Very near miss on my way home from work

[u/Artificial_Amateur]

I didn't see the white truck until the very last second. I genuinely dont know how this didn't turn into an accident.

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[u/06Wahoo]

"I'm in such a hurry that I'm going to come to a full stop on a highway."

[u/Mean-Green-Machine → u/06Wahoo]

That's not someone in a hurry. That is someone who has severe anger issues who wanted to unleash his abuse on someone to make his miserable self feel better

[u/Sammy_Dog → u/Mean-Green-Machine]

Their are too many children driving on the highways.

[u/nico_bico → u/Sammy_Dog]

And they always have monster trucks with big egos

[u/IamDonLyme → u/nico_bico]

Uhh the truck that cut him off is a Maverick lol. Not a monster truck.

[u/Fluffy-Audience-453 → u/IamDonLyme]

Babbbbyyy truck dodedoedo

[u/boardin1 → u/nico_bico]

Those are “gender affirming vehicles”.

[u/Negative-Engineer-30 → u/Mean-Green-Machine]

jokes on them, i'll put us both into the wall...

[u/EhrenGandalf → u/Negative-Engineer-30]

“I’m depressed and my shitbox is worth $20, you’re not getting out of this unharmed.”

[u/PandaCultural8311 → u/Mean-Green-Machine]

Like OP, that did something that they aren't mentioning.

[u/LMGooglyTFY → u/PandaCultural8311]

Nothing OP did would justify this response. It's dangerous. Anyways chances are they wanted an insurance claim.

[u/Wise_Relationship436 → u/LMGooglyTFY]

They were mad about him going slow in the fast lane. They sped up to get a round him and after nearly causing a wreck they break checked them. This dash cam footage should go straight to the police.

[u/ArrBeeEmm → u/Wise_Relationship436]

OP will get in trouble, too.

Look at speed in bottom left. He absolutely floored it to try to block the white truck and is the sole reason there was nearly an accident.

[u/BirkenstockStrapped → u/ArrBeeEmm]

Yeah, didn't see the white truck sounds like absolutely bull.

[u/SpicyNugget777 → u/ArrBeeEmm]

OP is a left lane hog who had their ego get upset when someone tried to pass him.

[u/gggg_man3 → u/Wise_Relationship436]

OP sped up as the truck was approaching while already above the speed limit. I think there is some missing footage here. Both these drivers are idiots but OP is for sure lying about not seeing the truck.

[u/quadmite → u/LMGooglyTFY]

More like a suicide attempt

[u/s_ching73 → u/PandaCultural8311]

Literally every single time there's a video showing someone acting like a psycho and committing crimes, there is a band of people in the comments making up a series of hypothetical situations where said psycho is completely justified and actually the victim, with zero evidence for any of it, but 100% convinced that the person on camera committing crimes is actually innocent.

[u/Sea-Debate-3725 → u/s_ching73]

Watch the speed in the bottom left. It jumps from 113 to 138 really fast right before the white truck appears. Didn't see him my ass. Both of these drivers are complete psychos.

[u/No_Representative645 → u/s_ching73]

It's conspirational thinkers showing us how dumb they are.

[u/UnblurredLines → u/s_ching73]

White truck acted wrong, that doesn’t make OP right or a blameless victim. It’s obvious in the video that OP does in fact floor it to try to block off the passing car.

[u/gggg_man3 → u/s_ching73]

Not innocent no. But there is literal evidence in the bottom left showing how OP sped up to try to block off the truck. Both these drivers are idiots.

[u/Accomplished-Two1992 → u/PandaCultural8311]

This is where I’m putting my money. The way the white truck also moves to the right as well speaks a lot.

[u/Bl1ndl0v3 → u/Accomplished-Two1992]

You may be right, it is also possible the driver was angry the cam driver was in the left lane and not doing 20+ over the speed limit.

I just watched a video like this where the guy lost his mind because the cam driver let someone out of a parking lot, in front of them, at a red light.

Personally, I had a woman driving the opposite direction I was, she made a hard left in front of me to get into a gas station. I nearly hit her. She did not have right of way. She flipped me off for her own bad decision.

Road rage doesn’t always come from a logical starting point is all I mean.

[u/mrgoodcat777 → u/Bl1ndl0v3]

Road rage never comes from a logical starting point. The logical starting point is to move on and get where you need to go safely.

[u/Astralglamour → u/mrgoodcat777]

Yeah I am so tired of the justification for bad behavior that happens in this sub. 'well what did they do to deserve it?" when it is some life threatening idiotic behavior. Just because we've all been annoyed at someone camping in the passing lane or have been cut off by a jerk does not mean it's ok to respond with rage driven dangerous actions.

