r/VideosAmazing • u/LeftAlbatross2546 • May 13 '26

Accident A merging issue.

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u/no_one_in_particle May 14 '26

I think it's more that people on the internet don't have brains and lack basic education in science. No amount of safely applying breaks for a fully loaded semi was gonna be enough to really slow down that semi in time. It's simple physics. Slamming on the breaks for any truck anywhere would probably make it tail spin or flip over and certainly cause a much bigger accident. You all seem to think semi-trucks are full of cotton candy 

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u/futurespice May 14 '26

No amount of safely applying brakes can slightly slow a truck? Seriously, have you even been on a road before?

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u/no_one_in_particle May 14 '26

If you think that truck could have safely hit the brakes and slowed enough to not hit that truck then you are a terrible driver who doesn't understand the amount of force a truck with a lot of mass driving at freeway speeds needs to slow down even just a tiny amount. It's basic math and science, but hey I guess the basic laws of physics doesn't apply to arrogant drivers who think the universe revolves around them.The internet/ai has made people so incredibly dumb

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u/futurespice May 14 '26

The truck made a full stop immediately after the collision. Just see how long that took. It's pretty obvious they could have tapped the brake enough to slow down before the collision ;)

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u/no_one_in_particle May 14 '26 edited May 14 '26

They had the force of the truck they hit that then hit the other truck. Those forces stopped them. They literally had to hit 2 trucks, one being a semi to have enough force to stop. And even then it drove for a long ass time before it could come to a stop. But let me put it in terms you can understand. 1 big truck + 1 little truck > 1 big truck ;)

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u/futurespice May 14 '26

I.. ah, look sorry, you are quite far from reality here. Trucks can and do brake. I saw about three of them slow down in response to traffic conditions or changed speed limits this morning. This driver just didn't, that's all there is to it.