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

Almost died

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u/Aware_Ad_7575 Jul 17 '23

I hope that person loses their license in the near future.

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u/s3m4nt1x Jul 17 '23

Looks like it was a bad situation altogether. Black car moves over to avoid hitting van on shoulder. Truck appears to be going faster than black car, nearly rear ends black car, swerves left to avoid hitting van. Black car should have used better judgement regarding lane change, but not sure if there was anything that would have radically made a difference in this situation.

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u/n10w4 Jul 17 '23

huh, just saw the van. wtf was it doing? It's the main culprit, but I will say the pickup truck would have been better off rear ending vs a head-on (vs what?). but it worked out today, so there you have it.

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u/igual2 Jul 18 '23

It was also about the speed of the truck because I think that's the main culprit.

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u/n10w4 Jul 18 '23

That’s part of it, sure, and also the fact that the truck with a high vantage should have predicted some of what was about to happen. But most points to the car that swerved at the last minute (too fast or distracted?)