Karen doesn't know how to merge properly

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[u/BlacksmithNew4557]

Wow, I would love to live somewhere where the police would care about this and actually do something - it’s sad that I wonder if this was staged … the police here would just never care about this

[u/Ancient_Guidance_461 → u/BlacksmithNew4557]

Yeah this would never happen where I live. They don't even care about traffic laws.

[u/Havage → u/Ancient_Guidance_461]

I'm in LA and I'm convinced that there aren't enough police to actually police the city so they rotate (like literally a clock rotating around the center) and police different areas for a week x 12 zones. I see cops for 1 week a quarter and the rest of the time you can be all Mad Max without consequences but for that 1 week you have to be on your best behavior.

[u/PerformerFancy117 → u/Havage]

I’m in a small town, and the police basically stopped pulling people over during Covid, and never bothered to start again…

[u/EndIsrael → u/PerformerFancy117]

I live near a small town that has no money. They hire cheap newbie cops for minimum wage straight out of cop school. They make them do speed traps on this little road that clips the edge of the town limits. The speed limit goes 45-35-25 in quick succession so it's very easy to speed accidentally if you just coast through. They also have a section of highway where the speed limit drops from 55 to 45 for a bit. A lawyer told me this town is the only place he actually goes the speed limit. He also told me if you appeal a speeding ticket it'll usually just disappear because the town has no money to pay prosecutors to spend all day in the real courthouse the next city over.

[u/Low_Pickle_112 → u/EndIsrael]

I went to college in a college town that had a lower speed area around the town. Everyone knew about the slowdown, but cops would wait there to catch non-locals who didn't know it was coming.

One day, after moving to the other side of the country, I was talking to a guy from China who was visiting the US for an event. I mentioned where I went to college, and he says "I know that place...the cops pulled me over there when the speed limit changed!"

Guy came from the other side of the planet, and that's what he remembered our town for, the dang speed trap.

[u/Suspicious-Appeal386 → u/PerformerFancy117]

During COVID there was a famous trial and successful prosecution of a white police officer who killed a man by knelling on his throat. And three other officers who stood there doing nothing about it.

Lets be clear, had there be no video. There would be zero convictions.

The "not bothered to start again" isn't by coincidence.

[u/h3lium-balloon → u/Havage]

Modern policing is largely reactionary in most places. If reports of crime or complaints of traffic violations tick up in an area they’ll deploy more officers there. Then, since there’s more police presence, numbers tick back down and they get sent to the next area of their jurisdiction that’s going in the wrong direction.

[u/uuid-already-exists → u/Ancient_Guidance_461]

The police largely gave up on traffic enforcement in Texas. Only DPS, our state highway patrol does anything now. Around COVID and the defund the police movement, it’s like they just gave up on trying.

[u/CaptainMacMillan → u/BlacksmithNew4557]

My friend got sucker punched at a high school football game and even with people from both sides pointing out the guy that did it, the cops basically said "We didn't see it, so it didn't happen."

It's because they don't want to risk getting desk duty or god forbid suspended with pay.

[u/j0hnan0n → u/CaptainMacMillan]

You can't earn bs overtime if you're suspended with pay.

[u/Hanlt4 → u/BlacksmithNew4557]

It's depressing when seeing basic accountability feels like footage from another universe.

[u/SpeaksSouthern → u/BlacksmithNew4557]

In my city if you suggested to a cop you had a traffic crime on camera they would openly laugh at you.

[u/j0hnan0n → u/SpeaksSouthern]

In my country, if that was the situation, you would have a moral obligation to do something about that fucked up situation.

[u/No_Criticism_5861 → u/BlacksmithNew4557]

Its always baffling to me to here about places where the cops dont enforce the laws, especially in a country that imprisons more people per capita than anywhere else on earth

[u/Apple_butters12 → u/BlacksmithNew4557]

Well the biker described that the lady “tried to run him off the road”. I would imagine what the cop had in his head that was worthy of him getting flagged down and what he sees on the tape is probably a little different.

[u/DrPoopsMD → u/Apple_butters12]

That's not what he said. He said "run me out of my lane at the merge" which was an accurate description.

[u/ImmortalMoron3 → u/Apple_butters12]

Can't be that different if she still got two tickets.

