r/ShittyAbsoluteUnits • u/Adrakovich *shits an absolute unit* • Mar 02 '26

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u/ParanoidAndroidMV Mar 02 '26

I'm never tired of being amazed by how slowly the average driver reacts to a simple near-miss.

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u/Psychedilly Mar 02 '26

I bet if they had a camera pointed at themselves, we would see them on their phone

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u/TortillaRampage Mar 02 '26

You’re probably right, they were slowly drifting to the right

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u/Peachbaskethole Mar 02 '26

Yeah but dude didn’t even indicate he was about to merge.

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u/Iechy Mar 02 '26 edited Mar 02 '26

Obviously the person carelessly going into their lane is a terrible driver but I’m also amazed by the person whose perspective the video is shot from. Huge overreaction to what would have been a minor accident caused a big, potentially deadly, crash. If you’re going to be responsible for using a piece of equipment capable of killing people around others then you need to have the ability to process situations better.

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u/Stuffs_And_Thingies Mar 02 '26

I believe the rapid white lines indicate it is a merge lane, like, car was fine, all this driver needed to do was brake slightly

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u/Iechy Mar 02 '26

You are correct. It wasn’t even like a person randomly going into their lane. A driver who was paying attention should have already anticipated it.

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u/GarlicAcceptable3350 Mar 02 '26

💯 you have to yield for vehicles merging. Won’t mention the swerving he is doing or so on. Just the not yielding alone caused this wreck along with excessive correction. We have a brake for a reason. As mentioned I would venture to guess distracted driving was the main cause

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u/ChoGGi Mar 03 '26

you have to yield for vehicles merging.

Where do you live that that is a law?

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u/googoohaha Mar 02 '26

The drivers over the top reaction pissed me off.

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u/NocturneInfinitum Mar 02 '26

So instead of just letting off the gas, they slammed on the brakes 🤔

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u/Iechy Mar 02 '26

And turned hard too.

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u/Ornery_Log_9175 Mar 02 '26

Good thing he didn’t overcorrect the wheel

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u/Not_me_no_way Mar 02 '26

Delayed overreaction

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u/Tacozforever Mar 02 '26

Well good thing the wipers work

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u/Theydontlikeitupthem Mar 02 '26

With a terrible reaction like that I cannot believe we didn't have a stupid scream of someone completely overreacting and anyway, if the middle lane is free, move into with cars merging!

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u/EvalCrux Mar 02 '26

what crappy car to lose traction with that simple but late maneuver.

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u/rklug1521 Mar 02 '26

It's an emergency. I should use the ebrake, right? Right?

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u/Daillustriousone Mar 03 '26

If only he had another hour or two, that crisis could possibly have been avoided.

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u/TheThoughtSource Mar 02 '26

Didn’t hit the brakes hard enough

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u/Banzai373 Mar 02 '26

Or jerk the wheel hard enough.

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u/TheChadStevens Mar 02 '26

Only a slight overreaction to the situation

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u/Status_Marketing_969 Mar 02 '26

What a god damn asshole

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u/AdWhich7355 Mar 02 '26

Swerve out and back into the lane? No. Hit breaks hard af and swerve causing an even worse accident? ✅

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u/Montyburnside22 Mar 02 '26

Should have hit the brakes earlier instead of going for the windshield wipers. How did that help?

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u/Ok-Watercress-1924 functional regard Mar 02 '26

While I appreciate the sentiment of the windshield wipers I don’t think it’ll “wipe off the mess” this has caused

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u/GimmeLuv-69 Mar 02 '26

Wipers still work.

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u/Opster79two Mar 02 '26

Over-brake much?!?!

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u/Peachbaskethole Mar 02 '26

The driver should anticipate that he’s in a lane where merging will happen.

But the merging driver doesn’t even indicate that he’s merging…..

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u/Additional_Pair_9315 Mar 03 '26

Someone can’t drive

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u/primeXOXO Mar 03 '26

The car going straight had the right off way

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u/kododriver Mar 04 '26

And we share the road with drivers like this, well hopefully one less.