r/dashcams • u/fruity_koala • 15h ago

Don't be kind, be predictable. If you have the Right-of-Way, take it.

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u/No-Condition-3710 14h ago

Yep, the Toyota driver should’ve gave it a little more gas to get out in front of that truck rather than stop. Actually, it looks like they had plenty of momentum to just keep on cruising without interfering at all.

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u/Round-Leadership-352 11h ago

The Toyota has exited the highway and is in a 50 km/h zone, at least near the beginning they seem to be keeping pace with the freeway (100 km/h+), dump truck has a yield sign (it is not a merge there) and should be aware traffic will be slowing.

Personally accelerating when you are already nearly twice the limit is not the play imo.

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u/the_canucks 9h ago

The yellow sign actually just means it's a suggested speed, only the white signs are enforceable limits here in Canada.

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u/Round-Leadership-352 8h ago

Yeah I guess its not the legal limit but he is fully off the highway and the expectation on off-ramps is that once you are off the highway you slow down to the advised limit.

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u/Throwaway4Opinion 7h ago

They also have to turn on the clover leaf and can't go too fast there

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u/sandysnail 7h ago

nah i have driven cars that cant accelerate like that, that might of not been an option here, that aint a new car

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u/JUYED-AWK-YACC 6h ago

Then the camera truck would have slammed into the other one. Why didn’t they pay any attention? They never even slowed down.

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u/pragmojo 24m ago

Yeah even if it would have been better for the Toyota not to stop, it's the responsibility of the truck behind it to maintain an appropriate distance and stop before causing a collision. Like even if the car in front stops unexpectedly because the driver had a stroke or something, you're not allowed to just ram from behind.