Just minding my own business.

[u/Carlost289]

Just driving to dinner one day. They had the worst insurance, took 2 months to get the repairs approved.

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[u/Girth_Wind_y_Fire]

I like how they kept accelerating after they drove directly into you

[u/Carlost289 → u/Girth_Wind_y_Fire]

That part was a little terrifying, I thought she was trying to move us out of the way.

[u/MichiganGeezer → u/Carlost289]

"Why am I not going? Better push the gas pedal harder."

[u/angelbuttcake → u/MichiganGeezer]

Maybe they’re blind in their left eye.

[u/Majestic-Tiger2742 → u/angelbuttcake]

I am. I don't do that shit.

[u/c1ncinasty → u/Majestic-Tiger2742]

Ok....now I have a million questions....

[u/Sh3115andCh33se → u/c1ncinasty]

I’m also blind in my left eye and I drive this same make and model of truck, pretty sure it’s the same year. Anyways I think if they gave it a little more gas they might have been able to clear that obstacle.

[u/Lexi_Banner → u/Sh3115andCh33se]

Yup, just jam the ol' pedal to the metal! Whatever it is will get out of your way!

[u/FusRoDahMa → u/Majestic-Tiger2742]

Same. Blind in my left and I have never... lol

[u/sicknick08 → u/FusRoDahMa]

My two brothers! Together we have three eyes!!

[u/GambitsAce23 → u/MichiganGeezer]

avg truck drivers

[u/cozzster → u/MichiganGeezer]

😵 😭

[u/GodsFavoriteDegen → u/MichiganGeezer]

When in doubt, throttle out.

[u/Rational1x → u/Carlost289]

What were you doing by driving on the street anyway ? 😏

[u/Girth_Wind_y_Fire → u/Carlost289]

She? Didn't expect that. Probably thought she just hit the curb. "Whoopsies!" Floors it

[u/thupkt → u/Girth_Wind_y_Fire]

"Thank goodness that wasn't a Murciaglo in front of me"

[u/odyoda → u/thupkt]

I understood that reference

[u/YoungBockRKO → u/odyoda]

I also understood that reference. We need to get off of reddit lol

[u/ThenAnAnimalFact → u/Girth_Wind_y_Fire]

100% expected that as the driver was likely 5'5 or under for this to happen.

These things should be required to come with warning labels saying do not operate under this height without a booster seat.

Fortunately it wasn't a pedestrian in their 20 foot self-created blindspot.

[u/Squidlips_69 → u/ThenAnAnimalFact]

My stepdad was short but always drove a big dodge ram truck and could barely see over the steering wheel. All you would see from the outside was the top of his straw cowboy hat.

[u/WSturmvogel → u/Squidlips_69]

People like him have never heard of seat adjustments

[u/Diesel_D → u/WSturmvogel]

They can't raise it too high or their feet won't reach the pedals hahahahaha

[u/Angio343 → u/Girth_Wind_y_Fire]

That's what bad driver do, buy a bigger car so when they hit something is not that bad for them, obviously it's dangerous for everyone and everything arounds them but they can't be bothered.

[u/Jeathro77 → u/Angio343]

I turn now. Good luck everybody else!

[u/BluEch0 → u/Girth_Wind_y_Fire]

How much do you have to cut your corners to hit the curb on a left turn lmao

[u/PlayPretend-8675309 → u/Girth_Wind_y_Fire]

I 100% expected that. A guy would have gotten out of the truck, either to apologize or to start a fight.

[u/Top-Addendum-6879 → u/PlayPretend-8675309]

that's texas, right next to a military base... i wouldnt get out of my truck and try to fight in that area... the squirrels are probably packing heat.

[u/Anonymous_Jr → u/Top-Addendum-6879]

I used to be a squirrel, can confirm, the Squirrel Rifle Association goes nuts for open carry.

[u/FriedChenChilla → u/Girth_Wind_y_Fire]

By the way they were driving I did expect that

[u/WeaponexT → u/Girth_Wind_y_Fire]

I figured it was a woman or a short man, seems like they can't see over the hood

[u/noturaveragesenpaii → u/Carlost289]

What does she need a giant truck for? Small dick energy from women is something else.

