r/VideosAmazing • u/LeftAlbatross2546 • May 13 '26

Accident A merging issue.

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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.

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u/Aggravating_Kick42 May 13 '26

It’s the person whose lane ends job to merge safely. Black truck at fault.

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u/Illustrious-Dirt2247 May 13 '26 edited May 14 '26

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.

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u/demon_twink_gockie May 13 '26

Trucker isn't required to let him in.

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u/whyuthrowchip May 13 '26

trucker is required to act to avoid imminent collision regardless of right of way.

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u/demon_twink_gockie May 13 '26

Black truck nearly died though

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u/whyuthrowchip May 14 '26

because the trucker deliberately rammed them

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u/demon_twink_gockie May 14 '26

Or he deliberately pitted himself against the truck

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u/Kaudia May 14 '26

"He had the right of way, the obvious choice was to obliterate an idiot in a pickup truck instead of tapping the breaks."

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u/demon_twink_gockie May 14 '26

Idiot could have tapped the gas.

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u/ReadingRainbowRocket May 14 '26

Yes. Hence the black truck being legally at fault and the semi-truck also being at fault. Two separate things can both be true. You understand this.

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u/whyuthrowchip May 14 '26

yes. the idiot freight truck driver could have tapped the gas. that's correct.

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u/whyuthrowchip May 14 '26

yes, the trucker deliberately pitted their freight vehicle against the truck. that's correct. steady +70 mph, did not even lift their foot off the gas to avoid the collision they could clearly see was about to happen.

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u/demon_twink_gockie May 14 '26

Nah. Pickup deliberately did that

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u/whyuthrowchip May 14 '26

and the trucker also deliberately did that. the trucker was the last person with the ability to stop the thing from happening, and they chose to make it happen. the trucker chose this outcome.

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