Was the trucker at fault?

Was that the trucker talking on the phone I wonder.Hes lucky the driver of the Mercedes didn't get hurt.The entire driver side is toast.

 

yes and I do the same as mentioned. If I need two lanes I swing the tractor wide and leave the trailer to block traffic from squeesing in.

 

I had something similar to this happen back when I was P&D, although there was not 2 lanes to turn like here. I delivered to a strip mall and as I was pulling out onto a busy 2 lane road I did not see the 4 wheeler that pulled up beside me, half way in the grass. Of course when I had the opening I jumped for it, and did not see the car until I was about to hit it. When the cop asked her if she saw my turn signals and her answer was "yes, but I thought I could beat him", the cop had that "Here's your sign" look on his face, and gave her a ticket instead of a sign.

 

It certainly looks like one of the brain-fart moments we can have when trying to drive, and maintain other mental focus in a conversation over the phone.

Here's some reading homework for when you get bored waiting at a receiver this week
http://www.psych.utah.edu/AppliedCognitionLab/TRB1.pdf

 

Pick a lane, any lane....

 

It's both of their faults. If I were that guy's boss, I'd fire him, and pay for the damages to the car.

That being said, if it went to court, and I were on the jury, I'd be inclined to let them both handle their own damages. The car driver acted in a completely stupid manner by moving past another vehicle in a lane that was already occupied. I do that on my motorcycle, but I always have an out for myself, and if something happens I'll have to figure it's my own stupid fault.

BTW, unless that was California, there is a very good chance that the driver of the car could get a ticket for that maneuver. The same laws that ban motorcycles from lane splitting in most states also ban cars from passing another car in the same lane, even if the lane is wide enough to do so.

 

The truck driver split both turn lanes and had his signal on indicating his intent to turn, additionally, the 4 wheeler had no view of traffic coming from the left as the truck was in the line of sight between oncoming traffic to the left and the 4 wheeler, therefor, making a safe right turn on red impossible. Lastly, anyone with any common sense does not get between a truck and the curb on the right side when a truck is going to make a right hand turn for the EXACT reason demonstrated in the video... The 4wheeler driver took a risk, and was intending to take further risk only the lesser of the two got him before what could have been much worse, pulling out from behind the truck/line of sight and getting t-boned by traffic coming from the right at speed, got him. There are countless trailers with stickers applied to the right rear corners warning of this very scenario.

Both were idiots, but the truck driver was the only one at fault.

 

^^ Nope. The car was not moving. The truck was moving. The truck hit the car. Stupidity [of both] aside, the truck caused the damage. By your logic, all telephone poles that are knocked over are "at fault" because they occupied the same space the trailer tandems wanted occupy.

 

yes, piss poor set up. should have been in far right lane, set up for a ""button hook" and done deal....

 

In the "other thread" about this video, I stated how I encounter a similar setup at least several times a week, at an off ramp on the way to the main company yard. I would take the left-hand lane of a 2 right turn lane regardless, allowing me more room to swing in my turn. But in my case, I haul dedicated OSOW heavy equipment, and am usually a minimum of 10' wide, sometimes up to 14'. Only when I am over 12' wide do I grab both turn lanes; anything under that, and I am perfectly able to make the turn without running into the lane beside me. I do this quite a bit during rush hour, where the four wheelers are steady clogging the lane on my right. My only point was if you don't take up BOTH lanes like you mean it, you can't fault a 4-wheeler for doing ignorant things.
You just have to make sure you don't get all ignorant as well, like this driver did.....