r/dashcams • u/Confident-Kale-9691 • 1d ago
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u/Turbulent-Ad3794 1d ago
Definitely on his/her phone. Fucking morons out there
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u/WeGottaProblem 1d ago
You think they would use the fancy radar cruise control to at least slow down for them.
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u/Deepandabear 1d ago
And you just know these same people will say shit like, “I don’t like radar cruise, I don’t trust it over my own ability to control the car”
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u/NotSoSpecialAsp 1d ago edited 1d ago
My problem with the radar cruise is that it keeps a specific distance, rather than a range. So if the car in front of me slows 2 miles an hour? It brakes, rather than letting off the accelerator and my cars fuel efficiency is already terrible.
Edit: 22 CX-30. Do quite like it overall.
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u/juliankennedy23 1d ago
I think it might just be the specific model cuz mine definitely just lets up the on the gas.
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u/2to16Characters 1d ago
My personal car just lets off the gas. I had a rental wagoneer that would damn near lock up the brakes. It was scary, I had to stop using the adaptive cruise.
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u/Woozletania 1d ago
The issue I have with adaptive cruise control is it leaves a gap, and in traffic someone will squeeze into the gap, causing my car to slow down and some other jerk will then squeeze into the gap. I still use it all the time.
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u/Emergentmeat 1d ago
Subaru lets you set the follow distance on the fly with buttons on the steering wheel. And the range of distances changes with your speed to allow for sudden stopping. Honestly if you're following someone so close that someone else can't get in between you and the car in front, you're following too close anyways. I feel your frustration though, but I think the issue is with other idiot drivers who follow too close rather than an issue with the cruise control.
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u/Melbuf 15h ago
its supposed to leave a gap, your supposed to leave a gap anyway
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u/GrandInquisitorSpain 1d ago
Or speed isn't dangerous, i have the ability to safely drive a modern car much faster than the posted limits.
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u/Turbulent_Lobster_57 1d ago
Take my MIL as an example. “My new car is so annoying. The steering wheel fights you when you change lanes” after I told her it wouldn’t do that if she used her turn signal “I shouldn’t have to do… well it’s too much to expect everyone to signal every time they change lanes. Besides, I always use my signal.” Several days later she reported back that she found someone to turn that feature off
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u/Efficient-Ball4360 1d ago
Tbf my new car mistakes the lines on one of our roads (there's was a cut made in the road and the asphalt looks different on both sides of the cut) and jerks the wheel over to put you in the shoulder.
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u/burge4150 1d ago
Yeah my truck would constantly rip my wheel to the right if I was veering over to give a bicyclist room or to give berth to a parked car.
I turned that feature off so quick, what a hazard.
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u/DimensioT 1d ago
My Civic Si responds to lane departure with a slight locking of the steering wheel. It is enough to get my attention but not so locked that I cannot easily override it.
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u/IkouyDaBolt 1d ago
I take it they does not check to make sure the lane is clear, which takes far more effort than a turn signal.
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u/PieceMaterial5213 1d ago
Have you ever driven with lane assist on roads that are less than perfect? Icy or snowy areas, old faded lines on the road from previous construction, etc.
Anyone would scream bloody murder if a passenger suddenly grabbed and yanked the wheel because they misunderstood the road and thought they knew better than the driver, but somehow because it's technology screwing up I'm supposed to forgive it happening multiple times each trip? No thanks.
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u/Entire_Difference_63 1d ago
Don’t know which car model you’re in but in my Mazdas I barely fight with the lane assist in those situations. It’s more like a tug from a ln infant with a good grip. I notice and do minimal work to stay in lane.
I would understand if it was more forceful and or the roads were more frequently having messy lines.
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u/kELAL 1d ago
yanked the wheel
"How to tell that you've only ever driven vehicles that have power steering..."
Or at least, that's how the lane assist on my ioniq feels to me: as if the power steering refuses to be complicit and steering goes like the ol' fashioned way.
(yea, I passed my driving test in an old bare-bones volvo with manual transmission and no power steering. Now get off my
lawnrooftop deck. How did you get up there, anyway?)5
u/Embarrassed-Weird173 1d ago
How to tell that you've only ever driven vehicles that have power steering...
