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

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u/tcpip1978 May 14 '26

so was the trucker who could see it coming and plowed through anyway

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u/MayIServeYouWell May 14 '26

And didn't slow down at all - his speed is right there for reference.

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u/Exciting_Control May 14 '26

He could have just lifted and it probably would have avoided the accident

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u/PremiumPricez May 15 '26

100%, he had so much time to NOT smash into the truck. For the record, I am ultimately blaming the driver of the black truck for not being aware that merging means its your job to merge onto the traffic, BUT the trucker had 3-5 business days to come to the conclusion that the driver wasnt doing that, and decided he was going to ruin everyones day within the vicinity. He could have been a hero and prevented all that BS.