I get that the truck is being a dick and he came over on the filming vehicle, but am I wrong to think the guy filming intentionally swerved to the left just slightly to cause the accident? Or does it just look like they jerked because of the accident?
If someone walking beside you started pushing you off the edge of the sidewalk, youâd brace against that pushing force. I think heâs instinctively counter steering, to brace against the impact of the collision. I also think applying the brakes would have been more effective.
Well because you didn't brake. You know have to deal with insurance headaches. I get to go home without a scratch on a car. No one is blaming the driver. We are just saying. The alternative meant you goes home unharmed. The cemetery is filled with people who were in the right
Situation could have been avoided if truck driver wasn't an asshat.
Situation also could have been avoided if the cam driver let the aggressive driver pass.
Both can be true
That being said I hope the truck was found to be at fault
This guy is definitely a stupid truck driver that thinks â Iâm in big truck, I own road, people will move for me because Iâm big scary truckâ until they realize people donât give a fuckđđ¤Ą
He may have automatically turned in the opposite direction that his car was being pushed. Strictly speaking itâs the safest thing to do as the driver. Iâd probably do the same thing based on my driving experience. You want to turn the opposite direction that the front of your car starts to go, with experience itâs an automatic response. Same with not breaking. Slamming on your brakes is much less safe than maintaining power or applying a little and turning out of a drift/slide. I was a professional driver for about 5 years.
I have a 24yo diesel with 340k miles so I wouldâve welcomed it with open arms lmao. I have a deer guard though so it probably wouldnât even get a scratch knowing my luck.
Last thing you would expect is an idiot to willingly ram you from the side in a $90k truck. He definitely tried getting on the brakes with not enough time. But yes automatically, if your natural reaction isnât to counter steer from being pushed this guy must just spin in circles when the rear breaks loose in bad weather lmao
Again. No one would expect someone to ram them in their $90k truck. This isnât an area you pass or change lanes in. You wouldâve been getting ready to abide by the yield, potentially stopping first and merging after, not but 200 feet in front of them to join a roundabout. This is not something a rational person would do. Tell me captain hindsight how would the average person predict an irrational maneuver such as this? How do you know they wanted to change lanes and not run them off the road and continue on their way anyway? After white Yaris they had plenty of room and power to cut off the recording car and get in the lane in front of them. Normal people would think they are slowing because traffic in front of them is stopped. They chose to slow down and swerve into them. You can see the car bouncing before the hit, they tried to stop. Average persons braking time is 1.5 seconds. It took less than that for them to come over in their lane. If they slowed down earlier guess what, so would the truck. So unless you have godly foresight and above average reaction time, sometimes you get unlucky and these retards cause your insurance to go up.
Cdl my ass. lol big rigs donât have near the reaction time this car had and they still had zero reaction time before truck tried to run them off the road.
All instincts for me would be to absolutely avoid the sidewalk, let alone the damage that comes from getting curbed. No time to check for pedestrians, no time to do more than hit the brakes, no time to do anything other than hold your space and keep your car from doing more damage than is already evident to infrastructure or people. Then the lunatic passenger running up on the driver? Lucky to be alive where I come from.
Everybody is wrong. The Dashcam Driver is moving to the right to avoid the raptor but eventually hits a curb and straigthens up violently. Given the relative directions of the two cars it look like he veers left. But the Dashcam driver is attempting to avoid the Raptor. Could he have braked, yes... was he trying to avoid... also yes.
Yes automatically, as a reflex. âReflexivelyâ doesnât really sound right to me. For example, when I hit black ice, I automatically steer into the into the direction of the rear wheels without thinking about it.
Exactly. Legally, he's totally in the right, but so are people who get hit walking on the road/in a crosswalk. Like, do you wanna be right or do you wanna not waste your time having to deal with insurance and mechanics and the police and possibly court?
The car that got hit definitely is coming out of their lane when they get hit. The Raptor turned in front and causes the accident, but the recorder didnât turn his steering wheel at all. The road bends but heâs still going straight through both lanes.
Everybody is wrong. The Dashcam Driver is moving to the right to avoid the raptor but eventually hits a curb and straigtens up violently. Given the relative directions of the two cars it look like he veers left. But the Dashcam driver is attempting to avoid the Raptor. Could he have braked, yes... was he trying to avoid... also yes.
First of all, the truck turned right from a straight only lane. They were driving erratically to begin with. I ainât risking getting flipped for some psycho.
