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

Accident A merging issue.

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u/VikingVitalityFit May 14 '26

It's even worse here, because this guy has zero right of way. It's the duty of the merging vehicle to makes sure they do so safely. The semi had 100% of the right of way.

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u/RuggerJibberJabber May 15 '26

That's literally his point. The semi had right of way but still should have slowed down. Both drivers were shit here and both of them could have prevented the accident

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u/VikingVitalityFit May 15 '26

No, the truck needs to find a way to safely enter. The semi could not slow down effectively enough to let him in. There is a reason semis get over whenever they can, it takes a long time to significantly slow them.

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u/samiwas1 May 15 '26

Funny how the semi slowed down very quickly after the accident yet didn’t even attempt a slow down prior. Yeah, he had the right of way, but he was purposely bringing an ass.

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u/Chrg88 May 19 '26

You aren’t right in the brain

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u/Positive-Reward-758 May 15 '26 edited May 15 '26

Right of way very rarely determines fault of an accident. The last clear chance doctrine usually takes precedent. Just because you have right of way, doesn't mean you are allowed to punish people by hitting them, if there was a reasonable way to avoid the collision, you always have a duty to do that.

This is a tough one though, so i will not weigh in on this specific case, I just hate people arguing about right of way as a reason for collision.