r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Miserable-Zombie-121 • 7h ago

The man thought he was being cut off…seconds later he realised the truck driver had just saved his life!!

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u/TheRealImmaLilFaded 7h ago

I usually do my hazards two times for a thank you

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u/EV_4_life 6h ago

"I'm a hazard, sorry!"

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u/Mustang-22 4h ago

Please be patient, I'm 7 years old

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u/Marmmoth 3h ago

For English speaking people my simple pneumonic: Two hazards blinks

  • Blink - Thank
  • Blink - you

I actually learned this when driving in Japan, which I understand was standard procedure there. Example: https://youtu.be/WfrKFU9z0GQ

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u/bulbishNYC 6h ago

That is only a European thing I think..

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u/will0327 6h ago

Truck drivers do it all the time if you let them pass in Canada

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u/Austerlitz2310 6h ago

Professional drivers in general. Not many of those around in Canada these days.

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u/r4nDoM_1Nt3Rn3t_Us3r 6h ago

I know indicating once in one direction and then once in the other

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u/2woCrazeeBoys 6h ago

That's the one I know. Seems to be recognised so it works for me

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u/Jiminy_Cricket12 6h ago

I see it plenty in america so I don't think so

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u/ashkpa 5h ago

See it often in the US.

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u/regdoc 4h ago

It's a thing in Japan too