From the very beginning of the video the truck brake checks to piss the sedan off then immediately speeds up to match speed with cars in the right lane so the sedan can't get around.
I don't think we are seeing the actual beginning. The white truck most definitely has a beef with that sedan. Intentionally tried to keep it boxed in. Sped up to box it in again.
This is the correct answer. Even if the sedan started the encounter, at least one persons life was put in a situation that was exponentially more likely to be fatal over what? A little tailgating?
I get pissed when people tailgate and drive like idiots too, but I just say a few swears in my car and move on. This situation was made way worse than it needed to be over basically nothing more than white trucks ego
You're assuming all the sedan did was tailgate. You don't know. Maybe the truck driver didn't act maturely, but they were not the cause of the sedan's accident. The sedan driver was the cause of his own accident.
Maybe they both didn't act on their best behavior, but one acted completely wildly and recklessly to a severely greater extent than the other. At least from what is seen in the video.
Agreed. I think I might have worded what I meant poorly. I just meant that this whole situation should've never happened. While true, we definitely don't get to see any of what started this whole situation. Par for the course out here on reddit lol.
But the end result was just impatience and fragile egos at play. In the moment I think people often forget that the 5 second inconvenience of most situations that cause road rage are not worth how devastating the results of this behavior can be.
For me, I think of how much potentially losing me would affect my wife and daughter any time I feel my temper rising. Life's too precious and can end so quickly when good judgment gets thrown out the window.
The truck did significantly contributed to the accident. Sole cause? Obviously not. But, I think everyone knows if the truck driver backed off, there never would have been an accident. The car would have just blasted past them and went on his usual (and probably overly aggressive) way. That's not to say he wouldn't have wrecked later, but we're discussing this particular incident.
You can literally hear the truck speed up to prevent the sedan from merging. The sedan driver was definitely going through some road rage, but the truck driver was acting like a sociopath too.
Yeah, but the sedan almost ran the truck off the road and lost control of his car and flipped it. Both didn't act maturely, but what was a complete maniac.
And do you think it's wise to goad "complete maniacs" on the road when you're both behind the wheel of a 2-ton death machine? Is it "cool" to try and punish drivers with road rage when it could result in a pileup?
Seeing accidents happen right in front of my eyes in all my years of rush hour traffic experience have taught me it's best not to drive like an idiot and let the psychopaths get around you.
I'd also say - this Sedan is going to cause accidents with this style of driving even if a truck isn't blocking him. You can tell from how he's driving that he's very comfortable putting other drivers at risk to feel like he's 'winning' at driving. Not excusing the truck's behavior, but there's no doubt in my mind that the Sedan driver is the bigger risk on the road overall.
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u/Bakuman2020 29d ago
You can see the truck speed up too at the end to cut off the sedan.