Ok ,traveling down a two way highway and come upon all the vehicles in your lane stopped with their hazards on, and no one in the on coming lane, would you just automatically just try and pass all the vehicles, or maybe see why everyone was stopped?

Ok ,traveling down a two way highway and come upon all the vehicles in your lane stopped with their hazards on, and no one in the on coming lane, would you just automatically just try and pass all the vehicles, or maybe see why everyone was stopped?
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I would wait for a bit to see if the traffic finally moved, all the while searching for a local traffic report. If possible, I would turn around and find an alternate route. But no, I wouldn’t try to zoom up to see what was happening. That person is a nitwit.
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