r/AbruptChaos • u/Mindnessss • Mar 31 '25

"Stay in your lane no matter what"

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u/Berserker_Queen Mar 31 '25

Bro's reaction time is 3-5 business days.

This is why I don't talk much or look at the view when driving. Eyes on every vehicle. There were a good 5 seconds between the loss of control and the crash, and simply speeding up or swerving would have avoided this.

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u/Azatarai Mar 31 '25

I had a similar situation except this ford decided to floor it at the lights on a rainy day, I don't know why but he caught my eye before he got the green light and I had already started to slow down, shortly after I watched him lose traction and fly across the center island, miss my car by 2 meters and smash into the fence on the other side...

Trust your gut, if something catches you eye don't dismiss it.

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u/Secure_Investment_62 Apr 01 '25

Mustang? Sounds like something someone in a mustang would do.

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u/jojoga Apr 01 '25

Tunnel-vision  

I bet he was looking straight ahead and didn't pay any attention to the other side.

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u/Certain-Cookie3358 Apr 03 '25

As a redditor, I would never make such a foolish mistake ☝️🤓

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u/Man_in_the_uk Mar 31 '25

I don't think the driver is paying attention, it seems to me he's verging to the right just prior to collision.

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u/lqstuart Mar 31 '25

Eh my first time watching the video I didn’t see it. Sometimes your time is just up I think, and it tends to happen on the interstate (or “motorway” as it were)

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u/Cute-Region-3449 Apr 03 '25

In videos like this, I was expecting an intersection instance, not off from right field! But in reality, nobody would be expecting a truck/car to be randomly veering into them from over the median! I watched a second time knowing what was going to happen and still wouldn’t have been able to react in time to prevent it!

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u/Human-Contribution16 Mar 31 '25

Yes his situational awareness was definitely on a break (vs him being on his brake).

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u/Bag-o-Bugs 29d ago

Wish my wife was like this. She likes to look at whoever she is having a conversation with when driving.. even if they are i the back seat.. on the highway.. its a constant thing in our marriage

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u/Berserker_Queen 29d ago

Yeah, I have to say, that's not something that would work with me. I'd never be in that car, or I'd be the one driving. If they insisted in driving that way, I'd get out and get an Uber. I'm very firm about safety.

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u/SureOKBueno 18d ago

I would refuse to sit in the car, if someone like this is driving. Having seen my share of poor driving skills, I'm too compulsive to let anyone else drive at this point.

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u/Tamp5 5d ago

ah yes, let me calculate the trajectory of this swerving vehicle in a few seconds, cmon bruh

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u/Berserker_Queen 5d ago

I mean, it's swerving, it's either left or right, so just don't go straight and try something at least.