[u/HappyChaos2 → u/BlacksmithNew4557]

I don't think there is a law that says you have to merge left, right, left, it's just courtesy. So, this will results in nothing, unless the cop thinks the car is running the motorcycle off the road, which would be a stretch since the guy is keeping pace and waving his arms.

Driving a motorcycle and trying to teach cars lessons will lead to a short life expectancy.

[u/CANfilms → u/HappyChaos2]

It's true, you dont have to do right/left. However, if one lane is ending, that lane has to yield to the other lane. In the video it looks like the right lane is ending so the car would have to yield to the motorcycle.

[u/HappyChaos2 → u/CANfilms]

Yeah, good point.

[u/mxzf → u/HappyChaos2]

It's not the left/right that actually matters here. The real issue is that her lane was ending with a merge into the lane that the motorcycle already existed in; you can't merge into someone and try and run them off the road.

There's no legal requirement to zipper merge and alternate (in general, AFAIK), but merging into someone who's already driving there ain't kosher.

[u/imperialivan → u/BlacksmithNew4557]

Well cmon the cops only get 60% of the municipal budget in my city, you can’t expect them to work very hard. They only make $150K a year, take it easy on the poor piggies.

[u/Allout-Okarun]

As a motorcyclist I’m slowing down and driving defensively. This dude has way too much confidence in his camera.

[u/KitnBlit → u/Allout-Okarun]

I guess it will make sure his next of kin get a payout

[u/Background-Common119 → u/KitnBlit]

I taught my kid that the graveyard is filled with people who technically had the right of way. Always look out for yourself!

[u/Gotbeerbrain → u/Background-Common119]

That's right. You can be right but you can also be dead right.

[u/NotMyAltThrowAwayOG → u/KitnBlit]

At fault driver has no insurance and no assets, so next of kin get nothing.

[u/Signal_Werewolf_1955 → u/Allout-Okarun]

And way too much trust in that driver.

"Just because you're right, doesn't mean you're correct."

[u/alnarra_1 → u/Signal_Werewolf_1955]

"Who was correct legally will not matter to the coroner who is picking your corpse up off the pavement."

[u/Critical-Test-4446 → u/alnarra_1]

Headstone reads: “I had the right of way.”

[u/draftstone → u/Signal_Werewolf_1955]

This is what I keep telling my kids when I teach them how to cross a street. Even if a car has a stop sign and it is your turn to cross, the fact you had right of way will not make the doctor being able to magically heal you. Make sure the car sees you and is actually stopping before crossing.

[u/Disgod → u/draftstone]

The crazy thing is there are adults who think about it as a financial opportunity... A potential lifetime of pain ain't worth a payout.

[u/All_hail_Korrok → u/Signal_Werewolf_1955]

The cemetery is full of people who thought they were right.

[u/InternationalCat3159 → u/Signal_Werewolf_1955]

Local saying: "Cemeteries are full of people who had right of way"

[u/getchasum → u/Signal_Werewolf_1955]

yea this is 100% everyone sucks here but the camera man needs to learn that the 4 wheel vehicle wins every fight

[u/IcyDisplayGuy → u/Signal_Werewolf_1955]

Two rights can make a wrong, and vice versa

[u/Smithop2026 → u/IcyDisplayGuy]

Three rights make a left.

[u/HotelPrudent0331 → u/Allout-Okarun]

Right? Like son, you're on 300lb bike, she's in a 3,000lb car.

[u/hucklebur → u/HotelPrudent0331]

For real, I've never understood that feeling of invincibility some bikers have. Even in fight between a bike and a smart car, my money's on the car.

[u/Salt_Instruction_657 → u/hucklebur]

Once, this guy on a motorcycle tried to clip the front of my car at freeway speed. With his motorcycle.

I swerved to avoid contact. Insane.

[u/Apple_butters12 → u/Allout-Okarun]

Yeah people are so determined to be right on principle and get their video they forget that life changing injuries don’t care if you have it on video or we’re fundamentally right.

Also “she tried to run me off the road” and what he captured on video are a little different. I am sure the cop is gonna see the video and be like “ok… this is a little different”

[u/ShinyWobbuffet202 → u/Allout-Okarun]

Future organ donor. But at least the camera would prove he was right!

