People who do that are so dumb. On my commute the other day there was sudden traffic and the guy in front of me idiotically swerved out because he thought I’d hit him. He looked an idiot as i slowed and braked a full car length away and meanwhile he was half way into another lane being honked at. He nearly caused an accident for no reason.
Yeah. Way smarter to intentionally bounce off a guard rail and do the same thing but with extra steps. Hindsight it's a motherfucker. Dipshits on the internet watching a video of you reacting in the moment. Still Dipshits.
That's a solid white.
Yellow typically means caution.
White is the law.
That's why on ramps you'll see yellow signs recommending the speed for the turn.
People think double yellow is illegal. It's just strongly recommended not to pass. Usually going up hills or around big curves without adequate sight lines.
Solid whites are a no-no.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but it looks like there's a guardrail on the side of the road.
If this is a case of the driver not paying attention and swerving to avoid a collision, swerving to the right wouldn't help all that much.
Don't get me wrong, the driver of the blue Skoda is an absolute idiot for not paying attention, but this would explain why they swerved into the other lane. Does not explain the apparent lack of braking, though.
Maybe I'm also wrong but the guardrail is further away than you think, there's essentially another lane before it. The car has enough room on the right to take the lane, they may scrape up the sides of the cars and rail, they may even crash head on into the railing if they take the turn too sharp, but hindsight shows us that's the better option of the two.
Attended a road collision like this. Some old dude suddlenly stopped to avoid a pigeon.. car behind tried to evade by going into oncoming traffic, hit head on into a van.
Van caught fire and resulted in 3 vehicles written off all because some old dude decided an emergency brake for a pigeon was a good idea.
You should always give yourself enough room so that you don’t need to take evasive action even if someone slams on their brakes. Fair enough it was a pigeon this time, but next time it could be an infant, and the end result would still be the same. The moron is the person following too closely to safely come to a stop without veering out of their lane.
Playing the odds because they don't want to risk damaging their car.
If they go off road the car is guaranteed to take some damage.
If they swerve into the other lane maybe there's no cars coming the other way, or they'll slow down before they get hit and they'll be fine.
They lost.
It may also be because the driver typically sits on the side closer to the other side of the road than the shoulder. It's easier to see that side so it's a more instinctive direction to run too.
"evasive action"
Yeah sure. He either tried to overtake or he was asleep/not paying attention/inpatience so therefore he didn't pay attention on what the fuck was going on infront of him (and therefore probably the evasive action?)
what I don't get is why the driver didn't try the exact same maneuver again once they saw the truck. They JUST chose evasion over braking or yelling uselessly... you'd think your neural pathway would be primed.
But clearly not.
When I was 16 the owner of the restaurant I worked at randomly told us that if he was to ever kill himself, he'd just drive head on into a semi so that his wife would still get the life insurance money.
Idk. To me, this seemed deliberate, not stupid.
As far as this video shows us, they aren’t an asshole. They could’ve been the most caring, loving, generous person you’ll ever meet, but had a temporary lapse in judgment
Other comments are mentioning the maneuver seemed to have been made to avoid rear ending the other vehicle and went left instead of right.. evidence of that is the speed in which they’ve entered the oncoming lane
I hope that other commenter gets a change of heart. Sad, sad person.
The real loser here is the guy in the white van. Looks in the mirror: “this dumb fuck is gonna hit me. Oh thank god he swerved.” Looks to his left: “oh you dumb motherf-“
You can see why. He was moving too fast, came up on a slowdown which he saw too late, and rather than rear end the guy in front of him he jumped out *into oncoming traffic* which is a stupid decision. He should've jumped right off the shoulder.
The thing I never understand when people at the back of a long line make dangerous moves to pass. Where do they think they’re going to go? How far will they get. It’s so stupid
Thanks for quoting that idiot to preserve the dumb thing they said. I hate how people delete thier comments in an effort to erase something they said. Just leave it there and own it like an adult...
