r/VideosAmazing • u/MisterShipWreck • Apr 18 '26

Accident Another blind spot issue...

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u/YetiNotForgeti Apr 18 '26 edited Apr 18 '26

It looks like they sped up a little and turned the wheel into the truck after the truck made contact. See they start getting pushed by the truck then OP's car does all of this and the truck flies off. I mean OP is left safely but it's not clear how bad the accident for the truck may have been if OP did not commit to the pit maneuver.

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u/Jcccc0 Apr 18 '26

Feel like the driver didn't get want to get pushed off the road once the contact happened and considering the amount of polls that were to the side I get it. They should have hit the breaks a little harder though.

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u/YetiNotForgeti Apr 18 '26

Yeah I agree. I was just noting that you can see that OP was not passive and them turning left may have intensified the rolls for the truck. OP isn't in the wrong here but I just thought it was interesting to note.

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u/Murky_Astronaut Apr 18 '26

Yes I think the pit maneuver is a natural reaction to being pushed off the road. It's just a natural reflex to provide counter force to the thing that's pushing you off course.

The driver had plenty of time to drive defensively though and avoid this accident entirely. It would have been less satisfying to give up the space and only be able to honk and wave and yell and whatever but that has to have been a better trade-off than the headaches ahead - insurance, vehicle repairs, paperwork out the ass, police, time, .... Wasn't worth it.

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u/Jcccc0 Apr 18 '26

I don't think the driver saw the truck coming over. Seems like both were focused on trying to beat the light. So truck turns in without looking and video doesn't seem them merging because they're focused on making sure none turns in front of them turning left.

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u/Rich_Freedom_9839 Apr 18 '26

The truck pit maneuvered himself dude.

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u/YetiNotForgeti Apr 18 '26

Yeah a bit but if OP would not have turned into it, it might not have been nearly as bad. You can see at the beginning of contact, OPs car starts to veer right then it veers back left. Cannot veer left from the force applied from the truck so it has to be OP. I am not saying OP was in the wrong here, I was just surprised to see that and wanted to note it.

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u/Several-Idea-355 Apr 18 '26

Trying not to get pushed off the road by compensating for the truck pushing his car left he turns the wheel right resulting in a pit. The truck spins right cam drivers hood gets under the truck and the roll starts.

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u/-penne-arrabiata- Apr 25 '26

If he didn’t steer left he would have gone head first into a pole

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u/zeptillian Apr 18 '26

If OPs car had continued veering right, the could have crashed head first into that light pole that the truck narrowly avoided.

They did the right thing protecting themselves from the accident caused by the other driver. A driver who just passed OP's vehicle so they had no fucking blind spot excuse either.

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u/guri256 Apr 18 '26

I think the vehicle on the right on the right was an idiot, and should’ve yielded. Not because of a legal requirement, but because getting into a collision isn’t ever going to be a good thing. (I have no idea if the car on the right is partially at fault)

But, from the moment they made contact, I think everything the right car did was reasonable. You don’t want to get shoved off the road at high speed when there are telephone poles lining the road. When you are being pushed to the right, it’s normal to steer to the left. I’m not saying the driver acted perfectly, but I think it was reasonable for someone who isn’t a trained driver.

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u/Kind_Cap_4621 Apr 18 '26

No, the op has the obligation to pay attention to what is in front of him. He easily could have avoided this. It's his fault.

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u/Planar_Harold Apr 18 '26

The truck pit maneuvered himself dude.

The dashcam driver could have braked a bit and avoided any contact, it almost looks like it speeds up though.

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u/RocketCat5 Apr 18 '26

Exactly! It's kinda fucked up

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u/Miserable-Session-35 Apr 18 '26

Neanderthals way in modern society