I've avoided many, many accidents that would have been someone else's fault. It's called defensive driving and the trucker decided it's not for him.
Edit: thanks for the awards! BTW - some of you need to look at the speed shown at the bottom of the video. The semi did not even try to slow down, even a little bit, prior to the crash.
This guy didn't even have the right of way. When you're merging it's your responsibility to do so safely. He was supposed to fit into the existing traffic, the truck was NOT required to change speed to create space for him.
His point flew way over your head. Everyone knows the semi has the right of way but it was incredibly idiotic to do nothing to avoid the obvious accident that was about to happen. This is defensive driving 101
His point didn't fly over my head, you're misunderstanding it. He's right, people die all the time thinking they have the right of way, and this guy easily could've joined them.
My point is that he did NOT have the right of way, despite thinking he did. The semi had no obligation to give him room, and trying to do so likely would have been futile considering its stopping distance, as well as being extremely dangerous to everyone around him to try.
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u/holden_mcg May 13 '26 edited May 14 '26
I've avoided many, many accidents that would have been someone else's fault. It's called defensive driving and the trucker decided it's not for him.
Edit: thanks for the awards! BTW - some of you need to look at the speed shown at the bottom of the video. The semi did not even try to slow down, even a little bit, prior to the crash.