Dash Cam - close call with a 2nd gen

On my way to work this morning.

 

No respect!

 

Hmm. I'm glad you didn't wreck but it would have been interesting to see which one would have fared better.

Edit: Sorry. Nope. Glad you saved yourself from the trouble. Screw the other guy.

 

Jesus Christ..... what a douche bag.

That was a nice save, OP.

 

OP, glad you are safe and all but that kind of thing happens thousands of times a day.

 

I feel like my QS color blends in a lot. I have had people pull out in front of me like that a few times now.

 

And they call US Turds???

 

What a dumba$$..... sorry.. I can’t stand is inconsiderate jerks!

 

Yep, crap like this happens all the time to everyone. Thought it was kinda funny that of all the vehicles out there it was another Tacoma.

 

Probably on his phone.


If any of you touch your phone while driving (other than to initiate a call) you’re an asshole.

 

His ABS kicked in.

 

That's 2nd gen for ya.

 

He was looking straight into the sun, not like that’s a valid reason. It probably hurt his eyes, so he closed them and went for it.

 

Same thing happened to me on my way home from today ... kid in a Mitsubishi talking on the phone.

I think they see the BBP color and can’t think straight

 

Way to be aware OP. What dash cam do you use?

 

Good tunes. Probably gonna be stuck in my head for a while.

https://youtu.be/UmWexj90OU4

 

Does the music kick off when a crash might happen? What happened to the music!?!

 

Lucky someone didn’t give it to you in the ass on that one. Good defensive driving OP

 

OP, glad you're okay.

1) It's tough to tell definitively if he had something up to his hear or not due to the reflections on the driver's window. You can see movement higher up on the window, but it's difficult to tell if that's something through the window or reflections. That said, you could clearly see that his left arm frantically moves toward the steering wheel and he's quickly cranking it with two hands. That suggests that he was at the minimum, not driving with both hands on the wheel.

2) Regarding the sun being in his eyes, it's reasonable, but the angle of the shadows would have put it above the OP's Taco and veering to the asshat's front. So, it wasn't directly in his eyes, but certainly reasonable that it was a distraction. You can also tell that he didn't have his visor down.

3) He certainly hit the gas once he realized that you narrowly avoided hitting his driver's door and it was all you that avoided the collision. He did attempt to slow down once he saw you, but his slowing down actually would have made it worse because it put his driver's door squarely on your front corner where more force would have been concentrated. He should have hit the gas to protect himself from a direct hit.

4) OP, you're lucky that you stopped. Insurance companies would have held you 75% or more at fault because you had better vision of seeing him and would have used the sun's glare as his excuse.

 

Glad you’re OK but curious why the music cut out, do you have a record player in your truck? LOL