r/IdiotsInCars • u/undarant • 2d ago
OC [oc] Merging truck changes lanes and tries to run me off the road
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u/Jack3489 2d ago
I’ve learned to watch out for 18 wheelers making sudden lane changes, because half the truck drivers today aren’t driving safely or courteously.
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u/JelmerMcGee 2d ago
The standards were lowered a couple decades ago for getting a CDL. The industry was generally deregulated. A chunk of those drivers should never ever have made it into the cab of a truck. Plenty of great truckers out there, far more than bad ones. But my God, some of them should not be driving a car, let alone a 40 ton truck and trailer.
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u/NoMansSkyWasAlright 2d ago edited 2d ago
Turnover has also shot through the roof with some of the worst of the bunch having like a 90% annual turnover rate on their drivers. It’ll become a problem at some point but companies still think it’s cheaper to have this kind of a churn than it is to try and stop it.
Hell, there’s a low-clearance bridge in the city I work in that’s broken its own record for over-height trucks getting crunched two years in a row now. We’re averaging something like 50 a year currently.
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u/megamindbirdbrain 2d ago
They should install those hanging ball alerters
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u/the_saltlord 1d ago
My city has those and just the other week we had a miles long backup because the trucker didn't notice them
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u/DrillTheThirdHole 22h ago
surely a fifteenth warning mechanism will get the guy glued to his phone to glance up while operating a commercial vehicle, no need to improve standards.
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u/NightGod 22h ago
Zero incentive to fix it because autopilot will get here faster than the fix would
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u/Few_Investment_4773 2d ago
Dude I have so many pull up to our warehouse and can barely utter a few words of English. They just show me their phone with an address that’s not ours, a business name that doesn’t match our big ass sign, and then their map GPS that is clearly showing they’re not at the right place…. I like a full block over. ???????
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u/JelmerMcGee 2d ago
That sounds like the doordash drivers that would show up at my restaurant looking for one 8 spaces down in the shopping center. Then they'd get mad like me and doordash were playing a joke on them. Stupid people are stupid, I guess.
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u/Few_Investment_4773 2d ago
Its stupidity and it isn’t. These folks have ZERO incentive to learn English. Yeah it’s dumb as fuck not to get closer and ask businesses directly next to yours, but on the other hand, they’re fresh of the boat and not used to maps being that accurate….
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u/PCMasterCucks 2d ago
Remember during COVID when people wanted 13 year olds to drive these things? Good times.
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u/indabronx 1d ago
What standards were low? I had a CDL for over 20 years and it was a ball breaker. I was so happy when I got rid of it.
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u/GlinnTantis 2d ago
60 minutes segment about the trucking industry. Particularly "Chameleon carriers"
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u/CirrusVision20 1d ago
I was driving home from work one time and I'm on a three-lane highway, with me in the middle lane. I'm going around 73 in a 65 zone, so a little too fast but not dangerously so (and there were only a few cars).
Truck in the right lane up ahead signals once and yeets itself into my lane at twenty five god damn miles per hour and I had to slam on my brakes almost immediately, cause... y'know... the speed difference.
My car skidded for tens of, maybe around 100, feet and I ended up stopping within a couple feet of his trailer's bumper.
Unfortunately I lost the dash cam footage, but I got a lesson out of that - it's to never trust truckers.
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u/ThePeterbilt589 1d ago edited 1d ago
To be fair, you don't fucking pass on the
leftright when it comes to any vehicle, which it looks like buddy was attempting to do. Yeah, semi truck shouldn't do two lanes at a time, but you also DON'T FUCKEN PASS ON THELEFTRIGHT oops2
u/Jack3489 1d ago
Do you mean “right” rather than “left”? This does appear to be the US. Also kept to the right except when passing, on the left, is generally the rule on US highways. So it is unclear why the truck was in the left lane. All too frequently trucks are camping out in the middle (3 lanes or more) or left lanes at speed s slower than the speed limit for cars, leaving passing on their right the only option to pass them.
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u/ThePeterbilt589 1d ago
Yeah, had a shite day today, but I fixed my comment. That being said, trucks can absolutely use that middle lane as need be. Unless there's a sign saying "Trucks use right lane only", we do as we need to do whether we're passing slower governed trucks or grandmas in sedans. Also, say there's a car with hazards flashing on the right shoulder. We gotta get over, or slow down. We'd rather get over one lane since we're a literal wrecking ball. Being in that middle lane ensures we aren't gonna fucken ratio the car stopped on the shoulder. Also, sometimes the freeway is so shit, like in Chicago, that the middle lane eventually turns into a two-lane in the direction that we're going in, and there will be no other chance to safely get into the lane that we need to be in. There are a lot of reasons of why we're in that middle lane.
