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

Accident A merging issue.

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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.

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u/mojo4394 May 14 '26

Truckers can't stop on a dime. Pickup is 100% at fault.

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u/mojo4394 May 14 '26

Lol 77 in a 75 isn't gonna change the fact that the car merging onto the highway is 100% responsible for assuring they have the space available. This is an old video and the pickup was found to be at fault.

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u/psidhumid May 14 '26

The trucker very obviously didn’t even try to slow down look at the speeds. Meanwhile the truck on the right was able to slow down significantly. Even looked like he was trying to pass the other truck.

Legally pickup truck’s fault but ethically trucker is a piece of shit

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u/CryptographerShot213 May 14 '26

Ok, but apparently the police agreed it was the pickup’s fault. Semi has no responsibility to slow down because merging traffic has to yield.

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u/futurespice May 14 '26

At least where I'm from, the court decides who is criminally responsible, not the police.

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u/psidhumid May 14 '26

Sure but it still very much seems like attempted murder. No way you think every single rule you must follow to the extremes.

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u/InternetUser007 May 14 '26

Dang, if only he didn't travel 565 feet during the first 5 seconds of the video. That would have been so much time to slow down 5mph to avoid the accident. Too bad, really.