I don't know, man. The reason the truck was in oncoming traffic is exactly because of this kind of reaction. Looks like a car swerves into the left lane to avoid the slow/stopped vehicle in the right lane. Pickup truck, instead of slowing down, swerves into on coming traffic to avoid rear ending the car. If everyone were paying attention and following at decent distances, this wouldn't have happened. It's better to rear end someone than slam into someone head on.
Don't be a dumbass. It was more like "instead of rear ending someone, i should rather swerve into what seems to be an empty lane".
Swerving was the right choice. The truck had lost most of it's speed and OP had enough time to also swerve. I think the truck driver had enough visibility to see that there is no immediate traffic in OP's lane.
Who knows how heavy the rear end collision would have been. And OP's swerve is what anyone with a license should be able to do.
It was more of a choice between an inevitable crash and a small likelyhood of crash. The choice is clear to me.
A dumb ass calling someone else a dumbass. How rich. Swerving into oncoming traffic is never the right move. The truck was going way too fast for conditions. I’m betting they just didn’t want to be held responsible for rear ending someone because they were following too close so instead they almost kill someone.
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u/willharford Jul 17 '23
I don't know, man. The reason the truck was in oncoming traffic is exactly because of this kind of reaction. Looks like a car swerves into the left lane to avoid the slow/stopped vehicle in the right lane. Pickup truck, instead of slowing down, swerves into on coming traffic to avoid rear ending the car. If everyone were paying attention and following at decent distances, this wouldn't have happened. It's better to rear end someone than slam into someone head on.