1 week Ago By Henry Martin
THIS is the harrowing moment a car smashes into a lorry in a chaotic high-speed collision. The dashcam footage is believed to have been filmed along the Bangalore-Salem highway in India last year. It shows the perspective of one motorist, who has to sharply brake as the video begins due to another vehicle turning into the same lane just ahead of them.
A few moments later, the driver whose point of view we are watching attempts to overtake the other motorist at speed, swerving past a motorcyclist in order to do so. Sounds of a collision can then be heard, and the dashcam shows the vehicle screech towards a lorry. Screams can be heard from inside the car before it finally collides with the heavy goods vehicle.
Read more Motors X user Narayanan Hariharan posted the video online for his 13,000 followers in September 2023. But it divided users who couldn't decide who was at fault. Narayanan gave his opinion on the footage, writing: "Yes, the guy in front was wrong.
"But the guy who crashed did so because of his stupidity." Most read in Motors One user commented: "The driver's driving license shud be revoked. Absolutely asinine.
" Another added: "The first driver did dangerous driving. But the 2nd driver was just stupid and acted on ego." While one said: "Too much impatience by rear driver, when he was not given way.
In such cases a simple let go the aggressive driver in front works most of the time, but looks like here both the drivers were aggressive on the road." Several said the road looked like the "infamous Thoppur Stretch" - a section of highway between Dharmapuri and Salem. The area has seen more than 1,000 fatal accidents in the last 13 years, according to the Times of India.
One X user, Aswin Sampath Kumar, wrote: "Brake checking someone is the dumbest form of road revenge, you put yourself in danger for absolutely nothing!" Narayanan replied: "Agreed, especially in India where there is no space between two vehicles.".
