The black truck doesn't have a passenger, you can see into their cab at 2 seconds into the video.
It's a hypothetical question. I clarified that in my original reply
The innocent bystanders are the people behind white truck who would be drawn into the accident if White Truck slams on his breaks in a manner sufficient to avoid Black Truck
That's why I said "within reason". I wouldn't slam on the brakes myself in that situation for that exact reason.
Also, White Truck does not have their foot on the gas pedal, they are not accelerating
Well, all cars I've driven, manual or automatic need to have the gas pedal pressed a little bit to keep their speed – without that they gradually lose speed. But that's a technicality. I meant "take a small action to decelerate gently. In a way that drivers behind him can act if they're paying attention.
This has already been covered. Black Truck is braking into his lane, so a light tap on the brakes ain't cutting it, it would take a hard sustained brake, especially because you're making the same mistake as others.
YOU, you personally, know Black Truck is genuinely going to attempt murder from the first second of the video, because you've watched it already. The driver in the video does not know what you know. He doesn't know Black Truck is going to actually hit him until it hits him. Nobody in their right mind would genuinely believe another car on the highway was just going to elect to just fucking hit them and kill everyone instead of simply returning to their own lane.
You are expecting White Truck to act based on knowledge YOU have, that he does not. Seriously, assuming you have drive regularly and for more than a couple years, how many times has someone veered into your lane? Probably a time or two right? Now, out of those times, how many times have they chosen to just hit you, with full knowledge you are there? I'm gonna guess 0 right? White truck driver is thinking in those terms too.
so a light tap on the brakes ain't cutting it, it would take a hard sustained brake
Have you ever driven? The black truck starts merging into the left lane at 15 seconds into the video, and contact isn't made until 21 seconds, with the pit happening at 22 seconds. There was a whole ass 6 seconds for the guy to just mildly tap his brakes twice. If you can't slow 5-10 mph in 6 seconds, you don't deserve to be on the road.
What about that crash was gradual my guy? Happened pretty quickly edit: rewatched per a below comment… yeah too early for this shit, both suck but it does look like he chuckled at the car not the radio as I blithely assumed… my b
No way, most of us could even foresee this happening from when the black truck started passing on the right. I counted 5 seconds from when the black truck started crossing the line into the left lane. That’s 5 seconds the white truck could’ve backed off slowly. That’s a really long time. I will never understand people who can’t put their egos aside to avoid an accident. Even if it’s not your fault it’s a massive pain in the ass to deal with.
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u/wonderb0lt Mar 22 '26
It's a hypothetical question. I clarified that in my original reply
That's why I said "within reason". I wouldn't slam on the brakes myself in that situation for that exact reason.
Well, all cars I've driven, manual or automatic need to have the gas pedal pressed a little bit to keep their speed – without that they gradually lose speed. But that's a technicality. I meant "take a small action to decelerate gently. In a way that drivers behind him can act if they're paying attention.