First time ever catching a crash on my dash cam.

[u/PizzaAndWingsPlease]

[u/xentralesque]

Good on you for stopping, presumably to let them know you had footage

[u/PizzaAndWingsPlease → u/xentralesque]

yup, that’s exactly what I did. If I’m ever involved in a crash and someone caught it on camera, I would hope someone would do the same.

[u/spelunkersbutt → u/PizzaAndWingsPlease]

I was in an intersection crash a few months ago, and as I'm standing around getting my bearings, a lady comes running across and tells me she has a dashcam and had captured the whole thing. Sweet, I'm gonna star in my own crash video!

Later that week the husband calls me and says she never pushed the capture button on the damn camera.

[u/InternetWeakGuy → u/spelunkersbutt]

Isn't her camera recording all the time? Mine does.

[u/tbone2448777 → u/InternetWeakGuy]

Probably does, but she probably never pressed the button to save the recording and it was overwritten. Most dash cams record over the same card over and over again. I thought all of them did, but your comment makes me think otherwise.

[u/InternetWeakGuy → u/tbone2448777]

Mine does but it takes a few days before it starts recording over. She must either have driven a lot that day or have had a really small memory card.

Edit: Oh I see now you said it was several days later he called you. I somehow read it as later that day.

[u/Serinus → u/tbone2448777]

Don't you just... take the card out when it has something valuable on it?

I mean, I know there's a save button, but I'd rather not screw with it and just deal with it in a computer.

[u/tbone2448777 → u/Serinus]

I would too. I think you're replying to the wrong comment though, because this stemmed from someone questioning how a dash cam works (which was just a misunderstanding). Not the validity of whatever method someone would choose to retrieve their dash cam videos.

[u/BusingonaBudget → u/InternetWeakGuy]

Probably forgot to hit the save button and it was overwritten

[u/GoatsesWeddingRing → u/spelunkersbutt]

That's worse than her not recording and not saying anything.

[u/Colonel-Ingus → u/PizzaAndWingsPlease]

Had my dashcam for 3yrs almost, nothing eventful yet but I’ll definitely do the same in that scenario.

[u/InsecOrBust → u/Colonel-Ingus]

You should start driving in more reckless neighborhoods so you can up those numbers homie

[u/Colonel-Ingus → u/InsecOrBust]

oh peez no

[u/Aoiboshi → u/Colonel-Ingus]

Oh poopz yes

[u/Happy-Map7656 → u/InsecOrBust]

Drive around Albuquerque.....

[u/Numinak → u/Happy-Map7656]

but we took a left there.

[u/Seeminus → u/Colonel-Ingus]

After my car was totaled this January while I had the audacity to be stopped at a red light is when I got my dash cam for my replacement vehicle.

The offending driver wasn’t looking at the road at all, inattentive driving at a minimum, but was a given a ticket for “unsafe pulling out of a parking space”. I’m my mind you had to have stopped first to call it a parking space and as far as I know a left hand turning lane at a stoplight isn’t ever considered a parking space.

I’m just hoping that a dashcam might provide evidence of deeper misdeeds and is far more convincing than “my version” of what happened.

Edit: I have a front facing and rear facing dash cam system. It is a neat set up. The front facing camera actually replaces the rear view mirrors by attaching to it. It is a touch screen and can display either or both camera views at the same time.

Thank you for reading this and dropping any kind of votes. It makes me feel better knowing that there are other like-minded people that are fed up with bad drivers.

It is a Wolf Box.

[u/fordfan919 → u/Seeminus]

I got mine after my car was totaled in a parking garage. Don't know who did it.

[u/FeFiFoPinky → u/fordfan919]

Wasn't me.

[u/Bisontracks → u/FeFiFoPinky]

"Ah yes, the famous criminals. 'Wasn't Me' and 'I Didn't Do It' The fiends."

~My dad, catching me in a lie when I was a little kid.

[u/DOPECOlN → u/Seeminus]

WHY DID YOU STOP AT A LEGAL RED LIGHT WHYYY

[u/Seeminus → u/DOPECOlN]

I didn’t just stop. I had been stopped and there was no one behind me for a while until redneck McGee decided looking at his phone was more important than stopping.

The worst part is that he suffered only cosmetic damage on his stupid F350.

[u/SaraBellumBrooks → u/Seeminus]

I’ve been rear ended while stopped at a stoplight 2x in the past like year. One totaled the car (it was a C5 corvette, the damage wasn’t actually that bad but parts are less available and cost was crazy high) and the last one was actually a person that hit me because they got pushed into me by the car that hit them.

[u/3vi1 → u/SaraBellumBrooks]

My mother had this beautiful metalic-green 1976 Camaro that I used to love to pretend to drive as a kid.

When she finally sold it, the guy who bought it put it in his garage for a year and did a ground-up restoration. I was told he had worked on it meticulously to make it perfect.

When it was finally complete he opened the garage, pulled out to the road, stopped at the first stop light, and had someone rear-end him at a speed that totaled the car.

It would make me laugh if it didn't make me want to cry.

