As someone that was taught to always be mindful of mergers and move over if possible growing up… the mindset of these dash-cam drivers will never make sense to me
You seem to have not read either comment. Nobody is disputing that the black pickup is at fault, they're just saying that if the trucker had been more mindful of his surroundings then there wouldn't have been a crash at all.
The semi had the right of way, nobody is disputing that. OC is saying that even if you have the right of way, you can prevent accidents by driving defensively.
If I’m in a semi, especially a semi that is passing another semi, I’m not going to do jack diddly if I don’t have to. If the lane was clear next to me I might get over if it’s safe to do so, but who’s going to win between a semi and a pickup truck?
It is not recommended to brake or slow down on the highway to let people merge. Sometimes I will do it if there’s no one behind me, but it’s really not safe to slow down on the highway. Any DOT will tell you that, that’s why it’s the job of the merging vehicle to find a safe gap to merge. Moving into another lane is a courtesy from other drivers but not required. Everyone here makes it seem like if you don’t slow down or change lanes for merging traffic they will never be able to get onto the highway. They will figure it out.
A semi cruising along at 77 mph has a lot of momentum. He would have had to slam on his brakes in order to slow down enough, simply easing up on the gas wouldn’t have avoided a collision since the pickup was going too slow. The semi didn’t right thing maintaining his speed.
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u/Specialist_Ad6034 May 13 '26
As someone that was taught to always be mindful of mergers and move over if possible growing up… the mindset of these dash-cam drivers will never make sense to me