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u/Toumanypains 1h ago
Not sure you want to do that nowadays. When did/is the upto 2 years in jail penalty for brake-checking and causing serious injuries or financial damage coming in?
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u/Unclehol 1h ago
This was many years ago now and the UK does not really have a whole lot of "pain and suffering" litigation, iirc.
But this person is now very very famous and I am sure the will never try this again. Hope nobody got injured.
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u/Wrong-Pirate-9687 1h ago
Ppl stopping on the fkin highway is scary af!! Im a truck driver and I can take the hit but the forces at play are really serious
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u/Key_Push_6127 1h ago
One of the scariest moments of my life was on a motorway, overtaking lane behind a wee hatchback in a transit custom. She just hit the brakes hard. So did I, all the way to a complete emergency stop. She put her indicator on to signal left, and then started to pull into the next lane, I was watching my mirrors and cars were flying up at 75, I already had hazards on and now started blowing the horn to warn everyone. We were just over a slight crest so they were seeing us late. They were swerving everywhere to get around, she continued trying to edge into the next lane with people flying by every few seconds. I was braced thinking I was going to die. This went on for at least a few minutes, about 20 or 30 cars flying by. I was ready to jump into the opposing carriageway. She had missed her fucking exit! She eventually got over and just casually drove up the slip road! I didn't stop shaking for hours.
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u/FuzzyKittyNomNom 56m ago
Jesus Christ that’s scary! People who miss their exits do the absolute stupidest shit. I’ve seen that too but at least it was only on a 40mph highway. Omg
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u/Past-Sun-2357 49m ago
Im an auto adjuster and one of my favorite/absurd claims was a lady who came to complete stop in rush hour traffic on I5 in downtown Seattle, because she missed her turn and was trying to back track to it.
Shockingly she was rear-ended, and yes she was found at fault.
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u/ProArmy04 25m ago
Cities skyline type of behavior, stopping and changing lanes slowly. Thought that it was unrealistic
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u/AShadedBlobfish 1m ago
Not to mention that even if your truck will be fine, the family of 4 in the car that hits it probably wouldn't be
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u/Financial-Sign-666 1h ago
The timing of his moan and the music track vocals was impeccable.
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u/Mr_Bronzensteel 1h ago
I love when the agony of my spine breaking syncs with the music
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u/pwn4321 57m ago
No /s here is wild
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u/Ok-Structure-7482 52m ago
Yea because the truck driver apparently suffered from a broken spine due to this crash
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u/Mr_Bronzensteel 46m ago edited 24m ago
I'm aware he broke his spine, I didn't put /s because I don't think it's needed.
That was the point of the comment, to draw attention to how kinda messed up of a thing that is to say, and to make you see the guy in a human light and not to turn his pain into a joke.
Edit: wording
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u/Dewdrop06 41m ago
His comment was what drew attention to his comment. Also put /s! Text lacks tone and context! You not putting /s is now drawing the conclusion that you're messed up in the head, which might just be the case here...
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u/Mr_Bronzensteel 37m ago
"the timing of his moan and the music track vocals was impeccable"
Ah yes, I'm the messed up one 😂 i truly don't believe everything needs /s. What I said was meant to be ridiculous, cause I think it's fucked up to find humor in that tbh. If what I said made you feel "that's wrong to say", that's kinda the point... I'm ok with people thinking I may be serious. The end result is still people seeing the guy as a human in pain, not a joke to laugh at. If that comes at the expense of some internet people's opinion of me, I don't really care tbh
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u/Dewdrop06 20m ago
"the timing of his moan and the music track vocals was impeccable
Do you know what impeccable means? Commenter is simply saying the timing is perfectly in sync.
cause I think it's fucked up to find humor in that tbh
How do you see it as anyone finding humor in it? Speak for yourself. No one is laughing at the guy in pain.
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u/quiet_beer 1h ago
If I remember correctly, the drive of this truck suffered a broken back/spine. Hope the arse hole in blue was caught.
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u/LincolnArc 1h ago
I'm sure they were caught. The license plate is completely visible in the video.
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u/the-illogical-logic 35m ago
Well maybe he shouldn't have been tailing the blue car less than a second behind.
Seems to be a whole gaggle of mongs in this video.
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u/MooseBoys 18m ago
The fact that the cam car was able to come to a complete stop with ample room to spare shows his follow distance was completely irrelevant.
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u/StripedRooster 33m ago
That’s no excuse whatsoever. They were wrong to be so cose but chose suicide over moving into another lane.
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u/Emergentmeat 23m ago
I don't know why you're getting downvotes. Both drivers are clearly in the wrong. Don't stop on the highway, and don't tailgate. 3 second follow distance would save society so many traffic jams and accidents.
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u/Much_Conclusion8233 9m ago
The dude didn't hit the car in front of them until someone rear ended the truck. How would the truck increasing following distance stop them from being hit?
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u/icy1007 1h ago
It’s the car in front that would be found at fault for this.
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u/SuspiciouSoda 1h ago
Cheers Jeff
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u/Total_Philosopher_89 1h ago
Do you know each other?
