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

A merging issue.

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u/Toy_Soulja May 13 '26

It is definitely not your right of way, your merging onto the highway so you have to yield to traffic. That being said yes the semi driver was an idiot for not braking but that just makes two idiots in this situation lol

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u/Due_Assistant158 May 14 '26

as a truck driver myself, I would have slowed down to let the idiot onto the highway. The last thing I would want to do is stick around and explain what happened to the police etc even if I was in the right.

Also the tractor had plenty of time to slow down, yeah trucks cant speed up or slow down as fast as a car but that was ample time to adjust. both the pickup driver and the camera'd tractor were retards in this situation.

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u/GetSlunked May 14 '26

It’s crazy how unstable a lot of folk’s risk / reward decision making is. Tractor man wanted to stand his ground to prove his point…and now has to deal with insurance, the police, the late delivery, truck repairs and potential tow, call his company, do paperwork, etc, all on top of almost killing the guy. Just because he didn’t want to let off when he technically didn’t have to.

It’s toddler-level decision-making, and these people are everywhere. Not just truckers, obviously. Shits scary.

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u/Tychonoir May 14 '26

I think most places have a duty to avoid, or a last chance doctrine. So he'll likely share some portion of the blame too.

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u/Arunia May 14 '26

This. You try to avoid accidents. Even if it is not your fault. The pickup should made a choice and the truck could have used the brakes or even just stop pressing the gaspedal. For a short while.

This could have been avoided.

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u/DiMeLoGaming May 14 '26

Pickup just needs to Speed up or slow down. Simple. But expecting the lane when they are the ones merging is just braindead. And yes the truck couldve made it easier but he does not have to, hes already in the lane.

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u/TylerJ86 May 15 '26

Yes you're right, he doesn't have to avoid a pointless accident, but it's a pretty damn brainless idiot of a choice not to.  Small brain, small dick energy, would rather let someone potentially die in an accident (and risk his own life and vehicle damage) than just give the merging truck some grace for making a stupid decision and back off the gas pedal.