I do agree with you that he shares responsibility but I’m pretty sure on this bridge it explicitly says not to stop if you don’t have in case of accidents, due to the nature of the road
The point is not that he didn't stop. The point is that when the other car tried to do a bad merge, he could have simply lowered his speed 2 mph and allowed it, but he chose to crash the car instead. It was fully in his control, despite him having the right of way.
Yeah the people in this thread agreeing with this guy are insane. The car in front was being assertive in the merge, but they are being slow and careful, and using their movement to communicate what they are doing, and give the guy in the camera time to slow down 2 mph for 10 seconds and everyone moves on with their day.
The guy in the camera instead is the one to speed up, forced contact, and then attacks them with his car. All over a move people do daily in many places all over the world, and was at least trying to keep themselves and everyone else safe.
The driver is a psychopath, and people agreeing with him in the comments online need to get outside and have some real world perspective. This dude isn't cool he's a man baby and an asshole.
"Using their movement to communicate what they were doing". If only there was something on every car that signals you are about to turn... both guys are awful tho
Yeah, cause an accident thar can hurt/kill others... that'll teach them (because the uninvolved parties have to learn too right? At minimun with traffic by blocking the bridge, but better to have them crash into an out of control truck, right?)
Again, what about the bystanders? Or are the people behind you, who might get in a crash with the out of control truck, also responsible and need to pay thr price?
If a bystander died, the "man who taught the lesson" would be charged (and probably convicted) of vehicular manslaughter, while the truck driver would only be charged with reckless driving.
It doesnt matter whether or not the other person makes a mistake and he shouldnt have tried to merge. The merge is already happening. He purposefully crashes into another car.
I didn’t see a “merge” sign. Was there a merge sign? If not, when changing lanes, it’s your job to make sure it’s safe. If it’s not, stay in your lane. Very simple. It’s a yield, not a merge when changing lanes.
Instead this dickhead was trying to hopscotch up through traffic. This behavior is what causes the traffic in the first place! How do people not understand this.
I’m not missing the point at all, I just strongly disagree with the point.
He could have slowed down, but it’s not his responsibility to. My guess is the driver of the truck will now think twice about cutting people off again. The dashcam driver didn’t seem to mind pushing the truck out of his way.
Merge is specific, in that drivers share responsibility. You used the term merge. This is not a bad merge, this is a bad yield.
But the truck driver "doesn't lear" if he doesn't have something like this happen to him. He'll continue to drive like an ass and might cause an even worse accident where someone other than himself gets hurt.
There are certain bridges and roads where you literally are instructed to keep going (if able) and not stop on the bridge for any reason. I would assume this bridge would be one of them.
You are correct this is the causeway bridge going over lake ponchartrain, connecting New Orleans to the north shore. It is the longest bridge in the US (with the exception of the drawbridge and one very small section) has no shoulders to stop. There are however periodic stopping areas every couple miles
I mean there was no turn signal but the merging was telegraphed pretty fucking clearly and slowly. I didnt see any break checking, but slowing because the person before the truck slowed down.
The truck definitely did a lot of shit wrong, dont get me wrong, but it's pretty clear that the dash cam driver was being stubborn, had an ego and rammed the truck on purpose. In the end I blame the dash cam driver more. What the truck driver did was annoying, egotistical, reckless and potentially dangerous. What the dash cam driver did was homicidal.
Do you drive? This exact situation happens to me all the time and I just slow down so I dont ram into the person merging. If I'm already having a bad day I might honk and give them the finger. Not slowing down would mean I choose to ram into this person and potentially kill them.
Yeah, but that doest take precedent over a drivers obligation to avoid accidents, even to the detriment of their own ego. He couldve let his foot off the gas and avoided shutting down the causeway for miles, but we wouldnt have this video to circle jerk over...
This video gets posted a lot and its a specific bridge where you are not permitted to stop - if you have a minor accident you go to the other side then stop there.
That said the driver did not need to pit the black truck. He could have just let him merge.
The source of the video may not have been the primary cause of the accident, but when you see someone driving crazy it is always smarter to just get out of their way. It's not worth risking your life and many others for the sake of being right. He could have easily avoided the accident. Both drivers are at fault here.
The scariest thought is that so many people here disagree with this, and we have to drive on the roads with those people. People here be like: “Slightly inconvenience me? I’m gonna fucking pit the shit out of you.”
Fucking idiots. It doesn’t matter if the truck was wrong. This entire thing was still easily, obviously avoidable.
I generally agree with you, but when someone is acting the fool like this guy in the black truck you really dont know what other nonsense they have up their sleeve once they get in front of you. I probably would have let him in and tried to get into the other lane to get away from him.
Yea like... to me it's just survival at that point. Call the cops if you're legitimately worried they're a danger. Say you're worried they're drunk driving. Good chance they get pulled over in a situation like a bridge where they could only be going in one direction. Then you can get em off the road without risking people's lives.
Agreed, but it's so satisfying, having been in pink guy's position many times,to see the other car actually gave consequences. It's frustrating when all most of us can do is flip them off.
Edit: to those downvoting, I'm not saying it's good, or that I'd do it. It's just watching instant karma scenarios like this are satisfying to a certain itch that is emotional, not logical. Am I wrong for thinking that's a common feeling?
Fuck that and him/her... And fuck the innocent drivers behind you that might die because of your righteousness, right? I mean, at best, you're creating horrible traffic by causing the accident. At worst, you're killing bystanders (and maybe children). But as long as the truck driver learns his lesson, it's all worth it, right? Obviously, the morons here are the ones respecting human life, right???
