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Russian Mazda3 Driver Pays for Eagerness to Overtake

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Every time there's a truck in front us going way too slow, we see it as an opportunity to test our economy driving skills. However, some people just can't stand the thought of being stuck behind a big box. For them, it's the automotive equivalent of claustrophobia and they will do absolutely anything to overtake.
This Russian Mazda3 driver payed a really high price for his eagerness to overtake a lorry. The driver right behind him witness how this overly eager motorist swerves left and right in search of an opening. The truck eventually moves to the slow lane but it's not because he wants to let the Mazda past, but because wants to overtake a car making a left turn.

And guess what the Mazda hits? Yep, the car making a left turn, because he was too close to the back of lorry to notice it. Let that be a less to you guys: never stay too close to the back of a truck and never wonder out of the lane if you don't have clear vision of incoming traffic.

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About the author: Mihnea Radu
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Mihnea's favorite cars have already been built, the so-called modern classics from the '80s and '90s. He also loves local car culture from all over the world, so don't be surprised to see him getting excited about weird Japanese imports, low-rider VWs out of Germany, replicas from Russia or LS swaps down in Florida.
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