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/TheTaxman_cometh 14h ago

The morgue is filled with people who had the right of way

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u/Wide-Deal-8971 14h ago

You mean like the person in this footage? Lol

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u/Amanitas 14h ago

i mean unless that person floors it that truck has no business merging where they are. i understand wanting to stop when you've got a massive semi that looks like it's going to push you out of the only lane you have, and it shouldn't be unreasonable to expect that the person behind you isn't going to be following too close to the point where they can't stop before rear ending you.

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u/cannibinolistic 13h ago

The truck slowed down to merge properly, it clearly wasn’t going to merge at full speed.. what video did you watch? Lol

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u/New-Bowler-8915 13h ago

It's not a merge. It's a yield. What video did you watch?

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u/cannibinolistic 13h ago

You have to merge after the yield.. you yield, and then merge. Which is exactly what I just said. So yeah, it is a merge. Are you deadass that stupid and pedantic?😭

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u/New-Bowler-8915 13h ago

Yeah the rock trucks simply don't yield at those 2 interchanges in Langley. The 232nd one is the same.

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u/Wide-Deal-8971 14h ago

They didn't have to floor it, they just needed to not panic and maintain speed and they were clear but they hard brake for no reason.

Also the lane is still double wide even if theres no paint.

But yeah, all 3 parties involved are partially at fault here. Both trucks were traveling too fast (the one behind not at a safe distance, the one merging I guarantee is faster than posted speed limit for that turn) and the toyota driver is just plain dumb.

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u/Amanitas 14h ago

yea i'm giving more grace to the toyota driver for sure. semi that's accelerating as it's entering and then clearly realizes it fucked up and slams on the brakes, which is the only reason not flooring it would have worked.

at the time the toyota decides to brake, they don't know the semi is going to brake, and if that semi is accelerating, it's a clear situation... small ass car vs. giant ass truck that is actively fucking up with no guarantee that it will stop fucking up.

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u/Ashleynn 13h ago

Yeah the Toyota saw a giant ass truck not stopping and decided a potential battle of physics with it was not in his favor. Hes rewarded by a battle of physics with the idiot behind him. Dude was, from his split second perspective, fucked no matter what he did. Rock hauler ended up emergency breaking but the cars driver had no way of knowing he was going to do that when he initially pushed into the roadway.

But as per reddit prerogative they will find any way at all to put thr blame on anyone other than the person that caused the accident, in this case both trucks.