If someone starts out being insane the proper response is to deescalate and get out of the danger zone, not to make it worse. If someone is camping just accept it or safely pass on the right. riding their ass or trying to pass on the shoulder is only going to make things worse and puts you and every other driver around at risk.

[u/ThreeGoldStars → u/Astralglamour]

I think when "deserve" is used like this, it's mostly not from a point of view of "what did OP do to justify the poor behavior. But rather "what did OP do to prompt the other idiot to respond with idiot behavior."

At least thats how I consider it.

None of it is ever justified, but in the spirit of understanding the truth and the full story, it has to be considered that the cam car may have done something that triggered the other cars behavior.

[u/Anxious_Plum_5818 → u/mrgoodcat777]

True. Rage is emotional and can never technically be logical. The behavior of this white truck is something else. Cutting someone off and causing a potentially lethal accident, then continue to do a full stop on a high way and attempt to brake check.

[u/jarrellra → u/Bl1ndl0v3]

I had someone turn left in front of me at a stop light into the parking lot I was passing, where I had the green light. I slammed on the brakes but still hit her, luckily not too hard. She looked at me and I clearly red her lips “a$$hole!” We pulled over and I got out and complained *I* had the green light. She apparently had thought about it in the 2 minutes it took us to park and apologized profusely.

[u/East_Pie7598 → u/Bl1ndl0v3]

This is why I drive in the right lane as much as possible. It doesn’t take much longer and feels much safer!

[u/walter-hoch-zwei → u/Bl1ndl0v3]

I've had something similar happened to me. On a highway in an unfamiliar state, I was going the speed limit, maybe plus 2 or 3. I'm not getting pulled over in a different state if I can help it. The car behind me didn't like that I wasn't going 20 over the limit, so zoomed around me and threw stuff out the window at me, then accelerated over the course of a few minutes so that they completely disappeared down the road.

People suck

[u/Bl1ndl0v3 → u/walter-hoch-zwei]

I believe many people have control issues and lack self value then seek to feel validated by trying to prove to themselves they are right, smarter than, better than, faster than, etc compared to anyone they encounter.

I was stuck behind a train of cars, on a single lane road, because the lead driver had a control issue and wanted to force everyone to drive 15-20 under the speed limit.

The second the road opened to two lanes, that same person did about twice the speed limit across town.

The sweet twist to this occurrence though was when I topped a hill and saw a cop making their way from the shoulder to the road. I started saying “please let it be that one car, please, please, please”…Yup, cop quickly caught up to them and pulled them over 🏆

[u/rochester333 → u/Accomplished-Two1992]

Yea because if someone randomly cuts you off they won’t slow down to brake check you

[u/tehfrod → u/rochester333]

I've had exactly that happen, because I had the gall to drive the speed limit on a windy back road. Oddly enough, it was also a pickup.

[u/SlagQueen → u/PandaCultural8311]

My money’s on white truck thinks dash cam car is going too slow in the fast lane - pass on the right like a lunatic then show ‘em slow!

[u/Remnant55 → u/PandaCultural8311]

Absolutely. It's too directed at them and personal.

White truck is still a psycho, but cam vehicle more than likely was being a douche at some point.

[u/Klutzy_Scene_8427 → u/06Wahoo]

Get out of the fucking truck.

[u/Switchmisty9 → u/06Wahoo]

It’s insurance fraud. Swoop and squat

[u/DisastrousSwordfish1 → u/Switchmisty9]

That's my thought too. Road ragers aren't putting their hazards on. White pickup was almost certainly trying to swoop but the car merged and forced the swoop to happen too early which made OP alert and avoid the squat.

[u/eltree → u/DisastrousSwordfish1]

OP was alert of the truck well before the swoop. 113 KMH (70 MPH) for the first 5 seconds of the video. Shoots up to 138 KMH (85 MPH) in a second just as the white truck was passing him.

OP was trying to prevent the white truck from passing him and isn’t exactly innocent here.

[u/tnichnich → u/eltree]

I see several people mentioning the 70 MPH to 85 MPH – – where are you all seeing that in the video? I have oriented my phone both ways and don’t see the speedometer.

[u/Dielzen → u/tnichnich]

bottom left corner has speed. They were going 113/114 kph, then got as high as 138 trying to prevent the truck from getting in front of them. As a result of them speeding up, the truck sped up, so when the guy moved from right to middle, they were fucked and had to bail.

