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Re:Poll: 62% of Americans Say They Have Political Views They... by mc32 on Sunday November 01, 2020 @08:28AM (#24959372)
I saw that video. It's not actually clear cut to me who was at fault. The truck was in the right lane, the bus and SUV right behind in the left lane. Bus merged right (into truck's lane immediately in front) SUV could not occupy the space already occupied by the truck as SUV tried following bus. Truck did not yield, SUV tried to wedge in and straddled both lanes. There was subsequent contact but I'm not sure who initiated it. Never the less, you should not drive in two lanes --you should wait till it's safe to merge, it's basic traffic safety to not change lanes till it's safe to do so.
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Re:Poll: 62% of Americans Say They Have Political Views They... by wilde on Sunday November 01, 2020 @08:34AM (#24959400)
The truck is at fault by being there at all. This is not acceptable behavior. They created the situation with the intent to provoke. It’s classic bullying.
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Re:Poll: 62% of Americans Say They Have Political Views They... by koheripbal on Sunday November 01, 2020 @08:56AM (#24959512)
That's not how traffic laws work.

It's a campaign bus, not voters at a polling station. Drivers supporting another party are absolutely allowed to drive next to them.

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Re:Poll: 62% of Americans Say They Have Political Views They... by wilde on Sunday November 01, 2020 @10:37AM (#24960146)
Texas law is quite open to interpretation. Reckless driving is defined as "a person commits an offense if the person drives a vehicle in wilful or wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property." [1]

Driving at that distance is wanton disregard for the safety of the persons in the bus, but that's open to interpretation of the officer at the scene.

[1] https://codes.findlaw.com/tx/transportation-code/transp-sect...

I'm just serving your point by quibbling about the law. The driver's intent is quite clear. Intimidating people because you disagree with them is unacceptable behavior. In this case, I suspect it's also illegal.

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Re:Poll: 62% of Americans Say They Have Political Views They... by TheAdamAndChe on Sunday November 01, 2020 @12:01PM (#24960781)
The suv merging into the truck also is showing wanton disregard for the safety of persons or property too
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Re:Poll: 62% of Americans Say They Have Political Views They... by gus_massa on Sunday November 01, 2020 @09:29AM (#24959677)
I don't know the local laws, but isn't there a minimal distance between cars in the runway? The truck was too close to the bus.
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Re:Poll: 62% of Americans Say They Have Political Views They... by mc32 on Sunday November 01, 2020 @09:58AM (#24959872)
Tailgating is a thing, but so is not merging when unsafe to merge as well as splitting lanes is a thing you should not do (motorcycles excepted in some states).
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Re:Poll: 62% of Americans Say They Have Political Views They... by gus_massa on Monday November 02, 2020 @06:23AM (#24966846)
I agree. It would be nice to see a 3D reconstruction of the whole event from above.
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Re:Poll: 62% of Americans Say They Have Political Views They... by astura on Sunday November 01, 2020 @04:31PM (#24962670)
>motorcycles excepted in some state

Only california, fwiw.

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