A driver faced criticism on social media after showing his strategy for avoiding traffic on a highway in Houston, Texas (USA).
In the video posted by Rik on his TikTok profile, he shared a compilation of clips showing him using the right lane to cut through traffic and then moving to the left many meters ahead, where the highway splits.
“POV: You don’t wait in traffic,” he wrote in the overlay text on the clip, which has already garnered 15 million views. Unfortunately for Rik, most of the comments criticized him.
“I would block you,” one TikTok user said. “Yeah, let’s not normalize this,” commented another. “Creating more traffic,” said a third user. “You are the problem,” wrote yet another.
It may seem harmless, but this action can be very dangerous. Firstly, it can provoke anger from other drivers, who may yell or try to cut you off intentionally as revenge, potentially causing a heated altercation or a collision.
Rik, however, seems unconcerned about the criticism. After his video attracted so much attention, he reposted it saying that “the lion never waits in traffic.”
Photo and video: TikTok @cactusrik. This content was created with the help of AI and reviewed by the editorial team.
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