Best collision avoidance I've ever seen

Some of them are; perhaps not the ones that got their license recently out of a crackerjack box.

The driver of the grey van that slotted in behind the transport also deserves kudos for not driving side-by-side with another vehicle and slowing down when he saw what was going on in the adjacent lane, thus giving the transport a place to go without hitting anything.
 
Why was the truck going so much faster than surrounding traffic and riding someone's tail in the first place?
 
Baggsy said:
Why was the truck going so much faster than surrounding traffic and riding someone's tail in the first place?
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^----- this
 
Trucker got lucky. He wasn't paying attention and had to swerve at the last minute. The van changed lanes in front of him and was already braking for the bus way before the truck reacted. Lucky for the truck the smaller van on the left had left space.
 
Brian P said:
Some of them are; perhaps not the ones that got their license recently out of a crackerjack box.
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I worked in the Thunderdome (Queen-Rutherford-Derry-Airport) for 13 years. I know you live in Brampton, and have driven through there enough times. You know what the hell's going on with AZ training. I appreciate you want to temper your thoughts on the subject.
 
As a longtime commercial driver myself...that was an act of desperation. A wise and nicely executed act of desperation, but an act of desperation nonetheless. Had he been looking as far down the road as he should have been he would have never found himself in that situation to begin with. You can see MILES down the road in the drivers seat of a tractor, even in heavy traffic, so there's no excuse for stopped traffic or a sudden slowdown to catch any truck driver offguard.

He was quite likely empty as well. Do that a load and the whole thing would have flopped over in short order.
 
Baggsy said:
Why was the truck going so much faster than surrounding traffic and riding someone's tail in the first place?
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he may have been a bit quick, but the black van crossed into his lane and then came to a complete stop in order to make an exit. the lane was open.

yeah, thats desperation. i doubt he could repeat it.
 
From the seat of the rig you could see the bus's lane ending. The black van pulling in front and stopping would not be a surprise if the trucker was looking ahead. Just a lucky desperate move.
 
Guys, the trucker was hard on the brakes before the clip even starts. It's very likely he was going faster because he wasn't able to slow down as easily as the other vehicles. He was going barely faster than the dashcam car that was on the onramp anyways.

Also, it was a very dynamic blockage, with vehicles swapping lanes continuously in front of him. Who knows what the picture was like from his seat before the video started.

Agreed that the driver was lucky and desperate, actually the amount of luck involved was almost magical the way other vehicles flowed all around him. But he did brake hard and under control. He did stay in his lane when there was traffic alongside. He did recognize the instant the left lane opened up when the backhoe moved to the right. He did release the brakes to swerve and keep the tractor in front of the trailer, and then brake hard again. I suppose it looks more impressive than it is, but that was c**p tons of skill there.
 
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