Chevy Silverado Driver Pulls Out Of Parking Lot, Immediately Causes Accident: Video
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Pulling out into a busy road from a parking lot when there’s heavy traffic can be difficult – but the vast majority of motorists can easily manage the situation by looking both ways and waiting for a gap to appear for them to pull into. Unfortunately, there are still plenty of drivers out there that don’t look both ways when pulling out into a busy roadway – just take this Chevy Silverado driver, for example.
This low-speed crash involving a Chevy Silverado and a Mercedes-Benz CLK coupe was captured on a motorist’s dashcam and uploaded to the ViralHog channel on YouTube this week. The video begins with the dash cammer stuck in a line of traffic and a parking lot entrance/exit located to their right. A red Chevy Silverado then appears, with the driver seeking to pull out into the adjacent roadway through a gap in the line of traffic.
At the same time, a Mercedes-Benz CLK is seen approaching the line of traffic, with the Silverado driver then pulling directly into the German luxury coupe’s path. The driver of the red Benz attempts to take evasive action, clipping a mailbox in the process, but ends up hitting the truck’s front quarter panel/headlight. This sends the truck into a small rotation, with the pickup coming to a perpendicular stop in front of the dash cammer’s vehicle. The pickup also clipped a woman’s blue Mazda3 amid all this, who gets out of the vehicle and appears rather upset at the damage done to her sensible Japanese compact.
It should go without saying that this crash was the fault of the Chevy Silverado driver. All they had to do was glance to their right and this would have never happened, but alas, they elected to learn this safe driving lesson the hard way. Check out the video embedded below.
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Is that a cell phone in the truck drivers hand?
Time for a lawsuit.
Best punish for playing with your cellphone while driving: Sue them into homelessness.
Here we go again, another lame ass story about a GM vehicle involved in an accident. Sam Mc & J Lo never disappoint!
the problem is NOBODY LOOKS ANYMORE JUST DRIVE
Who cares what kind of truck it is…..this crap happens all day long, every day because of dumb-ass drivers.
The insurance company will find the Red Mercedes partly at fault. They had plenty of time to react and did not slow down or maneuver until the last second as the Silverado driver was 3/4 of the way out. Mercedes driver could have been on the phone as well. SLOW reaction from them. The top of the truck cab is higher than the grey SUV to their right. PLENTY of time for the Mercedes driver to avoid the accident caused by the pickup motorist. I like both vehicles but that is besides the point. I’m not taking sides, just calling it as I see it.
“The left-hand turn is the most dangerous maneuver in driving”; it’s an understatement. Too many people are in a rush, and while being distracted!
A good story to show how one mistake ruined the day for three drivers. It should note that the traffic in the road also needs to be wary of others. In the 1960-70’s, the National Safety Council ran TV and radio Ads ” Watch out for the other guy” because US vehicle deaths were climbing at an unprecedented rate. I once watched a TV program on safety driving and one was eye contact. Todays problem with very dark window tint it is more difficult. If you’re approaching a drive to a parking lot, etc., be sure the other driver is looking at you. If not a quick tap on the horn and get your foot over the brake pedal. It’s called ” defense driving”.
Thank You!
Just another idiot
Drunk, high, or texting, take your pick !!
Don’t think the pickup driver had a cell phone to his head, he was wearing a hoodie. Agree that the little Mercedes was definitely not paying attention.
I see things like this everyday… The problem is people are in such a danm hurry to get to where day are going that defensive driving gets thrown out the window. As far as this accident goes anybody saying the Mercedes is speeding well what’s the speed limit? The Silverado driver clearly cut in front in my opinion but that’s not fact that’s opinion! This also looks like another video of somebody who can’t drive a vehicle this big… It’s the reason why pickup trucks shouldn’t be grocery getters!
Watched the video, then read the comments, then watched it again. Doesn’t look to me like the truck guy had any cell in his hand. Although he is most likely at fault, the MB driver was certainly just driving 20 feet in front of their car instead of scanning ahead of them and not paying attention at all.
Anyhow, is it just me or does it seem funny how the guy in the truck just puts it in reverse and backs up like nothing is going on before pulling forward?
Looked like truck never came to full stop? Maybe never saw red car because of A-pillar? Looked dark and rainy and nobody had headlights on.
Why is this on GM Authority, shoulder shrug and both palms up WTF!