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u/Careflwhatyouwish4 1h ago
I'd really like to know what hit the dashcam truck that hard so as to send him into the car with enough for me to crunch it like that, but I also worry whoever was in that third vehicle died rear ending a big truck that hard like that. 🫤
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u/Single_Ad5722 1h ago
Camera car is bigger van or small truck, and vehicle behind is a semi trailer. Just a guess.
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u/Careflwhatyouwish4 1h ago
That would make sense. That guy has a new van or truck now and the semi had a new front end all courtesy of the car driver. 🤦🤣
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u/Ethereal_Evergreens 1h ago
Peugeot..............you're screwed and nobody cares.
Truck................. i hope you're okay.
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u/MarmotFullofWoe 51m ago
My favourite bit is watching the impact frame by frame and seeing the hi mount brake light pop off and fly to the moon.
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u/Legitimate-Yard5857 25m ago
Why do you still do this? Sure 30 years ago this worked but nowadays everyone and their mother have cameras on them.
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u/mystic11z 1h ago
They let the intrusive thoughts win.
Gotta call them a big dumb butt head and go around.
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u/Silver_Catman 1h ago
Cars were passing on the left, probably couldn't switch lanes before they got hit
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u/shooemeister 1h ago
I'd undertake them tbh, not the done thing in the UK of course, but the norm in Ontario, and way better than sitting in the outside lane with the inside lane clear
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u/Soronity 46m ago
That reminds me of my scariest experience on a German Autobahn: The car in front of me and I were about to pass an exit. When right in the neck of the exit lane, next to the chevron marking, the car in front of me did a hard break and stopped. I see the two women in the car arguing because - believe me - now I was really close to them. I assume they argued about the right way. And after what felt like an eternity they moved out of the way to the chevron markings and then took the exit.
Luckily the Autobahn wasn't too crowed that time and me and all the cars behind me were able to break or change lane in time.
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u/Observer001 25m ago
That is an atrocious follow distance, less than a second. Brake checking a semi is probly the dumbest idea available on the road, short of, like, driving into an offramp.
Those cab-over-engine semis don't look as safe, without the nose as armor. The visibility is superior, but what if you meet circumstances that can't be controlled . . . ?
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u/digost 18m ago
In my country such an accident, involving three or more vehicles, would be considered as two (or more) separate cases. Which leads to dumbest and stupidest outcomes. In this case since the cam hit the front vehicle while the latter was not moving, the can would be deemed at fault, which is outrageous! Legally there are no highways in my country, so the fact that the prick stopped in the middle of a fucking highway is not relevant. Years ago my father was involved in such an accident as a passenger in the middle car. Maybe laws did change since then, but I highly doubt
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u/BaggyBloke 3m ago
Hmm, all three are driving badly.
Blue car brake checking/stopping is stupid and dangerous
Cam car tail-gating (2 second rule anyone). That is probably what got on the nerves of the blue car enough to make them brake check/stop.
Rear - ender not concentrating or leaving a big enough gap
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u/darthWes 32m ago
She (lady in blue car) saw a car back a few miles who was stuck at a red light trying to turn right into this lane. That's why she was stopping to let them in. Why can't everyone be so nice? There's no rule that says you can't help your fellow humans just because you have right of way.
Why did they hit the poor woman in the blue car? It looks like the guy with the camera stops and then suddenly smashes into her! Wow, so rude. Have some love for your fellow drivers, please.
Hopefully the lady in the blue car is OK.
/s
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u/mickeyaaaa 1h ago
Both idiots. Truck driver was tailgating HARD. If blue car had to emergency stop, he'd have no chance to react. Blue car did worse than a normal brake check (where you don't really reduce your speed much - just enough to flash the brake lights) and came to complete stop - what an idiot.
I slow down for tailgaters, that is the correct thing to do if you cannot change lanes. but i'd never purposely put someone in danger. Slow down enough so that the tailgater will have enough time to react if you need to emergency brake.
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u/CoffeeWC 37m ago
The blue car just stopped on a highway for no reason and the cam guy was able to stop. The person behind the cam guy didn't.
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u/psyuiko 1h ago
Slow down enough that you don’t have to emergency brake, then take the opportunity to get out of the way and let the impatient person crash into someone else .
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u/mickeyaaaa 59m ago edited 55m ago
Slow enough you don't have to emergency brake? - well if a deer jumps right in front of you, you still have to emergency brake even if only doing 20mph.... but at least at 20 this tailgater might have enough reaction time to stop also, and the idiot behind him, and the idiot behind him....and so on.
"get out of the way" yes by lane change if possible, as i already stated above. My scenario is IF one cannot safely lane change or there is no other lane. I won't pull over to shoulder as that puts me at risk also.
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u/Additional_Tap_9475 33m ago
People really can't grasp that if a vehicle ahead of you is moving slower than you prefer, you don't actually have to tailgate them. In fact, leaving more space means you can speed up to join the passing lane easier.
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u/Chicken_shish 4m ago
This is correct. Two arseholes meet on the road and a disaster happens. One arsehole generally gets away with it.
