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[thesahl]

This a perfect example of very BAD driving.
1) Overtaking with insufficient free distance
2) This is a two-way highway, the speed limit was most likely 55 or 65mph - not a place to go 80 mph.
Sincerely, I wish there was a cop present to take your driver privileges away and keep a dangerous driver like you away from public roads.

Geez dude! Really?

 

[katekebo]

Geez dude! Really?

Absolutely. I couldn't care less if a person driving like that dies. Congratulations, another Darwin Awards winner.
But driving like that puts other road users at risk. The OP was extremely lucky. The instinctive (and correct) reaction of the incoming driver would be to pull over to his/her right shoulder, putting him/her in direct head-on collision course.
Knowing how to recover from an unexpected dangerous situation is a skill. Creating a dangerous situation for other road users is stupidity. Showing off your stupidity like something to be proud of is stupidity^2.

 

[SlickLC]

Absolutely. I couldn't care less if a person driving like that dies. Congratulations, another Darwin Awards winner.
But driving like that puts other road users at risk. The OP was extremely lucky. The instinctive (and correct) reaction of the incoming driver would be to pull over to his/her right shoulder, putting him/her in direct head-on collision course.
Knowing how to recover from an unexpected dangerous situation is a skill. Creating a dangerous situation for other road users is stupidity. Showing off your stupidity like something to be proud of is stupidity^2.

i didnt want to be the first to say it - but i 100% agree with you. at the 0:50 second mark i could tell the overtake was not on and i dont even understand why braking and going back into the right lane was not considered.

 

[n0m@d]

Admins, if you are reading this, feel free to delete this thread (it seems that it got a bit too far off topic, assuming that the main topic of this forum is Land Cruisers, their technical characteristics and capabilities). I've already deleted the original post.

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First thank y'all all for support, empathy (which I don't deserve in this situation) and beating (well deserved ). When I originally shared the video I hoped that the discussion will go in technical direction (truck didn't roll over, stock tires didn't blow up from 6ft drop at high speed, LC didn't leave its radiator in that ditch, LC was somewhat controllable in mixed traction situation (passenger tires on tarmac and driver tires on sand gravel), hitting acceleration wall after 80mph, etc. . .

I clearly don't deserve a chance to defend myself in this driving situation, but I'll share a tiny bit more context, so maybe it'll be useful for somebody and help to avoid mistakes in the future. I have my driving license for 20+ years now, I was driving in rain, snow, ice, in 140F with broken AC, during night in dense fog, in different states, countries and continents. I've never was in an accident, no fender benders, paint or wheel scratches. I always religiously follow traffic rules, do not speed, keep safe distance, leave plenty of space for people to merge/pass and so on. Just common sense and safety first. In the end of the day kinetic energy and inertia don't care

The biggest mistakes were made long before this situation on the road. I failed with my trip planning and tried to bite too big piece of a road-tripping pie (got a bit too excited with 36h my work and family gave me to spend for myself this year so I allowed myself to dream about hitting some places from my bucket list). My previous day leg of driving was ~12h with early wake up and some extra activities, what made previous day too long and exhausting. Because I was too tired I didn't had a good night of sleep and my dog woke me up early. Here I had to force myself to rest more (book the hotel for another day or catch up with sleep in the car), but stupid me decided to push myself a bit and the rest is the history. I've just hit the road and was not properly awake and my brain wasn't processing information fast enough and was terrible in decision making and critical thinking. Other contributing factors were upcoming white truck having its headlights off (I completely missed it) and likely going super fast too because it was approaching me with speed of light (hard to tell from the dashcam video because it has narrower field of view than human eye, see: ), truck I was trying to take over started to accelerate when I started the maneuver and then started breaking when I understood that I'll not make it and tried to break and get back into my lane).

This whole situation took just 5 seconds but it will likely affect the rest of my life.

 

[katekebo]

Admins, if you are reading this, feel free to delete this thread (it seems that it got a bit too far off topic, assuming that the main topic of this forum is Land Cruisers, their technical characteristics and capabilities). I've already deleted the original post.

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First thank y'all all for support, empathy (which I don't deserve in this situation) and beating (well deserved ). When I originally shared the video I hoped that the discussion will go in technical direction (truck didn't roll over, stock tires didn't blow up from 6ft drop at high speed, LC didn't leave its radiator in that ditch, LC was somewhat controllable in mixed traction situation (passenger tires on tarmac and driver tires on sand gravel), hitting acceleration wall after 80mph, etc. . .

I clearly don't deserve a chance to defend myself in this driving situation, but I'll share a tiny bit more context, so maybe it'll be useful for somebody and help to avoid mistakes in the future. I have my driving license for 20+ years now, I was driving in rain, snow, ice, in 140F with broken AC, during night in dense fog, in different states, countries and continents. I've never was in an accident, no fender benders, paint or wheel scratches. I always religiously follow traffic rules, do not speed, keep safe distance, leave plenty of space for people to merge/pass and so on. Just common sense and safety first. In the end of the day kinetic energy and inertia don't care

The biggest mistakes were made long before this situation on the road. I failed with my trip planning and tried to bite too big piece of a road-tripping pie (got a bit too excited with 36h my work and family gave me to spend for myself this year so I allowed myself to dream about hitting some places from my bucket list). My previous day leg of driving was ~12h with early wake up and some extra activities, what made previous day too long and exhausting. Because I was too tired I didn't had a good night of sleep and my dog woke me up early. Here I had to force myself to rest more (book the hotel for another day or catch up with sleep in the car), but stupid me decided to push myself a bit and the rest is the history. I've just hit the road and was not properly awake and my brain wasn't processing information fast enough and was terrible in decision making and critical thinking. Other contributing factors were upcoming white truck having its headlights off (I completely missed it) and likely going super fast too because it was approaching me with speed of light (hard to tell from the dashcam video because it has narrower field of view than human eye, see: ), truck I was trying to take over started to accelerate when I started the maneuver and then started breaking when I understood that I'll not make it and tried to break and get back into my lane).

