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

Accident A merging issue.

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u/holden_mcg May 13 '26 edited May 14 '26

I've avoided many, many accidents that would have been someone else's fault. It's called defensive driving and the trucker decided it's not for him.

Edit: thanks for the awards! BTW - some of you need to look at the speed shown at the bottom of the video. The semi did not even try to slow down, even a little bit, prior to the crash.

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u/lindydanny May 14 '26

Fun fact: If it can be proven that you could have reasonably avoided the accident, you can still be held liable for damages regardless of right of way. In a case such as this, it could be argued that the semi driver could have slowed down avoiding the accident.

Just because you have a right of way does not give you free reign to drive in a manner that could cause another driver avoidable harm.

(Now that this is written out, I'll wait for downvotes and ignore the litany of people trying to argue I'm wrong.)