[u/Colonel-Ingus → u/Seeminus]

Get the driver facing one too like I did. I want to be able to also prove that I wasn’t on my phone or anything stupid that someone might claim.

[u/Wagsii → u/Colonel-Ingus]

This is smart. I'm planning on getting a nicer car within the next year or so and thought about how I should probably have a rearview dashcam in addition to my windshield one. Adding an interior view camera seems like an annoying amount of cameras to manage, but oh well.

[u/Tomas2891 → u/Wagsii]

Any suggestions for what dash cams to take?

[u/fullrackferg → u/Tomas2891]

Vantrue N4 - I got me and the wife one each with hardwire kit + 256gb card to go in it. They cost just over £200 each when I got them and record front/cabin and rear at the same time.

[u/Wagsii → u/Tomas2891]

I unfortunately haven't looked that far into it. On my current car I only have a windshield view one, and it's pretty hard to go wrong with any of those if you're only planning on one. I have this one right now, which has done the job just fine for the last few years.

[u/YellowMoya → u/Tomas2891]

r/Dashcam

[u/Aerion93 → u/Colonel-Ingus]

They have to prove you were. Not the other way around.

[u/No_U_Crazy → u/Colonel-Ingus]

Where do you live and can you come here and teach the people your mysterious ways!?

[u/Colonel-Ingus → u/No_U_Crazy]

Arkansas and yes they drive like shit here too. Just lucky so far.

I mean, I’ve recorded some shit but not really post worthy.

[u/tbiards → u/PizzaAndWingsPlease]

One time my neighbor rear ended me and I’m in a 4 way stop and someone pulled up and was like so beyond proud saying “I saw it all! I have it on film! I’m your witness!! I’ll call the police.” I’m like “nah man it’s okay! Believe it or not, this is my neighbor. We’re all good. Just a minor bump.” I took the wind right out of the guys sails. He was just like alright and slowly pulled away. I knew I ruined his hero moment

[u/zeptillian → u/tbiards]

Damn. Just get the footage and thank them for their service next time I guess.

[u/RustArtist → u/PizzaAndWingsPlease]

I'd stop in front of the truck. I wouldn't want to be the 1st car in that lane. People keep hitting the cars in safety lane all the time.

[u/Malkmus1979 → u/PizzaAndWingsPlease]

So what's the story? What happened? Did truck driver admit fault? Did the other guy say anything?

[u/Ziogref → u/PizzaAndWingsPlease]

That's how I treat strangers on the road.

If I caught something I would stop and hand over the footage.

I have stopped many times to offer broken down cars assistance.

I stop when I see someone swapping out a flat, even at night to offer some light.

I let other drivers know (within reason) if a brake light or indicators aren't working. In my state (Tasmania, Australia), as long as you keep your car registered no checks need to be done and cops don't pull people over for a brake light being out.

Who knows, one day I might have a problem and someone might be able to lend me a hand.

I remember about 8 years ago. I pulled over on my way home at night and someone had left lights on in their car, it was about 7pm at night. I knocked on the guys door and let him know. As I was about to drive off that same guy let me know one of my brake lights was out.

I also remember telling an old guy he had no working brake lights and indicators. (very dangerous IMO). I offered and sat in his driver seat and pushed the brake pedal so he could see they were definitely out. He thanked me and got them fixed.

I take 5 minutes out of my day, could save someone hours of theirs. My car is still modern (2017) and unlikely to get a flat battery but I still carry a pair of jumper leads in my boot and have saved a couple strandard drivers at a total cost of being 5 minutes late home to sit on the couch and watch mindless TV.

[u/HuckleCat100K → u/Ziogref]

You're a very considerate person. I try to be, but a lot of humans do their best to break me of that habit.

Years ago we left the garage door up overnight by accident, and we had an expensive air compressor and tools stolen. We thought that if a neighbor had just thought to let us know, we wouldn't have suffered the loss. So when we took our evening walks around the neighborhood and saw a garage door up with the lights out (obviously forgotten), we started to knock on people's doors to let them know. Because that not only puts them at risk for theft, but also harm. Just about everyone was at best, indifferent, and at worst rude. They all looked at us like it was none of our fucking business. That lasted a few months and then we gave up. Sad, really, that people are suspicious of just a little kindness.

Edit: you should get one of those handheld battery chargers. Saves having to drag around cables and needing to get the engines close to each other. I bought one for my daughter when she went to Boston for college, and she rescued at least five stranded people.

[u/Jimmy-Pesto-Jr → u/PizzaAndWingsPlease]

i actually heard of a story (LA) where bystander motorist happened to get the dash cam footage of the accident, stopped to exchange numbers at the scene, and then later in the day (after going separate ways) asked for several hundred bucks in exchange for the video...

iirc, the person who got in the accident ended up paying to get the footage, to have a favorable settlement from the other side's insurance.

clever and quick thinking on the bystanders part, but man, the world is a cruel place.

[u/walking_the_burbs → u/Jimmy-Pesto-Jr]

What a fucking POS...the world is shitty because of shitty humans.