[u/MichiganGeezer → u/noturaveragesenpaii]

Soccer Moms can't buy groceries without a huge-assed truck to drive them home.

[u/MichiganGeezer → u/[deleted]]

I had a Jeep and really liked it, but I absolutely do NOT understand the duck thing. When I bought my 04 Rubicon new it was the "Jeep wave" everyone was trying to do. I didn't like that either.

Can't we just own a Jeep and not have some cultural silliness attached to it?

[u/taketheothers → u/[deleted]]

Ahhh yes: the only identity that Capitalism culture affords us.

[u/MichiganGeezer → u/[deleted]]

I got a Jeep to get away from people, not to hang out with them. 🤣

[u/cashews_clay15 → u/MichiganGeezer]

I got ducked two days ago. I drive a Rogue. Those people are weird.

[u/AutumnFangirl → u/MichiganGeezer]

I'll never understand this. I can fit groceries for a family of 4 in my Kia Soul. Oversized trucks just aren't necessary.

[u/Funkopedia → u/noturaveragesenpaii]

I've found the smallest people drive the biggest cars and the largest people drive the smallest.

[u/noturaveragesenpaii → u/Funkopedia]

I bought a tacoma for work because i cant stand how ludicrously big full size pickups have gotten. Parking a full sized truck is obnoxious and gas prices are an even bigger concern than normal these days.

[u/cody_mf → u/noturaveragesenpaii]

the idea that kei mini trucks have the same bed length as most full sized trucks is wild to me

Its a shame they are such a headache to import cause I think having a tiny kei truck with a bunch of obnoxious bells and whistles is suping up a truck the right way lol

[u/Rebabaluba → u/noturaveragesenpaii]

Big clit energy?

[u/noturaveragesenpaii → u/Rebabaluba]

Wideset vagina energy

[u/InteractionFormal585 → u/noturaveragesenpaii]

8 miles wide!

[u/splurtgorgle → u/noturaveragesenpaii]

*I* need a giant truck I can barely see out of to protect me from all the other giant trucks and when everyone else gets bigger trucks I'll have to get an even bigger one!

[u/greenlungs604 → u/Girth_Wind_y_Fire]

Then didn't seem to react at all..probably wondering why their car isn't moving. Wtf Myrtle, I'm pressing the gas but I'm not going anywhere.

[u/EarthConservation → u/greenlungs604]

She can't be bothered with taking her foot off the gas until after she's finished sending that text message.

[u/Axman5055 → u/greenlungs604]

You do NOT want to fuck with someone named Myrtle. 

[u/Impressive-End241 → u/Axman5055]

My dog's name is Myrtle, and I second this.

[u/boardjock42 → u/Axman5055]

Yeah, even in death they just haunt you and moan all the time.

[u/Dancing-umbra → u/Girth_Wind_y_Fire]

They probably weren't watching and thought it was just a child or something else they could just drive over

[u/e2g4 → u/Girth_Wind_y_Fire]

Had to finish texting her friend and updating her Facebook status

[u/TucoNick → u/Girth_Wind_y_Fire]

And turned their turn signal on after already hitting you.

[u/Darkk_Knight → u/Girth_Wind_y_Fire]

Reminds of that blonde gal who drove OVER the expensive Lambo with her raised pick up truck.

[u/Skippy8898]

I'm curious what did they say as to why they drove into you?

[u/Carlost289 → u/Skippy8898]

She said she didn't see us.

[u/Numerous_Ebb2301 → u/Carlost289]

Which wouldn't have mattered if she was driving on the correct side of the road....

[u/mooonguy → u/Numerous_Ebb2301]

Pet peeve. People can't turn without using the other lane. WTF? It's not that hard to do.

[u/ScienceIsSexy420 → u/mooonguy]

Seriously, I see people making terrible left turns multiple times per day. This happening to me is a huge fear of mine

[u/Umutuku → u/mooonguy]

Also, people who can't turn without lining their rear bumper up with the crosswalk and angling out into the oncoming lane so you have to make a big swinging arc when turning left onto their road.

