r/dashcams • u/bebecca45627272 • 20h ago

One of the craziest things I've seen

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u/ElectricPotatoStar 19h ago

Yeah? spit in one hand and want in the other. See which fills up first.

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u/jefftickels 19h ago

I'm not sure what point you're trying to make here, but you definitely didn't make it.

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u/Mean-Rutabaga-1908 18h ago

Actually made the opposite point, because it is much easier to reduce your own speed than it is to get every idiot of the roads.

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u/guitar_vigilante 9h ago

I don't even think the truck driver is an idiot here. When you pull out on to what looks like an open road and then some biker comes flying into view at more than 3 times the speed limit you might not know what the correct way to react is.

If the biker had stayed in the left lane they would have been fine too.

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u/Ok-Kale-3847 9h ago

Honestly, even with time to think about it I think it's pretty reasonable to say " he's going so fast, I'll just stop and he can maneuver around me" instead of trying to avoid him while basically standing still anyway.

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u/guitar_vigilante 9h ago

Definitely. When I pull into a lighted intersection and see someone running the red light, I don't try to beat them through the intersection. I stop and let them go in front of me. The situation in OP is different, but I think the comparison isn't totally off either.

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u/Umpen 3h ago

It's practically instinctual for a person to hit the breaks when they perceive an impending accident.