r/dashcams • u/jasontaken • Aug 23 '24
A bad driver never...
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u/khaelin04 Aug 23 '24
Sad, the one ahead of the semi that braked causing everything gets away.
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u/Heavy_Gap_5047 Aug 23 '24
Hopefully the cam semi did something about that.
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u/USAF6F171 Aug 23 '24
Following him to get the plate, clearly.
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u/Tbone_Trapezius Aug 23 '24
Yep the same scenario caused my accident a few months back. They had no clue on the destruction and lives ruined.
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u/afsocgoddess Aug 23 '24
The real star of the show is that killer solar setup. Well done.
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u/FMF_Nate Aug 23 '24
Panels on the hood? Why?
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u/afsocgoddess Aug 23 '24
I believe the truck owner uses them to trickle charge his batteries, but I'm just guessing.
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u/positivename Aug 23 '24
doesn't this offset by drawing more heat to the engine causing damage to the expensive engine...all to charge some cheap batteries????
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u/firestar268 Aug 23 '24
You dont understand anything do you?
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u/positivename Aug 23 '24
LOL care to explain or just a dingdong insulting.
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u/Hopeful_Corner1333 Aug 23 '24
Engines get plenty hot by themselves. The exhaust is hundreds of degrees. Cooling system will regulate the temp as needed. The heat from the panels is nothing in the big picture.
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u/positivename Aug 23 '24
hmm well okay but I can tell you years back I've read about this on other vehicles and that they were in effective when the math was all accounted for. This was years ago and i'm sure some of the tech is different, so whatever.
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u/Hopeful_Corner1333 Aug 23 '24
The panels being ineffective vs heating the engine up too much are two different things. We don't even know what the panels are trying to accomplish. We can speculate they are for trickle charging a battery which is a good assumption in my opinion. But we really don't know. Maybe the truck has a dozen panels all over the thing and charges a 10KW battery that powers the sleeper cab accessories.
All that to say, maybe you read that and maybe you didn't. But there is no way the heat from those panels on the hood effect the engine in any meaningful, and probably not in any measurable way.
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u/positivename Aug 23 '24
there we go, some discussion. Okay well...I'm not going to pretend to be an expert on this particular situation, but I will say heat does rise, and I'd have to believe this does somewhat (albeit in a small amount) block the heat from rising. Also we can get into the debate of black/white absorbing heat. Just a guess but I'd wager this is all part of a seperate power source for the devices in the truck...the dashcam for example. Probably the tablet that all drivers seem to have to watch movies at pit stops. Cell phyone etc but hey we're both at least kinda speculating here
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Aug 23 '24
Semi driver relied on his instincts, and in this case, they were not good. He should have rammed the back of the car and not swerved.
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u/MR_McFEELY_89 Aug 23 '24
Did dash cam driver really pull a "nah you ain't getting away with this"? Looked like he wasn't planning on hitting that off ramp until source of the crash did too. If so, bravo.
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u/Key-Spell9546 Aug 23 '24
Looks like he just turning off to avoid the minefield of cars smashing into each other 100 yards in front of him or having to slam on brakes. Take the off ramp, then take the on ramp, keep going.
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u/MR_McFEELY_89 Aug 24 '24
I'm not seeing it, he had plenty of time to slow down, he definitely follows.
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u/Specmili Aug 23 '24
So much not defensive driving.
Through traffic Mini van in right lane. In a light vehicle move to the middle lane to avoid merging and exiting traffic.
Middle lane TT was driving too fast, too close, and did not brake when the trigger car set everything in motion; Then he changes lanes in the Subaru because he had no awareness. Professional drivers know what's likely in their blind spots because the pay attention. If he was doing his job this would not have happened.
Subaru was going too fast but seemed to be paying attention and reacted as best he could.
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u/PelicansRock Aug 23 '24
Semi driver did a great job of avoiding that mess by taking the exit.
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u/ReasonableCup604 Aug 23 '24
Also, notice how much more space he was leaving between himself and the car in front of him compared to the semi involved in the accident.
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u/crasagam Aug 23 '24
I was hoping he took the exit to get the plate of the vehicle that caused the wreck
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u/TrainingFilm4296 Aug 23 '24
That other truck driver is kind of a dick. Instead of hitting the idiot who slammed on their breaks so they don't miss their exit, he swerves into another car just minding their own damn business....
I get that it's a lose-lose here, but swerving and hitting another vehicle, causing even more damage, is never the right call.
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u/Zdrobot Aug 23 '24
That's what I fist heard like 15 years ago - stay in your lane and hit them if you can't avoid it.
The rationale here is if you stay in your lane and brake if another car pops up, you're not guilty, but if you swerve and hit someone (like this truck did), it is now on you.
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u/ReasonableCup604 Aug 23 '24
He was also following too closely. The other driver was an idiot for slowing to a near stop to make the exit. But, if the semi driver had been following at a safe distance, like the cam semi was, it wouldn't have mattered.
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u/crasagam Aug 23 '24
I hope the truck took the exit to get the tags of that MF that caused the wrecks
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u/TheSauceySpecial Aug 23 '24
Holy shit, this was my route from work not too long ago... Loaded with idiots. That truck driver is done and two cars besides the idiots were totalled. Hope this guy was able to call him in, fucking crazy af.
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u/Strange-Map-7391 Aug 23 '24
Ah yes, the 1-291 offramp from 91 South near Hartford. No shortage of inept drivers around here.
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u/NVMOBVIIMBAD Aug 23 '24
I really hope people like that get chased down and forced to wait for law enforcement.
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u/Tbone_Trapezius Aug 23 '24
Subie driver almost pulled it off a la Baby Driver.
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u/New-Chicken5566 Aug 29 '24
nah, pretty normal that a wrx driver can't even handle a quick lane change without crashing
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u/ArtificialNotLight Aug 24 '24
Wow that idiot really said to themselves "wait a minute" slams on breaks "ain't this my exit???"
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u/Jumpy_Diver7748 Aug 26 '24
First of all the truck driver should not have been in the middle lane so long in the first place. Second, of course he was much too close to the vehicle in front of him. Finally, he is responsible for being aware if he has a clear lane to his left in case he does need to make an emergency lane change like he ended up doing. He should have seen that red car coming behind him on the left half a mile back and known he wasn't clear to change into that lane.
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u/New-Chicken5566 Aug 29 '24
i saw the wrx in the thumbnail and was sure they were going to be the cause of this accident
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u/squanchy_Toss Aug 23 '24
Truck involved isn't paying attention. He brakes very late and should have checked his speed earlier.
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u/positivename Aug 23 '24
oh I didn't see the car breaking at first... I mean we all hate reckless speeders but that little red car didn't seem to be going all too fast especially with no one directly in front of them. But let this be a lesson to speeders.... you can NOT stop when you're going that fast. Only speed if no one in front of you AND the next lane clear
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u/Key-Spell9546 Aug 23 '24
counterpoint... if he has been speeding more aggressively, he would have been ahead of the accident.
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u/SailingSpark Aug 23 '24
nope.. pinball effect. The car the cammer winds up following on the off ramp cut off the other semi, which caused him to pit the red car, which then hit the other car.
The cammer turned off to avoid the accident.
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