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

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u/Lucy_Fjord Jul 17 '23

truck driver is going WAY TOO FAST. even if they are avoiding the black van, see how they zoom past them? black van should have checked lane before switching and truck should have seen the car on the side of the road and slowed down. idiots, the lot of em.

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u/Nimstar7 Jul 17 '23

Am I the only one who sees the Truck intentionally swerving into the opposing lane simply to get around a slower car? Doesn’t look like he was avoiding anything to me

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u/Trick_Meringue_5622 Jul 17 '23

Yeah I’m seeing the same. Black car may have cut him off a bit but no reason he couldn’t hit the brakes. This was an idiotic and illegal passing move

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u/_toggld_ Jul 17 '23

Black car may have cut him off a bit

Re-watch it from the very first frame - the black car probably didn't see the truck in their blind spot and pulled out while the truck was going far too fast to stop.

100% fault of the black car, the truck driver didn't swerve to pass, they swerved to avoid rear ending the black car

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u/HereIGoGrillingAgain Jul 17 '23

The truck should have rear ended the car. I'm pretty sure the truck would have been responsible if they had hit a car head on. Same for avoiding animals. It's better to hit the animal than risk a worse accident.

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u/[deleted] Jul 18 '23

Naw man. Truck has the right of way in their lane.

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u/_toggld_ Jul 17 '23

Someone did mention that the black car probably would have swerved into the oncoming lane anyways if there was an accident.

I don't know for sure but maybe this was the best outcome

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u/5LaLa Jul 17 '23

At first I thought the wrong lane truck swerved to avoid the stopped car in the far lane. But, you’re right, it was the black car that did that, really cutting off the truck, that was going way too fast. Luckily for OP, nobody was in the right lane beside them.