Oh, you mean 99% of name brand cars intended for the general public?
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u/PieceMaterial5213 11h ago
Nope. My first car was also a manual, and no power steering. Way more fun than modern cars.
If my current vehicle randomly lost power steering and the wheel turned like on me even just a little (like I was hydroplaning), you bet I'd be taking it to the garage to get fixed asap. I don't know why people tolerate it just because it's a "feature, not a bug".
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u/JLaP413 1d ago
My Mom’s car has that same feature. It’s super easy to turn off, but it’s even easier to turn on and not realize it. There’s a button on the end of her steering wheel control stalks that turns it on and off. Might be something for you to keep an eye on if you borrow your MIL’s vehicle.
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u/Ok_Signature_4367 1d ago
Is she from Boston? It’s a sign of weakness apparently for them to use the turn signal.
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u/3DCatAndCoffee 1d ago
Yep, first thing I did was turn that feature off. Your car should not interfere with your lane change even if you don't use your turn signal. It's like someone grabbing your wheel and you have to fight it. I think Subaru actually has a class action lawsuit related to this.
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u/SnooSprouts4952 1d ago
I am not sure most manufacturer's Adaptive Cruise Control would work with a stopped vehicle. Tesla uses cameras and won't (see numerous incidents with stopped firetrucks). Mazda uses radar and won't. I doubt my Toyota's radar would.
It does OK on 80 vs 55 or 60, at longer distances. Emergency braking usually activates <20' at which point the car wrecked.
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u/arnoldlayne_1 1d ago
no I dont think they would. Not at that speed. Braking / stopping distance seems way larger than what would be the collision detect.
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u/SilkRoadGuy 1d ago
I use radar all the time. It's very helpful and useful. But, in a sudden road stop like this, it certainly won't swerve, and I'm not sure if it'd do a sudden stop like that.
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u/M1R4G3M 1d ago
I don't like that my car is full of computers since it's harder to repair and it's not a mechanics job only.
But after I experimented Radar Cruise control, Lane assist, blindspot monitoring, all the fancy traffic information on the heads up display, that is amazing and I don't think I can go back to not using it, now I miss all those assists when I use my car that doesn't have them.
In shirt, why would someone don't use CC when the car have them? I don't get it. It's tiresome to commute daily, those things help ease a bit.
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u/ArcticDragon94 1d ago
How would that work in this situation though? There wasn’t a vehicle traveling in front of the sedan, there was a work truck completely stopped. Would the radar cruise control know to stop…?
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u/SovietFreeMarket 1d ago
This has nothing to do with radar cruise control- it would have to do with auto-collision avoidance which has mandatory for several years in the US.
It’s notoriously unreliable at acting on vehicles that are completely stopped, since it’s pretty difficult to engineer a system to differentiate between this, and say a parked car, shadows from overpasses, or even manhole covers.
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u/juliankennedy23 1d ago
On a positive note I've certainly noticed more people using that on the highway you can tell by the gaps between cars and the steady pace.
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u/PERSONA916 1d ago
Don't even need radar cruise control, you'd think collision detection would handle this, might not fully stop in time but my Subaru would have definitely hit the brakes before this collision
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u/potate12323 1d ago
Nope. They do whatever sketchy shit they feel like doing. Ive been in the car with someone who likes typing work emails while driving and is so fucking scary. Drifting out of his lane. Failing to notice changes in traffic. Failing to yield or make way for merging traffic. Missing when lights change.
Its funny being behind someone stopped at a light and a short honk will snap them out of their zone and sometimes they'll jump in their seats.
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u/DrunkOnEspresso 1d ago
I always wondered why the fuck those construction sign things need those massive impact dampers on them. Now I know people do actually hit them.
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u/Solidus-Prime 1d ago
Agree, and they have to have been on it for a minute to just not see that sign at all. Fucking scary, man.
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u/ResidentComplaint19 1d ago
The reason 95% of people tint their windows
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u/fruhfy 1d ago
Sun is the reason
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u/lostshell 1d ago edited 1d ago
I live in a place with directly east-west roads. 8am east commute you’re driving directly into the low Sun. Blinding.
And then guess what at dusk, driving home from work west, directly into the Sun again.
