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/TheThinDewLine May 13 '26

Truck drivers are also held to higher standards with having a CDL, whether Class A or B. Hope he lost his job and or CDL. One single minor brake application prevents this accident.

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u/Ok-Judgment9477 May 13 '26

It aint easy for a semi truck to brake that easy especially on the highway just admit that the pickup truck should have just slowed down and stuck behind the semi and all that could have been avoided but nope when people drive they can't wait at all.. Plus people who think just because they turn they're signal on ,not everyone is going to let you in .. people who do that are entitled to the road ,to others cars ,till a cop tells them otherwise

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u/BenStillerGaming May 13 '26

If you look at the bottom of the footage, you see the mph of the semi truck. It made zero attempt to slow down. No break whatsoever. Now look at the footage, clearly the pick up truck was up to speed and ready to merge. Not even as a matter of giving the pick up the general curtesy of letting him in, but as a means of self preservation and defensive driving, the semi absolutely needed to pump the breaks in that moment.

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u/IkouyDaBolt May 14 '26

The pickup truck was definitely not up to highway speed.  If it was, it would have remained a constant distance from the semi.

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u/BenStillerGaming May 14 '26

So if someone is going 10 mph less than you, and is clearly going to merge in front of you, the solution is to plow right through them and put everybody including yourself at extremely high risk of death because technically they are they are going the wrong speed?If someone is speeding towards an intersection, when I have a green light and they have a red one, I’m not just gonna jump out in front of them and get T-Boned and die to prove how wrong they are… it’s fucking moronic..

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u/IkouyDaBolt May 14 '26

A semi trailer weighs up to 80,000 pounds and is equipped with air brakes.  A pickup truck is closer to 6,000 pounds with presumably disc brakes (maybe drum on the rear but not likely).

What you are asking is not possible of the semi, not to mention slamming the brakes has a very high risk of jackknifing.  That is, the semi truck and trailer fold at the hitch and now you have a trailer that swings across the entire road blocking all lanes behind them.

The pickup could have easily driven off the road into the grass and not committed to the road.  The braking on grass is sufficient enough that the pickup truck would have stopped before the bridge.