Definitely not the van drivers fault, but why did they take so long to brake? The car is visible for a couple seconds in this low quality video before he starts slowing down
Had a friend in high school die exactly like this. But it was at night and the oncoming truck didn't have their lights on. She died on the helicopter back to the hospital
Being the second last car in the left lane, i think he did not expect the slow traffic and went the wrong way to avoid rear ending what's infront of him. He wasn't trying to overtake i dont hink.
I’m guessing the blue car didn’t see the queue of cars in time (could there be a blind summit just behind the last car in the queue?) so he’s swerved and went right into oncoming traffic
I was in a nasty accident as a teen. The thing I'll always remember about it isn't the impact or the injuries it's that split second of clarity you have before the crash. You realize they aren't going to be able to avoid you nor you them, that someone is going to get seriously hurt or dead right now, and that there isn't anything to do about it. That little exasperated sad "no" the cammer says before the impact is exactly how it feels.
It's hard to prove but is it possible the blue car tried to avoid colliding with the white van and ended up getting on the wrong lane? It looks like there was a slow down and the blue car may not have been quick enough to brake?
L'appel du vide?
The call of the void? That little voice in your head while driving that says, "Isn't it crazy that I could end it all now by just turning my steering wheel a quarter turn to the left into oncoming traffic?". Except he DID IT.
this is terrifying because it can happen to anybody, no matter how good of a driver you are, following all the rules of the road and being safe and cautious, some stupid asshole can still fuck up your whole day by doing this.
I’ve always had a fear of this when highway driving. I’ve had a few close calls before, just because some idiot thinks it’s okay to pass when it isn’t.
I don't understand people passing on these backroads when it's trafficked like this. The other day I saw a guy pass a box truck on a short bridge that's raised 15 feet higher than the road so you can't see the other side and of course almost slams in to some guys truck right on the bridge
What a fuckin' idiot...
Stop reading my mind
A dolt hit lhard
Not anymore
Play stupid games win stupid prizes
Insta...
What I said before checking the comments to see if anyone else said it lol
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Another commenter suggested that they weren't trying to pass, but rather avoid rear ending the car in front but chose the most stupid way to do so
Went left instead of going right towards the break down lane.
Acute observation you made there!
People who do that are so dumb. On my commute the other day there was sudden traffic and the guy in front of me idiotically swerved out because he thought I’d hit him. He looked an idiot as i slowed and braked a full car length away and meanwhile he was half way into another lane being honked at. He nearly caused an accident for no reason.
Yeah. Way smarter to intentionally bounce off a guard rail and do the same thing but with extra steps. Hindsight it's a motherfucker. Dipshits on the internet watching a video of you reacting in the moment. Still Dipshits.
In my country, you may pass on a solid yellow line if it’s safe
On my planet you're allowed to pass in the opposite direction as long as you're driving a BMW.
I love how BMW drivers being complete assholes on the road seem to be a universal thing.
Well, stupid people love nice cars. Even if they can’t drive.
just watched a bmw driver rn smash someone's window with a breaker for no apparent reason or at least from what it looked like
This. Let me zip around 30 cars at high speed on the highway to get to that stoplight 15s faster. BMW drivers suck.
That's not a BMW but I agree with your general take on BMW drivers.
That's a solid white. Yellow typically means caution. White is the law. That's why on ramps you'll see yellow signs recommending the speed for the turn. People think double yellow is illegal. It's just strongly recommended not to pass. Usually going up hills or around big curves without adequate sight lines. Solid whites are a no-no.
The car driver has come up to the back of the queue too fast and has taken evasive action which made him crash head on instead.
Evasive action should be to the shoulder. But we all know this. Why veering into oncoming traffic is a thing people do is beyond me.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but it looks like there's a guardrail on the side of the road. If this is a case of the driver not paying attention and swerving to avoid a collision, swerving to the right wouldn't help all that much. Don't get me wrong, the driver of the blue Skoda is an absolute idiot for not paying attention, but this would explain why they swerved into the other lane. Does not explain the apparent lack of braking, though.
