was doing the "Right Thing" by Not moving over to the vacant left lane to allow the truck to pass regardless of the road rules ?
I am Not condoning or agreeing for one second that the truck driver was doing the "Right Thing" by tailgaiting But wouldn't it have been a safer and wiser option for the car to simply move over to the left?

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This is my view.
Pickles.

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Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

The car driver was not doing the wrong thing, according to the road rules. The car was not involved in any accident.
Your questions appear nonsensical to me. That is to say, what your questions ask did not happen.

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What part of my question was "Nonsense"?
Of course the driver of the car didn't move into the left lane, That is NOT what I was asking in my question.
I simply asked IF you considered the car drivers actions were the safest and politest option.
If you think that the car driver did the right thing and the safest thing by staying in the middle lane instead of moving into the vacant left lane Simply answer yes or no

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Originally Posted by Xtreme

Yes

Irrespective of whether I was on a single, double or multi lane road, track, highway or expressway, if someone catches up to me then he is travelling faster than me and therefore if I let him pass safely he will soon be gone and I can continue without any worries.

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Feel free to spread some of that common sense around liberally.

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Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

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The problem here is not the car, but the rules, and the rules that applied to the truck that the truck driver decided to ignore.

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+1.

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Originally Posted by trout1105

What part of my question was "Nonsense"?
Of course the driver of the car didn't move into the left lane, That is NOT what I was asking in my question.
I simply asked IF you considered the car drivers actions were the safest and politest option.
If you think that the car driver did the right thing and the safest thing by staying in the middle lane instead of moving into the vacant left lane Simply answer yes or no

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My answer is:

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The car driver was not doing the wrong thing, according to the road rules. The car was not involved in any accident.

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My yes/no question to you, "Have you stopped beating your wife?" Answer "yes" or "no".
Now do you understand why to me your question is nonsensical?

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Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

My answer is:

My yes/no question to you, "Have you stopped beating your wife?" Answer "yes" or "no".
Now do you understand why to me your question is nonsensical?

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Are you a politician by any chance because it is extremely difficult to get a straight answer from you here? [bigwhistle]

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Originally Posted by trout1105

But do you seriously think that the car driver was doing the "Right Thing" by Not moving over to the vacant left lane to allow the truck

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But the left lane was not vacant - it has the car that was filming in it.

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Originally Posted by garrycol

But the left lane was not vacant - it has the car that was filming in it.

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So now we have 3x dimwits on the same bit of road.
The truckie tailgaiting , and Old Mate in the middle lane, that could have accelerated in front of the clown blocking up the left lane doing the video thing.
Thank Christ I don't live in the City with Peanuts like these on the road.

Well no there was also another car in the far left lane just ahead as well.

With the exception of Mick - you lot need to accept that the bad guy is the truck driver - everyone else is abiding by the law and doing what they should - except the truck driver - tailgating, intimidation - and the cops agree and are looking for the truck driver not the car driver.

[biggrin]

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Originally Posted by garrycol

Well no there was also another car in the far left lane just ahead as well.

With the exception of Mick - you lot need to accept that the bad guy is the truck driver - everyone else is abiding by the law and doing what they should - except the truck driver - tailgating, intimidation - and the cops agree and are looking for the truck driver not the car driver.

[biggrin]

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I suppose the right hand lane was blocked as well [bigwhistle]

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Originally Posted by trout1105

I suppose the right hand lane was blocked as well [bigwhistle]

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So, what are you saying now, the car should have moved to the right so the truck could pass in the left?