We’ve all been there. One minute you’re driving down the highway, happily en route to your destination, when you suddenly realize that your intended highway exit is rapidly approaching and you’re stuck in the middle or far-left lane. Often times, the smart thing to do in this situation is to wait until the next exit and turn around, but instead of doing this, many drivers will try to frantically cross multiple lanes in a last-ditch effort to make their exit. This can end catastrophically, as demonstrated by the impatient Chevy Camaro driver seen in this dashcam video.
The video shows a fifth-generation Chevy Camaro Convertible traveling in the far left lane of a busy highway as it forks into two separate two-lane sections. The Camaro driver then realizes they need to take to the right-hand fork in the road, so they suddenly veer right from the far-left lane and across the center lane in an attempt to make the exit. Unfortunately, they then clip a metal attenuator that was jetting out from the concrete barrier dividing the highway, severely damaging the Camaro’s left front suspension and even partially ripping off the driver’s side door.
This is a perfect example of an impatient and overly confident driver exercising little regard for those around them and immediately (and somewhat satisfyingly) suffering the consequences. That said, we hope all that was hurt in this scary crash was the driver’s ego and an aging base-model Chevy Camaro Convertible. If the protective divider in the road was made of concrete instead of metal, this wreck might have looked a lot different.
Check out the crash in the dashcam video embedded below.
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Comments
Haha. Deserves them right. Nothing worse than seeing this type of behavior on the freeways! It never ceases to amaze me how stupid drivers can be and that they just don’t understand there is always the next exit, just like the article states. Just look how close this moron was to the front of that 18 wheeler.
When I was a police officer, I often reminded drivers that the DL they have is NOT theirs. Your DL is the property of the state and it’s a privilege, not a right. All I can say is that there are a lot more people on the roads driving that should not be allowed to.
I see foolish maneuvers of this type frequently in the Boston area, typically without the crash. (Not condoning it.) Best to keep going and take the next exit to correct the error. I don’t wish crashing on other people, but I wish the fools who do the things I see would face some sort of consequence.
Just think, accidents like this may disappear in a few years as cars integrate artificial intelligence with supercruise and the cars can predict the possibility of a collision and takes over control of vehicle.
All hail our robot overlords..
drunk, high on drugs and or texting. They don’t mix well.
I think you all should quit picking on that woman driver.
Normal everyday driving in the SF Bay Area
Can’t fix stupid, no matter how hard you try. Smart money says he’ll do it again.