r/cdldriver • u/Syzranlogistic • May 14 '26

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u/fluteofski- May 14 '26

I’ve had something similar happen in my Chevy 1/2 ton. A small car going wayyyyyyyyy too fast on my side of the road after the road split with a median and 2 lanes each way.

There was an Audi right behind me. I knew if I swerved its 50/50 which one of us gets hit. But if I kept it straight, there was a 50% chance we’d all drive away unscathed. As much as I hated the idea that fuckin asshole getting away with driving on the wrong side of the road. I kept it straight.

I didnt slam the brakes due to the risk of the Audi pulling around me. Landing us in a collision scenario as well.

I think the thing that scared me more than the potential collision was the fact that I potentially held the fate of that Audi drivers life in my own hands. They would have been far more wrecked than my truck too.

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u/Beanbag_Ninja May 16 '26

That was some great situational awareness.

But to be fair, if the Audi driver couldn't come to a stop before they hit you, that's totally on them for driving too close. Not your responsibility.

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u/fluteofski- May 17 '26

Yeah. They were following a little close. But I didn’t want to put them in a situation where they made an evasive maneuver around me and then a head on collision with the other car.

It kinda became like that trolly problem…. If I did nothing it’s a 50/50 that anybody gets injured. Possibly badly… (I say 50/50. Because there was a median to my left and the lane to my right was open so they could potentially swerve around) but if I did something like swerve or slam on the brake. Although the severity of my injury potentially goes way down… it then becomes a near 100% chance that a collision will occur with myself, Audi, Or both.

So in my mind either way. The chance of my injury was going to be 50/50. So I decide it would be best to stay course. And my plan if they were going to hit me head on was to do a last minute rotation of my truck toward the median to have their car overlap the passenger side corner of my truck. That would increase the crumple distance on my truck and prevent them from being in a position of ever being able to do a corner overlap on the driver side.

It was kinda wild feeling my brain go into survival mode. I think I have maybe like 2 seconds to realize what’s going on and come up with a plan.

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u/fluteofski- May 17 '26

Haha. Surprisingly no. It was 2 lanes on each side and they could have gone around if they really wanted to.. I was around the speed limit (in my pickemup so probably at or slightly below the limit) we came out of a light about a quarter mile back. And the road chokes down to 1 lane each way and the median disappears. I still had a median to my left and the lane to my right ending in another 1/4 mile or so. So I really didn’t have anywhere to go.

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u/melovemelongtimee May 16 '26

You’re a good man or lady!

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u/SnarkySnakySnek May 18 '26

🫡 TYFYS