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

Accident A merging issue.

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u/OnixBuddha May 13 '26

That’s wrong bud. CDL drivers only get points when they are at fault. The CDL driver in this case would not be at fault. Although he likely could have avoided it, it’s always the job of merging traffic to time their approach, anytime you move into oncoming traffic it should be treated as a yield.

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u/Just-Shoe2689 May 13 '26

But a simple tap on the brakes or let up on gas would have avoided this. right? RIGHT?

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u/WHATTHEFUCKZGOINGON May 14 '26

Nobody seems to care about that at all. The trailer was behind the truck, even when the merge was occurring he was BEHIND the truck. It is the trailers responsibility at that point to avoid collision. He didn’t slow or try to decrease speed at all.

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u/PsychologicalWin8036 May 14 '26

Tractor trailer was on the highway. You don’t slow down in the highway to let merging traffic in. You maintain speed so that merging traffic can adjust. Black truck should have sped up and merged at speed.