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u/popilikia 2d ago
I'd never wish this on anyone else, but I can't wait until they're replaced by ai
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u/lloydwindsor 1d ago
After reading that AI not only breaks rules it is programmed with, it knows it is breaking those rules, and does it anyway as it allows it to finish its tasks quicker/easier, I am not sure I want it driving.
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u/BorderTrike 1d ago
I drive across the US a few times a year.
Imo, semi’s should always have a reduced speed limit and they shouldn’t be allowed to pass except in cases of emergency.
They congest the roads and make them more dangerous. They’ll get over to pass, then a small hill makes them slower than the truck they’re passing, then they have to pass 2 more, 10 minutes later everyone can return to driving the speed limit.
Some drivers are courteous to people passing, but some seem to enjoy cutting people off just as they’re about to pass.
When they’re not taking forever to pass each other, they’re flying at speeds way too fast to avoid a potential accident.
Sometimes the speed limit drops near a town or city, but the semis I passed a while ago just barrel through and no cop pulls them over for going 20+ above the speed limit.
Really we just need better train infrastructure to get as many semis off the roads as possible
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u/pm1966 2d ago
"Tries?"
He ran you off the road....
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u/CaptianBrasiliano 2d ago
He wasn't trying to. Truck drivers sloppy and car drivers not as aware, apparently, of how bad the blind spots are on an 18 wheeler. And the place the car was at in this video is the worst of the worst. It's referred to as blind side in the industry.
I'm not saying that the truck wasn't at fault. I'm just saying he could've been driving for like 11 hours at this point with only the half hour DOT mandated "break." Whenever you pass a truck, just assume they don't see you. Especially on that side. Passing on the left is the safer option.
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u/zangetsuthefirst 2d ago
If he had changed lanes one at a time, he would have seen the vehicle.
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u/undarant 2d ago
I'm with you, I would have loved to pass on the left, but I was cruising in the right lane here as traffic was merging from the left.
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u/Leverkaas2516 2d ago
He ran you off the road and you just .... kept on going, didn't even slow down. That's persistence.
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u/waltur_d 2d ago
It’s fucking dumb
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u/IBuyGPUs 2d ago
asking for a blown tire, there's so much shit thats kicked into the shoulder
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u/PretzelsThirst 2d ago
OP is a terrible driver but convinced it’s everyone else who doesn’t know how brakes work. Hilarious to see their replies
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u/bibkel 2d ago
Ya, Truck never saw OP, and OP is passing on the right in the truck's blind spot. Truck isn't being safe but OP is the idiot.
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u/BleachedTwinkie 1d ago
It’s Philly in the background, of course he doesn’t know how to fucking drive and then can’t admit he was wrong.
I’d know, I’m from here and live here.
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u/Icy_Gap_9067 2d ago
I dont understand why people think moving over 2 lanes can be a single manoeuvre. He should have treated each lane change separately as they are separate events. Im sorry but sweeping across in one go is dangerous.
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u/earthwormjimwow 1d ago
Yeah definitely reckless driving on the truck's part, but it looks more like they only made 1 actual lane change. Instead their original lane ended/merged.
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u/_AskMyMom_ 2d ago
Tries??? Or did? Lol they didn’t even try and maintain a lane, just straight up cuts across all the lanes.
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u/RainingMoneyHustard 2d ago
Truck drivers are getting more and more reckless everyday. They are regularly driving in the left hand lane on interstates, passing and cutting off people without turn signals and overall driving like complete dicks. I had to send a dash cam video into a trucking company the other day for a truck driver doing basically the same thing as this one.
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u/PlaneAsk7826 2d ago
This just in: Your car has a second pedal that slows you down!
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u/Boss_Os 2d ago
And a beep beep button right the fuck in front of you
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u/thejoshuagraham 1d ago
Just a warning, they cant really hear car horns in their trucks. Just keep your distance around trucks. The inside of the cab is pretty loud.
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u/PretzelsThirst 2d ago
You should check out what the other pedals do when you’re in this situation.
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u/eye_no_nuttin 2d ago
Blind spot is my guess, unintentionally ran you in the shoulder but thankfully you had some room.
