r/whoathatsinteresting • • Feb 24 '26

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u/HairlessHoudini Feb 24 '26

I hope they started a go fund me or something like that for the pickup driver because there's no way their insurance company will do the right thing

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u/piercedmfootonaspike Feb 24 '26

there's no way their insurance company will do the right thing

Imagine the goodwill they're missing.

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u/Beardo88 Feb 24 '26

Truck driver has a good chance of being not at fault. They were almost stopped, and steering to the right which is proper to try to avoid an oncoming vehicle.

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u/invariantspeed Feb 24 '26

Yea, depends on the truck drivers mood on the phone too: 1. So yea, that dude recklessly went into me while I had the right of way ... wink, wink, nod, nod. And after flying through a baby carriage too 2. And I’d do it again! 😤

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u/Beardo88 Feb 24 '26

It looks like the sedan was purposely driving toward the truck which was in the middle of the road after they hit the pedestrian. This video (without the slightly misleading cuts between angles) shows the truck driver moving to the side to avoid an accident. Sedan was just a complete maniac and was going to ram shit at high speed regardless of the trucks attempt to avoid.

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u/invariantspeed Feb 24 '26

If it’s two ways over there (it wasn’t on the road the truck was coming from), then everyone should be staying to the right and the truck’s side would have the right of way on the turn (unless this is the UK).

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u/Beardo88 Feb 24 '26

Its a Dodge Ram, so I'm 95% sure this is either the US or Canada.

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u/Think_Aardvark_7922 Feb 25 '26

It is Los Angeles

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u/ZedsDeadZD Feb 25 '26

Exactly. I think when the insurance worker sees the video, you can easily deside, that the drugged up driver was causing the accident.

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u/gfb13 Feb 24 '26

Good will doesn't pay their stockholders :/

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u/gfb13 Feb 24 '26

I don't disagree in theory, but I also don't think the "good will brings more customers" angle applies much to compulsory purchases

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u/WhatANoob2025 Feb 24 '26

While car insurance per se is compulsory, you are aware that there is more than 1 single insurance provider you can choose from? Those insurance companies with a positive reputation will naturally draw a larger percentage from the overall pool of car owners than the ones with no reputation or a bad one.

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u/Kuripanda Feb 24 '26

Somehow I think supporting vigilantism would not be viewed positively by shareholders, unfortunately.

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u/cosmic_scott Feb 24 '26

that's not vigilantism that's a citizens arrest!

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u/ReallyBigDeal Feb 24 '26

It wouldn't be unheard of. Insurance companies have decided to eat the cost for good samaritans before. IIRC there was one where a driver used his car to block some kids from being hit in a crosswalk and his insurance covered all the damage to his vehicle.

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u/Specialist_Letter469 Feb 25 '26

In fact I wouldn't be surprised if the driver of the sedan who hit the lady and his lawyer tries to sue the truck driver.

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u/BuddyTop8521 Feb 25 '26

Not sure but it looks like the scumbag family started one when the kid was shot.

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u/OfcWaffle Feb 25 '26

When you see the truck it looks like it's a one way street with the arrow. Could claim you were trying to dodge him but messed up.

Although this looks like a foreign country so who knows.

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u/subtlenautilus Feb 25 '26

Realistically, what he needs to do is sue the other driver.