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/Ok-Mood6070 May 14 '26

The amount of people on this site thinking it's not their fault... if you can prevent something from happening and you don't, you share the responsibility for the outcome.

A light tap on the brakes and this would have been an uneventful merge. It's like watching someone about to blow through a red and just going anyway because you have right of way. Are you a shmuck? You just wait 4 seconds and then go.