Surprisingly, the victim did not stick around.
Presumed Maryland resident and Redditor /u/Sgt_Garry posted up dashcam footage from a Fulton, MD residential street to the /r/IdiotsInCars subreddit showing the surprising moment a driver in an Amazon delivery box truck backed into a Honda Civic sneaking behind it.
As mentioned, the weird thing was the driver who got hit didn’t even stick around.
Check out his dashcam video below.
[OC] Guy gets hit by an Amazon truck and just leaves the scene
byu/Sgt_Garry inIdiotsInCars
The low-speed accident happened on the 8900 block of Tawes Street in Fulton, MD (exact location on Google Maps linked here.)
As OP’s dashcam video and Google Maps shows, Tawes St. allows two-way traffic and parking on both sides and appears to be a tight street (by Fulton, MD standards) to navigate.
According to Google Maps, that stretch of Tawes St. is only 21 feet wide.
In comparison, a “normal” residential street nearby is 26 feet wide.
Other cities in MD, like Easton, specify that streets like that be at least 36-feet wide.
It’s important to note, as the street’s narrowness arguably contributed to what happens next.
We can see a large Amazon delivery box truck slot in between two cars parked on the side of the road, head first.
The delivery driver’s completed their delivery and is attempting to back out.
At the same time, cars are sneaking behind the Amazon delivery truck.
A driver in a Honda Civic chances his luck, tries to drive behind the Amazon driver, but does it at the exact moment the Amazon driver begins to back up, and the Civic is in his blind spot.
By the time the Amazon driver sees the Civic, it’s too late, he nips the rear quarter panel of the Civic before slamming on their brakes.
It looks awfully like the Amazon driver did not hit the Civic, but according to OP,
“He most definitely did, as I was there and saw it. There was a crunch sound, a small bit of debris on the ground, and it’s off camera, but the driver of the Amazon truck pulled over and asked me if he hit something and I showed him the video.”
And, as the video shows and confirmed by OP, the driver in the Civic did not stick around.
There’s no way that driver couldn’t have known, as you can certainly feel when another vehicle 10x your car’s size hits you.
When you’re in the business of delivering Amazon packages, accidents are bound to happen, that’s why Delivery Service Partners, like the one this driver works for, has insurance.
“…he (the Amazon driver) ended up calling his supervisor to let him know. There wasn’t any damage to the van, so he ended up just going and finishing his route after taking a few pictures of it.”
In all likelihood, this driver will be written up but, seeing how the other driver will likely not go after the DSP for damages, best case scenario, it might not be a fireable offense (then again, I’m just guessing.)
If we can take away anything from this video, it’s to take your time navigating city streets, especially when there’s not enough room and an entire Amazon box truck is in your way.
These Amazon drivers are not as trained as you might think.
According to a Reddit thread, Amazon drivers only get three days training.
Compare that to an entire week for UPS drivers in a boot camp-like setting.
If properly repaired, that tiny ding would like cost at $1,000+
