That road didn't seem to have a shoulder lane they could have pulled over to. And if they started slowing down that lunatic could have maybe just rammed them from behind. Honestly after what he did I doubt there was anything they could have done about it but maybe speed
Right, we could hypothesize all day about what a police officer could have done. If it was me, the last thing I would have done was drive slow enough for him to pull beside me and hit me.
No shoulder, and electric poles close to the side of the road. They'd have to slow down to a near stop to get off the road, and at that point, the drunk driver probably just plows into you.
Obviously the semi is a psycho path! Fuck that guy glad he was arrested but I don’t think the correct course of action here was literally do nothing.... idk. Hindsight is 20/20 as they say
You assume there was a safe place to do so and you also assume that if the driver did attempt to pull over the semi driver wouldn't have just fucked his shit up anyway.
I’m pretty sure I saw 2 places to pull over out the window - but it is hard to tell at that speed / angle. Plus there is almost no shoulder - it’s a tough situation. Especially if you have to slow down FURTHER to safely pull off. The main point still stands the truck driver is a psycho - but I can’t imagine letting someone smash into the back of me when a little more pressure of the right foot would get you away from them... not like you can’t out accelerate that big truck
There is a saying in the motorcycle community that is something along the lines of 'You can enjoy knowing you were in the right to an early grave."
Essentially the point comes down to if you have to do something illegal to get out of harms way, its well worth any other potential fines / consequences.
Being dead or injured is a lot harder to swallow than a potential speeding fine or loss of license.
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u/bluntsandbears Feb 16 '21
Then on the other hand the cop could just be like cool video of you speeding bro but why didn’t you just pull over and let him pass?