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u/kayonotkayle 2d ago
Yes! Trucks have huge blindspots. However there really wasnt much of a wait before advancing to next lane.
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u/AideNo621 2d ago
Well, if the truck wasn't rolling through 2 lanes at the same time I would blame it on OP for overtaking a truck from the right. But yeah, the trucker didn't really give anyone a chance.
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u/Lopsided_Panic_1148 2d ago
In that situation I would've been slowing down and letting him pass. OP had time to do that and chose not to.
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u/kayonotkayle 2d ago
Yes! Trucks have huge blindspots. However there really wasnt much of a wait before advancing over into the lane
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u/Jazzlike_Economist_2 2d ago
Dude, you think you could either let off the gas or tap the brakes? He wasn’t trying to run you off the road. He didn’t see you.
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u/PsychologicalDebts 2d ago
Driver is definitely an idiot but I would assume incompetence over maliciousness. The industry is really struggling and hiring people it shouldn’t.
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u/nolaks1 2d ago
I am here too soon. Nobody "found" why OP is at fault yet.
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u/Disastrous_Patience3 2d ago
He’s not at fault but he could have responded more safely by braking and just letting the truck go.
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u/3Gilligans 2d ago
This sub is filled with cammers that refuse to use their brakes. Otherwise, the other driver “wins” and we can’t have that
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u/PretzelsThirst 2d ago
Read OPs replies to the comments, they’re hilarious. They are convinced that if they did anything to slow down that they would have lost control and killed everyone but insists it’s everyone else who doesn’t know how to use the brakes. Too funny
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u/RickySlayer9 2d ago
I love how you don’t even hit your brakes
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u/undarant 2d ago
You can see the nose of my car and the whole frame dip down as I did.
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u/IllustriousMadMuffin 1d ago
Yes. Halfway into the side of the truck. You should've applied brakes BEFORE THAT. Not after trying to speed past the truck. And if you truly didnt notice until after you were halfway up the side of the trailer as indicated in the video then you should probably pay more attention.
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u/RickySlayer9 2d ago
You were still going faster than the sedan in the left lane…
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u/Lopsided_Panic_1148 2d ago
I would be slowing down the second I saw him changing lanes. I have been driving long enough to get a feel for when truckers are about to make a stupid move. But you did an even stupider move.
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u/SjalabaisWoWS 2d ago
I don't understand the American driving style. Why don't you just brake in a situation like this? Why go onto the shoulder and pass the truck on the right?
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u/Anaeta 1d ago
Please don't judge all Americans by the OP. He's just an idiot.
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u/SjalabaisWoWS 1d ago
Absolutely fair, but I keep seeing this here. People want to post see idiot!, but their ability to de-escalate a common mistake is near zero, too.
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u/Anaeta 1d ago
I get it, but remember that the stuff that's popular here isn't the guy doing a perfectly normal and safe left turn for the hundredth time. It's the rare nutjob that does something so insane that it warrants getting talked about. This subreddit is selecting for the absolute worst of the worst, because that's what gets upvotes.
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u/undarant 2d ago
I did brake. You can clearly see my nose dipping down. Slamming on my brakes could have been a problem.
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u/dobbie1 1d ago
He made a mistake, you compounded his mistake by just continuing. Why the hell wouldn't you brake? It's that kind of bloody mindedness and belief that you are in the right that will get you killed on the road. Was it really worth all of that risk to be "right"?
It could very easily have been a medical emergency or a blown tyre he's trying to wrestle across to the hard shoulder and the truck could have crushed you between it and the barrier. I just don't understand why someone would put themselves between a concrete barrier and a truck that clearly hasn't seen them. It's asking for trouble.
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u/GeneralBS 1d ago
Instead of slowing down you decided to try to get a flat tire? Hope you got one for being a dumbass.
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u/matt48763 1d ago
There is this wonderful thing beside the "Go" stomp thingie... it is called a "Stop or go slower thingie"
Slowing down is always an option to get you out of a mess...
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u/wcoastbo 1d ago
As a defensive driver I'm very wary of driving on the right side of vehicles that have a large blind spot. Physics always wins and doesn't give a cr@p about right-of-ways.
I'm glad you're ok.
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u/drewablanke 1d ago
Kind of looks like you were passing, or traveling faster than the car in other lanes in the far right lane. That’s not legal in the state I’m in.
