Proof-Variation7005 t1_j9b0sza wrote on February 20, 2023 at 4:45 PM

Reply to comment by Toast119 in Right of way is merely a suggestion by Simple_Ad_2777

Ok, what if the bus has zero passengers? Is it a tie then? This is shitty logic. The bus could've waited a few seconds to clear the room. Proceeding forward and forcing an oncoming car to back up nearly the entire length of the street is not the way this should've gone.

Toast119 t1_j9b5ta6 wrote on February 20, 2023 at 5:18 PM

The bus should have right of way regardless of the number of passengers. The car in the OP video is the one that drives the entire street length knowing there is no way forward lol.

You can see starting at like 6s into the video we might after the car turns that the bus is through the intersection.

Proof-Variation7005 t1_j9b8995 wrote on February 20, 2023 at 5:34 PM

If the goal is get the bus from one stop to the next the quickest, then the bus driver fucked up. Instead of waiting 4 seconds for the car to pass the parked cars, the bus effectively is waiting a full minute.

The bus fucked up. It's not complicated.

Toast119 t1_j9bgjui wrote on February 20, 2023 at 6:27 PM

The bus didn't fuck up lol. It's blocking an intersection and trying to get out of the way.

The car in the video explicitly fucked up. They had a place to pull over out of traffic in the first 6-8 seconds of the video. They instead drove the whole way up the street to the bus who was trying to get out of the intersection lol.

This is so incredibly simple. Only in Rhode Island would this ever be contested I swear lmao

Proof-Variation7005 t1_j9bkdln wrote on February 20, 2023 at 6:51 PM

I don't think anyone who drives even semi-frequently agrees with you, hence why I don't see a single comment making that argument except for yours.

Toast119 t1_j9bv28k wrote on February 20, 2023 at 8:01 PM

Maybe this is evidence as to why Rhode Island drivers are so terrible lol. (And generally drivers all over the place are selfish and not forward-thinking like the dude in the video)

I would have noticed there was no way forward immediately when I pulled into the street and pulled over in the big gap at 2-5s. Not drive the whole way up to stare down the bus driver just doing his job lol.

Claiming the bus "made him back up 200ft" is pretty insane because he is the one that slowly inched up to the bus knowing very well that someone was gonna have to back up...

Then even after this entitled car driver backs up he doesn't get the whole fuckin way over & sits there half in the center of the god damn street hahaha