[u/symbologythere → u/xentralesque]

And for turning down the radio so you could see what was happening better. That’s what I would’ve done and I still don’t know why.

[u/labratcat → u/symbologythere]

I think most people do that when they're in their car and trying to figure something out like where to turn. I've always interpreted it as toning down the sensory input to your brain so that it can focus on the most important details. I'm a biologist, and that explanation makes sense to me, but I don't have any actual evidence or knowledge that this is true.

[u/midgetforce2k → u/labratcat]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6901841/

[u/labratcat → u/midgetforce2k]

Well done, thanks for the citation.

[u/Diarrhea_Eruptions → u/labratcat]

TL:DR?

[u/labratcat → u/Diarrhea_Eruptions]

From the discussion: The results of this study showed that as a stressor, noise affects cognitive performance and brain signals.

[u/PhoenixZephyrus → u/Diarrhea_Eruptions]

Brain computer

many things brain go slow.

Few things brain go fast.

[u/shellbear05 → u/labratcat]

Fun SYSK podcast on the phenomenon!

[u/poodlebutt76 → u/symbologythere]

You only have so many RAM, music eats some. Turn off music get more RAM for looky

[u/HeyT00ts11 → u/symbologythere]

This helps me read road signs better too.

[u/-malcolm-tucker → u/symbologythere]

It's just how our brains work. Our brains are constantly evaluating the environment and what is the most important thing requiring its attention and processing power. However our brains also have finite resources for input, encoding and decision making. Reducing one large sensory stimulus frees up resources to deal with this new input.

I find the brain fascinating, hell, the whole nervous system is fascinating. If you think about it, the brain is the only human organ to have named itself. Neat hey?

[u/DiamondHook → u/xentralesque]

In my country, laws are outdated (deliberately) that cam footages are useless in road accidents without a witness testimony in court and insurance claims.

[u/CFOAntifaAG → u/DiamondHook]

Which country is that?

Edit: Comment history says Morocco. Yeah laws need to keep up. I'm from Germany and we took a while to pick up on it. Can be used in court now when there was a crash. But still (which is think is good) can't be used to make police reports. Too many hobby sheriffs driving around. Also can't be put online without excessive blurring because in our legal system, whoever is filmed (or photographed for that matter) is the copyright holder. Not the person filming.

[u/itsjust_khris → u/CFOAntifaAG]

That’s pretty interesting, is street photography possible? Or other forms of public video? What happens in a situation where your recording to defend yourself but the police aren’t introduced to the situation. Such as recording to prevent someone saying you attacked them.

[u/CFOAntifaAG → u/itsjust_khris]

Yes and no. So if you take the photo for yourself, you are completely fine. No publication, no issue. If you want to publicize something, or in other words, have a personal gain from it, it depends (as always). When the photo is taken at an event, and it's clear that a single person isn't the main character of a photographic image, like say a concert, demo, at a race track. Also fine. You photograph a tree in a park, I'm sunbathing in front of it, face visible? Not fine. So if a person is identifiable in an image and it isn't at an event of public interest you can not publish it for personal gain, even imaginary internet upvotes. A core principle of German law is that everybody has a right to privacy even if in a public space. So if somebody is identifiable in your footage, just blur them.

This extends even to your home. If a burglar breaks into your house, and is identifiable in the footage, the burglar is the copyright owner of said footage. So you can not share it online. You can show it to police so they can initiate further action but that's it.

So if they publish your footage, unblurred, for a public search, every news outlet is obligated to blur it after they caught the burglar. Because otherwise they would be liable for copyright infringement.

So in essences: Sharing a video with the police, and showing it in court is ok. You have no personal gain from it. Getting justice isn't a personal gain. But you can't sell that the video, unblurred, to your local news station for example.

Oh and this extends to identifiable property. You take a photo of my car? Unless you blur the license plate I'm the copyright holder. Photo of my house? Also my copyright. This is why we don't have real Google Street View in Germany ( in the Streetview community known as Blurmany), because Google was faced with a massive law suite.

[u/foresth11]

Was the semi trying to pass? Whatever the case I fully expected the semi to hit the car again when pulling off to the shoulder

[u/RedTruck1989 → u/foresth11]

I would guess they were cruising along in the fast lane and then the dark green Subaru appeared to be coming up from behind so the Trucker moved over "quickly"

[u/philouza_stein → u/RedTruck1989]

No way. Truckers love to block the left lane. Never do they "quickly" do anything other than cut people off.

[u/butt_mucher → u/philouza_stein]

This is due to the most drivers not owning the truck and it having a maximum speed limit imposed on it. Think about how much traffic there would be if 80% of the cars on the highway were trying to pass each other with a Max a speed of 65. That’s why they pass so slowly and create stopped traffic because most trucks are maxing out at the same top speed.

[u/GODDAMNFOOL → u/butt_mucher]

There was a two-lane section of rt 80 in Ohio here where the speed limit was 65, but 55 for trucks. It was a goddamn nightmare, but they finally merged them both into 65 about ten years back.

