The problem with being a left-lane @$$hole (like the truck, and to some extent the right lane semi that joined in on the fun) is that you never can be sure if the other @$$hole behind you (in the camaro) is a bigger idiot that you are.
The safe, sane decision is to move into the right lane as soon as safely possible and let the idiot by.
OR, like the pickup truck, you can succumb to “tostestereene poisoning” and wind up in the ditch.
I think all three got off light. Camaro, Truck and Semi played a game where no one wins.
The sad part: there was a mile of open road in front of both trucks and it could have been easily avoided. Easily. There are always going to be idiots on the road. The smart driver does what he can to put as much distance as possible between himself and the idiot. The two trucks in this incident chose to snuggle right up close to the idiot. Dumb move.
Here’s what they should have done: Grit their teeth; swallow their pride; let the idiot by and be thankful as they watched him disappear in the distance. It may offend their macho sensibilities, but they wouldn’t have wound up in the ditch if they had just let him by.
Some states assign “proportionate blame” with traffic accidents. I know that insurance companies do. I would assess the blame in this case at Camaro: 60%, Pickup: 30%, Semi: 10%
IMO no one is blameless in this - all made deliberate mistakes that cost them. The Camaro driver was clearly the prime factor but there didn’t need to be an accident. If the Pickup driver had been paying better attention he would have either precluded the Camaro’s “swoop and dive” lane change or backed off and allowed it. Instead he pulled a reckless maneuver against someone he knew was dangerous. Then he compounded it by not allowing the Camaro to pass. The trucker allowed himself to become part of the drama when he let the Pickup pace him.
Come to think about it, I’m changing my score:
Camaro: 50%, Pickup: 40%, Semi: 10%
;’)