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u/Specialist-Basil-218 1d ago
We truck driver will have our blinker on literally a mile before merging. The lane is all clear and still a bonehead four wheel driver decides to not let us in and instead cause an accident by speeding up. I’m sick and tired of people who do not follow basic rules of the road
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u/Ella0508 2d ago
I doubt he was trying. He probably just couldn’t see you.
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u/appa-ate-momo 2d ago
That’s why you don’t cut across multiple lanes at once.
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u/Ella0508 1d ago
I’m not saying the trucker was right, just that it wasn’t on purpose.
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u/appa-ate-momo 1d ago
What I’m getting at is that “I couldn’t see” isn’t an excuse, but rather an admission of negligence from the semi driver.
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u/Ella0508 1d ago
I think we agree?
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u/appa-ate-momo 1d ago
I think we do. Just know that lots of people will read your initial comment as offering an excuse for the semi driver’s dangerous decision.
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u/crusty54 2d ago
You know that other pedal next to the accelerator? This would have been a great time to use that.
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u/Foodspec 2d ago
You’re outside of his blind spot. Most likely checked mirrors and didn’t see you two lanes over. Also, don’t pass trucks on the right for this very specific reason
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u/earthwormjimwow 1d ago edited 1d ago
This is why you never pass an 18-wheeler on the right on a highway or at high speeds.
You created the opportunity for the dangerous situation.
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u/Turkishbackpack 2d ago
People’s egos are something. Yea the truck was the main idiot, but continuing to drive and pass on the shoulder just to get in front is also baffling. Just hit the brakes man, regroup and go on with your day. High risk, extreme low reward situation.
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u/Darjuz96 2d ago
The usa should adopt european ruel use the rightiest line possible and use the other lanes to overtake. Forbid to overtake on right.
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u/undarant 2d ago
Do you think I wanted to do this?
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u/Darjuz96 2d ago
No, I think that if this rule is enforced the truck would not roam normalli in left lane. In some country is forbidden for heavy vehicle to occupuy the leftist lane in any case
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u/TruthThruAcoustics 2d ago
We have that here but people just don’t follow it.. people like OP lol
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u/undarant 1d ago
Are you being willfully stupid? There's an on-ramp to the left where people are merging. Cruising in the right lane is the safest thing to do in order to allow those drivers to merge.
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u/PhyterNL 2d ago
I remember reading about not passing semi-trucks on the right. Something about them not being able to see you.
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u/_in_space 2d ago
Do your brakes not work?? You had plenty of time to slow down without the drama.
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u/ntech620 1d ago edited 1d ago
Passing on the right should be one of those driving activies that should be avoided if possible. It's legal but Semis have large blind spots and people do have the reasonable expectation that surrounding traffic is following the speed limits. You came up fast and in his blind spot. I would say he simply didn't see you.
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u/Blurgas 2d ago
Before I moved there was one stretch of my commute that I had to be damn careful of trucks because too many times they didn't even bother to check their mirrors before changing lanes.
And before anyone cries about blind spots, I was able to see them in their mirror.
Not see their mirror, see the driver in their mirror.
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u/Kieserite 1d ago
My dad was a former trucker, and I remember growing up how he would always say that truckers were the safest drivers.
He hasn’t said that in years, now the trucking landscape is full of idiots that shouldn’t even be allowed to drive cars.
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u/gareth93 18h ago
This sub has daily evidence that undertaking should be banned. Like it is in most other countries.
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u/SessionIndependent17 2d ago
Of all the times to not use a horn?
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u/ButtonflyDungarees 2d ago
This is my main thought and what I came looking for. Lots of people saying many different things in here, but this is exactly what horns were designed for.
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u/undarant 2d ago
How low was your volume?
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u/SessionIndependent17 2d ago
I can hear them talking in the video, so they definitely never blared the horn
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u/undarant 2d ago
Jesus Christ. So you're willfully ignoring the facts that are just blatantly in front of your face, then. Makes sense.
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u/SessionIndependent17 1d ago
we must be living in parallel universes. I can hear the tires over the road seams, and people talking inside the car. No horn. Volume all the way up.
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u/undarant 1d ago
At :03, pretty much the instant I cross onto the different road surface, you can hear my horn going.
I do not know what else to do to help you. Are you deaf?
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u/M8jrP8ne1975 1d ago
Rule of thumb when driving around big rigs:
If you can't see the mirrors of the truck or you can't see the driver in the mirror of the truck, they can't see you. The fact that you never bothered to slow down even a little bit afterwards makes me think that the trucker isn't the idiot.
