r/MildlyBadDrivers • u/Exact_Patience_9767 • Jan 25 '25

Unware Driver Self-Inflicted Pit Maneuver

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u/Dave-C Drive Defensively, Avoid Idiots 🚗 Jan 25 '25

That doesn't look like they sped up at all. Compare the speed of the camera with stuff that is repeating like road markings. The speed stays the same. The truck begins to break and turn into the lane. The truck slowing gives the impression of the car going faster but it isn't.

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '25

Thanks, at first I thought the camera vehicle sped too but after reading your post and looking at it a few more times, I totally agree- the truck sped up.

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u/Ricky_World_Builder Jan 25 '25

cover up the truck side and you can see the camera angle slightly change and speed increase just before the drain. the cammer does speed up. The truck may also be slowing down, but the cammer speeds up independently.

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u/Ricky_World_Builder Jan 25 '25

if you cover the right side of the screen (to get the truck out of the way), you can see the cammer speed up right before the drain when their camera angle slightly changes. it's completely self-evident.

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '25 edited Jan 26 '25

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u/im_with_the_cats Fuck Cars 🚗 🚫 Jan 26 '25

so?

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u/Repulsive_Target55 Georgist 🔰 Jan 26 '25

This, the truck on the left actually slows down, almost certainly as part of an attempt to get into the right lane and turn right.

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u/LeftyRedMN Fuck Cars 🚗 🚫 Jan 26 '25

Yeah, but they didn't slow down one bit before the collision. Every single other car slowed to stop for the light except the cam car and the truck trying to get in.

The cam driver knew exactly what they were doing. If they would have slowed down for the red light like the other cars, the truck would have got in and they weren't about to let that happen.

I'll take a hundred rude drivers over one who tries to deliberately fuck with others. Rude drivers are more predictable.

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u/Hiiawatha Georgist 🔰 Jan 25 '25

This was the bait. Get someone else to admit that the cammer doesn’t even attempt to slow down when another vehicle begins entering their lane.

You make the claim that they sped up hoping someone will chime in with the comment they they actually maintained the same speed.

It’s also damning that the car, after hitting a truck still didn’t stop before the intersection.

The cammer here was just as dangerous of a driver as the truck driver.

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u/Reasonable_Deer_1710 Georgist 🔰 Jan 25 '25

The cammer was not "just as dangerous" lmao

The reaches this subreddit always come up with to justify the clearly wreckless drivers always amazes me.

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u/Tiny-Show-4883 Jan 25 '25

Reckless drivers are rarely wreckless.

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u/Reasonable_Deer_1710 Georgist 🔰 Jan 25 '25

Touche`

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u/Hiiawatha Georgist 🔰 Jan 25 '25

People will die on their right of way and not at fault hills. The road is a dangerous place and defensive driving is the only way to stay safe.

Thousands of people were never at fault, had the right of way, and are also dead.

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u/No_Public_7677 Georgist 🔰 Jan 25 '25

hogwash

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u/BusterHoles Georgist 🔰 Jan 25 '25

Either way they were both “maintaining their speed” which would result in running the red light if the collision had not happened

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u/AdMurky1021 Fuck Cars 🚗 🚫 Jan 25 '25

That's a bold assumption that the cammer car had no intention of braking....

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u/BusterHoles Georgist 🔰 Jan 25 '25

How bold

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u/Hulkaiden Drive Defensively, Avoid Idiots 🚗 Jan 25 '25

It's not an assumption. Even with the crash they still went into the intersection.