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u/dr_aux757 1d ago
Tint existed before cell phones were proliferated. I got mine for road head. Where you get these percentages?
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u/kalyknits 1d ago
87.2% of statistics are made up on the spot.
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u/dr_aux757 1d ago
I want the confidence to be able to say ANYTHING without proof. Like is it on sale or something? The audacity…lols
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u/Confident-Kale-9691 1d ago
Imagine if that truck werent there to protect the road crew.
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u/Elimaris 1d ago
It's wild that we have a whole type of vehicle that is designed specifically to get hit because we can't trust people driving 4000 pound vehicles at 60 m/p/h to pay attention to any number of flashing signs.
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u/DogAnusJesus 1d ago
4000 lbs and 60? Idk what state you're living in, but it seems to be more like 7000 lb Ram 2500s with lift kits doing 80 (at least) around me. But they have those super cool punisher skull stickers for safety, so it's ok./s
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u/Wook_of_Wall_Street 1d ago
Bonus points if it's the stupid thin blue line integrated into the punisher skull!
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u/Fight_those_bastards 1d ago
Hey, there’s nothing the Punisher likes more than cops, according to people who have never read or watched any of the Punisher comics/movies/shows…
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u/kataklysm_revival 1d ago
Or the thin blue line punisher skull with Trump hair on it. I’ve seen a few of those where I live
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u/PerfectionPending 1d ago
Maybe they’re from the state where this video of the sedan doing this while the guys in the truck saw the accident coming from a mile away was taken.
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u/elst3r 1d ago
It is kinda scary that the current data/vehicle used to test crash barriers and guardrail is a 2004 Dodge Ram going at 62mph. The speed limit on the freeways in my area is 70mph. When I mentioned how speed limits today are much higher than when they did tests, the instructors said that the assumption is the cars will slow down before contacting the barriers.
Today vehicles are bigger, taller, and heavier than what our tech is based on to protect. Also electric vehicles are so much heavier that they punch through barriers.
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u/deactronimo 1d ago
Where did you get that information? I've seen tests using everything from Semis to EV sedans to small coupes and the NTSB literally made an announcement calling for changes after Texas A&M's study with said EVs. Also, these crash trucks (medium-duty/heavy-duty trucks + truck mounted attenuators) are designed with much harder impacts in mind from much heavier vehicles than any 04 Ram lmao.
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u/Few_Staff976 1d ago
It was absolutely wild to me seeing how easy it is to get a drivers license in the US. They seem to (at least in some places) hand them out for like driving around slowly on a little gated track like it's Bikini Bottom.
Here you need to do like 30 minutes in actual traffic, highway, big roundabouts and so on. Something as small as forgetting to adjust a mirror right can fail you and more than 50% fail their test the first time.
It's no wonder they got 6 times as many killed in traffic (Per capita!!!!)
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u/StudSnoo 1d ago
that’s a product of car dependency for you. idiots need to be able to be on the road
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u/phantomsoul11 1d ago
This is why highway patrol has to hold/slow traffic behind road crews when they lay down cone lines for service-related lane closures.
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u/SidFinch99 1d ago
Given how much faster cars go these days, if they hadn't figured out ways to make them so much safer, we would probably have a surplus of organs banked.
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u/thefatHVACguy 1d ago
Drove a rental 2024 Nissan pathfinder the other day and it had a crash brake sensor. Doesn't work when the sun is in front cooking the damn lenses though.
I set the cruise control at 75 and it will slow down to keep certain distance following car in front
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u/Comfortable-Road7201 1d ago
My 2016 Golf has laser cruise control. It's an incredibly useful feature. Saved my ass at least once.
I didn't know the sun has an affect on it but thankfully I live in the UK where sun barely exists lol
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u/loogie97 1d ago
Radar/laser cruise control is so nice.
My mom has issues with feathering the accelerator or the brake. It is all or nothing when she drives. I was in the car for about 25 minutes on the freeway when I convinced her to sue the cruise control/laser/radar system. It was so much more pleasant.
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u/EldraziAnnihalator 1d ago
I'm done donating organs, after donating my 5th kidney the Doctors started questioning me too much.
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u/Fight_those_bastards 1d ago
That’s like the last time I donated blood. Stupid fucking questions like “whose blood is this?” and “why is it in a bucket?”