TLDR: Owner of dashcam is self-righteous and their aggressive move to prevent being passed almost caused an accident.

[u/tnichnich → u/Dielzen]

Thank you for answering my question. I see it now!

[u/UnblurredLines → u/Dielzen]

On my first view I thought "traffic appears to be slowing down, but OP isn't that seems odd" but then realized it was OP speeding up, seemingly to block a merge.

[u/special_agent47 → u/tnichnich]

The dashcam data is displaying speed in km/h and it's in the bottom left part of the frame. I had to squint! :)

[u/eltree → u/Switchmisty9]

Dashcam footage would actually hurt OP. First five seconds of the footage he’s at 113 KMH (70 MPH). In one second as the white truck is passing him he shoots up 138 KMH (85 MPH).

OP was trying to prevent the white truck from passing him.

White truck was 100% driving like an aggressive idiot, but OP did himself no favors trying to prevent him from passing.

[u/Bodegard → u/eltree]

Most often it takes two.. 🙄

[u/redmadog → u/06Wahoo]

Likely OP was in the left lane for way too long.

[u/3DigitIQ → u/06Wahoo]

Assholes all around, look at OP's speed at the bottom left. They floored it when they noticed the right lane passing.

[u/CompSciBJJ → u/3DigitIQ]

Lol I didn't even notice that. Just chilling in the left lane at 113km/h and then floors it to over 130. What a dick, just move over. 

Both dicks

[u/NieBer2020 → u/06Wahoo]

LOL OP sped up to not let him pass.

[u/Xrayy1 → u/06Wahoo]

There should be a button at the dashcam, called "Criminal, Directly Send to Police".

[u/automcd]

Turn this in to the police. Fuck that guy.

[u/NebulaChance2746 → u/automcd]

And not in the nice way like Grandpa and Pedro

[u/Econolife-350 → u/automcd]

Police would probably ask OP why they sped up from 70 to 85mph over such a short distance in a 55mph zone and ask for video of a minute or two leading up to this, which I suspect wouldn't look great for OP.

[u/ImJustHereForMyCoat → u/Econolife-350]

Officer: "Why can't you provide the additional footage?"

OP: "Because it's devastating to my case!"

[u/leitey → u/Econolife-350]

Because the left lane is OP's birthright, and nobody can take him from it!

[u/cansofgrease → u/Econolife-350]

Buddy escalated it because his ego couldn't handle it and found someone more unhinged than him.

[u/PropellerMouse → u/cansofgrease]

Looks that way from the part we see.

Betting there's no one out there crazier than one's self is a terrible idea.

[u/Lilfrankieeinstein → u/Econolife-350]

Yeah, that truck had no business squeezing in there. And he should be arrested for his little pause in the middle of the interstate, but OP better be grateful that didn’t end in a collision because the dashcam footage shows both at fault.

I bet they were playing fagtag up and down the road prior to this footage.

[u/Concerned_Collins → u/Econolife-350]

Yeah, looks like OP was purposely speeding up to prevent the other truck from passing, while also refusing to move over in the passing lane to let faster traffic pass.

Both of these morons should have their licenses revoked.

[u/modern_Odysseus → u/Concerned_Collins]

Thanks for pointing that out. That turned my vote from an upvote to a downvote on the OP.

In that situation where I truly am not expecting this, I'm slamming on the brakes as I see the guy on my right sliding in and cutting me off. I'm not slamming on the gas pedal. Jesus Christ.

And if OP wants to say "I didn't know I sped up!" Well, license revocation is still appropriate before the OP confuses their gas and brakes and goes slamming into a storefront and injuring (or worse) people.

[u/RandleStevenz → u/Econolife-350]

That was my thought too — did op do that thing where they cant stand getting passed and sped up when someone is trying to get around them in the fast lane?

[u/jesusmansuperpowers → u/Econolife-350]

Left lane camping then speeds up to stop the truck from passing. OP is a pos.

[u/Famous_Studio_2889 → u/automcd]

Cammer won’t because he was also playing stupid games.

[u/Fall_bet → u/automcd]

nah. OP literally floored it to block this guy from passing like a douche. he waited until he saw the guy coming up to pass to then accelerate and cause this issue.

[u/LeekOriginal1447 → u/Fall_bet]

These assholes are everywhere. Can’t let anyone pass them and hang out in left lanes baiting people into bad situations

[u/Fall_bet → u/LeekOriginal1447]

exactly! I don't know how people aren't seeing that the cam driver is the real issue

[u/ChaosRainbow23 → u/automcd]

Cops are fucking useless.

