Toyota Tundra Cuts Into the HOV Lane, Is Nearly Sent Flying

A crash of this type was captured on the dashcam of a fellow motorist in Garland, Texas, on June 17, Viral Hog reports. It didn’t result in any injury, but it almost sent a newer model Toyota Tundra flying over the median.

You can also find the video in question at the bottom of the page. The Tundra driver was doing about 10 mph and was stuck in line, when he clearly had better things to do and little time to do them all. Without even checking for traffic, he tries to cut into the HOV lane and gets smashed.

“An impatient driver of a newer black Toyota Tundra cuts into HOV lane going under 10 MPH,” the description of the video reads. “The vehicles in the HOV are doing 70 MPH. The Tundra driver does not look and a red Ford F150 slams into him at full speed, sending the red Ford truck flying up in the air and almost over the median into oncoming traffic. Then red Ford can be seen coasting to a stop behind me.”

From the video, it doesn’t look like either of the drivers was injured significantly, though the Tundra sustained considerable damage. That alone should serve as a learning curve for the dude who thought that, maybe this once, he could illegally use the HOV lane.

In the U.S., the HOV (High Occupancy Vehicle) lanes are strictly regulated. They’re to be used by cars carrying several passengers, buses, vans and the likes. Depending on the state, they might be restricted to single-occupant vehicles only during certain hours.

Even if that were the case here, you can clearly make out only the driver in the Tundra (and not even a passenger inside), so he had no business being there.