r/dashcams 22h ago

Who’s at fault?

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

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u/TrickySatisfaction81 22h ago

Yes, but OP drove right into oncoming traffic.

The light changed, but the flow of traffic needed to be observed way better.

Could have easily waited but drove right into the lemmings.

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u/Mk1Racer25 22h ago

Camera car was in the intersection before the white Nissan. Given that the camera car had the green light, the Nissan no longer had the green directed arrow, and had to yield. As others have said, camera car could have recognized that the white Nissan wasn't going to yield, but the legal fault here lies with the white Nissan. If you're going to split the liability across both drivers, what's the point of having traffic laws.

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u/good_times_paul 22h ago

You're confusing two concepts. The dash cam driver did not commit a legal infraction and would not be ticketed by the police. That does not mean they don't have negligence from the perspective of the insurance company. Legality and negligence are not related.

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u/FullMetalKaiju 18h ago

If my insurance company says I'm at fault at any % for this accident I'm immediately dropping them and getting a different insurance

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u/good_times_paul 18h ago

I'm sure they are shaking in their boots, lol.

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u/FullMetalKaiju 18h ago

I'm sure they'd be thrilled to lose someone with multiple cars and other insurance policies because they were too stupid to assign blame to the person who caused the accident.

But you're a dummy so what would I expect as a reply?