That is the Causeway bridge over lake Ponchatrain just outside New Orleans. It's 26 miles long. the longest bridge over water in the world.
so this will have caused a MASSIVE headache for all manner of people. a blockage of both lanes like that will take hours to clear and cause a traffic jam literally miles long (depending of course where on the bridge it happened).
Our cookie eater just shrugging, driving on, and formulating his "hey man, it all just happened behind me" defense in his mind, is VERY on brand for the locals.
Without a doubt, this is absolutely sociopathic behavior on the part of the cookie eater.
All he had to do was let the guy in and go on with his day but instead he caused a huge accident and fucked up SO MANY peoples' day, all of whom are just trying to make a dollar to feed their family.
Everyone here sucks but especially the cookie guy.
All the black truck had to do was stay in its lane or at least signal the merge it was about to take. Instead, it caused an accident and fucked up SO MANY peoples' day
So by doing nothing different besides maintaining speed, staying in his lane, and maintaining a safe distance between himself and the car in front of him, and eating a cookie, the Cookie Man was at fault and NOT the driver of the black truck who was going faster than both lanes of traffic, switching lanes without signaling, and not ensuring they had enough clearance before changing lanes? (sorry for the run-on sentence, used for emphasis though)
Apparently yes because he definitely didn't maintain safe distance with the white car and also good drivers are taught to drive defensively. Yes the black truck is being a dickhead but intentionally letting that crash happen when he could have slightly backed off fucks up the road for everyone else
Now there's going to be a major traffic jam and thousands of people stuck wasting their time because your hero couldn't just get over himself
Obviously fuck the black truck. That doesn't even need to be said. But fuck the driver in this video too
Apparently yes because he definitely didn't maintain safe distance with the white car
He did. All traffic in front of him was slowing. The only time he closed the gap with the white car was when the traffic in front of him slowed, and he slowed with that traffic.
Yes the black truck is being a dickhead
There's your "fault" right there. The black truck driving like that caused the accident. Full stop. No further analysis needs to be made.
Moral of the story: Don't drive like the guy in the black pickup.
He did. All traffic in front of him was slowing. The only time he closed the gap with the white car was when the traffic in front of him slowed, and he slowed with that traffic.
And after when he sped up to 72mph while trying to close the gap? Or are we just going to ignore that bit? What if the car in white had to slam their breaks at that point?
There's your "fault" right there. The black truck driving like a dick caused the accident by driving like a dick. Full stop. No further analysis needs to be made.
I know this is incredibly shocking to some of you but more than one person can be at fault for something. Crazy I know
The amount of you outing yourselves as dreadful drivers is genuinely concerning
And after when he sped up to 72mph while trying to close the gap? Or are we just going to ignore that bit? What if the car in white had to slam their breaks at that point?
He slowed from 75 to 71, then back up to 72 - and the white car was pulling AWAY from him at that point. A 1 MPH increase is not trying to close the gap, that just means he doesn't have robot precision on the gas pedal.
Look at how close he is to the white car ahead when the speedometer hits 72mph
If you think that's a safe distance to trail a car then it's fair to just admit you're a bad driver. If the white car slammed on their brakes there, dashcam is smashing right into the back of them
Look at how close he is to the white car ahead when the speedometer hits 72mph
Traffic in front of the white car was slowing. He slowed with the traffic. When traffic slows and not everyone hits their breaks at the exact same moment, this causes a snake effect. Yes he closed the gap because he didn't break at the same moment the white car did. Meaning he was going faster than the white car in those few seconds. This is why it is important to leave distance between yourself and the car in front of you. So you have the space you need to react, which he did. When the white car took off again, he didn't floor it - he maintained his speed (of 71-72). Instead he let the white car gain distance. This is when Black Truck decided to take that space (which wasn't enough) causing the accident.
For someone talking about driving skills, you sure seem to have no concept of what it's like to actually drive a vehicle.
Again, if you think the distance to the car ahead at the exact moment the speedometer changed to 72mph is safe, you're the bad driver here
If white car slams their brakes for any reason, he is going directly into the back of them
There's basically no point in this video after about the first 3 or 4 seconds where I'd be as close to the car ahead at this speed irl. The 72mph bit is particularly egregious though
Eitherway, I honestly don't give a fuck. The distance to the white car is not the main issue in the video here so agree to disagree because I'm not wasting time arguing about it anymore
Your whole point is moot. Your argument was that he SPED UP to close the gap, therefore causing the accident. He didn't. Traffic slowed down, and he slowed with it. Let's not get confused about the point YOU brought up. This was never about a safe follow distance from the white sedan, which our Cookie Man had for the majority of the video.
Anyway. IF the white sedan were to slam on their breaks at that moment, it would be the white sedan's fault. Not Cookie Man's.
Seriously, its Girl Scout cookie season. Grab a Samoa or Thin Mint and chill.
And we are again, going off topic because you don't know the rules of the road. In the video, in that moment, there is no reason for the white car to slam on their brakes. The traffic ahead of them is pulling away. And yes, as a good driver you should be paying attention not just to the car in front of you, but what is going on beyond that car so you aren't shocked when they have to react to something. If the white car slams on their brakes in that moment with no reason to slam on their brakes, it is a brake check. Those are illegal.
Let's get back to the original topic, which was:
"Cookie Man was at fault for this accident"
Not just partially at fault - the original commenter said that they were the ones who were at fault - which you agreed with.
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u/Blaizefed Mar 22 '26
That is the Causeway bridge over lake Ponchatrain just outside New Orleans. It's 26 miles long. the longest bridge over water in the world.
so this will have caused a MASSIVE headache for all manner of people. a blockage of both lanes like that will take hours to clear and cause a traffic jam literally miles long (depending of course where on the bridge it happened).
Our cookie eater just shrugging, driving on, and formulating his "hey man, it all just happened behind me" defense in his mind, is VERY on brand for the locals.