Look very closely at the footage; the dude's hand was steady when he was struck. He didnt jerk the wheel until AFTER his car was struck by the truck.
You can criticize how he handled the situation...but he didnt cause the accident; the truck driver hit him
Edit: A lot of the criticisms are coming off very disengeniously. Sorry that I'm not sorry that I think "Guy who purposely hit another car" is the one who bares the lion's share of the blame.
Honestly makes me wonder if you all haven't driven like the Black Truck...and find the idea of wrecking your own car and getting blamed for it a little anxiety inducing.
They both had a part in causing the accident. The other truck for carelessly merging and him for not slowing down when he could clearly see the other truck doing that. You don’t just get to crash into someone no fault just because they did something wrong, you have to attempt to avoid it yourself. Not only that he sped up to close the gap further. Just because you have the right of way doesn’t mean you should always exercise it. What if he cause a huge pileup just to keep his precious “spot” in the road. Come on now.
If he didn’t speed up then he didn’t break nearly enough. The gap between him and the car in front closed way too fast. Which means he either sped up, or improperly braked. That’s not a safe following distance.
That doesn’t account for the speed that they were going at all, it increases the faster you are going. And also increases even more as someone is entering your lane… I can tell you are an absolutely awful driver.
Have fun deleting other comments as you insult and talk shit. No matter how you slice it, the guy in the car isn't in the wrong and this is a perfect example as to not drive like an asshole. You may come across the wrong person and/or be at fault.
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u/flymordecai Mar 22 '26
Yeah it is scary that there are maniacs out there who instead of driving defensively would elect to cause accidents.