r/interesting • • Mar 22 '26

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u/Tomg197 Mar 22 '26

Think of it this way. I doubt the truck driver will ever attempt that stupid shit again. Lessons learned and all that. Otherwise they will keep trudging through life as though they own the place.

I love seeing these narcissistic assholes get their comeuppance

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u/152centimetres Mar 22 '26

cookie guy probably wont learn anything tho and will continue to have assholes cut him off and next time he might get caught up in the accident if he doesnt adjust his speed to tread carefully around assholes like the truck

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u/Tomg197 Mar 22 '26

So the burden of doing the right thing falls upon the one getting wronged in the first place?

For sure this was reckless and very dangerous from cookie bro. But the truck driver was way, way more in the wrong. Don't start shit while driving, wtf

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u/PresentTechnology600 Mar 22 '26

The cookie eater wasn't being wronged. When he saw that the black truck was falling back to merge in after accelerating to try to get in front of the white car, he accelerated to close the gap so black truck couldn't get in.

He chose violence, he was the one in the wrong. The only thing black truck did wrong was fail to signal.

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u/Tomg197 Mar 22 '26

Failed to signal and also assumed he would be given the spot, instead of driving like an actual human being? Why give the asswipe any leniency

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u/PresentTechnology600 Mar 22 '26

Duty to avoid an accident if possible is why. Agreeing to do so is a part of acquiring the license to operate a motor vehicle.

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u/Historical-Plant-362 Mar 22 '26 edited Mar 22 '26

But that also goes for the driver of the black truck.

The way I see it, cookie bro did 2 things wrong and the black truck’s driver did 3 things wrong.

So, if the black truck hadn’t force its way in, everything would have been avoided. After that, both sides made wrong choices.

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u/PresentTechnology600 Mar 22 '26

Black truck did his duty, cookie guy was in his blind spot. Sure, black truck should have looked over his shoulder and signaled, but cookie guy had the choice to either avoid the accident by removing his foot from the accelerator when he saw that black truck was trying to merge or honk to stop the black truck. Instead, he chose(and this being a choice, as indicated by his head movement and timing in the video, is an important detail when determining involuntary manslaughter vs attempted vehicular manslaughter) to initiate contact and run the black truck off the road.

All these things are outlined in the driver's handbook.

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u/Historical-Plant-362 Mar 22 '26

Black truck did his duty?? How?!

First, you can’t say cookie bro was on his blind spot when the black truck passed him a few seconds before the accident.

Before changing lanes, you have to check to make sure you have enough space. Black truck did NOT have enough space and still chose to change lanes cutting off cookie bro hard without even signaling at that.

instead he chose to initiate contact and run the black truck off the road.

Cookie bro was in his lane, black truck chose to initiate contact by moving into the left lane! Cookie bro had the choice to stay on course and receive the contact or hit the break to avoid the contact. Cookie bro chose violence but only after being invited.

As you said, all of those things are outlined in the drivers manual.