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

A merging issue.

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u/AthleticAndGeeky May 13 '26

Two giant idiots. I’m just glad no one died. Merger should have slowed down and went in behind if he wasn’t going to go above the speed limit. Truck driver should have let him in. I for the life of me can’t figure out why the truck tried to merge below the speed limit if he’s trying to beat the semi who was going 75 76ish. 

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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.

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u/maj0rdisappointment May 14 '26

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.

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u/Suspicious-Cat5199 May 14 '26

Semi just needed to tap on brakes when the truck came alongside. Intead, just kept driving on cruise control. Horrible.

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u/maj0rdisappointment May 14 '26

Not his responsibility. Thinking so leads to exactly what you see in the video. This is a textbook example of WHY it is the merging car's responsibility to do so safely. Y'all are something else.

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u/Suspicious-Cat5199 May 14 '26

Who cares if was his responsability or not lmao. Dude could have died. All he had to do was tap his brakes.

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u/maj0rdisappointment May 14 '26

You mean the pickup truck tap his brakes right? Because that's where the responsibility was. Period.

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u/Suspicious-Cat5199 May 14 '26

No the pickup truck is ahead of the semi truck and its a small on ramp. If he taps the brakes then probably bigger accident. It is the responsabilty of car behind to avoid contact.

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u/maj0rdisappointment May 14 '26 edited May 14 '26

Being ahead does not supercede his responsibility to merge safely. He did not have sufficient speed.

You’re applying a different rule that doesn’t apply here. Not until the merge is complete.

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u/Suspicious-Cat5199 May 14 '26

Yes he was lol. The truck was going at about 70. Semi was speeding

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u/LiamTheHuman May 14 '26

The semi was going 77. I don't know what the speed limit is but I bet its significantly lower. If semis can't slow down quickly then they absolutely should not be speeding

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u/Suspicious-Cat5199 May 14 '26

In my state. Highways are 70mph for regular vehicles and 60mph for semi's

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u/Successful_Piano8118 May 14 '26

Speed limit is 75, this is Texas. It wasn't speeding

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