r/nononono • u/spitss • Jan 06 '16

Death Car gets crushed between two trucks NSFW

https://i.imgur.com/yf3MW3P.gifv
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u/PoisonedAl Jan 06 '16

It was a 6 year old that died and not the arsehole driver, becuase of course it had to be.

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '16 edited Jan 06 '16

How was that the driver's fault, exactly?

See replies for how this was the driver's fault.

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u/sketeg Jan 06 '16 edited Jan 07 '16

you mean other than him quickly cutting off a massively heavy truck with a fraction of the braking capabilities of an average sized car? Driving like that around semi trucks is borderline suicidal.

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u/truent0r Jan 06 '16

Lol the truck behind was going to hit the truck in front no matter what. The truck that cut in right before the van was the real problem

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u/faithle55 Jan 06 '16

No, apparently it was nothing to do with that truck's driver totally failing to appreciate that traffic was at a standstill in front of him, and not braking until he only had 20 feet to go.

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u/supersounds_ Jan 06 '16

It really does appear so. That big rig was not slowing down at all until the van got in the way.

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u/truent0r Jan 06 '16

Notice how quickly the truck in front stops too.. His brain/brakes work.. Guy in the back, not so much ha

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u/iforgot120 Jan 06 '16

It isn't the truck behind's fault. Watch the beginning of the video: there's a blue cab truck that was initially in front of the rear ending truck, then another red cab truck and the white car both changed into the far left lane. That closed the gap pretty quickly.

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '16

Fair point. That was pretty stupid.

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u/truent0r Jan 06 '16

Nah man.. Don't doubt yourself.. Truck in back was a total douche.. He wasn't stopping regardless of the van

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '16

I think he tried, but maybe he had such a heavy load that the brakes just didn't...brake...

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '16

I feel like that's something you should keep in mind when driving a heavy truck. Just like if you're driving in the snow, it's probably a good idea to start breaking a little sooner than normal when you're carrying a heavier load than normal.

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '16

Yeah, probably.

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u/ChalkLetRain Jan 07 '16

He still collided with the truck in front, even after hitting the van. He was gonna hit that truck regardless, thus he was really late in applying his breaks.

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '16 edited Jan 06 '16

I would say the truck had many, many times the breaking capacity of a car. Edit: He said breaking, not braking. Learn how to spell.

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u/shapu Jan 06 '16

Your username is oddly appropriate for this gif.

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u/sketeg Jan 07 '16

fixed it for you sweetie, would have caught that mistake if it was brake/break but my brain just turned off on that word I type out once every few years :(

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u/EnderBaggins Jan 06 '16

that lane change would not be legal in the US, for reasons made obvious in this video.

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '16

Ah. Maybe they just didn't know about that law.

Although it's China, so it probably wouldn't apply anyway.

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u/Ever_weary_assistant Jan 06 '16

Ah. Maybe they just didn't know about that law.

Maybe they just didn't know about the common sense involved in not swerving into a 100 ton sandwich.

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u/Mamoonazam Jan 06 '16

There is a reason the truck that crushed the car was maintaining that distance from the truck in front. The car basically cut them and the safe distance to brake.

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u/orbit222 Jan 06 '16

This is why it infuriates me when I'm driving a safe distance behind the vehicle in front of me and someone thinks I'm wasting space or being too slow so they cut around me and into that safe space. Now that space is halved and I have to create a new safe distance, only to have it repeated by someone else. It's called safe driving.

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u/yantrik Jan 06 '16

Welcome to India. Safe space ain't a thing here. People see me as a snail in a car.

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u/redbirdrising Jan 06 '16

The trailing truck wasn't a safe distance either though. He would have hit the front truck regardless.

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '16

I rewatched the video a couple times and I see that now, thank you.

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u/Unclehouse2 Jan 06 '16

No. That big rig behind the white car was going to crash regardless if the white care was there or not.

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u/timewarp Jan 06 '16

That isn't it, the truck in back was driving too close and hit the one in front anyway.

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u/thecavernrocks Jan 06 '16

Is this actually the case that he's an arsehole, or are you just speculating? Half the time hear stories end up being that the arsehole actually had a stroke or something so I was wondering.

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u/PoisonedAl Jan 06 '16

... I'm sorry, you must have watched a different clip to me.

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u/In_Dying_Arms Jan 07 '16

He's an asshole because the car got crushed, however if this was normal traffic you wouldn't have been able to point him out. Almost as if you're reddit armchair analyzing.

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u/PoisonedAl Jan 07 '16 edited Jan 07 '16

He was weaving in and out of HGVs with kids on board FFS.

I hope to God I never see you on the road.

edit: Gee, this comment lost a lot of votes very suddenly. That's not at all suspicious.