Baaaa, I guess he was looking at the car before looking ahead. And forgot how to use the brakes is a good laugh, I bet his feet were off the pegs trying to stop all Fred Flinstone like
Notice the bars between the wheels on each truck. They are now mandatory in the UK and they do a good job of stopping things (bikers, cyclists, pedestrians) going under the wheels. Saving a lot of lives....
As for this idiot, he got target fixation and panic. If you have time to say shit a couple of times, you have time to make a fist.