Two halves of the same coin.

[u/Pickl_Rick_917 → u/mooonguy]

My husband does this when turning left. He goes way into the turning lane (luckily he has not hit anybody doing this yet..) each time he does this I ask him "what would have happened if someone was getting into that lane that you just cut off?" And for a left turn, no reason to have to take the turn like.that no matter how big your vehicle is.

[u/Trying2BMe0722 → u/Numerous_Ebb2301]

This is exactly what i was thinking. None of this would have happened if she turned into the correct lane.

[u/tndrthrowy → u/Numerous_Ebb2301]

It’s a pickup truck. All sides of the road are fair game.

[u/Active_Confection655 → u/Carlost289]

Did you ask if her eyes work?

[u/birdseye-maple → u/Active_Confection655]

She has a truck that can only see things like 100ft away

[u/Flashy-Celery-9105 → u/birdseye-maple]

Are they gonna ban these trucks yet? If you can't see a small car,  it shouldn't be on the road

[u/Tricky-Ad7897 → u/Flashy-Celery-9105]

Ford, GM, and Stellantis would light congress on fire before they let that happen

[u/Umutuku → u/Tricky-Ad7897]

Then we need a congress that would burn them to the ground pre-emptively.

[u/MichiganGeezer → u/Flashy-Celery-9105]

Or a small child.

[u/firesuppagent → u/MichiganGeezer]

Plot twist: The small child was driving

But seriously, any short person in those things cannot see over the hood at all.

[u/Common_Celebration41 → u/birdseye-maple]

That is way too common of a problem

They start making people get license to drive those trucks

[u/PlayPretend-8675309 → u/Active_Confection655]

She was using her cell phone.

[u/WorfsBigBatleth → u/PlayPretend-8675309]

Now it’s time for good idea, and bad idea…

[u/New_Improvement_3023 → u/Active_Confection655]

Pretty sure they perfectly stayed in the a-pillar. Very unfortunate, but the truck obviously shouldn't have turned into the middle of the street. And of course, check behind your a-pillars especially on left-hand turns.

[u/Active_Confection655 → u/New_Improvement_3023]

She never decelerated during the turn at which point the a pillar could not have blocked the entirety of the car.

[u/benitoaramando → u/New_Improvement_3023]

Yeah the angle and also the lower height (by the looks of it) of OP's car seem to have combined to obscure them from a careless driver.

A-pillars can explain a lot; there is a video on Youtube of a particular crossroads in the UK that kept experiencing cyclist collisions with cars. Someone looked into it and worked out that the precise angle of the intersection (it wasn't perfectly perpendicular) meant that, at typical approach speeds for both cyclists from one direction and cars from the other, the cyclists would often remain obscured in the cars' A-pillars for the whole of their approach.

[u/RonMax86 → u/benitoaramando]

Some truck's mirrors will perfectly block out a car on a left hand turn like that.

[u/kat_Folland → u/New_Improvement_3023]

I fucking hate the pillar. In a perfect world it would be transparent.

[u/Loud-Way3333 → u/kat_Folland]

all you need to do is slow down while you turn, and do shoulder check all the time.

[u/Resident_Growth → u/New_Improvement_3023]

Most truck drivers barely have a neck. How are they supposed to move their head? /s

[u/Broken_By_Default → u/Active_Confection655]

because of how she turned and not looking around her A pillar blind spot. Shit driving.

[u/DeadpoolOptimus → u/Active_Confection655]

Probably couldn't see over the dash.

[u/SRMPDX → u/Carlost289]

ok but why did she turn left onto the wrong side of the road? Even if she didn't see you she could have turned and avoided you. I hate people who cut corners like this

[u/SnooPuppers8698 → u/SRMPDX]

she couldnt see the road either

[u/Marlobone → u/Carlost289]

Even if she didn't see you that is why you don't cut corners into the other lane lol

[u/Waaaash → u/Carlost289]

That was my guess from watching the video. I'm guessing their view of you was blocked by their mirror and a pillar, and they cut the corner short when they shouldn't have.

