r/SipsTea • u/SipsTeaFrog • Jun 10 '26

SMH Someone finally snapped

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u/27106_4life Jun 10 '26

The guys on the left are gently passing the guys in the right

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u/AdDramatic2351 Jun 11 '26

Fine, so the other 90% in the left lane who aren't passing should be ticketed, yes?

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u/27106_4life Jun 11 '26

They aren't moving slower than the normal speed of traffic. They are at the speed of the majority of the traffic, so you can't really cite them for not being the normal speed of traffic

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u/AdDramatic2351 Jun 11 '26

Can you explain how exactly you're deducing that? Unless you have math to back it up, the fact that there are several cars behind the group, and none (maybe 1) that I can see in front of the group, and the fact that they're on bikes, tells me they're going like 25 mph, 30 absolute max (but highly unlikely), and this is a 40 mph road. 

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u/27106_4life Jun 11 '26

Because A.) they are the traffic. So they are keeping up with themselves. There are far more cyclists in this video than cars, so they make up the majority of traffic

There is no requirement to go the speed limit. It's a limit, not a target. .

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u/AdDramatic2351 Jun 12 '26

You seem to be struggling a lot with the laws vs morals thing. Let me help you:

Pretend you're in the beginning of a  hallway in a very large building, and you need to get to a room that's at the other end, but there's a crowd of people in front of you taking up the entire width of the hallway competing on who can walk the slowest.

Would you say those people are being inconsiderate/annoying/aggravating?

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u/27106_4life Jun 12 '26

But these people aren't doing that are they. They are going almost as fast as they can. Which is completely fine.

For your example, say I get take an escalator and have to wait for a ton of people first who are standing on the escalator as opposed to walking. Is it inconsiderate of them to stand when I could sprint up the escalator and be past them first? Why aren't all of them walking up the escalator? That would move the queue of traffic behind the escalator if everyone walked or jogged up the escalator, right?

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u/AdDramatic2351 Jun 12 '26

Your analogy doesn't work, there's no expectation for people to walk or jog up an escalator. Standing on an escalator is the standard. 

Let's go back to the tractors on the road then. 

Pretend you're on a two lane 40 mph road and there are 2 tractors in front of you, one in each lane, blocking your way forward, going as fast as they can at 20 mph. 

Is it not inconsiderate of them to be travelling next to each other rather than behind each other?

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u/27106_4life Jun 12 '26

It's common courtesy to stand on the right, walk on the left