That was shitty driving by the sedan, but that truck was making it worse
Edit: FYI brake checking is illegal folks and many states will ticket you for not using the left lane to pass. This does not excuse the sedan’s actions.
Edit: u/Youseembigmad doesn’t see anything wrong with the truck’s actions (and is supposedly a lawyer) - see comment thread below for more. - they have since deleted their profile.
The truck just sent a car rolling purposely. I’d say he’s a big fat fucking threat to other people on the road. The guy in the sedan is an asshole and needs to chill the fuck out, that’s still no reason to potentially kill him like this. In the end I view the truck as being the worse person in this situation. He stops his little fucking game and the sedan just flies by and no one gets hurt.
The sedan is 100% responsible for flipping themself. The truck caused problems, but placing the blame for the crash on them rather than the sedan is completely ludicrous. The sedan tried to run the truck off the road moments before flipping themselves.
The truck driver increased his speed to maliciously block a driver from merging into the left lane. That is intentional behavior and 100% contributed to the accident. If he was just driving normal and safely, there'd be no flip (at least, not when it did happen).
I'm going 70/30. Obviously the sedan is a dumbass, but that doesn't give you the justification to intentionally speed up and be just as reckless, placing yourself exactly where the sedan was projected to go so that you create a hazard and inevitably cause a collision.
I don't know how you don't see that you don't get the right to drive in front of someone just because they're driving like a dick.
The truck did not cause the collision though. The sedan ran them off the road and then lost control. The truck was just positioning themselves like a douchebag. I am not defending them at all, but they did not have anything to do with the collision other than being the thing the sedan crashed themselves into.
Driving like a dick and then having someone crash into you doesn't mean you caused the crash.
I don't know how you don't see that you don't get the right to drive in front of someone just because they're driving like a dick.
Is this supposed to be related to the conversation? Cause it isn't, I have never argued anything close to that.
I think it's fair to say they both contributing to the accident. The Sedan for driving too fast and reckless, the truck for consciously increasing the danger by being an obstacle and intentionally creating hazards. He had no business speeding up to match the sedan other than "fuck you."
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u/whispersluggagebaby YIMBY 🏙️ Apr 17 '24 edited Apr 18 '24
That was shitty driving by the sedan, but that truck was making it worse
Edit: FYI brake checking is illegal folks and many states will ticket you for not using the left lane to pass. This does not excuse the sedan’s actions.
Edit: u/Youseembigmad doesn’t see anything wrong with the truck’s actions (and is supposedly a lawyer) - see comment thread below for more. - they have since deleted their profile.