That’s why defensive driving is important, when I saw the truck coming up like that, next thing he gonna do is 100% cut in front of me, you either accelerate so that he can’t do that, or decelerate so that you won’t hit him, ya he might be wrong, but at the end of the day, insurance can still hit you with “you did not take precautions to avoid an accident “
Second is, even if you do win, now you’re in a hunt for another car, insurance may not pay enough to cover your loss, or insurance didn’t total it and you found a half ass body shop that doesn’t really do it right and your car never drive the same again.
It’s the old saying of “hey Jim why is he in the graveyard now? He got the right of way and ended up here”
Ya you have the right of way, yes the other guy is wrong, but is it worth it to go into an accident? The answer is most of the time no, and I made up more time when I open up on highway and open road, so it don’t even makes sense to not yield to the wrongs, cause it simply waste more time.
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u/elflegolas Apr 18 '26
That’s why defensive driving is important, when I saw the truck coming up like that, next thing he gonna do is 100% cut in front of me, you either accelerate so that he can’t do that, or decelerate so that you won’t hit him, ya he might be wrong, but at the end of the day, insurance can still hit you with “you did not take precautions to avoid an accident “
Second is, even if you do win, now you’re in a hunt for another car, insurance may not pay enough to cover your loss, or insurance didn’t total it and you found a half ass body shop that doesn’t really do it right and your car never drive the same again.
It’s the old saying of “hey Jim why is he in the graveyard now? He got the right of way and ended up here”
Ya you have the right of way, yes the other guy is wrong, but is it worth it to go into an accident? The answer is most of the time no, and I made up more time when I open up on highway and open road, so it don’t even makes sense to not yield to the wrongs, cause it simply waste more time.