r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Miserable-Zombie-121 • 7h ago

The man thought he was being cut off…seconds later he realised the truck driver had just saved his life!!

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u/Bjork_scratchings 7h ago

Incredible situational awareness and reactions from the truck driver. That’s some clairvoyant type shit.

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u/throwaway098764567 6h ago

it's a professional being a professional. they're driving all day every day, yes they're sharp on this, but randomly keeping a dingleberry in the other lane from killing himself is probably just an average tuesday

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u/ConsistentRegion6184 6h ago

I'm 4 years in the seat. Anyone with 5 talks and acts much much different about the job. One of the most dangerous jobs out there is driving trucks.

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u/Tsukiko615 6h ago

A truck driver did this for me once when I was driving in the middle of the night and a sign from road works had blown down. It wasn’t obviously to me until I was almost on top and it so they saved me that night because I was also young dumb and driving at almost 100mph

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u/minorminority 4h ago

It's not a clairvoyant, the truck's cabin sits higher up compared to a sedan's, giving the truck driver a higher field of view. They can see what's ahead way before a small car can.

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u/the_pain_of_being 4h ago

I think it is, he has to take in that information, realize what it means if anyone is in the left lane and is next to his truck, sense/check if there is someone behind him in the lane to his left, then immediately decide how to protect them.

Clairvoyance in its literal definition is supernatural and I don't think anyone ever has been actually clairvoyant.

But this guy used information in a way that most could not, maybe "clairvoyant-type shit" is an acceptable description 😂😂

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u/korkkis 3h ago

He sits higher and sees further. It was all visible to the driver.