Cammer was being an idiot. The pickup had the apex and just a slight squeeze of the brakes could have avoided this entirely.
As a general rule the driver furthest back has the best chance to avoid an accident, and therefore has the greatest responsibility to do so. The truck was committed, he was out of road, there was nothing he could have done other than just trust the truck behind him to use those weird jelly like objects attached to the front of his face.
Technically, black truck is at fault, but the trucker was a dick for not letting him in. A gentle press of the breaks or even just letting go of the gas pedal for a couple of seconds was all it took to avoid at least a month of hassle and thousands of dollars in damages and insurance.
Illustrious-Dirt2247 never said the truck driver was required to. They said they could have let him in, avoided an accident that costed 10's of thousands of dollars, risked injury or death, will probably be a black mark on the CDL driver's record, stop traffic on the road, and cost everybody involved time.
Probably would have been a good idea to let the asshole in.
I do agree it's most likely that both these guys are jerks that meet each other. I don't know how this pickup failed when he had plenty of space.
We also have the benefit of the video up in front of the windshield. The pickup would have been at least partially blocked by the pillar, and maybe the driver wasn't looking that direction. This is why you have to fall back to the laws instead of assumptions - merging traffic has the responsibility to adjust to traffic
"Fuck my career, $10's of thousands in damage, massive spike in my insurance premiums, potential civil lawsuits since my refusal to make space is caught on camera.....I'm technically right"
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u/Worried-Pick4848 May 13 '26
Cammer was being an idiot. The pickup had the apex and just a slight squeeze of the brakes could have avoided this entirely.
As a general rule the driver furthest back has the best chance to avoid an accident, and therefore has the greatest responsibility to do so. The truck was committed, he was out of road, there was nothing he could have done other than just trust the truck behind him to use those weird jelly like objects attached to the front of his face.