Re-routing would’ve added less than 3 miles to his drive, but he decided to risk a dangerous maneuver instead.
Cleveland-area commuter and Redditor /u/Danpool13 shared headshaking dashcam footage from earlier in January (Jan 20, 2026) to the /r/IdiotsInCars subreddit showing the headshaking moment this semi driver decided to risk a multi-car pileup to make their exit at the last second instead of just re-routing.
Check out the harebrained decision and how it played out below with the original Reddit thread linked here…