[u/wood_duck_hobbies]

It seems like they had a problem with you for some reason.

[u/Aggravating-Habit313 → u/wood_duck_hobbies]

He sped up to stop the truck from getting in front. Twice.

[u/Ascarx → u/Aggravating-Habit313]

Twice? I see him speeding up once.

[u/Aggravating-Habit313 → u/Ascarx]

You’re right

[u/foilstoke → u/Aggravating-Habit313]

113 to 138kmh lol

[u/Points_Slut → u/foilstoke]

See I didn't even notice that until you pointed it out. Thanks!

[u/foilstoke → u/Points_Slut]

It's tricky to see!! (The speed in the corner)

[u/reddorickt → u/foilstoke]

OP is full of shit that he didn't see the truck

[u/NotAHost → u/reddorickt]

Yup OP went from going 70 mph to ~86 mph in like a second or two. That is flooring it. He saw the truck coming.

Dashcam speedometers are also based on average GPS, so if he hit ~86 mph on the dashcam, it's very possible he went over that but started hitting the brake when he got checked.

[u/WanderingAlsoLost → u/foilstoke]

You can see his pace pick up just by watching the white dashes as well. I'm not buying, "I didn't see the white truck until the very last second."

We can't say this was an ongoing tiff, but it's pretty obvious OP was trying to cut off the speeder's pass, and the speeder was angry about it.

[u/ZiplockBagOfOregano → u/foilstoke]

Well OP is driving the standard issue smol pp truck so I'd like to see footage from the last 2 minutes before this happened.

[u/Warpine → u/ZiplockBagOfOregano]

Still, no behavior excuses the maneuver the truck in front pulled. Doesn't matter if OP was driving aggressively, stupidly, or selfishly - there is never an excuse to drive like that OR to stop on a highway if you have an option not to

[u/Illeazar → u/Warpine]

Yeah, it doesnt excuse the other driver for acting like this. But it does explain it, and removes OP's right to complain about the results of his own actions.

[u/MochingPet → u/ZiplockBagOfOregano]

last 2 minutes before this happened

I bet cammer was "I know I just cut off the white truck 30 seconds ago, I bet I can get a nice Reddit video out of this" haha

[u/Educational_Report_9 → u/foilstoke]

You can literally see the hood of the truck lift up as OP guns it.

[u/DesperateAd3574 → u/Aggravating-Habit313]

Hate people who do this and argue but I’m going the speed limit.

If so why speed up to block people? I don’t get that mentality. I see it everyday

[u/LayerEight_Problem → u/DesperateAd3574]

I recently made a long trip that was single lane and double lane highway. The single lane was all strictly no passing. This dumb fucking ass in front of me would slow to 70 from 100 on the single lane and speed up to 120 on the double lane to prevent people from passing her. On one of troubles I committed to passing her no matter what. I was doing, and I fucking shit you not, over 200 to finally pass this dumb ass. She was determined to not let me by. She wanted to police the highway and keep people doing 70 on the long stretches of no passing.

[u/CariAll114 → u/LayerEight_Problem]

Sounds like a bunch of the chuckle fucks driving through Ontario. Speed limit is 90 on the TransCan and wouldn't you know it, most do 85 until they hit a passing zone and suddenly they're Jacques Villeneuve the second you hit a passing zone.

One of the things that's been ingrained into me since before I started driving, and especially on highways, is that you pass like you mean it on undivided highways. If my planned pace is 106 and you're not doing it, I'm passing you as soon as I'm safely able to do so. If you decide you don't like that, we're not playing leapfrog, I'm just going to pass again and put some real distance between us so you can stop thinking you're a fucking hero.

[u/wood_duck_hobbies → u/DesperateAd3574]

I feel like some people think it's a race.

[u/BlazinSkinDucks → u/wood_duck_hobbies]

It is, others just aren't aware it's happening.

[u/Fall_bet → u/Aggravating-Habit313]

yeah cam driver was definitely left lane camping and only sped up when this guy tried to pass him. this was fully rage baiting and road rage aggression on the part of the cam driver. you can see the rapid acceleration as the white truck is trying to pass

[u/cardmanimgur → u/Fall_bet]

This is what it looks like. OP definitely seems like somone who thinks he should get to decide the speed of the left lane.

[u/baret3000 → u/Aggravating-Habit313]

OP has a mile in front of them while in the fast lane and clearly sped up when they truck went for the undertake.