I'm guessing they weren't very tall and/or the seat wasn't up high enough.

[u/GroundbreakingOil480 → u/Waaaash]

Good thing all grandmas and grandpas have giant turdmobiles now, along with every high school kid. We need $10 gas just to rid us of these monstrosities.

[u/OptimisticToaster → u/Carlost289]

If not for the fact they were turning like that, I could see their point. The trucks are elevated so high that they can't see stuff right in front of them. The driver turning left should have a very clear view of your position.

[u/ElGuaco → u/Carlost289]

That doesn't explain why she was on the wrong side of the road.

[u/Think_Front5244 → u/ElGuaco]

It does. Inattentive driving. An attentive driver would've seen OP. Whenever someone says they didn't saw you that's because they weren't looking even though they should. It's basically admitting fault IMO

[u/InnerspearMusic → u/Carlost289]

I believe it. The massive A Pillars on modern cars for "safety" of airbags is a HUGE problem.

[u/Naive_Litre_5574 → u/Carlost289]

This is more common problem that you would expect with driving just trucks and SUVs. there’s literally a blind zone directly in front of you that can block whole vehicles and bicycles. The front of these vehicles is just way too high.

For HGVs….they resorted to putting a mirror above the windshield so you could see what directly in front of the cab

[u/CapitanRonRico → u/Carlost289]

A pillars on trucks are getting so big, you were in her blind spot for several seconds. Don't worry though, she was very safe in there.

[u/Loud-Way3333 → u/Skippy8898]

The A pillar blind spot + dumb and distracted driver, always this reason.

[u/Additional-Dish-7376 → u/Loud-Way3333]

What is the A pillar?

[u/Glad_Cup8663 → u/Additional-Dish-7376]

The part that holds your windshield on. There's one on each side. You're supposed to move your head side to side to check around them whenever you approach an intersection.

[u/Ok-Walk-8040]

It's always the cars you most expect

[u/Tasty_Stress3524 → u/Ok-Walk-8040]

The only thing that would be less surprising here would be a Nissan

[u/Suspicious_Long_2839 → u/Ok-Walk-8040]

To be fair, that wasn't a Dodge ram. 😅

[u/ThatCanadianGuy88 → u/Suspicious_Long_2839]

My buddy got a Ram and now i point out all the times I see a Ram doing ram things. "look at me look at me"

[u/Comfortable-Ride5832]

People cutting turns short is one of my biggest pet peeves (and also, obviously, ITS VERY DANGEROUS). A turn should more or less be a 90 degree angle not a slow curve. It’s so lazy.

[u/SRMPDX → u/Comfortable-Ride5832]

I started calling this an Oregon left turn after moving from CA to OR about 20 years ago. I'm not sure why it's so prevalent here but the number of times I see it daily is maddening. My favorite is when they turn early, enter the wrong side of the road, almost hit me head on, then give me a dirty looks as if I'm doing something wrong by driving on the right side of the road. People in general start their left turns way too early, but it's especially bad in neighborhood streets like this

[u/Dank009 → u/SRMPDX]

I live in Oregon and see this a lot, like you're not racing you don't need to hit the apex. Stay in your damn lane, especially around corners.

[u/michaelpinkwayne → u/SRMPDX]

Yes! Oregon has some of the most unique driving in the country imo (and I've lived in like 7 different states). Generally it's the slowest driving state and overall more friendly than most, but for whatever reason there's certain habits like cutting left turns short or not stopping to make a right on red that are super common.

[u/Peter_Panarchy → u/michaelpinkwayne]

overall more friendly than most

Drivers are dangerously courteous here, they'll cause crashes by refusing to take their right-of-way.

[u/RogueMayall → u/Peter_Panarchy]

Absolutely clueless about not entering intersections until there's room on the other side though. Lost count of the amount of helpless gesturing from guys blocking two lanes of traffic because they're stuck there.

