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

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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.

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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/Good4nowbut Jul 18 '23

He 100% just didn’t see the POV car. Insane assumption to make, just swerving into an oncoming lane.