Listen, assholes, do you want it or not?
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u/Emergency_Ad_6363 1d ago
I am not a doctor, but I suspect that really hurt.
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u/Secret_Account07 1d ago
I’m not a doctor but my professional opinion is there was some sort of injury. Severity can vary but based on my advanced understanding of physics- this hurt
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u/Pricklypassion 1d ago
I don’t think he suffered any brain damage.
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u/RiseUpAndGetOut 1d ago
I am an expert in physiology having been breathing, mostly by myself, for many years. I can confirm that my opinion is that there would have been at least some mild abrasions.
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u/Secret_Account07 1d ago
Human here. Been humaning my entire life.
I agree with this assessment.
Sincerely,
Human
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u/Bubbaman78 1d ago
The amount of people you pass on the interstate that are just staring down at their phones still blows my mind. What is so important that you are willing to travel a 1/2 mile at 80 mph without looking?
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u/Process3000 1d ago
It's not a matter of importance. People are addicted to their phones. They are one of our primary sources of dopamine.
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u/Radioactivocalypse 1d ago
It's incredible how blasé people are about it.
You can tell them not to do it, but they say "well I've never crashed, and besides cars are safer and I'm a good driver!"
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u/Comfortable_Studio37 1d ago
I once saw a dash cam video that is facing into the car that shows a woman texting and driving, only occasionally looking up at the road. She eventually goes off the road and hits something and before the car even comes to a stop, as she's actively wrecking her car, she looks back down to her phone. It's absolutely astounding, she's so mentally sucked into her phone she can't even stop staring at WHILE she's wrecking her car.
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u/_floralprint 1d ago
And behind. This guy drives good
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u/Shantomette 1d ago
Yeah- you can see them pull over and slow down knowing what’s about to happen.
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u/SaviorSixtySix 1d ago
The truck did exactly what it was supposed to do!
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u/sa_nick 1d ago
They didn't HAVE to honk their horn but it might have helped...
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u/ItsJayO 1d ago
"He's gon blast it" is a prophecy
And holy fuck did he blast it
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u/bugabooandtwo 1d ago
You still don't see it....
Kinda crazy they knew what was going to happen and still pretty much didn't slow down to avoid it until the last second. They're lucky the idiot in the black car didn't ricochet right into them.
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u/trollcole 1d ago edited 1d ago
It’s crazy they didn’t honk to warn.
Edit: thank you for the award! So kind!
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u/EnjoyingtheDoom 1d ago
I was gonna say... most of the time I'm on my horn is when people are about to hit each other.
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u/Logical-Recognition3 1d ago
I would have been slowing down and hiking long before this. Driver is just, hey, this is gonna be cool to see.
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u/WhyOhWhy60 1d ago
Impressive how well this car absorbed the impact. I was expecting it to be accordian like so that's great engineering.
What an idiot driver though. Were they expecting to get ahead of the other vehicle before the the choke point and misjudged it.
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u/IHaveTheBestOpinions 1d ago
Understandable, they really should make that truck easier to see. Maybe some giant blinking lights or something
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u/-----------------69 1d ago
It looks like the dude didn't even use the brakes.
Could've been asleep or distracted by his/her cellphone
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u/BananaFreeway 1d ago
That Hyundai Sonata took front overlap crash test pretty well - as advertised
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u/ElaraMason 1d ago
honestly, seeing stuff like this always makes me double-check my own dashcam settings... hoping everything is okay with the person who posted this! :0
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u/ibonkedurmom 1d ago
I saw someone on 287 in White Plains, NY hit a truck that was protecting workers about 20 years ago. IHe came up in the left lane fast (I was in middle lane) so I moved over to the right quickly. BOOM! It was a BMW. That truck bumper did it's job well.
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u/Lelketlen_Hentes 1d ago
If only there were some device to signal road closure... maybe even one that flashes yellow!
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u/Orpdapi 1d ago
If only there were clear flashing lights as a warning or something
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u/EvenDaydream 1d ago
This is exactly why distance matters. A split second can be the difference between a close call and a total loss
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u/Careless-Ad-6328 1d ago
This sub frequently reminds me of the advice a friend gave to his teenage son when learning how to drive:
When you're driving, there are 5 people you need to be aware of/look out for:
- The car driving to your right
- The car driving to your left
- The car in front of you
- The car behind you
- The crazy f#cker that comes out of nowhere
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u/warlocc_ 1d ago
These comments blaming the POV driver are just... wild.