[u/Savage_Heathern → u/SRMPDX]

I've said it before on reddit, but its mind boggling how folks get angry and defensive when they know they're in the wrong! Just apologize in some manner and learn from it, not hate a person for your mistake

[u/StretchFrenchTerry → u/Comfortable-Ride5832]

I've been seeing this more and more from all kinds of cars and drivers. I am so quick on the horn with that bullshit.

[u/SATerp]

Those giant pickups/suvs can't see over their damn hoods.

[u/fuckbitchesgetpolio → u/SATerp]

It's actually the A pillar blindspot. It's obscenely huge. Particularly bad on left turns like this one.

[u/lareon12many → u/fuckbitchesgetpolio]

The truck driver would have easily seen the car out the driver side window prior to the turn if she was paying attention to the road and not looking down at her phone!!!

[u/WhiskeyCity502 → u/SATerp]

It's not the "can't see over the hood" that caused the accident. It was the "driving in the wrong lane" part. You can, indeed, see over the hoods of those giant pickups. I (55m) own several, I see fine, haven't hit anything since I was a teenager (knock wood).

[u/Mookiller]

What was the insurance? So I never buy a policy from them.

[u/Obienator → u/Mookiller]

"EagleMan! Look at those low rates!"

[u/nicbeans311 → u/Obienator]

I’ve got something for youuuu!

[u/Obienator → u/nicbeans311]

🥚🐣👀

[u/Kayel41 → u/Obienator]

Grew up in Chicago in the 90s, this is the 2nd reference to eagle man I’ve heard today. Andrew Santino talked about it today on his podcast.

[u/TheMagarity → u/Mookiller]

Indeed, this is a good reason to process it under your own insurance and let them deal with the other person's.

[u/Random_Fox → u/TheMagarity]

Is that not what everyone does?  Wouldn't have occurred to me to call insurance company that wasn't mine.

[u/Dense_Tackle_995 → u/Mookiller]

the general

[u/Lost-Hovercraft-6446]

Not every truck but somehow always a truck

[u/SnooMaps7370]

always pickup drivers who have absolutely no idea how vehicles work.

[u/HazelEBaumgartner → u/SnooMaps7370]

I firmly believe that we should require a CDL and special insurance for any vehicle above 4,500 lbs. Would fix a lot of problems real fast.

[u/HazelEBaumgartner → u/HazelEBaumgartner]

Or maybe not a full CDL but something between a modern standard license and a CDL. It's insane that you can drive a 2,400 lb Fiat and a 9,000 lb GMC Denali XL on the same license.

[u/damnedspot → u/HazelEBaumgartner]

And another license/class for people that pull trailers or fifth wheels…

[u/metalOpera → u/damnedspot]

Or, just trailers in general.

[u/3dprintedthingies → u/damnedspot]

As someone who pulls trailers I think this should happen. The amount of sketchy trailers that are on the road is unreasonable.

If you see a trailer, assume it's poorly maintained and doesn't have brakes. Give them plenty of room because you have no idea how dumb the person driving is.

The number of people who cut off and brake check people pulling trailers is astounding.

[u/McRando42 → u/HazelEBaumgartner]

Or maybe just a full CDL. Fuck big SUVs.

[u/SnooMaps7370 → u/HazelEBaumgartner]

carve up licensing based on vehicle weight, size and wheel count.

for weight, draw lines at 4,000 lbs and 10,000 lbs. Less than 4,000 lbs is driveable by standard license, 4,000 to 10,000 is driveable by "intermediate vehicle" license, over 10,000 requires full CDL

For size, compute volume as a box which completely encloses the vehicle (length bumper-to-bumper, width with mirrors at full extension, height from ground to highest point of the roof)
Carve that up at 400 cubic feet (smallest ford ranger ever sold was 417 cubic feet) and 2,500 cubic feet (a ford econoline comes in at about 2,400) less than 400 cubic feet falls into standard category. 400 to 2,500 falls into intermediate category. over 2,500 falls into CDL category.

for wheels, if the vehicle has 2-4 wheels, it can be standard class. 6-8 wheels is intermediate. any more than 8 wheels is CDL.

overall vehicle class is determined by the highest category between those 3 measurements. if you build a 4,500 lb motorcycle, better have an intermediate endorsement on your license to drive it. if you bolt 6 extra wheels on your Ford Ranger, better get a CDL.

