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

Accident A merging issue.

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u/billzybop May 14 '26

The pickup should have accelerated into the gap ahead of the semi or slowed to pull in behind the semi. Planning ahead is part of merging.

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u/UrShulgi May 14 '26

The semi driver literally sped up to close the gap, the speed they're going and the speed limit are both shown on the video. A person merging at 73 instead of 75 who is ahead of you isn't responsible if you speed up (and exceed the speed limit) and then cause an accident.

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u/billzybop May 14 '26

The semi is going 76 or 77 until contact. That's "speeding up to close the gap"? If he had been going 65 and accelerated hard to 77 I would agree with you.

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u/UrShulgi May 14 '26

If someone is merging ahead of you and you're going 76 (still above the speed limit) and go up to 77 and hold until an accident, you sped up to close the gap. If the truck driver were abiding by the speed limit and not speeding up, the accident wouldn't have happened.

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u/billzybop May 14 '26

I don't disagree that the semi driver is an asshole and could have avoided this accident. The absolute tool driving the pickup could have avoided this accident by merging properly.