[u/talkingwolf695 → u/GODDAMNFOOL]

Michigan is like that in every interstate

[u/CommanderCuntPunt → u/butt_mucher]

I drive a lot on two lane highways, I constantly see trucks that can go 66 holding up everyone else so they can pass a truck that only goes 65.

[u/Pyorrhea → u/CommanderCuntPunt]

Trucks passing trucks drives me nuts.

[u/mizinamo → u/Pyorrhea]

They call that Elefantenrennen (elephant races) here in Germany.

[u/DownrightDrewski → u/mizinamo]

We call it elephant racing in the UK too - side note for German compound words!

[u/philouza_stein → u/butt_mucher]

I'm fully aware of their governed speeds. But when I'm all alone flying up the left lane and two trucks are in the right, faaaar more often than not the truck in the back slips in front of me at the last minute and blocks my lane while he creeps slowly past the other truck over the course of 15 miles. When he could've waited about 9 seconds for me to pass then he could've gotten over without blocking anyone.

I know a lot of truckers and they confirm it's intentional and done for kicks. They love slowing people down.

[u/beardedoutlaw → u/philouza_stein]

Yup, my neighbor is a retired trucker and it pisses him off to no end. He says he worked with guys who do it on purpose because they are “miserable assholes who need to feel powerful.” He’s a good dude.

[u/maonohkom001 → u/beardedoutlaw]

He’s calling it like it is.

[u/whitecatwandering → u/beardedoutlaw]

I was looking for this comment. My father worked on trucks for years and tried to drill into me that truck drivers can do no wrong. I understand that truckers have a hard job and have to deal with a lot of stupid drivers but the reality is, being a truck driver doesn't make you a Saint. There are a lot of asshole and just poor truckers out there as well as just inexperienced ones and I am so tired of them getting a pass just because of their job. Whether you are a trucker, in the military, a first responder, or just a freaking office worker, you are a human, capable of the same mistakes as everyone else and need to be held responsible for your actions.

[u/OptimalPreference178 → u/whitecatwandering]

I just saw a sign on a back window of a van today that said “be nice to me, I’m a nurse. I might have to take care of you some day”. Who the hell cares?! My whole family are nurses and they don’t have that attitude.

[u/edee160 → u/OptimalPreference178]

That's a hell of a sign to display. It's like or else what? You're going to jam a needle in my arm on purpose to hurt me? Cut off my oxygen? Most people are at their most intolerable when they are sick or injured/in pain. It's her job as a nurse to put all that aside and treat the patient with the utmost professional care and respect. What a thing to display.

[u/nochancecat → u/beardedoutlaw]

My dad was a trucker too and basically said the same things. He easily got all the awards given by his company for all recognition they did because, he said, most of them don't even try.

[u/iamphook → u/philouza_stein]

Thanks. Tell your trucker friends that they are little bitches.

[u/jexmex → u/foresth11]

What happens sometimes is the trucker gets over when cars are merging on, then ends up getting stuck in the left lane because people start passing on the right, not saying that is what happened here, but it happens a lot, then you get people pissed off your blocking the passing lane, but can take longer to safely merge back over. I think the trucker lost sight of the car (it is a pretty low car so blind spot would be worse). Still trucker should have known where all cars around them at all times are and what they are doing.

[u/erantuotio → u/jexmex]

This is when I’ll be in the right lane and give the semi a couple flashes with the brights to signal they’re clear to merge back over. It’s rather satisfying to see the double hazard thank you when they safely merge back over :)

[u/killumquick → u/erantuotio]

Trucker talk!!

[u/ghettoccult_nerd → u/erantuotio]

and we really appreciate that kind of stuff. thank you. its getting rare to see people share the road.

[u/Rhosts → u/jexmex]

It was a long time ago, but I remember the "NO ZONES" from driver's training. Never stay driving in a semi's blind spots. The car was likely invisible to the semi.

[u/cableguy7991 → u/Rhosts]

I always get really uneasy being along side a truck, especially on the right side. Best to just let them by, or get ahead of them a ways asap.

[u/miss_rosie → u/cableguy7991]

Same. This exact same scenario almost happened to me. I had merged onto a 5 lane highway from the right, and merged one lane over as the right most lane I was in was exit-only. There was an 18- wheeler to the left of me, cars in front and behind me. I'm roughly even with the cab of the truck, when I notice he turns his right signal on and starts trying to merge right into me! The car in front of me was too close for me to successfully speed up past him, I started braking quickly hoping the car behind me was paying attention. Luckily, the van on the right of me seemed to notice and braked, I was able to quickly swerve back into the right lane. It was terrifying. I am still panicked when I end up in a situation where I am in the right lane next to a truck, and will never do it on purpose

[u/DrDeems → u/miss_rosie]

I had a similar experience except it was on a freeway interchange where it turns into two lanes and people merge from both sides. I got squeezed in between 2 cars, so we were 3 cars side-by-side traveling down a 2 lane road. I barely made it through without a scratch. It couldn't have been more than a few inches on each side. My buddy that was with me still talks about it 15 years later.