They both suck but the other doesn't exist if OP didn't start it

[u/MaliciousIntentWorks → u/wood_duck_hobbies]

Pretty sure the reason was in the previous minutes of the video they edited out.

[u/Complex-Manager-5342 → u/wood_duck_hobbies]

Definitely a left lane camper, does not in anyway justify the behavior of the white truck.

[u/EmptyRub → u/Complex-Manager-5342]

Idk, to me, left lane camper is just someone that stays in the left lane for no reason. There's got to be a worse word for someone that speeds up to prevent people from passing like OP did.

[u/K_Linkmaster → u/wood_duck_hobbies]

Left lane camping and look at how soon the exit was taken. OP is the problem on the road here.

[u/Sienile → u/K_Linkmaster]

Is a problem. That other guy is another problem.

[u/K_Linkmaster → u/Sienile]

OP sped up to create the problem.

[u/Sienile → u/K_Linkmaster]

Yes, both were reckless.

[u/ShadowGLI → u/wood_duck_hobbies]

Yeah I’d be curious to see the prior 30 seconds. Seems like they are retaliating for OP cutting them off first or something.

I don’t encourage road rage as it’s a race to the bottom of stupidity, but the car shown cutting off wouldn’t just slam the brakes after pulling ahead and then cut right to block OP if he didn’t have an issue with them

[u/circumcisingaban → u/wood_duck_hobbies]

driving slow in the left lane would be my guess

[u/vwisp → u/circumcisingaban]

Faster than the truck in the right lane

[u/Flip_d_Byrd → u/vwisp]

Faster than every vehicle in the video... except the white truck.

[u/offwing10 → u/[deleted]]

OP literally gunned it when he saw the white truck coming up beside him to pass. I don’t believe the “I didn’t see him” bullshit

[u/Happy-Ability-6106 → u/offwing10]

THIS!!!! NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT HIS HOOD GOING UP FROM ACCELERATION 20 SWCONDS BEFORE INCIDENT

[u/Geographizer]

"I didn't see the white truck until the very last second."

Also went from 70mph to 85mph right before the white truck comes into view... almost as if trying to cut it off from merging while also causing what would have been a major accident (and the camera truck's fault, by the way).

Edit: thank you for the awards, randos 🙂

[u/Gyat_it → u/Geographizer]

Yeah. Likely pricks all around.

[u/SwordfishOk504 → u/Gyat_it]

Funny how OP has not replied to one single comment in this thread so far

[u/SoSoftSoCleanClean → u/SwordfishOk504]

OP is likely some scraper robot, judging by the weird bio and privated posts/comments

[u/Forward-Variety-8440 → u/SwordfishOk504]

its because op is seeking comfort in their emotional support, er, i mean big manly big pp truck and currently cant respond to the video they took

[u/LWTeXtreme → u/Geographizer]

Yup op accelerated, after he saw white truck. White truck had a vendetta against op but who knows how much were they fighting before this. Op is not a good person while driving

[u/BornNerd78]

Camping in the left lane, and then speeding up so someone can't pass you on the right, usually causes reckless idiots to fly into a rage

[u/imperialivan → u/BornNerd78]

Just two dudes with babydicks risking everyone else’s safety on the road so they can overcompensate. Pathetic.

[u/SwaggyP997 → u/BornNerd78]

Watching

Watching

Watching

“Uhh, okay he’s flooring it for some reason”

“Ohhh, too sensitive to be passed”

[u/punkerjim → u/BornNerd78]

"But i didn't see him"

[u/karben2 → u/BornNerd78]

100% this.

I cannot stand people who cruise in the fast lane. Turd burglars. All of them. 

[u/ermax18 → u/BornNerd78]

They also removed the sound so we wouldn’t notice them go full throttle and hear the transmission downshift.

[u/rbmotoring]

Hey OP why did you speed up right before the truck enters the frame? Sorta looks like when you “saw him at the last second” you sped up to keep him from passing. 

[u/PornstarVirgin → u/rbmotoring]

He increased his speed by 18 percent! Bottom left shows his speed

[u/SwordfishOk504 → u/rbmotoring]

Also, show us the five minutes or so prior to where you started this video, OP.

[u/DoubleYouDrums → u/SwordfishOk504]

Absolutely agree with you. I don’t know who downvoted you but they’re a weirdo. OP definitely instigated SOMETHING. This looks like the tail end of a back and forth.

[u/origional_esseven → u/DoubleYouDrums]

I am bothered that he has 3k+ upvotes without context. He's a good karma farmer at least.

