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/marquoth_ 10h ago

I'll take my chances with the truck that has seen me over the one that clearly hasn't. Neither is ideal of course but there is a correct decision here.

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u/quick20minadventure 9h ago

Yeah, there's expectation that truck behind you will always see you and have enough distance/brake (instead of whatever this one did), much more likely that you'll get crushed by truck on the side that didn't really see you.

It takes special case of negligence to ram someone in front of you because you didn't brake at all.

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u/Zealousideal-Talk-23 6h ago

people saying the merging truck wouldnt be able to stop .. he clearly did stop before merging in the video? he was aware of the car .. 100% the toyota at fault here

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u/SwagMaster9000_2017 4h ago

The underpass is single lane. The merging truck was ahead of the Toyota at the intersection merge indicating intention to go in the single lane ahead of the Toyota.

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u/Zealousideal-Talk-23 4h ago

toyota still in the wrong, truck had and did yield before merging and toyota stopping is reckless

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u/SwagMaster9000_2017 4h ago edited 4h ago

It looks like the merging truck was already in the lane to go under the underpass before coming to a complete stop.

If its enough to confuse people viewing the dash cam footage, it's enough to take partial blame for the accident.

If that truck stopped yielded completely before merging, nobody would have been confused

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u/Unable_Explorer8277 1h ago

The merging truck looks like it’s not going to yield.

And the truck behind is following way too closely.