[u/Spiritual_Bid_2308 → u/Allout-Okarun]

He's also in the car's blind spot. 

If the other car's front bumper is ahead of mine, I'm not relying on custom or some paragraph deep in the legal code to prevent an accident. I'm letting the other vehicle in.

[u/Elogotar → u/Spiritual_Bid_2308]

He wasn't in her blind spot until she drove past him to cut him off.

[u/uuid-already-exists → u/Elogotar]

Her blind spot is 360 degrees.

[u/lemonylol → u/Allout-Okarun]

Seriously, there is so little to gain from this.

[u/Apple_butters12 → u/Allout-Okarun]

He’s fortunate both of them are just “holding ground”.

[u/burtgummer45]

PRO TIP: if somebody doesn't know how to merge and want to cut in front of you - let them - they are doing you a favor, you want them in front of you so you can keep an eye on them.

[u/Alvsolutely → u/burtgummer45]

As another commenter said: The graveyard is full of people who had the right of way.

[u/TykeMithon → u/burtgummer45]

PRO TIP: when you're on a motorcycle and the other person is in a car, the laws of physics supersede traffic laws. They are risking their front bumper, you're risking your life. 

[u/Last-Hedgehog-6635]

This is like mundane everyday stuff. If you finish your daily commute without something like this, you had a rare peaceful drive. 

[u/SwordfishOk504 → u/Last-Hedgehog-6635]

This is the kinda dumb shit that makes up like half of the videos on this sub. Just one idiot being an idiot to another idiot when all the second idiot had to do was just get out of the first idiot's way without actually losing anything in the process except about 10 feet of road

[u/McBenjamins → u/SwordfishOk504]

Same thought. Did watch the second half of this video where the second idiot decided to flag down the cops and get the first idiot pulled over for the most mundane thing ever? or is this fake?

[u/SwordfishOk504 → u/McBenjamins]

or is this fake?

Honestly, given the one month old account posting it and the 500+ comments in less than an hour, you might be onto something there.

Also, this makes zero sense that the cop would ticket this woman based on this video but not also the biker.

[u/Oldmanironsights → u/SwordfishOk504]

Its a repost from a while ago. Probably just karma farming

[u/SliceImpressive6197 → u/Last-Hedgehog-6635]

Yeah it’s just a normal thing unfortunately. Driving is remarkably easy - it’s trying to remain emotionally calm that is often the issue.

[u/Apple_butters12 → u/Last-Hedgehog-6635]

This happens probably a few times a week where I live. Doesn’t even phase me, and I either speed up or let the person merge. Holding ground based on principal isn’t worth a life changing accident or inflating my insurance rates.

[u/lilbithippie → u/Last-Hedgehog-6635]

I drive a lot more calmer when this happens and I tell myself "is nothing personal they are just trying to get where they are going"

[u/TobyADev]

If I was the cam driver I’d just slow down, no point dealing with stupid

[u/LimpBPower → u/TobyADev]

Wdym... instead of just letting off the gas a little bit, you can instead raise your blood pressure, battle with a car while on a motorcycle, argue with a stranger and then go chase down a police officer because someone didn't merge right.

I know what I'm picking 😎

[u/Freepi → u/TobyADev]

I'd much rather have stupid In front of me than behind.

[u/Bullfrog-Basic]

Why wouldn't you just yield?...Jesus...risk your life to make a point is stupid

[u/ChiliFriesNoBeans]

Just let people merge, even if they're being dicks. Too many hot-heads with dashcams who don't want to practice defensive driving and would rather speed up or have a collision in order to prove that they're right.

[u/Mathfanforpresident → u/ChiliFriesNoBeans]

I would agree except it doesn't look like they sped up to block them out. She could've merged right behind them. Also, If you listened to what she said, it appears they don't even understand the rules of how to merge.

Edit: speech to text butchered a word.

[u/bryan_skatezz → u/Mathfanforpresident]

you win 🏆 some people forget they can brake and go right behind you. if i see a car isn’t going to let me in i’ll just brake and go right behind them and move on with my day. it is NEVVVERRR that personal 😭

[u/zakificus → u/bryan_skatezz]

Seriously, being one car forward or behind isn't going to change the quality of your drive overall.

[u/KitnBlit → u/Mathfanforpresident]

But he absolutely refused to hit the brakes when it was clear she was coming ready or not.

