lucky760 said:

I fixed it for you. There are lots of anti-spammer measures in place and that was very surprisingly your first comment ever after being a member for 1.5 years!

Stop lurking and comment more!

lucky760 said:

Thanks for the link, but it has no bearing on the video because the car wasn't attempting to pass.

Maintaining your position while travelling in the right lane cannot be deemed a passing maneuver by sole virtue of the fact that the vehicle is in the right lane.

I'm at a loss as to why passing is even part of any discussion on that video because there is no passing happening whatsoever.

(P.S. I like your username, DrThunderbutt. )

DrThunderbutt said:

Here is a summation of lane laws in the US: http://www.mit.edu/~jfc/right.html Laws against passing on the right are quite common.

lucky760 said:

There are two lanes on that bridge. He wasn't passing on the right; he was just driving in the right lane. And why do you feel the truck isn't allowed to drive in the left lane?

I'm not really following your highway logic. Do you live somewhere where rules of the road dictate that trucks are not allowed to drive on the left and cars are not allowed to drive on the right?

The truck very deliberately breached the divider line to force the car to slow down. There was plenty of space in the lane and he was slow enough that the car had no choice but to slow down, which is why he had time for the truck to get out of view and was at a low enough speed that he could stop before careening into the overturned car.

There was a very tiny window of time the truck driver had to react to help the car, and he didn't have to do anything at all, but he probably saved lives with his not-at-all-reckless maneuver. If I was in the car, I would have been very thankful.