Always have an exit plan.
I drive around 120 miles a day. I see stupid human tricks ALL the time.
I see idiots do this every day, too impatient to wit behind slower traffic for their exit or not paying attention to where they are and cut across three or for lanes of traffic and put countless others at risk.
Dumb@$$.....
I spent 5 years in EMS.
That was impressive.
Ouch!
Amazing how the concept of just going to the next exit escapes so many drivers. It’s a pet peeve of mine. Idiotic. Needless. Dangerous. Stupid.
I recently saw a guy in one of those little cars do the same thing, he went around me in the slow lane only to find a 50 ton crane going 10 miles an hour uphill,needless to say his car was completely squished like an accordion. I was going 70 he must of been doing 85
Wow...as if the initial crash isn’t bad enough (probably dead right then), the truck with the camera runs OVER the car. The camera even bounces a final time as the rear trailer wheels run over what’s left.
bfl...
Here in Houston it has been people driving 40 mph in the fast lane of the 610 loop and no one in front of them.
I got caught up by one of these idiots. A guy in a Geo Metro tried to cut across 4 lanes of freeway traffic to make his exit. I was in the second from right lane and hit him in the passenger door and set him spinning like a top up the embankment. The Geo was toast and was hauled away by a tow truck. my jeep got a dented fender and a bent bumper and I drove away. And guess what, he had no insurance.
I LOL’d
Passing the truck was not the the cause of this collision.
It was caused by the driver blindly changing lanes without being able to see if there were stopped vehicles in the lane they were changing into. This was a result of changing lanes behind the DHL truck, which they were following too closely, which totally obstructed their view of that exit lane.
I’m surprised I’ve never seen one of those crashes on the road.
That’s what always got me at an accident scene...the peoples personal belongings scattered all over. Don’t know why.
Being a safe driver involves a lot of common sense, and that’s why we see things like this.
My nightmare scenario is following too closely behind a vehicle larger than your own. If the vehicle in front quickly changes lanes to avoid an obstacle, you now own the obstacle.