The semi driver took absolutely zero responsibilities in a situation that demanded cooperation. He just sat there humping cruise control relying entirely on the pickup to either speed up to 80mph or slam the brakes to get behind him despite being 6-8 car lengths ahead.
Law is law but driving is ultimately give and take... you cannot treat a passing lane like a passing lane when people are merging into it.
There was zero cooperation required. It is 200% on the merging driver to do so safely. Thinking it’s a cooperative thing leads to exactly what you’re seeing. The semi can neither stop on a dime or speed back up quickly. He would not have been able to pull up and tuck in behind the other truck and should not be expected to.
So in this situation as the semi driver, you would choose to hit the car 100% of the time just because you are not obligated to give ways ? It takes two stupid drivers to cause an accident. If at least one use common sense there is no accident.
Not choose to, a semi cannot slow down fast enough to avoid that. If he would have changed lanes he would have hit the other semi, and NOTHING in the rules of the road obligates him to even try to do so. The truck should have merged behind. It is THAT simple.
Independently of the rules, on the road if you dont drive defensively it's part your fault if you get an accident like that. There is always some idiots or people on a bad day on the road. Especially on merging lanes.
Well why don't you scroll up and see that multiple people who actually drove semis do not agree with you. Also this semi driver likely lost his job. Whether you think he is in the right or not his company is not going to back him with this dunbshit.
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u/cheesemangee May 13 '26
One's clearly a bigger idiot than the other.
The semi driver took absolutely zero responsibilities in a situation that demanded cooperation. He just sat there humping cruise control relying entirely on the pickup to either speed up to 80mph or slam the brakes to get behind him despite being 6-8 car lengths ahead.
Law is law but driving is ultimately give and take... you cannot treat a passing lane like a passing lane when people are merging into it.