When you on a bike try to fight someone in a car, the only one who wins is the injury lawyer who is chasing your ambulance.

[u/Anxious-Web6935 → u/Mathfanforpresident]

He 100% sped up. Thats why he clipped the video. When it starts there are at least 4 lines between him and the box truck, after he clipped it only 1.

[u/DrPuzzle → u/ChiliFriesNoBeans]

I mean, fair. But that doesn't take away from the fact that if you are driving you should...know how to properly merge. For your safety and everyone else's. Know the rules of the road, laws, etc. Practice it on your off time to get better at it.

Its fun to hop in the car and do whatever but that's how people get hurt. This is why people have dashcams in the first place is for those who do this reckless shit lol

Edit: I'm not saying either person in this specific video are right or wrong. Quite frankly I think both are being idiots. Like I said, your point is valid. Just let her in and this type of interaction can be avoided. But still people need to know how to drive if they are going to be driving.

[u/Matsui89 → u/ChiliFriesNoBeans]

Right? It’s not a competition.

[u/DifficultCarpenter00 → u/ChiliFriesNoBeans]

and thats how they learn they cand do whatever the fuck they want and even hit someone next time. no! if I am keeping my speed and you have space to either merge in front or behind me, fuck off and merge propperly

[u/Potential_Fishing942 → u/ChiliFriesNoBeans]

Pretty much this whole sub. Someone else does something pretty horrible. Cam driver responds with nothing but aggression.

[u/Samuelpo → u/ChiliFriesNoBeans]

There’s a lot of dead people who were in the right. That’s why I just keep an eye out for shit like this and let them in.

[u/MasterClown → u/ChiliFriesNoBeans]

Zipper merge needs to be taught better.

[u/PuzzleheadedWeb9876 → u/MasterClown]

Signs might help. There is about a 50% success rate where I live.

[u/jrolls81 → u/ChiliFriesNoBeans]

That’s why they keep doing it. Society collapses when we allow people to do shit like this unchecked.

[u/DrRockenstein → u/ChiliFriesNoBeans]

Jesus this. This guy is on a motorcycle just deer in the headlights pretty much. Car vs motorcycle you are going to lose. Just let her in. You're both dickheads

[u/djmonsta]

The graveyard is full of people who had right of way

[u/SavingsRaspberry2694]

I also don't understand why the Cam rider cut out 11 seconds of video right as things got spicy before the "merge".

To feed his content stream maybe he backed off to get her to come over before pulling up again and creating the controversy?

Really just seems weird to delete and stitch together that crucial part of the scenario.

[u/kykid87]

I love that the cop hopped right on doing his job

[u/InnerspearMusic]

Two idiots honestly. Do not drive like this on a bike. There's no prize for being "right" when you're dead.

[u/GoodgirlTiffany → u/InnerspearMusic]

"Better to be a coward for five minutes than dead for the rest of your life"

[u/No-Competition-2764]

3% of the population knows how to merge. It’s crazy.

[u/EverythingMustGo95 → u/No-Competition-2764]

Lol where do you live?

Where I live 95% know how to merge, the other 5% stand out and it’s annoying. But mostly people are good at merging. During rush hour there’s really no point to NOT letting the guy in, your fate (slow drive home) is inevitable.

[u/Nerd_Porter → u/No-Competition-2764]

And another 90% of the population thinks they know how to merge, making things much worse.

[u/Meal__Team__Six → u/No-Competition-2764]

You know it's bad when you do merge properly and truckers wave to say thanks like it's the first time they've seen that in 6 months

[u/3588cc]

Not only Karen. I see this all the time, people do NOT know how to merge safely. If your lane ends, it's up to you to safely merge into the through lane, it's not up to the people in the through lane to make space for you.

[u/myco_magic → u/3588cc]

I swear a lot of people see the merge lane as a free ticket to the front of the line

[u/Far-Let-8610 → u/myco_magic]

That’s actually how it’s supposed to work. You’re not supposed to merge early you’re supposed to continue to the end and then merge in. Otherwise everyone merges at the beginning and slows down traffic and avoids the proper “zipper merge”.

Edit: not condoning speeding to the front but using that free lane to get to the front and perform the correct merge I see no problem with and I utilize that regularly.

