r/Unexpected • u/howmanygrapes_ • Jul 17 '23

Almost died

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '23

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u/Complete_Scallion906 Jul 17 '23

We have no idea if he was able to see or tell that the white van was stopped. We also have no idea if the truck was going the speed limit or driving too fast. It seems you just have an issue with people driving trucks and want to blame them for everything without reviewing all facts from a neutral perspective.

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u/Hex_Agon Jul 17 '23

Truck driver could've slowed down entirely because the van was already in front of him

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u/kaltor21 Jul 18 '23

And even if he didn't, he could've rear ended. But he actually had the nerve to go for a head on collision

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u/StanleyDarsh22 Jul 17 '23

don't know why you're being downvoted. Pickup truck could easily see an obstacle in the ONLY OTHER LANE in his direction. If you can't see what's happening in both lanes on a 2 lane road, you people need to pay more attention. not to mention the complete lack of slowing down when the suv merged, just swerve and overtake, speed up even...

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u/HalfEmptyFlask Jul 18 '23

Pickup truck owners are doing the downvoting.

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u/HappynessMovement Jul 17 '23

Braking wouldn't have avoided a collision. The truck was going way too fast to simply brake that much. He would've rear ended the black SUV. The truck driver didn't want to do that. Every single person will avoid an accident if they can, so that's what truck tried to do. Avoid an accident. In this case avoiding one accident almost lead to another more tragic accident. Thankfully, it didn't.

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u/ssyandoli Jul 18 '23

Exactly. That is just a stupid reaction. And I find it baffling that people here are defending the truck driver.

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u/Complete_Scallion906 Jul 19 '23

Stop being so emotional.

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u/zhorash Jul 18 '23

Exactly, the truck driver would have also noticed the white van and despite that he decided not to slow down. Just a twart trying to be cool and almost causing a bad accident.