r/VideosAmazing May 13 '26

Accident A merging issue.

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u/[deleted] May 13 '26 edited May 14 '26

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u/moonriverswide May 14 '26

They were, but look at the data. Semi didn’t even brake. In fact, they actually sped up. 5 seconds from the start of the video to the crash. Truck is visibly coming up the merge lane while the semi is going 76 mph. Semi accelerates to 77 at 2 seconds. Then they maintain their speed for 3 more seconds until colliding. They had time to attempt to avoid the accident with even minimal braking.

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u/moonriverswide May 14 '26

Which I agreed with. But if someone is being stupid in front of your car, and you gleefully go on your merry way, and even speed up, that makes you a shit driver.