[u/myco_magic → u/Far-Let-8610]

Yes if that's the lane your already in, but getting out of the lane and Into the zipper merge to cut in front of traffic is not what it's for and what people seem to do frequently

[u/sunlovinburner → u/3588cc]

This is a philosophical argument on whether zipper merge is what we want. It requires a spirit of cooperation, a conceptual understanding and consideration for all drivers on the road.

Studies show that when this is done properly there are far fewer delays, disruptions or accidents

[u/Numerous_Photograph9 → u/sunlovinburner]

Unfortunately it only takes one or two people to screw it all up, and they often do.

[u/BathroomSharpiePoet → u/sunlovinburner]

Spent a week driving in Ireland. The cooperative, collaborative, aware, anticipatory nature of the drivers was incredible. Even (or especially) in high traffic situations, people knew what they were doing and they worked together to make everything safe and efficient. So it’s possible, I guess?

[u/Excellent_Shirt9707 → u/3588cc]

Depends on the setup and signs. Not all merges have a yield lane and a through lane.

[u/Medical-Potato5920 → u/3588cc]

Her lane ends, so she has to give way.

[u/iOnlyPlayAsRustLord → u/3588cc]

Is it not the law in other countries to alternately merge (Reisverschlussverfahren) when a lane ends. Wouldnt quite apply to the scenario in the video, but still seems weird to say people arent responsible for making space for other people from a lane that ends.

[u/cmm324 → u/iOnlyPlayAsRustLord]

Zipper merge is what is advised in our driver's manuals. However, it still requires safe merging and avoiding accidents where possible. Someone doing this would get a ticket for failure to yield or reckless driving.

Either way, no one actually does zipper merge, they early merge and get pissy with people who actually use both lanes to the merge point.

[u/CrangisMcBasketball4]

Motorcyclist seems like the Karen to me..... 🤔

[u/_QXZ → u/CrangisMcBasketball4]

Agree. She was a few inches ahead of him. Just let her through, it's not that hard. Sure she might've sped up to sneak in, but no need to start a war over it

[u/SwordfishOk504 → u/_QXZ]

But but it's the principle! That space of road belongs to ME and now I'm going to reach my destination 0.2 seconds slower, mom!

[u/west_coast1313]

Biker may not have been wrong legally but he's still an ass.

[u/Major_Mechanic5719]

When I have someone actively passing me and I know that their lane is about to end and merge into mine, I don't speed up and try to block them from merging.

My driving would probably make for boring social media content though.

Cam drivers are always the most dramatic.

[u/RobJewellVideos → u/Major_Mechanic5719]

Ditto, I'm inclined to drop back and move in behind them, getting competitive over one car length ahead seems silly.

[u/YogurtClosetThinnest]

"It's possible to be right and dead."

Refusing to drive defensively, especially on a motorcycle is wild. Whether you're correct or not.

[u/TypicallyDone12]

Cam guy doesn't know how to live in a world without being in conflict. It must be exhausting.

[u/notthatguypal6900]

Zippering merging is such a hard concept for idiots.

[u/brucemo → u/notthatguypal6900]

Hitting the brakes for a second and then happily living your life is also a hard concept for idiots.

[u/smallaubergine → u/notthatguypal6900]

Look I get what you're saying, but as the person merging you have to merge into existing traffic. If someone doesn't let you merge, they're being a dick, but all you have to do is slow down and merge in behind them. You can't just force yourself over if someone is in the adjacent lane.

[u/LetterheadSeveral985]

Seems like this guy was preventing her from merging.

[u/DotAffectionate87]

Why not just let her merge?.....What point are you trying to make?

Drive in Jamaica for a couple of days, that will reset your priorities.......

[u/milkyjoe241 → u/DotAffectionate87]

Also dude ran a stop sign following the cop. He commited multiple violations trying to prove this one

[u/Kind_Ordinary9573]

Man, it takes so little energy to just roll off the throttle a little and move on with your life. I just don’t have the need to choose fights like this anymore.

[u/CastleCollector]

I mean, OK, but just back off a bit and live another day.

I ride a bike before anyone starts.

For me, you've just got to live with reality with living another day being higher priority than being correct.