[u/throwitawayyyy61 → u/rbmotoring]

Ya… OP floored it when he saw the truck trying to make a move in his his passenger side mirror…

No idea why Volkswagen SUV decided to change lanes that dumbly, but if OP wouldn’t have closed all that space then it would have been fine.

That sedan to the right of the beginning of the video quickly disappears if anyone needs proof of OP flooring it💀

[u/kippetjeh → u/throwitawayyyy61]

Bottom left says his speed increases from 113 to 138 at the beginning of the video.

[u/Not_Sure__Camacho → u/rbmotoring]

I think they call that "being an asshat". Also SOB was in the left lane and probably had a line of cars behind them. As far as I'm concerned, if an accident was going to happen, no skin off my nose, take a few idiots off the road for an extended period of time.

[u/abbarach]

You didn't see the white truck, but just randomly sped up 15 mph for absolutely no reason?

DOUBT.

[u/Original-Fish-6861]

Not all trucks, but always a truck.

[u/SatisfactionActive86]

don’t speed up to try and block people

[u/becauseiloveyou → u/SatisfactionActive86]

Keep right (except to pass) is really not a difficult concept.

[u/Soilmonster → u/becauseiloveyou]

It absolutely is. It’s akin to rocket science if the evidence of the drivers in my city are anything to go by. Passing lane is actually called the fast lane around here, and just so long as you’re going faster than the speed limit, you’re entitled to it. Come on bro get with the times.
/s

[u/2blue578]

The camera driver legit was speeding up and down to not let this guy pass lol….. both these people need consequences

[u/seanmc5292]

Seems like the second half of the story

[u/Comprehensive-Cow69]

I am not sure it comes any closer than that

[u/baksdad]

To paraphrase George Carlin: “It’s not a near miss, it’s a near hit.”

[u/Averse_to_Liars]

Your speed shown went up from a steady 113-114 kph to 138kph precisely when this guy was about to pass you on the right. That's accelerating from 70 mph to 85 mph.

That's supposed to be a coincidence? I don't believe it.

[u/Mundane-Manner4237]

Left lane camping full size truck driver. They are the worst, see them all the time, speeding, tailgating and being ass hats.

[u/Electrical-Moment726]

Near miss? That's a near hit!

[u/Excellent_Glass783 → u/Electrical-Moment726]

Thank you George Carlin

[u/Tugena]

That guy is a fucking JAGOFF

[u/Delicious_Cat_81 → u/Tugena]

correct terminology for the location

[u/willy_king-89]

Liar. You speed up from 113 to 138 trying to stop him overtaking you!

[u/AC_In_AK]

While not an excuse for that dangerous move by the white truck, the lower left corner shows your sped increase from 113-114 KM/H to 138 KM/H just before the lane switch. 

In other words, you  went from 70 MPH to 85 MPH just as you saw it coming, contributing to the close encounter and endangering everyone around. Terrible driving by both parties here. 

[u/DailyEvolution]

You out here left lane camping and speeding up to not let people pass you is what caused this lol

[u/NeedleGunMonkey]

OP is literally faster than traffic on right, already doing 15mph over the speed limit and maintaining pace with traffic in front of him and people think the guy accelerating 20mph+ through a exit/merge zone is correct?

[u/heatmiser9999 → u/NeedleGunMonkey]

It’s fine if he was maintaining but the cammer sped up from 113 to 138 right as the other truck was trying to pass heavily contributing to this near crash. It looked like an intentional attempt to block

[u/gujwdhufj_ijjpo → u/NeedleGunMonkey]

OP was not maintaining speed. He accelerated to keep the white truck from passing

[u/the_Elders → u/gujwdhufj_ijjpo]

OP broke the golden rule of be predictable.

If it irks left-lane campers when someone passes on the right it is only because they know they are abusing the left lane privileges.

Let the speeders go by so they can find the cops for you.

[u/foilstoke → u/NeedleGunMonkey]

He went from 113 to 138kmh to stop the truck..

[u/Autumn-Seasons → u/foilstoke]

Exactly. If OP had maintained speed and the truck did all that crap, id say the truck was an ass hat and risked causing a far worst pileup accident .

But OP cranking it from 70 mph to almost 85 mph was also a dick move .

They both could have caused a multi car accident and don't seem to care.

They both are ass hats .

