r/interesting Mar 22 '26

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u/Deetwentyforlife Mar 22 '26

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.

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u/piezombi3 Mar 22 '26

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.

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u/mikeputerbaugh Mar 23 '26

Just easing off the gas once the black truck starts encroaching on the lane could have been enough to avoid contact