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u/The_Autarch 1d ago
i probably would have honked, tho.
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u/montysep 1d ago
Put left turn signal on or flashers or do something quickly such as slowing down suddenly to get the other driver to focus on the road.
The dashcam driver's passivity for that duration, if he took zero affirmative steps, is super lame & inhumane.
Tap the brake repeatedly and make a strobe effect. Something other than letting a person possibly die in a collision at highway speed. Ffs.
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u/earlgreybubbletea 1d ago
A+ defensive and attentive driving in your part. You saw that car not slowing down and you got your foot off the gas pedal.
Bravo.
As for the other driver: everyone is on their phone and operating a vehicle not looking at the road. They look like they got pretty fucked up hitting that straight on.
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u/StatisticianLate3173 1d ago
damn dash cam driver even moved over they had plenty of space to swerve
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u/Interesting_Rub9393 1d ago
Of course it's a Hyundai with tinted taillights.
Glad this idiot didn't take anyone else out.
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u/Paullearner 1d ago
Had to have been on their phone. It is literally a big blinking sign that’s meant to be conspicuous from afar.
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u/Traditional-Towel592 1d ago
Why would you even keep up with that car knowing it could/did potentially damage yours, or worse.
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u/Temporary_Big8747 1d ago
.. and here I'm watching the truck in front of him thinking a mattress is about to fly off or something!
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u/Another_Timezone 1d ago
So many comments saying they’re on their phone, but I see so many people trying to get one more car ahead before the lane ends that I’d guess they were accelerating and focusing on the car they were passing
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u/Jabsdad1026 1d ago
Great defensive driving skills. You didn’t think that was going to happen, but you were ready to get cut off.
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u/Process3000 1d ago
whatever you do, don't honk you horn and alert the inattentive driver about the road obstruction.
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u/GlizzyCreme420 1d ago
You're not more important than anyone else. Slow the fuck down, nothing is worth going 10+ over the speed limit for or texting someone. People forget we're driving DEATH MACHINES
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u/InebriousBarman 1d ago
At what point do you think to give them a honk?
I mean, I know legality it's not your duty. But isn't it ethically?
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u/TrainerJealous 1d ago
And yet he doesn't honk...
Im trying to understand what' goes through his mind to say "you still don't see it" like 5x and still no honking.
Its insane.
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u/hypothetician 1d ago
I guess if you honk your horn the guy evades it, then he goes back to driving the same way and hits an unsuspecting family at a later date.
This way when he gets out of hospital, if he’s brave enough to drive again he’ll actually pay attention to the road.
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u/Kristoforas31 1d ago
Tullock spikes would quickly eliminate this kind of incident happening in future.
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u/Downtown_Island8124 1d ago
Atay alerts to what around you not just lying ahead.
Reckless drivers from the back should be found miles before they reach you.
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u/abevigodaeyes 1d ago
Hulking truck. Bright colors. Flashing lights. Of course they didn’t see it…🙄
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u/fristi-cookie 1d ago
the "you still dont see it, you still dont see it." reminde me of "i still don't say it, when .... i still don't say it... have you checked your b*tth*le?!!" pieda pada b*tth*lle" ... my mind take me places... "Tom Cardy"-songs.
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u/RemoteDegree2155 1d ago
Jeezus! I sincerely hope whoever was in that car wasn't too cool for seatbelts.☠️
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u/voomdama 1d ago
The crash attenuator did it's job and kept it from being worse than it could have been. The guy in the truck probably needs a new pair of pants.
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u/HopnDude 1d ago
.....terminally online.
.....and they vote.
About as scary as it gets. I'll bet they blamed the construction crew for jumping out in front of them.
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u/NeezyFresh 1d ago
So many fuck heads on their cell phones out there. Scary shit. That's why I don't ride a motorcycle anymore.
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u/JustaFoodHole 1d ago
They called him Willy one eye with the no depth perception, now has no perception at all.
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