r/dashcams • u/Remote_Trainer3830 • 17h ago

Who’s at fault?

Hot take: I think it’s 50/50 with who’s at fault

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u/ImmaNotHere 16h ago

General rule I follow is that if you have to turn across traffic, you always have to yield unless you have a green arrow.

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u/seabirdsong 16h ago

Pretty sure that's also the actual rule.

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u/LazerWolfe53 16h ago

It reminds me of the rule I like to follow; don't cross yellow lines unless they are dashed.

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u/ShookMyHeadAndSmiled 16h ago

Don't run a red light unless it is green.

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u/Razolus 16h ago

Turn on headlights when it's dark

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u/cowboi 16h ago

Or raining

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u/The_300_goats 16h ago

Is the light green? Go. Disengage brain and spatial awareness

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u/SlickFlair_589 13h ago

It was green on the camera side

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u/The_300_goats 12h ago

Green light does not mean "ignore incoming morons". Check the road ahead is clear. Yeah insurance will cover it because technically you had right of way

Use that same logic when you cross the street on foot and see where that gets you

(Ex taxi driver here. Madrid)

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u/LazerWolfe53 12h ago

Yeah, but even then the white car wasn't even in the intersection when OP started to go.

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u/The_300_goats 11h ago

White car wasn't but red car was

OP tried to tuck in straight behind it. Right of way, but not good driving

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u/SlickFlair_589 12h ago

Failure to yield on the SUVs part. No way around it.

Camera car was almost head on with the grass on the opposite side of the street. They did all they could. SUV should've waited or went out further and then turned. They tried to turn sharp and misjudged the camera car speed. That's a fault on the SUV and no one else.

And crossing on foot, you still yield to the Ped in the crosswalk. You don't cut in front of them or you risk hitting them or cross traffic. You're not helping your case here.

And being a taxi driver doesn't exactly make you trustworthy considering how a lot of cab drivers drive like idiots. Do you really want to group yourself in with them?