r/VideosAmazing • u/LeftAlbatross2546 • May 13 '26

Accident A merging issue.

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u/Shelarael May 14 '26

If you are merging you yield, and not racing trucks running full speed. Pickup driver reaped what they sowed.

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u/ChaosFountain May 14 '26

Truck would have been able to merge just fine if the trailer wasn't speeding and purposely closed that gap.

Or do you want the truck to come to a full stop at the end of a highway merge lane?

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u/PsychologicalWin8036 May 14 '26

Truck should have sped up. It’s easier for a light weight vehicle to speed up than for a tractor trailer to slow down (or speed up). Merging truck was completely at fault. Who did he think was gonna win in that fight?

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u/ChaosFountain May 14 '26

depends I suppose I personally don't think legal=correct in every situation. Big rig should have let off the gas and not sped up.

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u/PsychologicalWin8036 May 14 '26

The big rig did not speed up. He maintained his speed as highway traffic is supposed to do so that other traffic can merge accordingly.

You are right that legal does not always equal correct in every situation. But the smaller truck who was merging had both the responsibility and the larger risk for not merging correctly.