To those of you driving in anything smaller than an SUV, signal before you turn. Don't cut across multiple lanes. I frequently see small cars and sedans think they can just cut in front of a space I leave.
Right of way won't matter once you're crushed metal.
If you hit someone in smaller car, because you did not seen them, it is your fault.
FWIW I agree with the other commenter -- YOU are responsible for your behavior on the road. Driving a larger vehicle means more responsibility. I don't care if the USA has collectively decided that murdering someone with your vehicle is fine: even if small cars and bicycles don't always behave safely around you, you should drive slower or give more distance to avoid murdering people since you chose to drive a huge vehicle.
> Right of way won't matter once you're crushed metal.
while arguing that small cars and everyone else should actively count in his lack of visibility and lack of care into their behavior.
We react to this driver and not to small car drivers, because those did not shown such a huge lack of care about safety of everyone else. I argue that if your car makes you hit someone with right of way because you did not seen him, that car should be banned or you should be banned from driving.
Stay safe out there.
For example, once the traffic in front of me came to a sudden stop. I braked hard, and stopped in time. I looked in my rear view mirror, and realized the guy behind me wasn't going to stop in time, so I pulled off onto the shoulder as fast as possible. That guy rear ended the car in front.
The damage was minimal, nobody was hurt, as my pulling aside gave him an extra few feet to slow down.
I've avoided other accidents even though I was totally in the right and the other guy was totally in the wrong. I just don't understand the attitude of no problem, it's the other guy's fault if he hits me.
If your vehicle is so large that you can't see other road users properly, that's your fault. You chose to buy it and drive it. You are selfishly externalizing the costs of your preference onto all other road users. If you hit and kill someone because they were doing ordinary road things and you couldn't see them because of your gigantic A-pillar blindspot or your grotesquely oversized front grille, then that is your fault and you are a murderer.
Like, it just amazes me that you can type these words: "I've got a big truck, I can't necessarily see you", and think the problem is with everyone else. Fuck you and fuck your big truck.
Despite the stark difference in optics, traffic in the US feels more like Lord of the Flies than, say, Pakistan. You're literally describing the law of the jungle.
who died maintaining his right of way.
He was right, so right, as he sped along,
but he's just as dead as if he were wrong.
Not Just Bikes is a great YouTube channel explaining a lot of those concepts, usually by example in the Netherlands. Whereas in North America you have basically motorways going through residential and commercial landuse areas, which feel like, well, motorways and invite driving fast.
After all, when you make a mistake while driving, you'll appreciate the other guy helping to avoid the collision.