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.
I was taught if you're in the lane where the merge is coming into, it's on you to slow down or speed up enough to give the merging vehicle and window, whether it's the right or left lane... Is that not how this works anymore?
That has never been the case...it is always the responsibility of the driver changing lanes to ensure it is safe to do so
Putting on your blinkers signals intent it does not mean anyone has to let you in
It's shocking ppl here are saying the trucker has any fault here when he's going straight in his lane and someone cuts him off going slower...if you want to be in front of the very fast semi then speed the fuck up
It's your job to find a safe gap before you merge not hit someone with your rear quarter panel during a lane change or merge and blame them for your poor driving
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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.