[u/Squatch1016 → u/CastleCollector]

I ride 15k miles a year, you are one hundred percent correct

[u/csizzles]

I dont understand how people think the lady in the car is in the right here??? Why would the guy be a defensive driver here? Traffic is slow enough for them to speak so his life isnt in danger. Youre all saying biker guy shouldve just slowed and let her in. How about she slows and gets in? You know like how the law intends it to be?

Fucking idiots. She's the one that ended up with tickets so there is our answer about who was right and who was wrong 🙄 I hate that I share the road with you psychopaths and suicidality empathic crazy people.

[u/pitshands → u/csizzles]

Survival instincts of a lemming?

[u/Crime_Dawg → u/csizzles]

On a motorcycle, you're always the defensive driver. Being right and being dead can often go together.

[u/Shinjifo → u/csizzles]

People aren't saying she is right.

They are saying that's a rather low hill for the guy to make a stance with his life on the line.

He could have talked to the police and have them issue a ticket to the woman even if he did slow down and make way for her.

Same result, less chance of injury.

[u/ngfldar → u/Shinjifo]

They are saying that's a rather low hill for the guy to make a stance with his life on the line.

Then the same could be said of the car driver, right? Except that, unlike the motorcycle driver, she's actually in the wrong here and that's why she was cited.

If I gave way to every idiot who broke the rules on the road, in the name of being a "defensive" driver, then I would literally never get anywhere. The answer isn't to just let people break whatever rules or laws they want to. That's how these people were treated when they were younger, and it's why they are such self-centered, entitled little brats now as adults.

[u/walkTHEdotasaur → u/ngfldar]

No, the same can't be said for the car driver; they are in a 3 ton death machine, he's on a 100lbs bike frame. If there's a collision, one of them is fucked and it isn't the person in the car, no matter how "in the wrong" the driver is.

If you gave way to every idiot who broke the rules of the road in the name of being a defensive driver, you would probably on average lose 5 minutes of time a day, while simultaneously decreasing your chances of dying (whether you're on a bike or in a car) by probably around 100-10000%.

[u/Fermently_Crafted → u/ngfldar]

If I gave way to every idiot who broke the rules on the road, in the name of being a "defensive" driver, then I would literally never get anywhere. 

I don't think you know what the word "literally" means. You'll get there. You might be inconvenienced by a few minutes, but you'll get there.

Sometimes being defensive means inconveniencing yourself even if you're in the right.

[u/im_juice_lee → u/Fermently_Crafted]

Literally 1 car length later, which at ~25mph is under half a second

[u/Squatch1016 → u/csizzles]

Right or wrong won’t keep you out the grave or without lifelong problems from an accident muh guy and that’s the fucking point

[u/Rude_Sandwich_586]

Which ones the Karen?

[u/stonecuttercolorado → u/Rude_Sandwich_586]

The rider

[u/brucemo]

They should have both gotten a ticket for being willing to cause an accident to defend right of way, existent or not, that could have easily and safely been yielded.

[u/Resident_Window_9369]

See if that Karen cares now

[u/OU41AW]

Man, graveyards are full of people who had right-of-way. I'd learn to ride with a little sense of self preservation.

[u/frozenpissglove]

Just had this happen to me yesterday and the woman had the nerve to get mad as fuck at me.

[u/Busy_Reflection3054]

Yep. Im glad im not the only one who thinks the motorcycle guy is the actual Karen

[u/The_Space_Janitor]

Honestly you could’ve slowed down too

[u/SeagullTaco]

100% rider fault.

[u/Shot_Buffalo9687]

Lady drives like an asshat.

In bike vs. car, car always wins.

Emergency rooms have had lots of people who've "Had the right of way."

[u/mike626]

My opinion is it's more important to be safe than to exercise your "right of way." Just slow down and accommodate for traffic. Arguing on the roadway is a terrible safety practice.

[u/dglennb]

Just let her merge in front of you. It's a pretty normal thing to do.

[u/master_roshis_hat]

Cammer is every bit as much of a Karen and dickhead as the person in the car. If you consider it your own, personal responsibility to fight every single person on the road that you thing "wrongs" you, YOU are part of the problem.

LEARN to be a defensive driver. LEARN to let other people go first, EVEN when the other person is in the wrong. LEARN to not lose your temper when you're riding or driving. There is absolutely no need for controversy unless YOU are determined to be "right". You're not going to "fix" other drivers by yelling at them and cussing them out.

