Lets say it wasn't an idiot but an animal that jumped into the road that's now covered in concrete. Is the driver still not at fault for driving too fast?
Narrowly avoiding a collision where someone pulls out in front of you unexpectedly is the sign of a good driver.
If someone was driving along and a deer jumped out from the side of the road, would they be a bad driver for hitting them? No, because there was no logical way they could have stopped in time, even while following the speed limit.
The same applies here, this is a heavy load and really doesn't seem to be travelling more than 30km/h. They can't crawl along a road at half of the speed limit just because they have a heavy load, otherwise every dump truck would have to be followed by route navigators like wide-load operations have to be.
The guy was a great driver and sacrificed a small bit of his cement load for someone's vehicle to not be totaled. I wholeheartedly agree with the other person who said they are a good driver.
Source: DZ Licensed driver who has driven plenty of these vehicles before.
Good drivers are the ones who prevent the risk of narrow misses to begin with.
There are always going to be mistakes, whether it's mechanical failure or operator error due to inexperience/sickness/lack of common sense. It's more proper to say a good driver is someone who turns a potential accident into a narrow miss.
I think the vegetation would be ok if the other factors weren't so bad. Mixer should be roadsafe and be driven roadsafe, personal car driver should heed to the laws of driving.
Considering that the driver managed to stop without colliding with a sudden obstacle, I'm not quite as sure that they were going too fast. Other driver caused a major danger by not respecting right of way.
"When I'm driving, I'm the most important person in the world!!"
Sure, mate, but there's a problem here, see? Physics don't give a fuck.
That person would think that he/she owns the physics just to find out that it's the other way around
How much can physics cost? $10?
$10 for Bare Metal Tier i guess
I can't stop looking at this. It's beautiful.
Damn, open window as well.
The window seems to have been spared a bit, the full blow missed it by a little.
Sunroof would've been better
Driver: I stopped 50 tons in 2 seconds
Internet Rando: you should not have made a mess on the idiots whose lives you just saved with your quick thinking.
Lets say it wasn't an idiot but an animal that jumped into the road that's now covered in concrete. Is the driver still not at fault for driving too fast?
Narrowly avoiding a collision isn’t the sign of a good driver.
Good drivers are the ones who prevent the risk of narrow misses to begin with.
I wholeheartedly agree with the other posters that the truck driver was driving too fast for that road and the load they were carrying.
Narrowly avoiding a collision where someone pulls out in front of you unexpectedly is the sign of a good driver.
If someone was driving along and a deer jumped out from the side of the road, would they be a bad driver for hitting them? No, because there was no logical way they could have stopped in time, even while following the speed limit.
The same applies here, this is a heavy load and really doesn't seem to be travelling more than 30km/h. They can't crawl along a road at half of the speed limit just because they have a heavy load, otherwise every dump truck would have to be followed by route navigators like wide-load operations have to be.
The guy was a great driver and sacrificed a small bit of his cement load for someone's vehicle to not be totaled. I wholeheartedly agree with the other person who said they are a good driver.
Source: DZ Licensed driver who has driven plenty of these vehicles before.
I don't know how people can downvote this. You're 100% correct.
There are always going to be mistakes, whether it's mechanical failure or operator error due to inexperience/sickness/lack of common sense. It's more proper to say a good driver is someone who turns a potential accident into a narrow miss.
I think the vegetation would be ok if the other factors weren't so bad. Mixer should be roadsafe and be driven roadsafe, personal car driver should heed to the laws of driving.
It’s the SUV drivers fault, but the cement truck should not be able to lose its load through a sudden stop.
If only the white SUV driver's father had pulled out all those years ago...
Best part is the truck driver not backing out after the cement starts to pour.
Won't that just make more concrete come out?
Well, maybe yes, but it won't pour on top of the car, right? (or maybe not, honestly I have no idea)
Yep, unless timed very well with a backward slosh, but that infeasible.
It's a thing of beauty ..
The truck driver is going too fast for that road and traffic conditions. The other driver is at fault too.
Considering that the driver managed to stop without colliding with a sudden obstacle, I'm not quite as sure that they were going too fast. Other driver caused a major danger by not respecting right of way.
The fact that stopping made them shoot their load is pretty obvious evidence they were driving too fast.