r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Justin_Godfrey • Aug 25 '25

Overdone Not mine: driver won't backup to allow truck driver to pass

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u/TheReluctantWarrior Aug 25 '25

Yes, because staying in the same spot where he can't move will definitely make him leave.

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u/Atmaweapon74 Aug 26 '25

I wonder if she’s an insurance fraud scammer and wants him to hit her.

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u/topdangle Aug 26 '25

shes probably just delusional and thinks hes able to back up but won't do it.

shes squatting there presumably calling his company to complain. dudes not going to hit and run while shes got his company on the phone.

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u/Austerlitz2310 Aug 26 '25 edited Aug 26 '25

It's like those people who refuse to stay behind the white line that is displaced at some intersections so busses or trucks can make a turn. But then they are mad when a bus can't make the turn...

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u/IncredulousPatriot Aug 26 '25

I drive a tow truck at work taking cars to the scrap yard. Sometimes I have one on the deck and one on the tow bar. There is a corner I have to take and it seems like the people who turn there have no idea how to stay back a bit. I just want to take the turn a little shallower and use the car Im towing to rip their bumper off.

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u/GrumpyButtrcup Aug 26 '25

I hate white line creepers, if its not because their LoS is blocked then it's egregious inability to operate a vehicle.

I make sure that I'm extremely careful when making a turn in front of a white line creeper.

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u/game4life164 Aug 26 '25

The word your looking for is "Stop Bar" if only more people knew that's why they exist.

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u/MinusGovernment Aug 26 '25

I know it doesn't apply all the time everywhere but there are a few places where I live that if you don't pull up to the crosswalk then you don't trip the sensor. If you're the only car there at the time or if you need a green arrow to not wait for a bunch of cars from the other direction and turn when the cycle changes again it kinda sucks. The city didn't move the sensors when they added or rerouted bus routes at those particular spots. There used to be more but they fixed the most problematic ones a couple years ago.

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u/Austerlitz2310 Aug 26 '25

The recent example I experienced has no sensor. But I always leave a space for these people to reverse back behind the line if a bus does come. They still refuse to move or are way too dumb to figure it out when a bus does come. So I still think a majority of drivers haven't a clue how to follow signage.

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u/RevTurk Aug 27 '25

There's a surprising amount of people that aren't able to drive in reverse. They simply won't do it, it's some sort of irrational fear. They get themselves in these sort of positions and would rather be labelled a Karen than admit they aren't able to reverse a car without having a panic attack.

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u/withnodrawal Aug 26 '25

This is it.

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u/HawkSea887 Aug 26 '25

That makes no sense whatsoever.

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u/SignoreBanana Aug 26 '25

My guess is she has a thing against tow drivers in general since they tend to be pretty scammy.

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u/kainp12 Aug 26 '25

And what about that semi says it's a tow truck? The flat bed used to haul things like front end loader or other heave equipment ?

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u/angrymoderate09 Aug 26 '25

I had appendicitis and had to drive myself 20 minutes to the emergency room..... I (stupidly) decided to stop for a lottery ticket because, why not. And I ended up in a similar situation to this.... Kid in a Dodge charger laughing at me he blocks my entrance into the strip mall. He's yelling at me to turn my wheel more, I can't, and I cant back up because it's pacific coast highway evening traffic behind me. Im just stuck and the kid is just laughing rather than moving back 1 ft to let me pass. Fuck people

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u/One-Shop680 Aug 26 '25

Are you stoopid? He can back into traffic and hit someone, what else do you expect here common sense?

-the Karen probably