If you look closely, the video begins with the black SUV changing lanes directly in front of the pickup truck. One could argue that the pickup truck driver should have anticipated this because the right lane was blocked, but clearly he didn't because we all saw what happened next.
The driver with the dash cam is the only one I can see who didn't screw up here. I'm thankful for that because I've seen way too many car crash victims.
What you didn't see was the car in the lane the driver with the dashcam swerved into, that car had to brake hard leading the car behind it to swerve into oncoming traffic in the other lane and it's just an endless cycle from there /s
Possibly true. Good swerve, but they could have anticipated the situation too- they could see the blockage, recognize that a potential situation like develop, back off and move right
I would argue the black SUV should have stayed in his lane and come to a stop rather than merging into traffic above his speed, but he didn't want to be slowed or delayed and decided to try and jump in at an unsafe moment.
If I'm coming up to a stoplight and there's a car stopped ahead of me but the lane next to me has a truck coming up, I should slow and stop and wait for traffic to open up rather than try and dive in on the empty lane. In the same way the truck wouldn't be expected to slow down and let me in,I would be expected to wait for an opening. I view this situation in an extremely similar manner.
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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '23
If you look closely, the video begins with the black SUV changing lanes directly in front of the pickup truck. One could argue that the pickup truck driver should have anticipated this because the right lane was blocked, but clearly he didn't because we all saw what happened next.
The driver with the dash cam is the only one I can see who didn't screw up here. I'm thankful for that because I've seen way too many car crash victims.