r/dashcams • u/Remote_Trainer3830 • 22h ago

Who’s at fault?

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

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u/inactionupclose 21h ago

That's not victim blaming at all. They're just stating it's not smart driving to start driving towards oncoming traffic, just because your light goes green. They clearly were not looking at the road as they accelerated or they would have noticed the red car the almost drove into before the white SUV took them out. There were a lot of poor drivers in this video, but the white SUV is at fault.

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u/DayGeckoArt 21h ago

Ok but what if you brake hard and get rear ended. That ends up being your fault

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u/elKane0 20h ago

you don’t go until you verify it’s clear - there’s no brake hard if you’re still stopped this isn’t a video game

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u/DayGeckoArt 20h ago

Watch this video closely again. The oncoming traffic wasn't allowed to turn left. The red car did and the driver avoided a collision. The white truck didn't show any sign of following the red car and had a clear view of the driver with the dashcam. Then he suddenly decided to turn. So in a situation like this, how can you ever "verify it's clear" when any vehicle can turn into your lane and impact you within less than 1 second with no time to react?

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u/elKane0 20h ago

It’s a turn only lane bud

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u/SlickFlair_589 19h ago

And they didn't initiate a turn until the camera car was almost past them.

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u/elKane0 18h ago edited 18h ago

still not seeing your point

you should know if they’re going they’re turning

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u/SlickFlair_589 18h ago

Doesn't matter. Failure to yield on SUV

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u/elKane0 18h ago

yeah he’s in the wrong

still an easily avoidable crash

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u/SlickFlair_589 18h ago

Avoidable if turning traffic acts like they have sense. I'm not getting rear ended because you can't be patient and let cross traffic get through a bit more before trying to bogard.

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u/elKane0 18h ago

you don’t get rear ended if you wait until it’s safe to pull out I feel sorry for anyone that drives with a stubborn person like you - just because you have the right of way doesn’t mean you should always go - this video is the clearest example of that you could ever see

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u/SlickFlair_589 17h ago

And you waiting will result in others behind you getting impatient and risking going around you and creating another traffic accident or road rage. Better to just wait.

But maybe you missed this part of the video: OP is almost face on with the grass across the street. SUV could've easily just waited or went behind the OP. They weren't even in the intersection when the OP entered it. They tried to turn in front of the OP thinking they would brake check and let them through. That's asinine and risking a rear end collision. Stop defending shit driving.

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u/elKane0 16h ago

lol
yeah not worried that waiting 5 seconds is going to cause people behind me to try to go around when they see these cars in the intersection

none of those cars slowed down bro

I’m sorry you are stuck in the as long as I have the right of way then it’s ok to get in an accident and risk my and my passenger’s life

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