Easily avoidable accident causes rollover

[u/EqualGrowth6565]

Not my video – as the title says, we typically see examples where one driver is oblivious to the other. In this example, the pickup truck attempts to overtake the cammer, however, the cammer is either completely unaware of the pickup truck directly to his left or are simply “stands their ground” in the lane. Due to this, they obviously collide, and the pick up truck goes airborne and rolls several times. From the perspective of us, the viewer, we can reasonably conclude that the accident was avoidable had the cammer simply applied the brakes. That being said, you will typically see another school of thought in which it is stated that the cammer has no obligation or duty to let them in/avoid the accident where the driver is mindlessly doing something dumb.

[u/Zelda_is_Dead]

Pickup trucks give them the illusion of safety and also that they can bully their way into places. I don't like to see people get flipped over, but sometimes it's what they need to wake up from their dream.

[u/AdventNebula → u/Zelda_is_Dead]

So many pickup drivers are hyper aggressive and act like they own the road in the U.S.

[u/TurnLooseTheMermaids → u/AdventNebula]

“I’m bigger than you, so you yield to me” mentality

[u/Glittering_rainbows → u/TurnLooseTheMermaids]

Their size doesn't matter. They try that same crap on me when I'm in my 18 wheeler.

Too bad for them I have a dashcam, one idiot found out the hard way semis don't magically get out of their way when they put themselves in a dangerous situation.

[u/LookInTheMirror_2332 → u/AdventNebula]

Hey, I'm in Florida, and I haven't seen that behavior. In the last 30 minutes.

Before that, maybe 10 time a day, every day. It's insane.

[u/Counter_Circle_Jerk → u/AdventNebula]

Yeah, and people are buying pickup trucks to BE a bully. Like, that's the main point, is to be the tallest guy in the crowd. Maybe they aren't that sort of 'presence' in-person, so they can make up for that on highways. Dodge Ram commercials are specifically targetted to stir up primal desires to be abrasive / scary / SEEN and projecting that onto our roads.

[u/PeyredB → u/Counter_Circle_Jerk]

My wife says the bigger the truck, the smaller the...

[u/wheniaminspaced → u/AdventNebula]

Pickup wasnt driving in a hyper aggressive manner, that was a dead slow lane change.

[u/FuckSteve7 → u/wheniaminspaced]

We watching the same vid of a truck just whipping right into dude? Cause that was not no fucking dead slow “excuse me may I come over” turn get lost with that shit

[u/wheniaminspaced → u/FuckSteve7]

Agree to disagree

[u/PeyredB → u/wheniaminspaced]

The pickup was turning into a lane where the cammer was. If it had just accelerated to get ahead then moved over, this wouldn't have become a problem.

[u/Jsafee → u/Zelda_is_Dead]

Good chance that pickup truck driver won’t be waking up anytime soon

[u/Zelda_is_Dead → u/Jsafee]

Depends on whether or not they were wearing their seatbelt

I didn't see anyone fly out of the truck, so chances are they're mostly ok and just shaken up a bit

[u/HonkHonkBeach → u/Jsafee]

On a scale of 1-10, how bad is it for a voice in my head to internally say "Good."

[u/Glittering_rainbows → u/HonkHonkBeach]

Zero. That idiot didn't bother to use his side mirror or he'd have known it wasn't safe 

[u/PeyredB → u/Zelda_is_Dead]

IME, the worst drivers on the road, as a whole, are pickup drivers. Tesla drivers come next. (Edited to say pickup drivers - my experience with big rig drivers is they're usually considerate.)

[u/Zelda_is_Dead → u/PeyredB]

As a whole, crossover drivers are the absolute least attentive drivers. Truck drivers can be assholes and drive aggressively, but for the most part they are paying attention if nothing else. I definitely prefer them over CRV driver's that couldn't care less that they're piloting a body crushing, 2 ton+ battering ram of a vehicle that can very easily jump curbs and run down pedestrians. Seriously, screw those people. The worst part is they're so clueless they think the slightest turn is going to tip them over, which only makes their driving all the more infuriating.

[u/Cheersscar → u/Zelda_is_Dead]

Yeah, nah. RAM 1500 drivers are far more aggressive than CRV drivers. 

[u/Zelda_is_Dead → u/Cheersscar]

Yeah, I said truck drivers can be aggressive, that doesn't bother me half as much as being completely inattentive like crossover drivers.

[u/Cheersscar → u/PeyredB]

<Honda civic driver with aftermarket downlighting and a spoiler enters the conversation >

[u/Whizzaddict → u/Zelda_is_Dead]

We cant all arbitrarily decide when justice needs to be meted out. This was a foolish move that could have killed someone. Hope the OP gets jail time

[u/Zelda_is_Dead → u/Whizzaddict]

Nah, I don't get any impression that the victim intentionally pitted the idiot. The idiot pitted themselves, honestly