[u/--Shake--]

Looks like the motorcyclist sped up to prevent her from getting ahead. Hate dickheads like that.

[u/Blayd9 → u/--Shake--]

Right at one point he was in line with her back wheel... Just come off the gas for 2 seconds, don't even need to brake, and pull in behind... He was behind the truck anyway not like he was going anywhere fast.

[u/OpportunityGeneral33]

I work right down the road from where this happened. People do this all the time.

[u/SiLeNZ_]

Is it so hard to just let them in though? Sure, she was in the wrong, but I’d just as easily have let her go in front to avoid an issue. Not worth ruining your day and their day over.

[u/Beemer_me_up_Scotty]

She was wrong, but everyone hates a snitch.

[u/67Holmium]

Justice served for once

[u/krom0025]

FFS....why the fuck would you endanger yourself just to try and prove that you were right. The other driver isn't listening to you and they don't care what you have to say. Everyday in this sub we see videos of folks trying to be right and they are just as much in the wrong. Another case of two idiots.

[u/LVRaiders2026]

The only one who knows how to merge properly is the truck, thats it.

[u/Accidental_dwnvote → u/LVRaiders2026]

Well yeah, that’s the whole point of the video. Considering the only two in the video that are merging are the truck (done properly) and the car (not properly, failure to yield).

I’m aware that you are implying the motorcycle is in the wrong, but they are not.

[u/ZayreBlairdere → u/Accidental_dwnvote]

I think no one is implying the motorcyclist is wrong, they are implying their judgement is terrible. Especially considering they are on a motorcycle.

[u/Accidental_dwnvote → u/ZayreBlairdere]

I agree, the motorcyclist could’ve handled it different but I don’t think that makes his actions wrong or shitty.

[u/ZayreBlairdere → u/Accidental_dwnvote]

Getting aggressive with people in cages is a great way to get shot here in the states, and Florida in particular. There are lot of graves and wheelchairs filled with those who had the right of way.

[u/CoatWonderful6804]

LMFAO HE HAD TO HUNT DOWN A POLICE car FOR HIS OWN STUPID SHIT!!! Don’t speed up to keep someone from zipper merging

[u/Choice_Note_9198]

Blockheads… both of them.

[u/RandomDave70]

There's plenty of motorcyclists in the graveyard who had the right of way.

It's just not worth it, learn to avoid the idiots and live to ride another day.

[u/shitty_advice_BDD]

In these situations, I just recognize that some people are retarded and just back off, it takes so much less effort.

[u/InevitableAvalanche]

Holy shit, just let her in. Fucking people need to learn it is better to be safe than right.

[u/Signal_Werewolf_1955]

Just because you're right, doesn't mean you're correct. A motorcycle will lose this collision every time.

[u/ExperienceNo9044]

Honestly both are stupid

[u/Ancient_Poet_4953]

A motorbike has the right to use the entire lane. You can’t overtake within a single lane, so you either merge in front if you have enough space, or you merge behind. 🤷‍♂️

Some car drivers seem to think that because a motorcycle or bicycle is narrower, it somehow doesn’t exist.

[u/Few-Bet1872]

It's genuinely never this serious bro, you can tell the cam dude is just bored and wanted to find an issue. 

[u/iamconfusionamerica]

r/convenientcop

[u/ReincarnatedKoala_25]

Se te borro la sonrisa

[u/RejectedRespected]

I bet she cares about those tickets

[u/AdIntrepid9064]

If only it would be this easy!

[u/Few_Breadfruit0]

🤖

[u/garciakevz]

While I personally would drive defensively and back out, I'm glad some people like cammer are willing to put in the work and enforce so these stupid dumb drivers learn a lesson or two on driving properly

[u/GoodgirlTiffany]

Super duper rat 🤣. Ran over like a giddy little child about to tell mommy what brother did, then proceeds to follow behind and to watch Timmy get spanked. We truly never grow up. 🤣🤣🤣

[u/Excellent-Rest3240]

When ego is too big

[u/Latey-Natey]

Both are gits, but I'd want the full video to actually make judgement. If the lady was in front of the bike previously and the biker caught up, then I'd say the biker is a prick, if they were driving side by side for a while or she caught up to him, then the lady is the prick. We're not given enough context

[u/BaxterOutofStockman]

I don't care if I have to slow down or speed up, just make the merging smooth.