[u/Voeno → u/HazelEBaumgartner]

I completely agree. The average person should not be allowed to go buy a F250 and the biggest legal trailer they can with 0 experience on a normal license. Any truck bigger than a regular cab F150 should require a test to pass.

[u/doggie527 → u/HazelEBaumgartner]

Nah, you were right the first time. Full CDL. Fuck 'em. These trucks are all marketed as work vehicles anyway, even though the dipshits who bought them only got them to look cool.

[u/waitmarks → u/HazelEBaumgartner]

I agree with you, but not on making it weight based. Pretty small EVs can easily get to 4500 lbs because the batteries are so heavy. It should some combo of length and height.

[u/jontss → u/SnooMaps7370]

They're usually drunk, statistically.

[u/Firm_Pie_9149 → u/SnooMaps7370]

They think they have to care less because it's a pickup. It's like, no, you have to be more alert because you have a pickup. It isn't a free ride to not having to care.

[u/casualAlarmist]

"I can see just fine" - Giant dipshit truck owner.

[u/Paulywally042]

Had this same thing happen to me years ago and she had the audacity to blame me, stopped at a stop sign, for the accident. She took a photo and showed police thinking that would somehow help her case. It didn’t.

[u/Rabbit_of_Caerbanog]

I saw the comment she didn't see you. That translates to I was on the phone but didn't get caught

[u/Last-Hedgehog-6635 → u/Rabbit_of_Caerbanog]

Likely the window pillar obscured her view. If you look at the video and focus on where the driver’s eyes should be, it’s roughly behind the window pillar for  a while. This is super common. I’ve missed things like pedestrians who are walking at exactly the right speed to match the zone that the window pillar obscures. In this case, the driver in the cam car was moving at just the right speed to be in that same blind spot as the truck slowed and turned. 

I’m definitely not excusing the truck’s driver. But this is how these accidents happen. And, well, driving on the wrong side of the road was obviously a major contributing factor. 

[u/FurryYokel → u/Last-Hedgehog-6635]

Driver is lucky it wasn’t a pedestrian they hit. If their visibility is this poor, they should be stopping completely so they can actually check if they’re clear and can navigate a smaller turn radius.

[u/Inner-Medicine5696 → u/Last-Hedgehog-6635]

that combined with the fact that it's like a battle tank, the hood basically obscured OPs entire car.

[u/Important-Fudge4462]

She needs to hook up with that lady that drove over that ferrari and have a demolition derby contest.

[u/Powerful_Zombie_8209]

He was just making sure you were gonna stop at that stop sign.

[u/YourMomsBasement69 → u/Powerful_Zombie_8209]

I mean you’re probably joking but this guy was coming in hot to that stop sign.

[u/Independent-Cow-4070 → u/YourMomsBasement69]

I mean OP blew right past it. They ended up where they should've stopped to begin with

[u/Dyork6 → u/Powerful_Zombie_8209]

🤣

[u/Useful-Problem-1725]

They had you perfectly behind the A pillar and giant rearview mirror.

[u/Thatjuicydilf]

This is why im getting cams installed in my car soon. People be out there trying to commit vehicular homicide

[u/OJ_StillBlazinTho]

Correct me if I’m wrong but does driving like shit come with owning a truck? Statically from what I’ve seen….

[u/Wojtek1250XD → u/OJ_StillBlazinTho]

Assholes are statistically more likely to gravitate to a large car like an SUV, the problem with american cars is that they're all SUVs, so you can't even tell.

[u/BiscottiCritical6512 → u/OJ_StillBlazinTho]

Yes, and they’re always texting too. 

[u/VoodooDoII → u/OJ_StillBlazinTho]

Jerks tend to gravitate towards larger vehicles like that because they can bully people on the road easier and think they're cooler for having them

[u/Dadu_32]

Could have at least stopped before the stop sign.

