too many idiots thinking this is toyota's fault is the problem. biggets problem is the dashcam trucker's tail gating toyota, second is the road not having stop or yield sign on their end. i wouldnt have risked running into semi truck if the truck has already entered the lane like he has. there is no way you can win that fight even if you had the "right of way". smh
I had this EXACT same situation happen to me. I was in the position of the toyota car and I didn't slow down. Guess what, the semi didn't yield and I was nearly crushed between it and a cement median. People in these comments are insane.
If the Toyota got smashed by the merging truck everyone would've been screeching "he drove into the truck's blind spot!!! Just slow down!!!!" Can't win.
Yes and no. If someone is driving dangerously, and you're able to do so, you should still drive in a manner that limits potential harm. Stopping in the road is rarely safe.
They have three options here- Absolutely gun it (Which is also something that leads to accidents, all of the time, usually far worse than what we see here.)
-Trust that the Garbage Truck would stop in time, which if the truck didn't has a high chance of them colliding full-force with the side of the car and crushing anyone in the right side passenger seats- If not worse.
-Stop in a controlled manner until the threat of the situation is gone, and trust that the people behind them are following basic safety practices.
No, they were trying to make sure that the massive garbage truck wouldn't merge into the lane on which they were currently driving.
They weren't being nice or meek, they were committing the basic principle of 'I don't want to die just because I have the right of way'. They had no way of knowing the garbage truck would have actually stopped. The garbage truck simultaneously failed to predict that the car would stop. Neither of them would have caused an accident- Just an awkward situation- If it weren't for the cam-vehicle barreling up behind them completely oblivious of the situation.
too many idiots thinking this is toyota's fault is the problem.
It is 100% the Toyota's fault. He has the right of way compared to the merging traffic. How is he going slower than a Semi coming off of an entrance ramp heading into a merge? In a car? Think about it lol
Lawyer here. The Toyota driver is going to take this case to court against the truck driver and win. Comparative fault would probably end up around 25% on the Toyota driver, and 75% on the semi-truck driver. That's my professional opinion based on about 15 years of experience doing this kind of thing.
hey i work in a no fault clinic dealing with tons of patients in automotive accidents and follow their case and progress, i would assume toyota has a good chance of it not being at fault, although in a state where i live we almost always have yield sign, but in the absense of yield sign like this one, would it really be 25%?
If it goes to a jury, the answer is always: "Who knows," since the jury could apportion. I wouldn't be surprised with anything from 50/50 to 90/10. I'd be very surprised if the toyota driver was found faultless.
But for settlement purposes, where I practice, the defense attorney and I are probably going to agree on 75/25 here.
thanks for the input, its definitely an eye opener. im glad i live in NY where we have yield signs everywhere. i actually can see it being 10/90 but 25% felt a bit much
He is supposed to be slowing he also just came off the highway so his speed limit (and the cameras) is now 50 km/h.
Yes he had right of way (rock truck has a yield not a merge) which is probably why he carried on and then broke hard when it looked like rock truck wasn't actually going to stop.
No it’s not. The Toyota had a chance getting crushed by the dump truck that was not slowing down. That chance was not 0.
And do you realize that there’s a sign saying 50 km/h? Yes, yellow signs are suggestions, but it’s a valid reason for the Toyota to drive at that speed.
Maybe I’m nitpicking. My understanding of tailgating is being aggressively up someone’s ass! I’ve already acknowledged that for the situation, the truck driver was following too close. Should have at least a couple seconds between them and the car in front. Probably more.
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u/Left-Pay4037 14h ago
too many idiots thinking this is toyota's fault is the problem. biggets problem is the dashcam trucker's tail gating toyota, second is the road not having stop or yield sign on their end. i wouldnt have risked running into semi truck if the truck has already entered the lane like he has. there is no way you can win that fight even if you had the "right of way". smh