Dummy in a Camaro causes wreck on 90

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Amazing…just amazing

http://wivb.com/2015/04/27/video-captures-big-crash-on-i-90-near-batavia/

A driver from Ohio caused a serious crash on the I-90 near Batavia and the accident was caught on dash-cam video.Tim Linton recorded the accident on his dash-cam and uploaded it to YouTube where it has over 200,000 views.
In the video you can see a black Camaro try to get past the vehicles in front of him. The driver tries to pass a truck illegally on the left and loses control.
The Camaro crashes into the truck and a tractor trailer, sending all three vehicles off the road.
You can see the entire video below.

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The truck driver was kinda being a dickbag and boxing him in

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It almost looked as if he purposely ran into the truck like that. That dude should get put away for attempted murder.

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The camaro driver was being a dickbag from the start. I would have boxed him in as well.

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And flattened by a semi…

But seriously, just let those people pass.

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100%. After he tried to insert himself in like that at the beggining… i would have gone into a blind fit of rage and boxed him in as well. Just goes to show you that anything can happen and sometime it’s just not worth it. I’m getting old.

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We obviously don’t have to point out the stupidity of the Camaro driver but as for the pick-up… the left lane is for passing if I’m not mistaken, not matching your speed with the semi next to you to box someone in. And the guy with the dashcam was following way too close and is lucky he didn’t wreck too. Don’t be surprised you got stung when you poke a bee’s nest. It’s not worth it trying to be the hero of the road, people are crazy and stupid.

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Slower traffic keep right.

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Camaro’s handle like shit. Probably the true cause of the accident.

PS-pickup truck driver was being just as much a tool. Should’ve been in the right lane anyway.

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Pass someone at probably close to 80MPH or more while in the grass… Some excellent decision making by the Camaro owner. He’s lucky he didn’t kill someone.

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Damn, I know that spot on the road very well, cresting that hill.

"State Police charged the driver of the Camaro, 32-year-old Kiran Thapa of Columbus, Ohio with aggravated DWI. Troopers say his BAC was .19 percent.

Thapa is also facing multiple traffic infractions and first degree aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.

He was taken to the Genesee County Jail on $2,500 bail."

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Thanks for the update. Guy is a moron, should be way more than $2,500 bail.

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^^ well that explains it.

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Pickup should be ticketed, Camaro should be charged.

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I watched this earlier and thought it was on the 90, but then I wasn’t sure.

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Ticketed for what? The last drivers course I took in NY we were told that all lanes are driving lanes and that choosing a lane is a matter of personal safety and creating a comfort zone around your car.

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Yeah, the guy in the pickup probably should have sped up, moved over and just let him pass, but he was under no obligation, legally, to do so.

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Then you’ve missed the numerous “Slower Traffic Keep Right” signs posted along the thruway. In the drivers handbook it explicitly states to always keep right except to pass on multiple lane highways, so wherever you took a drivers course at is grossly mistaken and maybe the source of so many ill informed drivers on the road.

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From how I understand it, you do legally have to give way to someone if in the left lane… But only if you are driving under the max speed limit. So, if he was going the speed limit, he had no legal obligation to move over. I’m no lawyer, but that’s what I was taught in an advanced motorcycle course.

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