A driver with a dashboard camera was traveling over 50 km/h parallel to a tanker truck through an intersection when, suddenly, a motorcycle carrying two people cut across the car's path. According to the driver, due to the close proximity and speed, there was no time to react. Fortunately, the car's automatic emergency braking activated, preventing an accident.

Driving skills are crucial: drivers should avoid traveling parallel to large vehicles like tanker trucks, container trucks, or buses. These vehicles create a "moving wall" that obstructs vision in oncoming and crossing directions, especially at intersections. Drivers should proactively drop back slightly to improve visibility or overtake only in sections without intersections.

In this specific incident, the tanker truck showed signs of braking to slow down. This indicated a potential obstacle, prompting the driver to also apply the brakes. The automatic emergency braking system serves as the last line of defense, not a substitute for the driver's active control.

For motorcyclists, cutting in front of a tanker truck to cross the road is extremely dangerous, bordering on suicidal behavior. Riders have no way of knowing what vehicles are hidden behind the tanker. Had this situation involved a truck, bus, or container instead of a passenger car, the motorcyclists might not have been so fortunate.

Nguyen Vu