We’ve all seen it before; someone driving along a road with seemingly no awareness of the cars around them and then suddenly performing a bizarre maneuver without warning. That’s exactly what this video shows.
This clip was posted to YouTube a couple of years ago and while we don’t know where it was filmed, it shows how the actions of one inattentive driver can have disastrous impacts.
The dashcam footage initially shows a silver Kia Carnival driving in the right lane of a highway when the driver suddenly flicks on their turn signal and begins to cut across the road , presumably in order to perform a U-turn. Evidently, the driver of the Kia didn’t look in their mirrors before attempting the maneuver.
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A silver Dodge Charger traveling in the left lane of the highway comes into view and is forced to swerve to the left to avoid hitting the Kia. At the same time, a black Charger appears on the scene and its driver is forced to swerve to the right to avoid making contact. The driver’s aggressive swerving kicks out the tail of the Dodge but fortunately, they were able to keep it under control.
Had the drivers of the two Chargers not been so attentive, they both could have easily rammed into the Carnival at high speeds, inevitably wrecking the vehicles and potentially injuring the occupants. While it thankfully didn’t happen, the scare would have been avoided if the driver of the Carnival had used their mirrors (and common sense) in the first place.