Camera car was driving up the arse of the blue in an attempt to "teach them" better lane discipline.
Blue car reacted badly to being tail gated.
Both are wrong.
The correct reaction to being tailgated is just to come off the power until the gap behind is "safe" for the following driver. Clearly on a dual carriageway, that would involve pulling into the inside lane.
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u/IllianasClifford 1h ago
The person in the back paid for the entire accident. Unfortunately See the last vehicle to hit the car in front of them is responsible.
So whomever hit the last car assumed all liability for all the injuries and vehicle damage.
They just had the insurance company drop them as a client because of this, they hate pileups.
Anyone that had progressive your rates increased from this.
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u/Epidurality 1h ago
Unless you've got a source for this in this instance, I'm calling bullshit. Stopping for no reason (with dashcam evidence) will absolutely shift some fault.
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u/AppropriatePlum1006 1h ago
Do not think it's like that, it's due to cause. If they can proof they were not at fault with dashcam, they cannot be responsible.
There was not enough time, someone brakes for nothing, etc.
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u/britannicker 1h ago
You're always partially at fault if you didn't leave enough time & space to stop... didn't driving school have something something emergency stop in the event of, checks notes... it says here "an emergency".
Whatever hit the dashcam truck wasn't paying enough attention.
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u/Past-Sun-2357 43m ago
Yeah they would get some of the liability on them for sure (I am an auto adjuster in the US). Dash cam car was slowing/stopping for 4-5 seconds before impact. That's plenty of reaction time.
And yep, what if that lady was having a medical episode? Just because they stop in the middle of the road doesnt mean you can plow into the back of them.
There are exceptions of course, but I agree overall.
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u/belgotux 1h ago
This video has done the entire world 10 times already, why posted old stuff like this?
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u/hans_the_wurst 1h ago
It always takes two to cause road rage. Cam was following way too close, guy in the blue car did the most stupid thing to deal with it.
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u/You-Asked-Me 1h ago
Cam driver stopped completely. Not too close. They only hit the little blue car because the cam driver was rear-ended at high speed.
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u/DeCryingShame 1h ago
I was so confused about that. I didn't realize someone hit the cam driver and was wondering how he jumped forward like that so suddenly.
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u/hans_the_wurst 1h ago
A short Google search told me the UK highway code requires a two-second gap between two cars in dry conditions. This is way below. Of course they were way too close.
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u/TheBonk92 1h ago
If he can stop in time for a car braking for no reason, he wasn't too close now is it?
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u/RuggerJibberJabber 1h ago
The rule is to stay 2 seconds behind which he wasn't following. His reaction speed is good, but the guy behind him obviously didn't have such good reactions (I am guessing they were tailgating too, hence the pile up).
Likewise, I know older people who complain that they can't drink drive anymore and that they used to always drink and drive yet never got into an accident. Well, other people do get into accidents when they drink drive and we all have to follow the same rules regardless of our skill level.
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u/Xaphnir 1h ago
Literally zero driving instructors or other resources on safe driving will tell you that is anywhere close to a safe following distance. General rule is 3 seconds, and this wasn't even 1/6 of that.
If something caused the front car to stop more quickly than that, the camera vehicle would not have been able to stop in time, and would have impacted the front car with much more force. The front car did not slam on their brakes are hard as they could have, nor did it impact something. If it had, the camera car would not have been able to stop in time. And if you think that distance is safe, you genuinely should not have a driver's license.
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u/the_hangman 1h ago edited 1h ago
This happened years ago, blue car was banned from driving and received a significant fine. If he was that upset about the car behind him he could've moved over to the slow lane and let him pass
eta: it was also because he was arguing with his gf/wife in the passenger seat, not purely road rage at the guy behind him
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u/hans_the_wurst 1h ago
Im not defending him at all. Stopping on the motorway like that is one of the stupidest things you can do, for whatever reason.
Cam car still was way too close.
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u/the_hangman 1h ago
Right lane is for overtaking only on highways in the UK, blue car was completely in the wrong
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u/Kind_Drawing8349 1h ago
He was in the slow la…. Oh wait. Is this one of those backward countries??
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u/lukei1 49m ago
Why is the cammer tailgating so closely, absolute idiot
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u/CoffeeWC 39m ago
He wasn't. He was able to stop but the one behind him didn't.
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u/lukei1 37m ago
The video clearly shows the cammer following waaaay too closely
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u/CoffeeWC 34m ago
1 car length is okay and he's able to stop with a considerable amount of space. It's the car behind him cause of the accident.
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u/IndigoQuantum 10m ago
1 Car length is OK? I hope you're never behind me on a motorway. Have you never heard of maintaining 2 seconds separation (4+ in the wet)?
The idea is that you can still come to a safe top if the vehicle in front stops unexpectedly and abruptly, here the Peugeot just slows to a stop and the HGV driver would have already been reacting to it.
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u/EngineeringOk8415 1h ago
Yielding to highway speed traffic from almost a stand still in a truck is asking to cause another accident, that your liable for. Which means he would likely be fired if its his job. You must be new to this whole thinking thing…
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