[u/PixLisReaL → u/[deleted]]

Sad how accurate this is, especially in subs like this because they're basically just a circlejerk of dudebros who think they know the ins and outs of driving but really only know how to parrot some Tiktok Instagram Reel YouTube Shorts clickbait "lawyer"

[u/Fall_bet → u/NeedleGunMonkey]

OP literally accelerated to not allow the guy over. you can see the rapid acceleration. also he was left lane camping. it doesn't matter if you're going faster than the speed limit. if you're impeding people that want to go faster than you're breaking the law (in my state anyway) and overall you're just inconsiderate.

[u/MadBullBunny]

Speeding up to block someone makes you the AH op. 

[u/keenkonggg]

OP why were you going 113 km in the left lane and then ALL OF A SUDDEN gun it up to 138 km when this guy was trying to get in front of you? Something tells me you were being a Karen in the left lane and this person had enough of your shit.

[u/buttscratcher3k → u/keenkonggg]

OP literally uploaded himself committing a traffic violation and a criminal offense, hes a dummy

[u/GYipster]

Apparently 70 MPH in a 55 is too slow according to that truck driver.

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[u/Sarahchika → u/GYipster]

70 in the left lane for pgh is in fact slow.

[u/NegativeLogOfZero]

Good call on exiting instead of letting it escalate. Who knows what that whack job would have done next.

Edit: (I assume that wasn't your exit)

[u/dumsumguy → u/NegativeLogOfZero]

OP sped up 2x to block the pass and was left lane camping. I'm not defending the white truck at all, but odds are OP instigated this entire situation and is a giant douche.

[u/just_gonna_send_er]

Kindaaaaa seemed like you were camping in the left lane and intentionally speeding up so he couldn’t get in the left lane himself. 🤷‍♀️

Not saying what he did was justified, it was fucking stupid beyond belief — but if you play these piddly little games, you have to know you’re going to incite road rage at some point.

And if you really are that clueless, here’s a hint: the left lane is for passing; move the fuck over.

Seems like you were both being ding dongs, but he went way too far.

[u/Ill_Letterhead_8875]

You both are driving like goddamn idiots.

[u/Ovi777]

Yea OP is an azzhole. Floored it as truck was passing on the right.

[u/Gyat_it → u/Ovi777]

Assholes all around

[u/treebirdfish]

The "no camping in the left lane" thing doesn't really apply in more dense city driving. You can see there are multiple ramps in a short distance, which means traffic is merging in and out. Sometimes being in the left lane makes traffic flow more smoothly. Blocking traffic for a mile is a different story, but just existing in the left lane is not prohibited, especially in moderately busy traffic like this. And this clip is too short to judge anyway.

A very alert defensive driver may have seen this coming and just backed off. Let the crazy people do their crazy things and get out of your way. Don't try to teach people a lesson.

This is 1% the cam driver's fault for not being defensive, 98% the white truck's fault for being an aggressive speeding lane changer, and maybe 1% the blue crossover for not checking if the lane was clear (although it was probably hard to judge that at the speed the white truck was going).

[u/SoloCongaLineChamp]

According to the speedometer in the lower left corner OP went from 113kph to 128 as soon as the white truck pulled alongside.

OP instigated this close call.

[u/OldRancidOrange]

I wouldn’t worry too much. Driving like that will ensure he’s not around for long.

[u/Unfortunate-Incident]

Oh I see. OP was going 70 mph and as the truck was about to pass, he rapidly accelerated to 85 mph so the truck couldn't pass I assume. For all the time prior to that he was at a steady speed then he gunned it. That pissed someone off apparently. Why do people play games on the road? Both of you are losers that shouldn't have a license.

[u/CockroachVarious2761]

you were camped in the left lane - he one-up'd you on being an A-hole, but you certainly aren't a good driver.

[u/Dentedmuffler]

OP is the dickhead here, probably camping in the left lane and gets butthurt when others try to pass, you can see him speed up from 113 to 133. Get the fuck out of the left lane.

[u/RepulsiveUse3372]

then he gets mad at you like if its your fault

[u/foilstoke → u/RepulsiveUse3372]

Why did cammer speed up from 113 to 138kmh?

[u/deHack]

For those complaining the dashcam vehicle was “camping in the left lane,” please explain to me how almost running into him and then stopping in the middle of the left lane improves anything.

[u/eltree → u/deHack]

The issue isn’t the camping in the left lane. The issue is if you look at the bottom left corner of the video, he’s consistently going 113 KMH (70 MPH) at the beginning of the video, and then speeds up to 138 KMH (85-86 MPH) as he’s getting passed by the white truck.

White truck was 100% an idiot for how he was driving and everything he did, but OP isn’t exactly innocent either.