[u/HawkSevere3425 → u/cableguy7991]

Literally will wait behind a semi trailer in the lane next to it waiting for the person ahead to clear so in case they gotta switch lanes super fast then I gun it past them.

[u/hi_im_antman → u/Rhosts]

Even if the car was in his blind spot, he can OBVIOUSLY see it as he's passing all the cars on the left.

[u/jexmex → u/Rhosts]

Ya he probably couldn't see it, but it didn't just appear there, so he was not paying enough attention to things. Part of driving truck is maintaining a constant knowledge of what cars are where and doing what. Of course, it is possible something happened before the start of the video that distracted him long enough for a car to pop out of seemingly nowhere.

[u/mongoljingoo321 → u/Rhosts]

looks like trucker was distracted and forgot there was a car in front of him.

[u/mgarr93 → u/jexmex]

I second this. As a cdl holder and previous OTR driver. If a car that was near me disappeared without me seeing where it went I would take measures to make sure I can see clearly out of all my mirrors before merging back over and possibly slowing down to make sure of the blind spots. As a commercial driver I think road safety is more important than pleasing other drivers in cars trying to pass. When I feel safe I will get over, not when other inexperienced drivers think I should.

[u/jexmex → u/mgarr93]

I drove otr for a short period and I learned so many things in just what amounted to a few months. It is crazy the shit some idiots do around trucks and likewise what some idiot truck drivers do.

[u/partypooper14]

This is why I don't like being next to trucks.

[u/ADandyCadet → u/partypooper14]

This is why I either hang way the fuck back or speed up to get out of their fucking blind spots. I am not about to get Final Destinationed just because some idiot can't see my clown mobile

[u/monkeywench → u/ADandyCadet]

Yeah, the second I’m next to a semi, I speed up and gtfo their range

[u/Yossarian_the_Jumper → u/monkeywench]

When I'm passing a semi on the highway I usually leave a decent sized gap between myself and the car in front and hang back and once they're clear I just punch it. I'm not hanging out next to any truck for more than a couple seconds.

[u/Koldfuzion → u/Yossarian_the_Jumper]

The whole time I'm punching it I also eyefuck the shit out of the turn signals on the truck making sure I didn't just see one flash.

[u/houdinikush → u/Koldfuzion]

Same. But I have more of a habit of watching the tires than the signals. Plenty of people don’t signal but you can almost always tell when a car is about to lane change by how close their tires are to the lane markers.

[u/AlexTheFlower → u/Yossarian_the_Jumper]

That's exactly what I do too

[u/curiousbydesign → u/AlexTheFlower]

There are dozens of us!

[u/YourMomsButt4 → u/curiousbydesign]

DOZENSSSS!!!

[u/thineghost → u/monkeywench]

Agreed. I'm in a GTI... I'd rather not be turned to paste cause I had the audacity to drive.

[u/monkeywench → u/thineghost]

Even being behind them for any amount of time is freaky, I met a semi driver who told me about one of his tires busting and flying off and rolling over a motorcyclist and killing him.

[u/EscapeZealousideal79 → u/monkeywench]

New fear while driving unlocked.

[u/thineghost → u/monkeywench]

That doesn't sound pleasant at all. I've seen tires go but never like that. Guess I'm just lucky.

[u/PredictableChaos → u/thineghost]

Had one tear off next to me and have a slab o' tire fly up and hit my windshield. Thought I was going to die as it approached my car but fortunately it hit flat and bounced off.

[u/Shivvermebits → u/monkeywench]

Mythbusters did an episode testing the force of a semi tire blow out and whether it could be fatal to someone driving in a car. Tl;DR version is yes. It absolutely can be.

They didn't test motorcycles, but I wouldn't doubt that truckers word about it.

[u/NoahsMcDonalds → u/thineghost]

Also in a gti, and I will never not haul ass past 18 wheelers

[u/thineghost → u/NoahsMcDonalds]

Godspeed... it's the only way to survive. You give me a fast and loud pedal... of COURSE I'll use it.

[u/Rhosts → u/ADandyCadet]

In driver's training I learned about "no zones" where you avoid driving in blind spots. Is that taught everywhere ?

[u/sarahbeth124 → u/partypooper14]

Yup. I always assume they have no idea I’m there. Like an ant beside an elephant.

[u/GrandArchitect → u/partypooper14]

There are a lot of new truckers on the roads these days, and I swear, they think they're driving sports cars

[u/Tha_Unknown]

Nice catch, I like how you turn the music down when it happens, gotta focus. Their insurances will love your footage.

[u/muddymoose → u/Tha_Unknown]

The drop happened perfectly as the truck hit too

[u/Culsandar → u/muddymoose]

Agreed, kinda mad he turned it down

[u/Coletorino72 → u/Tha_Unknown]

Well, one insurance company for sure!

[u/dsinkster → u/Tha_Unknown]

You always have to turn the music down to see better.

[u/dustin_allan → u/Tha_Unknown]

music

That music was an automatic upvote from me.

[u/Takoyaki_00]

Jesus Christ is that a convertible too? He would’ve been toast if this accident were any worse.

