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You can believe what you want but it's a fact cars cause most of the wrecks with trucks. There are tons of videos on youtube proving it and that's just the trucks with dashcams that can prove it.
These videos only prove that there is a problem. They do not prove what was asserted, that most truck accidents are caused by cars cutting in front of trucks. Do you have actual data that proves that assertion?
Your thread title is inaccurate. People don't think, thus they do stupid things.
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Originally Posted by HereIsMyUserName
An alarming amount of people don't think and/or don't understand physics.
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Not many people are educated enough to know that these trucks can't stop on a dime like smaller cars. If they have a heavy load it'll take a longer time for them to come to a complete stop.
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There are a lot of very stupid people. They don't have the first clue about mass, momentum and kinetic energy.
Unfortunately, they breed faster than their idiocy kills them off.
these and others are right, most people dont think when they get behind the wheel, except about their own little world. its like they take their brains out of their heads behind the wheel of a car, and put them back in when they get where they are going, sometimes.
these and others are right, most people dont think when they get behind the wheel, except about their own little world. its like they take their brains out of their heads behind the wheel of a car, and put them back in when they get where they are going, sometimes.
These are some of the same drivers who go 6 miles above the speed limit in the left lane then won't move over for car or truck, with the only thought about the effects their actions have on others being "damn those speeders".
Ok, maybe I'm an idiot, but in the 2nd and3rdvideos, why was the truck all the way over in the left lane? I have no idea what was going on in the 2nd video and why the driver slammed on her brakes on the highway - yes that's insane - but what was the truck doing all the way over on the left? In the 3rd video the truck driver could see that there was a left merge lane coming up, so why was he all the way over there? Why didn't he move over so the car could merge?
Or do truck drivers not have to follow the same rules that I'm supposed to follow?
The 2nd video, the truck was passing a car. Not every location has a prohibition on trucks in the far left lane.
The 3rd video was shot in Australia. They drive on the wrong side there.
These videos only prove that there is a problem. They do not prove what was asserted, that most truck accidents are caused by cars cutting in front of trucks. Do you have actual data that proves that assertion?
I said most car,accidents that involve cars and trucks are caused by cars. Its not only cars cutting them off its other issues like not yielding coming onto an expressway and being pushed off the road by trucks because they cant move over. Many reasons just google to find the data.
Honestly i think a law should be made for all regular drivers license holders to take a series of classes about the dangers of cutting off tractor trailers and other aggressive moves they make around these trucks. Either that or include it in the drivers license exam.
Now look, you aren't going to have Darwin let one go are you?
I said most car,accidents that involve cars and trucks are caused by cars. Its not only cars cutting them off its other issues like not yielding coming onto an expressway and being pushed off the road by trucks because they cant move over. Many reasons just google to find the data.
I really don't care about data, I'm just pointing out that videos are proof for the claim, or are not enough proof. I certainly agree that cars do a lot of stupid things around trucks. The videos do show that.
I find most people concentrate on getting there. They don't really see the traffic around them. It's more like here is my street or off ramp I need to get off. I'm in the wrong lane I'll just cut across quick rather than go to the next street or off ramp get off and turn around
Yesterday there was a guy in a 5 series zipping around traffic cutting people off. Basically driving like he was in a nascar race. Total db move. Sure he may gat away wit it now or even a few times. But guys like that eventually do wreck.
We don't need more laws.. it's called the darwin award... why must certain people try to protect everyone from themselves on every little thing that happens in life? If you can't figure this simple thing out, maybe you deserve to be rear ended by a semi.
I've seen plenty of semis take 5 minutes to pass another semi.. people like that should have their CDL suspended.. as a person who's paid to drive for a living, you shouldn't be clogging up both lanes of the interstate so you can get somewhere 2 minutes faster over an 8 hour trip... pass the other semi quickly or I'm calling that number on the back and reporting you.
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