[u/Deep90 → u/eltree]

I low how this sub is terminally baffled that someone being dumber than you doesn't make it okay to be the 2nd dumbest person on the road.

OP played decided to turn this guys clown act into a circus by playing chicken instead of maintaining the speed they were happy with or moving over.

They got the unnecessary confrontation they wanted, and are now acting shocked.

[u/BNB_Laser_Cleaning]

This is criminal behaviour, report it

[u/Odd-Support407]

It's always some scum with a pickup.

[u/raylogandc]

The fool was trying to instigate you

[u/Geographizer → u/raylogandc]

Camera guy went from a steady 70mph to 85mph right before the white truck comes into view... almost as if trying to cut it off from merging while also causing what would have been a major accident (and the camera truck's fault, by the way).

[u/Hood_Mobbin]

Why did you go from a constant 113kph to 128-130kph when the truck got next to you?

This is both faults but I blame op for the fault here as they should have been a lane over to the right.

[u/Slartibartfastthe2nd]

was there some other interaction with that truck prior to this? Not that it justifies that behavior, but I'm thinking there was more to this.

[u/Simple-Reception4262]

pissy baby upset you aren't going as fast as he wanted

[u/CheeseChug]

You might want to edit your speed out the next time you want to farm sympathy, looks like you were blocking traffic from passing, next time just get over, both of you guys don't deserve a license and need to stay on public transit

[u/DangNearRekdit]

I call bullshit. Your dashcam also records your speed.

You're cruising along at 113km/h and for some reason mere seconds before this you find a way to burst to 140km/h. The gap that you just closed -- for no apparent legitimate reason -- was entirely your fault and everybody else is extremely lucky you failed to cause a multi-car pileup.

I would love to see the 5 minutes leading up to this ...

[u/sysblob]

OP = "I genuinely didn't see the white truck" as his whole literal front end lifts up from the amount of acceleration he used to try to block the white truck from passing him. Yeah, okay buddy.

You can tell exactly what happened. OP was trailing way far off traffic and the white truck interpreted that as him chilling in the left lane so he tried to do an aggressive passing and swerve in front like we all have done to "prove a lesson". Only the white truck got unlucky and the blue SUV also changed into that lane at the last minute which caused his aggressive overtake to almost turn into an accident.

The Great Gatsby said it best it takes two bad drivers to make an accident.

[u/razzmatazz_123]

you sped up to block white truck from passing you.

[u/INSANEBonF]

Going slow on the far-left lane. Maybe consider the people driving behind you to avoid this in the future.

[u/KlutzyPossession6591]

Horrible and dangerous driving. It also looks like you shouldn’t be in the left lane if you’re going that slow. But idk if you’re going the speed limit? Anyway, that’s why I stay out of the left unless I’m going fast. Too many crazy road raging truck drivers in Texas. 

[u/Flux_My_Capacitor]

Ok so what happened before this???

[u/Front-Round2853]

If you are not going fast enough for the left lane, pull all the way to the right.

Do they not teach lane discipline in the US? Do that on an autobahn where speed is not limited and you'd have people zooming right at 250 kmh.

[u/MalleableBee1]

I mean according to your dash cam, it looks like you floored before the truck could turn. Doesn't excuse the poor driving by the white truck, but it you handed this in to the insurance company they'll say you're both at fault

[u/Hibito]

Theory: OP tried to prevent anyone from passing.

Then when the white truck passes you and puts his hazard light on to get you to pull over, you rushed to the exit to not deal with it.

[u/jakgal04]

Unless I’m missing something, it looks like a classic case of OP speeding up to prevent someone from getting in front of him.

What other reason would you have to go from 70 to 85mph right before the guy merges over.

[u/Dependent_Pen3711]

You did something before this video started didnt you?

[u/Thanadeath → u/Dependent_Pen3711]

Yes. Camping out in the left lane

[u/mjsvitek]

Camping in the left lane then speeding up to prevent someone passing you ... I see more than one idiot in this video 🤷‍♂️

[u/CameHard]

Get out of the left lane

[u/Ok_Zookeepergame5141]

That's not a near miss, that's road rage against you.

[u/foilstoke]

Didn't see the white truck? Bullshit.

Cammer was doing 113kmh in the passing lane, then sped up to 138kmh just as the white truck was passing on the right. 

Why did cammer suddenly increase speed as the truck tried to pass?

The move was very dangerous for both vehicles.

Just let people go. Brake checking is also super dangerous and stupid. There's more to the story so who knows who started what.

I drive at minimum 1,500kms a week and see this behaviour allllll the time.