was this one of you guys??
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INyiMA3hfto&feature=player_embedded
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I'll bite a little and offer my thoughts...
First thing, the driver was probably going too fast and had no clue how to handle such a situation. But let's not make too many assumptions on a 49 second video. What was going on before? Was the semi moving along at a much slower speed then sped up when the fellow tried to pass? Perhaps the wind from that semi was kicking the other guy's butt and he felt it was necessary to pass, even if he had to pick up his speeds a little. And regardless of what anyone speculates, we don't know what the actual speeds are for either driver.
What I do no know is that the semi exasperated the situation by not backing off. He's a professional truck driver, so he's probably seen this type of problem many times. Though he probably has no legal obligation to slow down, that's just common courtesy. Perhaps if he would have backed off a little bit, the wind effect might have made just enough difference to allow the guy to straighten out. He didn't slow down until the guy had completely lost control.
Heck, maybe the semi driver was totally clueless until it was too late...?? Maybe he started the problem beforehand by moving into the other guy's lane while he was trying to pass? Maybe the semi driver was on his phone not paying attention (which I've noticed to be a growing epidemic amongst truckers). In fact, let's consider that the semi driver was completely at fault. As far as we know, that could easily be the case.
Here's another idea...
Maybe they're both moving along at 60 MPH, RV'er in the left lane having no problems at all. Then another semi comes barreling in there and gets him all loose. The RV'er can't move over because there's our dash cam semi. The unknown semi is right on his butt, so the RV'er chooses to pass the dashcam guy. The unknown semi sees there's gonna be some trouble, so he backs off...but too late.
Too many unknowns to be throwing rocks at either person.
First thing, the driver was probably going too fast and had no clue how to handle such a situation. But let's not make too many assumptions on a 49 second video. What was going on before? Was the semi moving along at a much slower speed then sped up when the fellow tried to pass? Perhaps the wind from that semi was kicking the other guy's butt and he felt it was necessary to pass, even if he had to pick up his speeds a little. And regardless of what anyone speculates, we don't know what the actual speeds are for either driver.
What I do no know is that the semi exasperated the situation by not backing off. He's a professional truck driver, so he's probably seen this type of problem many times. Though he probably has no legal obligation to slow down, that's just common courtesy. Perhaps if he would have backed off a little bit, the wind effect might have made just enough difference to allow the guy to straighten out. He didn't slow down until the guy had completely lost control.
Heck, maybe the semi driver was totally clueless until it was too late...?? Maybe he started the problem beforehand by moving into the other guy's lane while he was trying to pass? Maybe the semi driver was on his phone not paying attention (which I've noticed to be a growing epidemic amongst truckers). In fact, let's consider that the semi driver was completely at fault. As far as we know, that could easily be the case.
Here's another idea...
Maybe they're both moving along at 60 MPH, RV'er in the left lane having no problems at all. Then another semi comes barreling in there and gets him all loose. The RV'er can't move over because there's our dash cam semi. The unknown semi is right on his butt, so the RV'er chooses to pass the dashcam guy. The unknown semi sees there's gonna be some trouble, so he backs off...but too late.
Too many unknowns to be throwing rocks at either person.
