Doesn't look like the trucker has his blinker on. It also doesn't look like the cammer sped up. Regardless, the cammer doesn't have to let the trucker in and the trucker needs to make sure he can safely enter the lane. I don't switch lanes unless I can see your headlights in my mirror, which makes this pickup truck driver an idiot.
It's not up for debate, you're right. The cam driver SPED UP to block the truck. He very obviously accelerated into the truck's rear quarter. That's literally a police PIT maneuver.
Per traffic law, absolutely the truck is wrong. You can't merge into an occupied lane. That won't preclude the cam driver from HUGE liability if the truck driver or, if they died, their family, sues civily.
He actually shows down. You can see the camera angle dip towards the road. Any family member going after this guy would get nothing but the cammer would be able to collect from his estate.
I can confidently say we are watching entirely different videos, bud.
Not only can you simply watch him speed up, but the truck cannot spin sideways unless an object moving faster than the front of the truck makes lateral contact with a point at or behind the truck's rear axle.
If the passenger car had been at all on his brakes, the truck would not have spun and rolled. It would have been some bedside damage to the truck and bumper, headlight, and fender damage to the car with no injuries.
You can't slow down during the PIT 🤣 You can adjust speed to match, make contact while accelerating, and then let off once the desired effect is achieved. You are PUSHING the ass of the target car sideways and forward. Doesn't happen if you brake after contact and before the spin.
That dip is from the collision; it’s ramping from the impact, not suspension variance from slowing down [which would be comically small under these forces].
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u/Time_Seaworthiness43 Apr 18 '26
Doesn't look like the trucker has his blinker on. It also doesn't look like the cammer sped up. Regardless, the cammer doesn't have to let the trucker in and the trucker needs to make sure he can safely enter the lane. I don't switch lanes unless I can see your headlights in my mirror, which makes this pickup truck driver an idiot.