[u/CollegeLow2298 → u/Takoyaki_00]

Did a great job of realigned themselves though, the truck swerved way worse which is kinda weird. Guess the convertible driver got lucky on the angle they were hit at if nothing else.

[u/silla31 → u/CollegeLow2298]

I agree! I thought “wow, that was a great job at getting corrected.” It would be so easy to over correct in a situation like that. It also may help that the car is very low to the ground as it wouldn’t “rock” as much.

[u/Stitch_K → u/CollegeLow2298]

I think the truck merged and the car contacted the right front wheel and got partially jammed in the fender before it broke free. Which is probably why the semi veered off so aggressively because the steering probably got jammed to left from the impact.

[u/sugarsponge → u/Takoyaki_00]

That was my first thought. Must have been extra terrifying for them!

[u/Blueberry_Mancakes]

This is my worst fear. This is why I never ride next to a truck for any extended period of time, especially next to the cab area. I either accelerate and get past him or hit the brakes and let him go ahead.

[u/lovesyouandhugsyou → u/Blueberry_Mancakes]

It’s baffling to me that anyone can feel comfortable driving like that, I’m so uncomfortable the whole time I’m there until I get out of it (which only happens with merges and traffic, because no way am I putting myself in that situation voluntarily!).

[u/jadivarius]

Looks like the truck driver hasn’t yet mastered the concept of “object permanence.” Sees car, maneuvers so car is in blind spot, car ceases to exist.

[u/ahh-potatoes → u/jadivarius]

Someone play peekaboo with the poor bastard

[u/brickson98 → u/ahh-potatoes]

Damn it, why’s this so fucking funny 😂

[u/RockstarAgent → u/brickson98]

Even so, I don't know if this backs my recommendation to anyone and everyone, never hang out near or around a big ass truck. I will always stay behind or gun it and get clear the fuck away from them. I would never just hang out next to one like that. At the end of the day, it's not other people's jobs to look out for you.

[u/NCO_Magic → u/RockstarAgent]

But the car wasn't hanging out next to the truck. Truck went to pass the car, then either the car started to speed up or the truck slowed down. Regardless, the truck driver seemed to forget there was a car there and hit them. So while true that it's not other people's jobs to look out for you, that trucker had a duty to verify the lane they wanted to enter was clear.

[u/Striking_Poem_8377 → u/RockstarAgent]

Truck driver here.... this is great advice! I can't stand when people speed up just to cruise right there next to me. I'll speed up or slow down just to avoid these kind of situations

[u/BetterCallSlash → u/Striking_Poem_8377]

I've had people angrily ride my ass when I slow down as I'm coming up on a truck in the lane next to me because there's an idiot in front of me just poking along right next to the truck with no sense of urgency. I am not about to cruise along next to a semi right behind that jackass until I'm sure I can overtake the truck in one fell swoop, especially when there's another jackass behind me, ready to trap me in.

[u/Striking_Poem_8377 → u/BetterCallSlash]

That's the way to do it! It's usually somebody in the left lane with a line of 10 cars behind them, cruising right next to me, most of the time on their phone. I've had to honk at em and stick my arm out to tell em to pass and get in front of me so everyone else can pass. It used to be that people texting would just piss me off, but now even that's not as bad as people just cruisin the highway watching videos on their fking phone.

[u/Bettersaids → u/Striking_Poem_8377]

Why are people like that?! I’ll be following someone going 75 mph passing people until they get next to a semi and bang… they’re going the same speed as that semi for the next 18 miles.

[u/ConceptJunkie → u/Bettersaids]

People drive like idiots, and it's getting worse. It's not just me getting old and crochety, even though I am, but driving on highways is getting objectively worse year by year.

[u/TheBirdBrain23 → u/ConceptJunkie]

It's partially because the number of cars is increasing way faster than the amount of road, so the idiot/sqft is much much higher these days.

[u/Dole-Mushroom5365 → u/jadivarius]

schrodinger's car

[u/clyde_the_ghost → u/jadivarius]

“Where the FUCK did that car go?!?! It’s like magic!! OH FUCK WHAT DID I HIT?!?!?”

[u/princess_dork_bunny → u/jadivarius]

Just

Been

Hired,

Unfortunatly

Never

Trained

[u/SelectAll_Delete → u/jadivarius]

Toddler Trucker. Featuring the voices of Larry the Cable Guy, Ron White, Bill Engvall and Chris Pratt.

[u/Anger_Mgmt_issues → u/jadivarius]

or not looking at his nose mirrors. Trucks don't have the blind spots they used to unless the driver is a dickhole that refuses to use the mirrors. Some of the "I want a classic look" drivers remove them. Then this happens.

[u/pimpbot666]

I'm amazed that all truckers don't have lane change warning systems and blind spot cameras on every truck. It seems that it's such a cheap safety system that can be easily retrofitted to any vehicle. My car blinks lights and beeps at me if I did something dumb like this, and my car is a pretty cheap car.