This whole situation took just 5 seconds but it will likely affect the rest of my life.

Thank you for posting this.

 

[eurospek]

+1
Cops can use the posted video and still issue a ticket(s).

News to me. Not for a petty vehicle code violation like that unfortunately. Well at least not in my district.

 

[RideWithYanu]

Admins, if you are reading this, feel free to delete this thread (it seems that it got a bit too far off topic, assuming that the main topic of this forum is Land Cruisers, their technical characteristics and capabilities). I've already deleted the original post.

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First thank y'all all for support, empathy (which I don't deserve in this situation) and beating (well deserved ). When I originally shared the video I hoped that the discussion will go in technical direction (truck didn't roll over, stock tires didn't blow up from 6ft drop at high speed, LC didn't leave its radiator in that ditch, LC was somewhat controllable in mixed traction situation (passenger tires on tarmac and driver tires on sand gravel), hitting acceleration wall after 80mph, etc. . .

I clearly don't deserve a chance to defend myself in this driving situation, but I'll share a tiny bit more context, so maybe it'll be useful for somebody and help to avoid mistakes in the future. I have my driving license for 20+ years now, I was driving in rain, snow, ice, in 140F with broken AC, during night in dense fog, in different states, countries and continents. I've never was in an accident, no fender benders, paint or wheel scratches. I always religiously follow traffic rules, do not speed, keep safe distance, leave plenty of space for people to merge/pass and so on. Just common sense and safety first. In the end of the day kinetic energy and inertia don't care

The biggest mistakes were made long before this situation on the road. I failed with my trip planning and tried to bite too big piece of a road-tripping pie (got a bit too excited with 36h my work and family gave me to spend for myself this year so I allowed myself to dream about hitting some places from my bucket list). My previous day leg of driving was ~12h with early wake up and some extra activities, what made previous day too long and exhausting. Because I was too tired I didn't had a good night of sleep and my dog woke me up early. Here I had to force myself to rest more (book the hotel for another day or catch up with sleep in the car), but stupid me decided to push myself a bit and the rest is the history. I've just hit the road and was not properly awake and my brain wasn't processing information fast enough and was terrible in decision making and critical thinking. Other contributing factors were upcoming white truck having its headlights off (I completely missed it) and likely going super fast too because it was approaching me with speed of light (hard to tell from the dashcam video because it has narrower field of view than human eye, see: ), truck I was trying to take over started to accelerate when I started the maneuver and then started breaking when I understood that I'll not make it and tried to break and get back into my lane).

This whole situation took just 5 seconds but it will likely affect the rest of my life.

Let those amongst us who have never done something stupid (read: none of us) cast the first stone. Essentially wishing death upon you for sharing your mistake is taking critique far too far. I’m very glad you’re a part of this community and are willing to be humble and share your mistakes for the good of the whole.

 

[katekebo]

Let those amongst us who have never done something stupid (read: none of us) cast the first stone. Essentially wishing death upon you for sharing your mistake is taking critique far too far. I’m very glad you’re a part of this community and are willing to be humble and share your mistakes for the good of the whole.

Agree, and I apologize for my harsh critique. I applaud the OP for acknowledging the mistake. Let's make it a learning for all of us. Drive safely.

 

[DubDub]

News to me.

It’s not true except as for evidentiary value when investigating/prosecuting an actual crime. They 100% cannot issue a citation. Also, this was victimless so there is zero civil liability. The video is educational too.

I’ve been running dash cams since well before they were mainstream, and founded/admin’d a dozen regional cam groups during my time in the Navy as I moved all over the place. This misconception has come up more times than I can count, with zero precedence to back it up.

 

[MSINAL]

It’s not true except as for evidentiary value when investigating/prosecuting an actual crime. They 100% cannot issue a citation. Also, this was victimless so there is zero civil liability. The video is educational too.

I’ve been running dash cams since well before they were mainstream, and founded/admin’d a dozen regional cam groups during my time in the Navy as I moved all over the place. This misconception has come up more times than I can count, with zero precedence to back it up.

Potentially true, depends on State you live in and local laws. Recently motorcylist/lunatic doing 187mph slaloming traffic (yes, not remotely the same situation) was arrested after posting his helmet cam online.

Motorcycle YouTuber Arrested After Filming Near-190mph Speeding Offence

A motorcycle YouTuber in America filmed himself riding on a highway at nearly 190mph before being arrested

www.visordown.com

 

[DubDub]

Potentially true, depends on State you live in and local laws. Recently motorcylist/lunatic doing 187mph slaloming traffic (yes, not remotely the same situation) was arrested after posting his helmet cam online.

Motorcycle YouTuber Arrested After Filming Near-190mph Speeding Offence

A motorcycle YouTuber in America filmed himself riding on a highway at nearly 190mph before being arrested

www.visordown.com

You can self incriminate in the commission of a crime, 100%. You can also be found liable civil wise (e.g. liability or insurance). No matter where you are in the U.S., you cannot be issued a citation. He was arrested for an actual crime, via a warrant.

The OP’s video is neither a crime nor an accident with damages requiring civil mediation. There is zero risk in publicly sharing it.

I have been compelled to release a few recordings, both my own and those on the forums I administered, by courts of law. Unless there is an appellant claiming damages of some sort, no citation will ever be issued.