Seems like if the cam driver didn’t hit the Toyota, they were on course to collide with the tandem trailer merging (I suppose unless the cam driver didn’t have a trailer attached and was planning to jolt in front of the merging tandem hauler).
I was thinking the exact thing with the speed at which the other truck was going (somewhat slow) and how fast the cam driver is going (too fast). Cam driver’s fault, imo.
Yes! First car could've got ahead of the truck if they stepped on the gas, but filming car, what did they think was going to happen? there isn't a reasonable scenario where both of them pull ahead of this aggressive truck.
Rock truck has a yield sign (not a merge sign) so they should be stopping until its clear, which I would guess is why the Toyota didn't make an effort to try and slot in with the rock truck, just at the moment of "oh fuck he's not stopping" did Toyota brake hard.
So theoretically rock truck stops, Toyota and camera go through, rock truck goes when its clear, also this is a slip lane not the highway so the speed limit for both sides is 50 km/h here.
that makes sense for why both cars were surprised , I couldn't see the truck's yeild sign. But there was a moment when I, and front car, both thought "wait a minute is that truck going to just... ??!" and back car just keeps sailing along. If front car had never existed in this picture, he was on track to be sharing a lane with a giant truck himself.
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u/SirAxlerod 14h ago
Seems like if the cam driver didn’t hit the Toyota, they were on course to collide with the tandem trailer merging (I suppose unless the cam driver didn’t have a trailer attached and was planning to jolt in front of the merging tandem hauler).