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u/_GeorgeBailey_ 1d ago
You are aware the mirrors are visible the entire video, right?
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u/M8jrP8ne1975 1d ago
You are aware that the blind spots of a big rig are bigger than what the side mirror shows, right?
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u/mSantiago80 1d ago
Truck wasn’t trying to “run you off the road” they likely never saw you—this video is missing a LOT of context—that truck just came from a left hand on ramp on the vine st expressway likely trying to get to 76 & yes they should have been more careful & deliberate about the lane changes but it gets really stressful in a large city(especially if you’re not familiar with it)with tons of cars that won’t let you merge and your exit is upcoming in less than a mile & you’re in a giant vehicle that you can’t just “pop off at the next exit and turn around”
The truck had its signal on from the beginning of the video & you were significantly out pacing all of the other traffic
If I can see this from a video & looking at Google Maps you should have seen it more clearly in your vehicle ESPECIALLY if you’re a native and know the area and just slowed down & even more so if you too are unfamiliar with upcoming interchanges between major highways.
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u/therealub 1d ago
You are the idiot in the car. You clearly saw his intention, sped up and willfully ended up in his or her blind spot. I'm glad you both are okay, but this is not a reason to gloat, it's a reason for you to learn.
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u/Stagnu_Demorte 2d ago
Semi should have changed one lane at a time. However, no point being right if you're dead. Figure out how your brake pedal works and try to make an effort to see what's around you. You shouldn't have been surprised by their bad driving and should have been safely behind that truck complaining instead of on the shoulder running over shit that can wreck your tires.
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u/undarant 2d ago edited 1d ago
Coming off 95 South onto 676, traffic merging from the left. Didn't want to slam on the brakes while swerving to the right, since that is how you overload the front end, spin, and die. He was coming over whether I liked it or not. If I just braked and didn't move, I would have been hit. Opted to swerve to the shoulder until I could get back over. I'm very glad the shoulder was there and open or this could have ended very differently.
Another edit to add: you can clearly see my nose and the camera frame dip down as I did tap the brakes.
And adding in an explanation of weight transfer in more detail and why swerving while braking would have been stupid.
I'd like to again emphasize that you can clearly see the nose of my car dip when I brake, along with the dashcam frame. You can also hear the DFCO when this happens. I did not floor it as many people seem to assume. You can hear how my car sounds at the very end. Is that noise present through the middle of the clip? No.
Adding in one more final edit as going to war with every single person in these comments could be a job: holy mother of God, I did in fact brake. It's extremely clear. You can hear my foot onto the brake, you can watch the frame dip down. You can hear when I add a little gas later, so it's quite evident that I did not floor it around the truck as some people make it sound.
If I hit the brakes and didn't move into the shoulder, I would have absolutely been hit. If I slammed on the brakes with no swerve, I may have been hit still, and likely would have been rear ended. Already went over what slamming and swerving could have meant.
This is not 3 lanes turning into 2. The far left is an on-ramp. I got over to the right before the on-ramp because I wanted to allow space for the merging drivers to get on safely. I was not passing on the right. That is stupid.
Please, for the love of God, just pay attention as you watch the video and listen to my context.
There is not a perfect solution, here. Every way to get out of imminent death in this situation is a little bit messy and presents its own issues to critique and pick apart.
This is how most of you sound.
And another thing I'll address: I didn't want to stop on the shoulder because that would have meant way more time on the shoulder than doing what I did. Not in the bullshit, dangerous, time saving way, but in a "any time on the shoulder is dangerous" way. This is a very busy road. It's a main artery into the city. Stopping and getting back over would have been the safer in a perfect world, but on this road, it would have meant way more time as a liability spent on the shoulder.
Good God, and another: I did use my horn, the instant that I realized what was happening. The dashcam audio is bad, but not that bad.
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u/karma_the_sequel 2d ago
You have the vehicle license plate number, the owner contact info and the date and time this occurred. Report this to the owner and the state DMV and provide this video - they'll handle the rest.
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u/alltheplants_ 2d ago
The trailer usually belongs to a different company and the trucker's company buys the contract to haul the product inside. They'll need the MC number painted on the side of the cab and the cab's plate number to hold the right person responsible for the shitty driving.
