My dash cam close call last night!

...let him who has no sword sell his robe and buy one. Luke 22:35-36 NAV

"Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of wolves; so be shrewd as serpents and innocent as doves." Matthew 10:16 NASV

March 17, 2026, 01:16 PM

BigSwede

quote:
Originally posted by lkdr1989:
If you don't have a dashcam, you need to get one.

Your word against the offending driver isn't going to help.

WORD

I have a very similar video

March 17, 2026, 02:49 PM

Loswsmith

There are none so blind as those who chose not to see, and those merging at high speed with a trailer onto freeways.

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The good thing is that if Plan A fails, there are 25 other letters in the alphabet.

March 17, 2026, 07:26 PM

patw

Glad to see your ok. Idiots like this need to be run off the road themselves. I had something similar happen to me the other day and thought for sure the idiot was gonna hit me and she wasn't even paying attention when I laid on my horn. She kept on going like it was no big deal.

March 17, 2026, 07:42 PM

Schmelby

I drove trucks for forty years. Every safety, driver trainer we had said "Never ever give up your lane!"

March 17, 2026, 09:05 PM

fischtown7

quote:
Originally posted by Schmelby:
I drove trucks for forty years. Every safety, driver trainer we had said "Never ever give up your lane!"

Yep, I was in the safety department, trained and took new drivers out on their finals before we cut them loose. "It's their job to merge not yours to move over"

March 17, 2026, 10:46 PM

benny6

My truck was a little smaller than yours. And I had my son with me. No telling what would have happened if I let him hit me.

March 17, 2026, 11:08 PM

fischtown7

quote:
Originally posted by benny6:
My truck was a little smaller than yours. And I had my son with me. No telling what would have happened if I let him hit me.

No, you did the right thing, we were referring to the actual merge point or the right lane. Also depending on conditions you can possibly roll your vehicle.

March 17, 2026, 11:53 PM

Schmelby

quote:
Originally posted by fischtown7:
quote:
Originally posted by benny6:
My truck was a little smaller than yours. And I had my son with me. No telling what would have happened if I let him hit me.

No, you did the right thing, we were referring to the actual merge point or the right lane. Also depending on conditions you can possibly roll your vehicle.

If you can see a possible problem arising and have the time to check mirrors and move over a lane, that's good, but most times these happen in a half a second. Swerve over a lane and hit someone else, it's your fault and the jackass who caused it drives on down the road laughing his ass off.
Mr. Fischtown... I'm retired four years and I'll bet I can still recite the five steps of the Smith system by heart!
Year after year drumming it into your head, it WORKS!
Last thirty five years, no accidents, no citations.
You must have a lot of patience.

March 18, 2026, 01:04 AM

fischtown7

^^Yep, Smith system is gold in my book. 2.5 million no accidents no moving citations. You get to be almost psychic about predicting what other vehicles will do.

March 18, 2026, 08:15 AM

trapper189

No doubt the car merging in front of trailer guy and merging along with him was going 50mph.

This is a technique that is actually taught in driving schools in Florida: go 50mph on the on ramp and hammer the gas when you get to the dashed lines of the merge point. Two of my kids so far were taught this in drivers ed and by Alt’s Driving School.

That’s no excuse of course trailer guy beating feet for the left lane.

March 18, 2026, 08:26 AM

h2oys

quote:
Originally posted by tatortodd:
Good defensive driving on the OP's part:

Moved over a lane even though the turd already had a free lane to merge into.

Had already checked the shoulder was clear AND moved there to prevent an accident. Can't believe 2 open lanes wasn't good enough for the impatient turd.

March 18, 2026, 08:42 AM

BOATTRASH1

quote:
Originally posted by BigSwede:
quote:
Originally posted by lkdr1989:
If you don't have a dashcam, you need to get one.

Your word against the offending driver isn't going to help.

WORD

Agreed. When I got my new truck last April the first thing I did was install a front and rear dashcam system.

I have a very similar video

March 18, 2026, 09:21 AM

HRK

quote:
Originally posted by lkdr1989:
If you don't have a dashcam, you need to get one.

Your word against the offending driver isn't going to help.

Interesting enough got a offer from WOOT this am and there is a dual camera cam there on sale $39.99, what a bargain!

Link

March 18, 2026, 02:55 PM

John Steed

I had a similar experience going south on 131 in Grand Rapids, MI.

A guy cut across four lanes to get to the exit. I was in the right lane and didn't realize till the last second that he was towing a trailer. Swerving and braking saved me and my truck. He exited like nothing happened. I assume he was drunk.

March 18, 2026, 03:34 PM

PASig

I see you do the standard defensive yield-move-over-for-merging traffic because like around here, these ASSHOLES do not yield and will just barrel down an on-ramp right into the traffic on the roadway.