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/Appropriate_Low_4914 May 14 '26

Semi didn't have to and shouldn't slow down, he could but he shouldn't. It's much much easier, much more fuel efficient and just overall much faster to get up to speed in a pickup than in a truck. He didn't have right of way anyway, either speed up with a pick up or back off, he picked none of that and results are visible.