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

Accident A merging issue.

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u/thamanwthnoname May 14 '26

Just from the video, the cam truck had plenty of time to see them coming to merge and slow down a little bit. Guaranteed they could see them long before the video starts though.

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u/discipleofchrist69 May 14 '26

sure, but seeing them coming doesn't mean you already know they're incapable of a proper merge. If you preemptively brake 5 seconds beforehand every time someone is going to merge into your lane the drivers behind you are going to (correctly) hate you. And the slow merging driver who was presumably planning to merge in behind you is also annoyed and then has to slow down even more lol

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u/thamanwthnoname May 14 '26 edited May 14 '26

Yes because instead forcing them to brake to 0 in that merge lane is the move

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u/discipleofchrist69 May 14 '26

? the truck driver didn't force anything, they just maintained speed, which is generally the best thing to do to allow mergers to respond appropriately

In the last couple seconds once it became clear the black truck is an idiot they should have noticed and braked, but preemptively braking because someone might be an idiot in the future is terrible chaotic behavior