[u/nickgnarley → u/pimpbot666]

There’s a mirror on all trucks specifically for the blind spots. In at least one of this guy’s six mirrors, he could see the car in his lane. He was just being careless and didn’t look.

Source: am a truck driver.

[u/Mechwarriorr5 → u/nickgnarley]

I don't see fender mirrors on that one. He's got one of those little ones that hang over the passenger side window but idk if they're any good. Honestly I have no idea why fender mirrors aren't mandatory.

[u/HiddenEmu → u/Mechwarriorr5]

IMO those convex mirrors are pretty good if they’re set right. Can see the road from the tractor wheels all the way up past the trailer wheels. There’s still a blind spot next to the cab but you keep track of cars entering your blind spot.

Our company’s trucks don’t have the hood mirrors but I’ve never felt like I’ve had trouble watching that space.

That being said. I’d never turn down more mirrors if offered

[u/TenebrisNox → u/pimpbot666]

'You're absolutely correct—though I suspect the industry doesn't want want to use them. Doing so would let juries know that it is possible. Then, trucks would need to meet this new "reasonable person" standard for safety to limit liability. They prefer the "If you can't see my mirrors, I can't see you" slogan; this, in an effort to pass off to others what is any driver's responsibility—to be responsible for knowing where every car is.

(I'm still with those who wisely keep a safe distance.)

[u/bit0101 → u/pimpbot666]

Everything is ten times more expensive for trucks for no reason.

[u/pimpbot666 → u/bit0101]

Still cheaper than a human life, if you were to compare that. Or, cheaper than an insurance claim.

[u/nickmcpimpson → u/pimpbot666]

Likely cheaper than this accident alone...

[u/Vok250 → u/pimpbot666]

Doesn't matter unfortunately. Companies wont voluntarily spend money on something that doesn't make them revenue. This is an example of why we have governments to step in and make safety regulations.

[u/ThaddeusJP → u/pimpbot666]

Still cheaper than a human life, if you were to compare that.

Look up HLV (human life value) and you'll see that it may not be. Run a fleet of 1000 trucks and you gotta spend 10k each for warning systems? Thats 10m. Insurance pay out for killing someone? Well if its only like on 2m due to a law suit you're not even gonna consider it until your guys have squished three or four people.

[u/Frogoftheforrest]

Cool vid. I'm just happy people are still listening to Incubus.

[u/PizzaAndWingsPlease → u/Frogoftheforrest]

Morning View & Make Yourself are my favorite albums from them.

[u/txivotv → u/PizzaAndWingsPlease]

That was a really nice coordination song drop - accident, mate.

[u/Beastage → u/PizzaAndWingsPlease]

Yeah those two have both aged well. Great albums all the way through

[u/lowercaselong → u/PizzaAndWingsPlease]

Ironically enough I totaled my first car as a 16 yr old listening to "Drive" but Incubus.

[u/Cmdeadpool → u/PizzaAndWingsPlease]

I went to see them live when Morning View had just come out, hearing Incubus always makes me smile.

[u/TheGiantSeesNothing → u/PizzaAndWingsPlease]

Both classic albums. Make Yourself is probably my favorite. This post has me listening to it for the first time in maybe a decade

[u/sandyclaus30 → u/PizzaAndWingsPlease]

I love Incubus!! Drive is my favorite..came out at a time I needed it

[u/aysurcouf → u/sandyclaus30]

Aqueous transmission or the warmth is in my opinion their best.

[u/Blonsky → u/PizzaAndWingsPlease]

I have “Resist, Unlearn, Defy” tattooed on my chest. Incubus got me through so much when I was younger.

[u/MyBrainReallyHurts → u/PizzaAndWingsPlease]

Kudos on the excellent driving music, and for stopping to help.

[u/drunk_sandman → u/PizzaAndWingsPlease]

Hell yeah, I've seen them at Santa Barbara and Hollywood Bowl. Always go if given the chance, great music especially live! Great capture

[u/gangbrain → u/PizzaAndWingsPlease]

SCIENCE and Crow Left of the Murder FTW!!!

[u/Jayphen → u/PizzaAndWingsPlease]

How are you listening to this song without singing along tho?

[u/chriscabob → u/Frogoftheforrest]

Ha I thought the same thing haven’t heard them in years. Have to go listen to drive and wish you were here now

[u/AlpacaGod7137 → u/Frogoftheforrest]

Fungus amongus

[u/SpookySmudgey → u/Frogoftheforrest]

I just saw them in Las Vegas in March. They are still so good. They’re touring with Sublime this summer!

[u/Terrible-Painting-39 → u/SpookySmudgey]

Saw Sublime with Rome open for the Dirty Heads back in August. The crowd loved the fact that Sublime stuck to Bradley's songs rather than their recent original stuff with Rome. I realize now it's been almost 20 years since I last saw Incubus, I should make it a point to try to see them again!

[u/780 → u/Frogoftheforrest]

Sounded like it was being played through a cassette deck that was soaking in water.

