anx1300c

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^^

Do you not see the truck he was preparing to overtake before Jackass #1 and #2 came along?

Wide angle lens on the cam and preparing to pass in advance does not put any blame on the truck driver.

truonghthe

lets make thing clear.

1. Truck was in passing lane and about to pass that white car, remember it's not your sedan so it does take awhile to speed up.

2. State of CT doesn't prohibit truck/bus/trailer in the left lane on any interstates highway.

3. Driver of the red car and the TL appear to be engage in some sort of road rage (fast and furious style) and TL driver end up with a brake check.

4. Truck take longer distance to stop so the brake effect isn't come into effect immidately.

5. Trucker might carry load which if he lock the brake up the result would be worst (slide side way and jack knife)


In the conclusion its two idiot driver fault, if the TL driver smart enough not to follow the red car. Trucker just mind his own bussiness and trying to pass a car.

YeuEmMaiMai

Did you not watch the video?

The semi driver is not at fault.. you might want to take some time and actually WATCH that video and then read what I and others have posted. That way, you won't look like a total idiot.

1. Trucks have HUGE blind spots, so when they pass other trucks, they have to move into the passing lane BEFORE they enter the other trucker's blind spot so that the TRUCK BEING PASSED CAN SEE THEM .

2. Those wide angle dash cams really distort distance making things that are really close appear farther away

3. It is CLEARLY shown that the truck was overtaking the one on the right. There is no ambiguity here.

4. The ASSHAT in the red car brake-checked the TL driver causing her to be rear ended by the upwards of 40 ton tractor. This driver is an idiot and the major contributory factor the accident.

5. TL driver entered in-between 2 semis with no out and it cost her the car she was driving. This driver is a bigger idiot and at fault for causing the SEMI to hit her when she brakes to avoid the red car.

6. The SEMI driver had no choice but to apply the brakes in a safe matter and hit her. You can HEAR the truck braking. Since the TL has VASTLY superior stopping distance EVEN WHEN DAMAGED LIKE THAT compared to the SEMI, it is not surprising at all that he hit her multiple time as he pushed her forward and she continued to brake...

/lesson on who is at fault for what.

rockstar143

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Acura-OC

It is not as clear to me as to many of you. I think that truck was in passing lane for a little too long and pissed off red car driver who was break checking truck driver and was caught by surprise when TL squeezed right behind. TL driver was just trying to pass truck and also got caught by surprise when idiot was break checking truck.

YeuEmMaiMai

Regardless of what you think, The SEMI driver is NOT AT FAULT. He had the right of way and was doing what he should have been doing to safely pass the guy to the right.

They are big, heavy, slow to accelerate when fully loaded, and if you have an ounce of brains, would wait until they completed their passing maneuvers.

Red driver is the one whom is to blame....along with the TL driver.

This isn't rocket science here....

rockstar143

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In my humble opinion...regardless what ANY of us think. We weren't there and weren't involved so NONE of us know what the fuck we're talking about.

You can build a road to redemption with speculation...


Wait,

rockstar143

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and for those throwing stones...

Think long and hard and I would bet dollars to marmalade we've ALL been every one of the drivers in this scenario (okay, not driving the same TYPE of vehicle...).

YeuEmMaiMai

if you look at the video as it starts you will see 4.5 white lines between SEMI and the box truck. If you use the MUTCD standard of (section 3A.05) that states: "Broken lines should consist of 3 m (10 ft) line segments and 9 m (30 ft) gaps, or dimensions in a similar ratio of line segments to gaps as appropriate for traffic speeds and need for delineation."

this equates to a max of 180ft between the 2. When the red car comes in to make the cut that distance has been cut down to less than 3 white lines or 120 ft. but when you look at those cars it is clear that the spacing of those lines is a lot closer given the known size of a TL.

Also, as the red car enters into the path of the SEMI, they are already applying the brakes..... and the TL actually tagged the front bumper of the SEMI as she moved over and had to apply the brakes and this resulted in her losing control of the car when 40 tons said "hi"

This is why the 2 drivers are the only ones at fault.

rockstar143

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Okay, so...you just used math to prove that I was right then?

TooSmoothDJ

yikes

lumpulus

51 posts and no one thinks the truck driver chatting with someone on his phone didn't contribute to this at least partially? Also, truck driver was taking waaay to long to pass the other truck. That sad the TL driver was a moron and probably also on their cell.

Also don't think all truck drivers are highly skilled trained professionals....I know one who is borderline retarded, and prone to fits of rage when he doesn't get his way.(like in traffic)

GKinColo08TL

TLs have Handsfree Link, so if he was on the phone most likely it was handsfree.

All three drivers were at fault...but changing lanes and then brake checking the TL...most fault resides there.

lumpulus

Irrelevant...still distracted driving if they were on the phone or texting...

anx1300c

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If hands free phone conversations are "distracted driving", then turning on your heater, wipers, adjusting your seat, radio, or scratching your nuts is also distracted driving. Prior to cell phones, no one ever blamed accidents on people listening to the car's stereo system. It really isn't much different than getting caught up in a song.

nfnsquared

If scratching your nuts is distracted driving, then they need to suspend Justnspace's license

lumpulus

All the mentioned activities save radio all takes hardly any time to do, and the drivers attention can still be focused on driving... with "hands free" one is not fully concentrating on driving for possibly an extended period of time.

Actually, car radios have been blamed for accidents, and here's one example...back in the 80's my ex-wife was a state trooper and personal driver for the governor of the state we lived in at the time... she was driving the governor to an event when the she was asked to change the radio station, and she took her focus off the road for maybe a second and lost control of the car...a classic example of distracted driving.

iTzVlad

Not sure if this is trolling but there's not too much difference between the base and TLS for "those kind of maneuvers." I wouldn't do it in either.... or a supercar for that matter.

But I agree with everyone else, all 3 parties are guilty here. The idiot braking checking the truck was the one that caused the accident in the first place.

anx1300c

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^^


Red text = sarcasm.

dapunisher0855

Ahhh how I love Connecticut drivers! Only thing worse is women ct drivers! lol

Jacob G

I didn't know woman were allowed to drive a gen 3 TL....

I would of ran into the red car before I ran into the truck. Even if the truck hit me first I would of rammed that bitch in the red car on purpose. I would take here down with me for being a dick and hope for the worst for them.

But, I am a excellent driver and well.....I wouldn't of gotten a scratch and would of still passed the semi

Also, I don't think the semi slowed down lol

ggesq

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NBP04TL4ME

Not sure if you forgot to change the font color to red or you are serious?? Just trying to figure out how you mastered your driving skills at the age of 18.

Petrol-head

why? That makes no

Kaiii

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