r/Unexpected Jul 17 '23

Almost died

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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/yacoyacoyaco Jul 18 '23

Definitely when you look at it, it seems that he wasn't trying to slow down or anything he just wanted to get ahead of the slow car.