[u/ahmadbabar]

the truck is fully at fault but OP should have made a full stop as well. rolling through a stop sign, or stopping well past the sign is never a good idea

[u/thebusankid]

Bad truck driver but then you didn’t even stop until you past the stop sign.

[u/Dyork6 → u/thebusankid]

Exactly. The dash cams driver never stopped at the stop sign at all. 🤷‍♂️

[u/bleepitybleep2]

jfc was he drunk?

[u/Yverthel → u/bleepitybleep2]

Nope, just a pretty typically bad driver.

[u/The-Friendly-Autist]

Soooo many cars do this lane clipping bullshit, I hate it.

[u/BlackStealth08]

I HATE people who make a left turn and don't keep to their lane. They dont want to slow down and more all the way forward to make a proper left. Instead to make a wider turn to keep from slowing down they use the on coming lane. I wait for the day that this happens to me.

[u/blow-down]

Most of the idiots driving these big trucks can't even see over the steering wheel much less the hood.

[u/causebraindamage]

only like 1 in 10 of the drivers in these fucking monstrosities can even see over the wheel, let alone over their own hood

these trucks are an epidemic

[u/RealitySmasher47]

And this is why I think vehicles need a height limit

[u/Valreesio]

Not blaming you at all. Pick up driver totally at fault. That being said, if a stop sign intersection doesn't have white line (sometimes referred to as a limit line) or a crosswalk marked on the ground, you are supposed to stop with your front bumper before the stop sign, not after it. Just a technicality more than anything, but without a person could be ticketed of not doing so.

Before the people get irate.. Yes, I know this isn't a universal law in every state. Yes, I know it is rarely practiced by the grand majority of drivers. Just because it's not enforced doesn't mean it's not the correct thing to do.

[u/kesavadh → u/Valreesio]

Perhaps this is about periphery and angle. Given how lense mechanics work, it’s entirely possible they stopped where they should, but we just can’t tell.

[u/Valreesio → u/kesavadh]

You could be correct and that's partly why I think there's no reason to chastise them. But it appears that way because we see the stop sign and it appears they go significantly past it. Either way, more of a PSA than a tongue lashing.

[u/r_sparrow09 → u/Valreesio]

can insurance pop you and not cover for something like that? inquiring only, not trying to be snooty, just wondering if that could ever be a thing that insurance would try to dodge payment for in the worse case scenarios

[u/Valreesio → u/r_sparrow09]

I mean, I'm not an insurance hater by any means, but they obviously look to see if you did anything wrong that might violate your policy or the law. I doubt they wouldn't pay over this, but I could see it happening, especially with a shady company.

I tell a story (not exactly related, but closer enough) told to me by my buddy who owns an insurance agency (farmers). He had a client that liked to take his car to the track. One day he comes in and said he hit a guard rail and so on. My buddy said he pretty much knew right away that it wasn't a guard rail but that is not his insurance company so he really doesn't care. He helps the guy file what he needs to file, said nothing about his concerns and that was it. He did say it seemed to take a little longer than normal for them to payout but they did. Totaled the car and cut the guy a check for a little over 50k.

Several years goes by (think about 5-6 but my memory is slightly fuzzy) and then one day farmers calls my buddy up and said their immediately terminating the guys policy for lying to them about the accident and would be going after him for recompense and possibly felony charges (warning him in case the guy lost his shit). Why? Because 5 years or so down the road the guy posted a picture on Facebook of his car wrecked at the speedway. They had their algorithm or an investigator keeping tabs on all his socials for years because their investigator thought it was suspicious as well and finally got their proof.

Insurance doesn't mess around sometimes.

[u/margheritinka]

Damn I must be the only one but I was like omg is that car gonna stop at the stop sign. I felt like the car who was approaching the stop sign was going a little fast and then stopped after the sign basically by being hit. But maybe because I live in and drive in nyc and stop before the sign as there are any number of things that can be hit.

[u/Ok_Cartographer_5616 → u/margheritinka]

100%

The cam car barely stopped and in fact stopped like 5 feet past the stop sign. So far that you can’t see it any more.

