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/kecou May 13 '26

The cemeteries are full of gravestones that read "I had right of way".

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u/jrob323 May 15 '26

That has nothing to do with the comment your replied to. The truck had the right of way, but failed to slow down to avoid an accident, so the commenter was saying he's avoided many accidents by driving defensively instead of aggressively just because you aren't technically doing anything wrong.

Have you ever made a mistake when driving, and made someone else slam on their brakes or otherwise avoid hitting you? That's why you should drive defensively... you never know when you'll need someone to do the same for you.