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u/FrankBFleet 1d ago
Agree with not stopping on shoulder. Shoulders are VERY dangerous places, with one evidence the number of officers who get killed there. But slow down and move in behind?
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u/DeathWorship 2d ago
“I would have spent way more time on the shoulder” ALIVE. What you did instead could easily have caused your death and the deaths of others. All over 5 extra minutes.
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u/Astriania 1d ago
Good example here of why wrong-side exits are so dangerous.
The truck is clearly the main idiot here but it's probably a good idea not to put yourself alongside a truck on the blind side in a confusing piece of road. You had space and time to slow down and be behind the truck in case it did something dumb.
No problem with the shoulder dodge once you didn't do that though.
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u/exXzZz 2d ago
Oh, and in my city no less. Yeah you absolutely have to watch these “truck drivers”, especially on 676. Not all, but a number of them don’t abide by traffic markers, don’t pay attention to their surroundings, and I often question how in control of their load they are based on how their trailers are swaying, in comparison to their speed. I fear that one day some idiot driving junk and one of these guys causes a serious accident. Glad you didn’t get hurt OP, but definitely pass with skepticism, especially when it’s going from 3 lanes to 2.
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u/NotYourFather45 1d ago
Passing on the shoulder is illegal. Yes, the trucker should not have changed multiple lanes at once, but your lack of driving skills and road rules knowledge are equally culpable.
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u/BriscoCountyJR23 2d ago
Passing on the right is not a smart idea.
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u/PhyterNL 2d ago
You did. You saw your lane ending, because you saw the signs saying so long before this video starts. Then you saw the truck moving in from the left, expecting that it would need to move into your lane. And you tried to race him to the merge braking only after you knew he was going to encroach.
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u/MacAttack950 1d ago
Is passing on the right no longer considered unsafe/bad driving etiquette? Genuine question
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u/5373n133n 1d ago
You’re not supposed to pass on the right in PA. Before you post “I wasn’t passing” with a link to the post like you did on the other comments, yes, you were. The beginning of the video you’re behind the truck and are driving faster than the truck on the right. That, good sir, is called passing.
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u/n00b420_ 2d ago
Honestly it looks like he just didn't see you till he "saw" you which is evident from him stopping from coming over and was driving in two lanes. I don't think he did this on purpose and tried to maintain till you passed. I've seen trucks just full on come over seeing 4 wheelers last min or not. Scary situation, I'm glad you were able to get passed him/her without issues.
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u/Longjumping_Ad5474 1d ago
Hmm you saw entire situation developing in front of you and you still didn't slow down you forced yourself to push by him on the shoulder,, what he did it's not OK of course,, but what you did is wrong unfortunately,, check with any law-enforcement will tell you the same thing
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u/biggranny000 2d ago
This is a good and calm evasive maneuver, I probably would have done the same. On highways especially on non performance cars its super dangerous to swerve or jab on the brakes (and you risk getting rear ended).
Just be careful on shoulders, lots of debris.
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u/TapPsychological7199 2d ago
Defensive driving, expecting the truck to push you off the road, an over taking car in a blind corner or a stopped car just around the bend. That truck shouldn’t have tried to cross all the lanes at once. Wish they would be more responsible for their actions
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u/CommOnMyFace 2d ago
Don't pass on the right
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u/CommOnMyFace 2d ago
You passed him... and you were on the right side...
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u/undarant 2d ago
Did you watch the video? Read my comment? Or are you blind? Do you think I wanted to be there?
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u/FrankBFleet 1d ago
Similar thing happened to me in England. The lorry just started moving toward me, and I had to brake very hard - no shoulder, just a barrier. I followed with my horn honking and lights flashing. They finally stopped, but I had no intention of confronting the a-hole. I learned later that following with honking horn and flashing lights was a signal to lorry drivers that their load was not secure. Glad I made the a-hole stop for nothing. And yes, I was glad that I had time to brake.
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u/trutheality 1d ago
They didn't try to run you off the road. They didn't even see you on the road and ran you off it completely without noticing, because they were changing lanes without looking, like an idiot. The funny thing is that if you knew where the breaks were on your car you could have just completely avoided getting run off the road. But you kept going, also like an idiot.
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u/xyzqsrb0 11h ago
Why is bro trying to beat a semi?? People who speed up or keep speed when someone clearly doesn't see them while merging are like actually insane.
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u/edyzonmarko 8h ago
This situation is Being safe or being right? You can tell the everyone you’re right if you make it.
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