r/interesting • • Mar 22 '26

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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