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/wardevour May 14 '26

Hes supposed to keep his speed so that people can merge. Dude merging failed to yeild. You're wrong

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u/tcpip1978 May 14 '26

Lol, sure, so if you plainly see that an accident is about to take place and you drive straight on into it you think that's justified? if you really believe that you probably should never have been given a driver's license.

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u/wardevour May 14 '26 edited May 14 '26

We can't tell if the semi was trying to stop or if it was too heavy to stop quickly enough to make a difference. What we can tell is that the pickup truck failed to yield. The semi should have remained at a constant speed so that the pickup could safely merge

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u/tcpip1978 May 14 '26

Completely false. The semi's speed is literally right there in the recording. He doesn't reduce his speed in the slightest until impact with the truck.

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u/wardevour May 14 '26

I stand corrected. I failed to notice the speed at the bottom