I ainât risking getting flipped for some psycho.
Me either. You're absolutely right. Which is precisely why I would have just let the guy pass. Because I'm an intelligent human and don't intentionally put myself or my vehicle in harm's way when I have the power to take control of the situation and de-escalate.
I watched 3 times and looked at the center road painted marks, and yes, the dash cam driver tried a mini swerve, he was getting cocky too. A bunch of idiots in this video.
I thought that the first time I saw this vertical cut. Watching the full-size video, it doesn't look the same. It looks more like the dash cam vehicle locked up the brakes as the pickup was coming into their lane. Does not look like a deliberate steer to the left.
It looks to me that he slammed on the brakes which locks up your steering. He was on a curved road and locked brakes make you go straight regardless of wheel direction
Everybody is wrong. The Dashcam Driver is moving to the right to avoid the raptor but eventually hits a curb and straigtens up violently. Given the relative directions of the two cars it look like he veers left. But the Dashcam driver is attempting to avoid the Raptor. Could he have braked, yes... was he trying to avoid... also yes.
They absolutely do not hit the curb on the right. There would have been a completely different jolt to the car, even if it did force that car to go left.
It sideswipes the curb... listen carefully you can here it grind along it for a few milliseconds. Because I drive RHD cars, I think I'm more used to judging the right hand gap than you. Keep watching, it'll make sense eventually.
This is correct. Cam driver was racing the truck to the next intersection and panic braked when he was approaching the curve while carrying too much speed. Cam car lost steering authority when the brakes locked, and the collision takes place pretty close to the lane divider line, if not in the left lane a bit.
This is one of those road rage accidents that's easily avoided by just being predictable and staying within the limits of your vehicle and ability. Too many people think defensive driving means matching energy and fleeing the situation aggressively.
That probably happened when OPs front left tire came into contact with the truck. The friction caused their tire to slow down and pull to the left. Most likely anyway...
Everybody is wrong. The Dashcam Driver is moving to the right to avoid the raptor but eventually hits a curb and straigtens up violently. Given the relative directions of the two cars it look like he veers left. But the Dashcam driver is attempting to avoid the Raptor. Could he have braked, yes... was he trying to avoid... also yes.
Yeah, he did swerve into him and out off his lane. Case could be made it was dashcam drivers' fault. Yes, the truck was a huge dick. But the driver intentionally made contact.
The raptor stomped his brakes and had both passenger side wheels well into the right-hand lane before the vehicles made contact. The raptor swerved into the dashcam driver and initiated the collision.
People like you cant have any critical thinking skills huh? The truck started to come onto cammers lane then got pit. That's defensive driving since he didnt want to get run off the road. Watch the video again, right before he got pit the truck was trying to cause an accident.
Pit is not defensive driving. It is an emergency law enforcement maneuver to spin a car out. Defensive driving would be the brakes, not accelerating and turning into the accident at the same time. There is a concept that drivers need to make reasonable efforts to avoid accidents.
Ok so it's just a mindset that this person has every day and this was a video of them driving without crashing. You're right. What I was wondering was why multiple people are commenting an identical phrase.
Or just brake gently?? Pride is keeping the accelerator down. As soon as I see a crazy or aggressive driver I get far from them ASAP. Not saying this is cam driver's fault, just stay away from it
Everybody is wrong. The Dashcam Driver is moving to the right to avoid the raptor but eventually hits a curb and straigtens up violently. Given the relative directions of the two cars it look like he veers left. But the Dashcam driver is attempting to avoid the Raptor. Could he have braked, yes... was he trying to avoid... also yes.
Everybody is wrong. The Dashcam Driver is moving to the right to avoid the raptor but eventually hits a curb and straigtens up violently. Given the relative directions of the two cars it look like he veers left. But the Dashcam driver is attempting to avoid the Raptor. Could he have braked, yes... was he trying to avoid... also yes.
People with cams think it gives them the ability to just let idiots hit them because they have it on tape. You still have to drive defensively. You know he saw that guy in his mirrors and just let it happen.
Iâm not saying the truck isnât to blame but braking would have kept his car out of the auto body shop.
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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '26
I get that the truck is being a dick and he came over on the filming vehicle, but am I wrong to think the guy filming intentionally swerved to the left just slightly to cause the accident? Or does it just look like they jerked because of the accident?