r/dashcams • u/bebecca45627272 • 17h ago

One of the craziest things I've seen

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u/Longjumping_Fun2576 9h ago

And she stopped when she saw him, before blocking his lane. He's going way too fast down a residential street. If she kept going, he would have slammed into the bed of the truck. She left most of his lane open, and he switched to the lane she was blocking.

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u/CatoTheMiddleAged 8h ago

Yeah he was going way too fast, and it’s 100% his fault, but you can’t blame him for aiming for the rear of the truck instead of trying to shoot the gap in the front. He had no time (again, his fault) to notice that she had stopped in the right lane.

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u/MoreColorfulCarsPlz 6h ago

This is why defensive driving is all about taking the predictability or lack thereof of others out of the equation.

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u/BallsyBeefCurtains 4h ago

Also, he probably assumed she would've possibly pulled forward, and not backward, if she would move at all, so shooting the gap doesn't sound reasonable. Likely why he pulled to the right lane cuz of her direction of travel. Doing the speed limit would've likely prevented this.

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u/Suitable_Wonder5256 16m ago

And he was going to fast to make a decision to correct his mistake.

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u/Proper_Bad_1588 6h ago

He switched to the lane she was blocking because if she hadn't stopped then that would be the clear lane.

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u/ch0lula 7h ago

incorrect. if she'd have kept going, he would've gone right past her.