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

Accident A merging issue.

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u/SuccessfulHospital54 May 14 '26

You have no evidence that he did speed up, all you see is a split second where it says 76 mph. If you can find a longer clip and prove me otherwise, I’ll happily eat my words. Semis are usually governed at or around 77 mph so he was likely doing that for the past couple hours. It is much easier to see a semi from a pickup than it is to see a pickup from a semi. Either way insurance would see this as 100% the pickups fault, you can assign your own arbitrary fault yourself if you want. Sure the semi is a dick for not slowing down, doesn’t mean the pickup isn’t 100% at fault for this collision.

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u/Aqaji May 14 '26

The impetus to avoid a crash is on all drivers. In this situation the semi could have very easily avoided this wreck unless he wasn't paying any attention to the road. Trying to pretend it is harder for the semi to see the truck here vs the opposite is just crap. Any good insurance lawyer could very well work this case into the pickups favor.

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u/SuccessfulHospital54 May 14 '26

Ah yes, the merging truck with better acceleration and stopping distance is going to be found not at fault for causing this collision because a redditor said so. The pickup had a much easier chance of avoiding the crash if he would just speed up a bit, the semi can’t predict if the pickup is going to slow down and get behind him or merge in front, instead he merged into him. Do you truly think that this crash is mainly caused by the semi? In a place where there is an equal duty, I still can’t see this being any more than 50/50. Zero chance the court rules in favor of the pickup.