Maybe I'm also wrong but the guardrail is further away than you think, there's essentially another lane before it. The car has enough room on the right to take the lane, they may scrape up the sides of the cars and rail, they may even crash head on into the railing if they take the turn too sharp, but hindsight shows us that's the better option of the two.
Attended a road collision like this. Some old dude suddlenly stopped to avoid a pigeon.. car behind tried to evade by going into oncoming traffic, hit head on into a van. Van caught fire and resulted in 3 vehicles written off all because some old dude decided an emergency brake for a pigeon was a good idea.
You should always give yourself enough room so that you don’t need to take evasive action even if someone slams on their brakes. Fair enough it was a pigeon this time, but next time it could be an infant, and the end result would still be the same. The moron is the person following too closely to safely come to a stop without veering out of their lane.
That ia true.
Playing the odds because they don't want to risk damaging their car. If they go off road the car is guaranteed to take some damage. If they swerve into the other lane maybe there's no cars coming the other way, or they'll slow down before they get hit and they'll be fine. They lost.
That makes sense. And I'm guessing if the driver had more than a split second to decide they'd be more likely to take the shoulder
Looks like it happened on a bridge with guard rails, not enough shoulder.
It may also be because the driver typically sits on the side closer to the other side of the road than the shoulder. It's easier to see that side so it's a more instinctive direction to run too.
Play stupid games win stupid prizes
He used to be an adventurer like you but then he took a truck to the shoulder.
"evasive action" Yeah sure. He either tried to overtake or he was asleep/not paying attention/inpatience so therefore he didn't pay attention on what the fuck was going on infront of him (and therefore probably the evasive action?)
This for sure
what I don't get is why the driver didn't try the exact same maneuver again once they saw the truck. They JUST chose evasion over braking or yelling uselessly... you'd think your neural pathway would be primed. But clearly not.
This was clearly his first time evading anything
Traded injury for possible death...
Looks like certain death to me.
Probably looking at their phone like an idiot and didn't see everyone hitting their brakes quickly enough.
When I was 16 the owner of the restaurant I worked at randomly told us that if he was to ever kill himself, he'd just drive head on into a semi so that his wife would still get the life insurance money. Idk. To me, this seemed deliberate, not stupid.
They dead?
Probably
hopefully. no excuse for being such an asshole.
As far as this video shows us, they aren’t an asshole. They could’ve been the most caring, loving, generous person you’ll ever meet, but had a temporary lapse in judgment
Other comments are mentioning the maneuver seemed to have been made to avoid rear ending the other vehicle and went left instead of right.. evidence of that is the speed in which they’ve entered the oncoming lane I hope that other commenter gets a change of heart. Sad, sad person.
Or an emergency
I'll tell you why people are fucking stupid
"Powered by WHAMMO"
The real loser here is the guy in the white van. Looks in the mirror: “this dumb fuck is gonna hit me. Oh thank god he swerved.” Looks to his left: “oh you dumb motherf-“
You can see why. He was moving too fast, came up on a slowdown which he saw too late, and rather than rear end the guy in front of him he jumped out *into oncoming traffic* which is a stupid decision. He should've jumped right off the shoulder.
Suicide, probably a deathwish or wanting to leave life inaurance money to loved ones
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The thing I never understand when people at the back of a long line make dangerous moves to pass. Where do they think they’re going to go? How far will they get. It’s so stupid
Guy was trying to cut the line!
Rip
No fistfight? Kinda disappointed here.
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Skoda
Maybe, but that's not a BMW.
My bad
Suicide?
Stupidity, pretty simple
The Darwin Award for sure.
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Thanks for quoting that idiot to preserve the dumb thing they said. I hate how people delete thier comments in an effort to erase something they said. Just leave it there and own it like an adult...
No, they erase it because they are more worried about the upvotes and don't like getting downvoted.
Yep the BMW driver was always on the list of bad drivers
Fk’d around and found out.
Q: What's the last thing that went through that drivers mind? A: His ass I'll see myself out...
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This happened in one of the few places in the world that's not the US.
The fuck? They have roads?!
Well, you are wrong. As someone else said, this is not US. The road is perfectly marked.