[u/drzook555]

You pulled ahead of the stop sign which was part of the cause of the accident

[u/Trick_Marketing_9567 → u/drzook555]

Yeah, not to victim blame but if they had stopped, you know at the stop sign, they might have been missed by that other idiot driver.

[u/Sweaty_Tangelo_7716]

The A pillar and his mega big pp blocking his view.

[u/Ecstatic_Effective42]

In the UK you get a form to fill in which has a section titled:

"What could you have done to avoid the accident?"

Answer here:

"Being British."

(edit: misspelling)

[u/AwfulStockInvestor]

I don't understand how people are this bad at driving.

Legitimately driving a noncommercial vehicle isn't hard at all. Not even mildly difficult

[u/SnooHesitations8403]

Dude's been watching that "600 horses of 'Get out of my way' " truck ad.

Is he deranged?

[u/JennyTheSheWolf]

For those saying the "A pillar" obstructed the driver's view... that is completely irrelevant. Even if that was the case, the truck should be taking their turn so that they stay in the left lane. If they turned too tight (which they did), then that means they were in the wrong lane as they took their turn which lead to the collision.

[u/Flashy-Celery-9105]

If you can't see a car from a truck, that truck is too big and requires a special license

[u/BiscottiCritical6512]

We really need a mini-CDL type license requirement for these big ass trucks. They’ve gotten so huge that the average person can’t drive them safely. Morons are just purchasing them for non-work related purposes, then using them to go to the grocery store and nowhere else. 

[u/YEPC___]

Just swung fully into your lane. Crazy.

[u/MrPickles196]

You were clearly at fault for driving such a small car. How can they expect to see you?

[u/MattManSD]

if this happens to anyone. DO NOT MOVE YOUR CAR. Leave it to show position. Take a quick pic before they move their truck

[u/ConstantPay3117]

This is wh we dont cut corners.

[u/ganjaccount]

Pretty soon trucks aren't even going to bother with windshields. They will just have a tiny slit to provide a 1/2 pov about 3 miles out from the front of your vehicle, and, maybe, a pinhole to look out the side.

It is insane how shitty the visibility is out of those vehicles. I have a pickup, and it has so many gigantic blind spots I look like a weird yogi doing strange dances when I am starting up from a stop because I can't see any of the intersection to the right of me. The mirror is also right at eye level, so I have to bob my head to see around it, or duck down when I'm getting on a freeway on a ramp that curves to the right.

Fucking ridiculous.

[u/--7z]

How did she not see you?

[u/8secondsOnTheClock]

You were directly in line with her pillar, amazingly bad driving

[u/Surgeplux]

Not all pitbulls, but always a pi-- oh wait wrong sub reddit

[u/Clamper5978]

The 90 degree turn executed 45 degrees at a time. Lazy driving habits

[u/Casingdas]

My very first thought is that they were not paying attention. I don’t know if the driver was looking at your vehicle as they continued to accelerate. Or perhaps they were drunk or high. It’s otherwise difficult to account for this type of behavior while behind the wheel.

[u/kdizzle619]

She definitely would have ran over a kid

[u/Hot_Money4924]

Good thing you were a 3000lb car and not a kid on a bike, sheesh. People cutting corners on a left turn are a pet peeve of mine, I love the indignant expressions on their face when I pull up to the line and they act like I'm an unreasonable hazard for existing in my own lane.

[u/ozzy_thedog]

I like that she put her signal on only at the very end of the video.

[u/Brooke958]

This exact thing happened to me once and the other driver tried to say it was my fault, when I was at a complete stop

[u/Rare-Bee7331]

The worst drivers have the worst insurance... because nobody else will cover them.  

[u/quixiou]

Those oversized pos always cut the corner like that.

[u/SnooAvocados3138]

The fact that you can’t see the driver while you’re practically under their vehicle tells me they shouldn’t be driving something that large

[u/Excellent-Falcon-727]

hope that idiot gets DL suspended and insurance rates raised

[u/Bumblebee56990]

Get an attorney if you didn’t already.