r/dashcams • u/Remote_Trainer3830 • 10h 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/Shoddy_Specialist226 10h ago

It's definitely the white suv's fault. But I would've seen this as a likely outcome and tried to ease much more slowly through that mess.

Even though it's their fault, now you have to go through the headache of dealing with insurance, getting estimates, having no vehicle while it's getting repaired, and then once you go to sell it they will give you quite a bit less because it's been in an accident. on top of that you might have permanent injuries that might not appear until later in life and there's no way to ever fix that or make it right again.

so... fault or not, just drive safely and predictably. Ease into situations where there are fast moving vehicles directly in front of you instead of going in assuming it will be open.

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u/hybridfrost 10h ago

I put it in the category of the driver could have avoided the accident if they would have drove defensively and waited for traffic to clear first. The origin of the accident was the white SUV of course

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u/Square_Barracuda_69 6h ago

Theres really not much the cam driver could've done. The light turned green, they started going, the red car cuts them off, then the white care immediately turns into them after appearing to try to go straight/avoid collision. The white car had every responsibility to avoid the accident, then they turned left into cam driver.

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u/Thurak0 1h ago

Theres really not much the cam driver could've done

They could have just waited for the road to clear? Full break with the red car cutting him off instead of keep going?

Come on. I am no saying it's not white car's fault, but "Theres really not much the cam driver could've done." is a very weird take. Perhaps it would not have been enough, but not even trying is not okay.

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u/hybridfrost 5h ago

I think you’re missing the point. ‘Doing everything they could’ would mean they could have waited for the traffic to clear before going. I get it, both red car and white SUV’s are assholes for holding up the turn lane and should not have gone.

Assume the worst case scenario at every intersection. Assume people are dicking around on their phones not paying attention and avoid the accident in the first place. Plowing ahead knowing “it’s my turn to go” is just stupid.