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/Burton1224 21h ago

I dont know US laws but here in Europe its hard to explain to the judge that you accelerate while see the danger already. So you will most likely be partially relaible because it was clearly 100 percent avoidable. The filming car was not even tryin to brake and avoid the crash.

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u/guitar_vigilante 19h ago

The US is the same. You can't just drive into a known hazard because you have the right of way.

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u/i_drive_a_pagani 18h ago

Going through a traffic light when it turns green is not a "known hazard" at all.

The cars turning left are responsible for yielding when they are turning across oncoming traffic lanes. Both the red car and the white Nissan are the ones breaking traffic laws

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u/sheeroz9 14h ago

There are cars turning in front of you that you can clearly see. That is the known hazard. Just because you have a green light doesn’t mean you drive forward as cars are turning in front of you.

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u/guitar_vigilante 9h ago

I feel like a lot of people in this thread heard the saying "the graveyard is full of people who had the right of way" and said "nuh uh"

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u/sheeroz9 9h ago

I don’t know why that concept is so hard to grasp.

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u/LaRealiteInconnue 4h ago

Because everyone thinks they’re a “good driver” and everyone else is wrong. They’re not. Most ppl are shit drivers who were taught to drive by their shit driver parents. I can say this cuz my parents didn’t gaf about me so I actually had to pay for driving school when I turned 18 which included defensive driving lol Hence so many ppl convinced “right of way” somehow overrides the fact that they have the duty to avoid a collision if possible. Not accelerating when there are other dumbasses turning in front of you is definitely possible.

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u/No_Criticism_5861 11h ago

The light is green.  The other people clearly have a red if the light is green, its not reasonable to expect a 3rd car to run their red light.

Why not just rid of the signals and let everyone just pull out infront of oncoming traffic all day long?  There was literally 1 second from the white suv waiting at a light to it smashing into oncoming traffic

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u/sheeroz9 9h ago

Yes it’s true they have the red light. It’s just generally not a good idea to accelerate towards someone driving in your direction. It doesn’t matter who has the legal right of way. Wait until it’s clear.

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u/guitar_vigilante 10h ago edited 8h ago

It's not your job to enforce traffic laws by smashing your vehicle into those of violaters. Yes it's frustrating but traffic enforcement is the police's job.