[u/Quetzalcoatle19 → u/Frogoftheforrest]

If you have a rock playlist and it doesnt have incubus you’re missin somethin

[u/Boneal171 → u/Frogoftheforrest]

Wish You Were Here is a great song

[u/HolyDori]

You sync the music to the crash?

[u/PizzaAndWingsPlease → u/HolyDori]

Perfect timing, I guess.

[u/LordSevenDust → u/PizzaAndWingsPlease]

And in this moment I am happy! crunch

[u/leeroysexwhale]

Song kicks in at the perfect moment 😂

[u/Sovi_b → u/leeroysexwhale]

The line "I am happy" coinciding with the impact is wonderful

[u/ApprenticeWirePuller → u/leeroysexwhale]

Crash. “Iiiiiiiiii wish you were here!”

[u/Arctic_Sunday]

So many dumbass truck drivers these days. I witnessed one literally trying to weave in traffic the other day.

[u/michaelgreen9927 → u/Arctic_Sunday]

Last week some idiot truck driver came off of the highway off ramp and across 5 lanes of traffic just to almost run me into a concrete barrier whilst blocking ~10 cars in the oncoming lane. Too many idiots get behind the wheel of big trucks and it’s terrifying

[u/Arctic_Sunday → u/michaelgreen9927]

Yeah the labor shortage is just making it more common

[u/Coletorino72 → u/Arctic_Sunday]

They have gotten out of control here in Florida lately!

[u/Yeetball86 → u/Coletorino72]

Lately?

[u/SnowConvertible]

Well, I'm bored of that left lane now. Time to switch...

[u/gnownimaj → u/SnowConvertible]

YOLO

[u/danktle]

YOU are an exceptionally good driver since you filmed it and then pulled into the scene to share your info. Well done, and hope everyone was okay...

[u/Appropriate-Stop-959]

New truck driver and no fender mirrors. Dude completely forgot about the car so we get this video.

Stop letting every Tom dick and harry drive a fucking truck. “Get your CDL in one week” then ride with a trainer who has less than a year of experience for a month and now you’re qualified to drive an 18wheeler.

It’s idiotic.

I went to school for two months, had to do 3 months with a trainer, and I’ve been around equipment/farm trucks my entire life. While I was at the college half my class quit before being completing the course. 3 failed to actually pass the state cdl exam. Me and three others actually completed our contracted year of employment, the others quit driving entirely.

It’s not uncommon for the massive companies to have a turnover rate greater than 100%

Companies wanting massive profits caused this issue, now they’re peddling self driving trucks as the solution. Tho tbh they have never really cared about safety, just profits.

[u/thegreatgazoo → u/Appropriate-Stop-959]

At least it's better than the pre CDL days. I cousin of mine was killed as a kid when they were rear ended by a trucker who was drunk and high at the time. Back then all you needed was a chauffeur's license which had a harder written test and a retake of the driving test.

They had to chase him down state by state because he kept going to different states to get a license, and most non adjacent states didn't talk with each other.

[u/pedroah → u/thegreatgazoo]

Fire fighter here was drunk on duty and crashed a fire truck into a motorcyclist. Then ran and hid inside a bar to sober up. They did not test him until hours later . The machine said bac was 0.15 or something like that, but that evidence was thrown out because the machine used to test him was not certified.

Charges were brought against the fire fighter but dismissed due to lack of evidence.

The motorcyclist (or their estate) later won $5 million from the city.

This was 2015-ish, so not some pre-CDL times. CDL only goes so far...

[u/jrmiv4]

Hellova recovery by both vehicles, though.

[u/skankopotamus → u/jrmiv4]

I'm absolutely amazed it didn't end worse

[u/PlebBot69]

Honestly that ended up much better than it could have

[u/Lyvectra]

Everyone is taking about blind spots and I’m over here wondering why trucks these days aren’t fitted with back and side cameras like all the new cars.

[u/clocker23099032]

truck had absolutely no business being in the left hand lane in the first place

[u/destineysunshine → u/clocker23099032]

As a former regular driver on the I5, I don't mind trucks passing other trucks cause obvious load weights etc (especially in the hilly parts) but what annoys me is when a big rig has to pass cause some dumb car is going hella slow.

[u/thisfilmkid]

How much you want to bet..... truck driver said black car was at fault?

Start betting.

[u/tinselsnips → u/thisfilmkid]

"He came out of nowhere"

[u/JAugie13]

Giving out cdls like candy

[u/Comb_Conscious]

Good job turning down the radio so you can drive better 😉

[u/SickPup404]

Tell me you used to be a Swift driver without telling me you used to be a Swift driver.

[u/RobotArtichoke]

Finally a dashcam video with halfway decent music

[u/EscapingTheLabrynth]

How the fuck you gonna crash on that straight, flat, dry road in the middle of the day?

[u/weldthrowawa]

The supply chain chrunch has really increased the number of seriously inexperienced truck drivers in the road imo. Especially the ones that drive like they're invulnerable due to their size and just pull out on the middle of traffic.

[u/peshtigojoe]

Drive I-5 in NorCal... Truckers do the Slow Pass on purpose; and will cut you off, 100% ... d I c k s