Do poor drivers expect everyone else to watch out for them?

Do poor drivers expect everyone else to watch out for them?
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Just yesterday I saw this big motorhome pulling out of a side road right in front of a transport truck, and to top it off just stops dead in the lane bringing the transport to a full stop, then proceeds to go after about 15 seconds, I mean if that trucker wasn’t paying 100% attention there would have been a very bad accident.
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