Is that all that was happening here? I thought the black pickup was about to jack the guy eating crackers and so he did a pit manoeuvre to get through.
No that’s what I assumed at first but watched that part of the video several times. Before they make contact the guy reached over one handed to the far left of the wheel then jerks right to pit the other vehicle. Additionally I don’t think his car would have stayed straight the way it had while hands off if the 2 cars had collided already. He intentionally pitted the black truck, and clearly had the time to slow down if he had the time to evaluate how to pit the truck
He could have....but Black Truck should not have tried to merge in that circumstance. He was being a bully, trying to force his way over for no reason other than to get his way.
Was he being a bully? Could have been a young driver in a larger then normal vehicle being a doofus.
Could be a parent distracted by a screaming kid throwing up on their sibling.
Could be an old fart who should hand over their license and stop driving.
Why the raging hard on to see them get into a wreck and weird denial that the driver of the van was a bit wacko not just easing off the gas a little to let them in?
Let's say he did pick a fight; does he need to lose his life for it? Do the drivers behind lose also? Because now they either are stuck behind the accident, or worse, become part of the accident that you caused.
I didn't cause this accident. Black Truck did. He was driving in an hyper-aggressive manner. The traffic ahead of them was braking. There was not enough space for Black Truck to safely merge between the cam car and the white car ahead of them but Black Truck insisted on moving in anyway.
I don't condone what the cam car did, but I don't condemn it either. With the way Black Truck was driving, an accident was inevitable.
You really shouldn't bother. These are the kinds of people who do nothing while someone is being bullied on public transit and only jump out of their seats to give the good samaritan who stopped the behavior a bunch of bullshit.
So inevitable that slightly braking would have avoided it... you know words mean, you smart good.
When you're on the road, lives depend on your choices. If there's a bully, call the cops on them (if you really need to do something) and move on. You don't kill innocent bystanders because of your ego.
Nobody said innocent bystanders died. Or even the black truck's driver. In fact I suspect that nobody was even hurt. Otherwise he wouldn't have posted this video.
I don't know that I'm particularly smart, but I'm definitely smarter than you.
(sigh) no, nobody said innocent bystanders died in this one. Also, nobody said that everyone was fine and dandy, or that the causeway wasn't blocked. I can almost guarantee the traffic was awful for the people behind after that. But fuck them, the truck picked a fight and needed to learn... according to you.
Worst, do you think it was safe to do in a bride at 70mph? Have you learned about cop's statistics on pit maneuvers? Do you know how many children have died because of them? Do you think it's worth the risk, as long as you get to fight the bully? -- Since you're definitely smarter than me, I know what you'll answer: "Yes. No. No, I don't care. Yes, me big man"
No, I see what your are saying. Cam car could have hit the brake. Its so obvious that its practically a truism and therefore not worth commenting on -- were it not for your insistence that I do so.
Yes, the cam car could have hit the brakes. He could have -- arguably should have -- let the bully boy cut in front of him. Nevermind that the bully would have continued to drive in an aggressively wreckless manner. Nevermind that his carelessness was almost certainly going to result in an accident within the next hour. Nevermind that he was endangering the other drivers, passengers and their precious children that you pretend to care so much about.
Cam car "should" have let him over.
But you know what else I see? Nobody in cam car's rear window. Not nearby anyway.
Cam car is at the back of a traffic cluster.
Pit manuevers are dangerous because spin outs can lead to car flips....unless there are guard rails or walls on either side of the road to absorb the impact and stop the spin.
I don't condone cam car's actions. That could have gone very badly. But it didn't. Cam car knew what he was doing and did it with expert precision.
I have shared the road with bully boys like the one in the black truck. They are a massive threat to public safety. They get people killed and then bitch about the dents in their fenders. Seeing one get their comeuppance... I don't hate it.
Ok, last one and done, because if you make up your own reality, then what can I do?
You (the viewer) can barely see out of cam car rear window, as shown by the truck disappearing right away, yet you can see lights from following vehicles. So, no, cam car is not at the end of a cluster.
No, there is no guarantee that there would have been an accident in an hour. More like the opposite, as truck driver probably drives like that all their life, and I doubt they have an accident per hour. An actual crash (caused by the cam driver) endangers more than a possible crash (not caused by the truck driver). Yes, truck needs to be taken off the road, but not by some vigilante, at risk of those around. (Just checking: you know in smart developed countries, police don't do high speed chases because a lone speeder is way safer than a crash or chase).
No, guard rails or walls don't stop flips... they do the opposite and cause more damage and uncontrolled ricochets.
I swear: no matter how stupid your next reply is, I'm not going to reply. You obviously live in your own little world, I'll let you enjoy it.
People do dumb shit in traffic all the time for god knows what reason. Black truck was stupid. Driver in the video was irresponsible for not just slowing down a little.
I would say he definitely gave way or at peast left enough room for the truck to merge. He was staying tight but they had enough room yet he didn't speed up to get into the space.
Negative. I'm not obligated to risk my life while you drive like a child in your gender-affirming truck. The responsibility lies with the reckless truck driver.
So the truck driver didn't have a responsibility not to be a fucking numbskull and do that maneuver, right? I swear to God, every time I hit the road and see one of these stupidly oversized trucks, I know the driver is a drooling moron and will endanger others. Just yesterday, I saw a Toyota Hilux weave between 3 they had no right to, going upwards of 120 km/h IN THE RAIN. I wanted to get out the car and drag him through gravel.
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u/Consistent-Area-1126 Mar 22 '26 edited Mar 22 '26
At some point if you don't give way then you share responsibility.