[u/MiratusMachina]

depending on where you live you may want to look up your laws because typically the lane that's ending has the right of way and you would have to yeild in this situation fyi

[u/partcanadian]

Karen? Karen? I see 2 Karens.

[u/Appropriate-Salt-523]

Yeaaahh… I can feel the entitlement through my screen.

Would you rather be ‘right’ or would you rather meet the pavement?

[u/Ok-Oil7124]

Wait, I thought the defining characteristics of a Karen was wielding structures of power against people who inconvenience them-- asking for the manager, calling the cops on cookouts, etc. I'm not saying the cammer was wrong, but I think it's a Karen draw if we're throwing that label around.

[u/mclunchfeet]

Dashcam people suck ass, always trying to create drama

[u/BigYugi]

She's in the wrong but I don't understand people who continue into purposely bad situations...

You see the lane ending, you're on a bike, you know she's going to cut into you so why driving into it like you're superman going to push the car away with your hand?

[u/Burpmeister]

Why is brother risking his life to prove a point tho.

[u/shawnyb9]

I get people are saying motorcycle could have just moved on, fuck the principle, but this lady could be endangering others with her failures to merge. Maybe now she’ll endanger fewer people 🤷🏿‍♂️.

Will she change? Unlikely. But at least there’s a possibility now that at a very minimum, she’ll think twice.

[u/No-Plankton4841 → u/shawnyb9]

It's just not very smart to try to 'hold ground' or escalate road rage on a motorcycle. You're in a position where you could easily end up getting permanently disfigured or killed over some petty shit.

Lady is in the wrong but it's just a basic risk cost/benefit analysis.

[u/GirlGremlin01]

Karen’s not entirely in the wrong, meat crayon dashcam guy was being a dick for not letting her merge

[u/rawkinghorse]

If she had slowed down to merge he magically would have still been in the way

[u/Downtown-Flight-8372]

I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess there were probably a lot less accidents when everyone wasn't in such a hurry to be first

[u/DoubleFamous5751]

Oh, a happy ending clapping

[u/ShortTop1487]

I experience this on a daily basis while driving a tractor trailer. People just HAVE to get in front of the big truck or else their day must be ruined. I usually just let them win. It’s just not worth it.

[u/Shot_Callawannaba]

Bike rider kinda the Karen imo… driver was wrong to merge but I’d rather just let her in than get hit

[u/Jelzx]

Justice has been delivered.

[u/Fit_Ad_6727]

Both dickheads

[u/Radio-Easy]

dashcam driver is a fucking idiot.

[u/StochasticTinkr]

Am I missing something? Cammer appears to speed up when he sees a car passing, and then complains that they merged in?

[u/Interesting_Gain9920]

The biker is the Karen if anything. Talking about making a mountain out of mole hill

[u/BunnySprinkles69]

The moto is kinda Karen himself

[u/worldbbbbfree]

The motorcyclist should lead with courtesy: yes, she was in the wrong, but be the bigger person and allow her to merge.

[u/Djcatoose → u/worldbbbbfree]

Graveyard is full of people that had the right of way

[u/daneg135]

i'd say he handled that well. biker and cop.

[u/Glittering_Try3416]

If she’s a Karen, then is he a Dick?

[u/Adventurous_Fuel8922]

You either slow down to let her go first, or she slows down to let you go first, but neither of you is doing either.

[u/WKRPinCanada]

In the right or not DON'T confront someone in a car while you're riding

It would have been so easy for her to just jog left & drive away

And yes that would also be on camera ...you could watch it again and again while you're recovering from that broken leg

Or worse

[u/ItsAMeMario120]

Wow, the motorcycle rider is beyond stupid. As a rider you have to be the defensive rider because you and your bike weigh 500lb instead of 2,000lbs. You might be correct legally speaking, but wow

[u/SnooStrawberries7459 → u/ItsAMeMario120]

I didn't think she looked like she weighed that much.

[u/armoured_bobandi → u/ItsAMeMario120]

A little phrase I find myself using constantly is "two things can be true"

I wish more people understood that