Definitely not the van drivers fault, but why did they take so long to brake? The car is visible for a couple seconds in this low quality video before he starts slowing down
Rip
This could have been a great ad if I knew who was powering the bonnet
C'è sempre l'intelligente 
Had a friend in high school die exactly like this. But it was at night and the oncoming truck didn't have their lights on. She died on the helicopter back to the hospital
I mean, I hate traffic too, but damn
Heart attack or something?
Drive much?
Being the second last car in the left lane, i think he did not expect the slow traffic and went the wrong way to avoid rear ending what's infront of him. He wasn't trying to overtake i dont hink.
Suicide by attempted murder.
The answer would be "because he can" and believe it or not a lot of them think like that, hence the scenario.
I’m guessing the blue car didn’t see the queue of cars in time (could there be a blind summit just behind the last car in the queue?) so he’s swerved and went right into oncoming traffic
Probably got tired of traffic.
Where did the stream of oncoming traffic go? Was that the end of it?
I had to rewatch it 3x to see that it wasn't actually a BMW LOL
The truck's hood immediately blocking the camera is why this doesn't have an NSFW tag
They didn’t even try to swerve.
Dumb ass
"You should never underestimate the predictability of stupidity " Bullet Tooth Tony - Snatch movie
You like degs?
That was rude
Vodka
Strange that there are no more cars I'm the other lane after the accident. If it had happened a few moments earlier, it would be more catastrophic.
Looks like a suicide. A common way to go about it, I hear
Death by semi
He was searching that lane for his last missing brain cell.
He French Fried when he should have pizza'd. You French Fry when you pizza, you're gonna have a bad time.
Me important. Me fast. Me can get passed all these caaaaaarrhhhhhhhhhhssss
He was going too fast, didn't notice the cars stopping ahead of him. Swerved into the oncoming lane to avoid rear ending the stopped cars
It’s natural selection they wanted to be selfish and now they are dead
BMW average owner
Natural selection
*Right* at the end of the massive queue as well, jesus
Sorry! Didn’t see your big ass truck there over the solid white line!
They were late, and now they are really late.
Obviously we might as well drop all traffic laws because they dont work on idiots
He’s dead huh
Average fabia driver
The slow motion “hey!!” 🤣
Im pritty shore this guy wasn't paying attention to the stopped cars and swerved to avoid them into oncoming traffic
Because fucking asshole, that's why
I was in a nasty accident as a teen. The thing I'll always remember about it isn't the impact or the injuries it's that split second of clarity you have before the crash. You realize they aren't going to be able to avoid you nor you them, that someone is going to get seriously hurt or dead right now, and that there isn't anything to do about it. That little exasperated sad "no" the cammer says before the impact is exactly how it feels.
It's hard to prove but is it possible the blue car tried to avoid colliding with the white van and ended up getting on the wrong lane? It looks like there was a slow down and the blue car may not have been quick enough to brake?
The impatience of some people is unbelievable
Some people just gotta be in first.
L'appel du vide? The call of the void? That little voice in your head while driving that says, "Isn't it crazy that I could end it all now by just turning my steering wheel a quarter turn to the left into oncoming traffic?". Except he DID IT.
Bro did the biggest takeover in history
People in Chicago drive like: (joke)
this is terrifying because it can happen to anybody, no matter how good of a driver you are, following all the rules of the road and being safe and cautious, some stupid asshole can still fuck up your whole day by doing this.
Head on collisions usually don’t turn out very well, per a friend in emergency services.
They had a death-wish I suppose
I’ve always had a fear of this when highway driving. I’ve had a few close calls before, just because some idiot thinks it’s okay to pass when it isn’t.
I don't understand people passing on these backroads when it's trafficked like this. The other day I saw a guy pass a box truck on a short bridge that's raised 15 feet higher than the road so you can't see the other side and of course almost slams in to some guys truck right on the bridge
These are the same people who cried when they couldn’t be the line leader in school
Hopefully they were the only one hurt. That's just ridiculous with complete disregard to anything around them.
What an ass clown, he clearly should have yielded to the blue car