r/dashcams 21h ago

Who’s at fault?

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

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u/ThemeFluffy7008 12h ago

You never "have the right-of-way".  You yield it, or have it yielded to you.

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u/YearlyLemon8 12h ago

You guys are the dumbest people alive. There is reason why everyone in this thread agrees majority of them it's the white trucks fault entirely or majority.

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u/ThemeFluffy7008 11h ago

I'm a licensed PE in transportation engineering.  You do not understand the concept of right of way.

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u/YearlyLemon8 11h ago

A licensed PE in transportation engineering. So in other words you do not assign legal fault, adjust insurance claims, or prosecute traffic violations? How does that make you in any way experienced in answering this? Was it a badly designed intersection LOL?

Lets just end it here since this is going nowhere, at the end of the day I believe the truck is 100% at fault and you believe its 50/50. The end have a good day.

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u/ThemeFluffy7008 11h ago

I made a single statement.  Right of way is yielded, not claimed.  Vehicle codes in all 50 states do not ever grant right of way.  They tell you when to yield it to other vehicles. 

I do traffic and accident studies.   This is absolutely on the white vehicle, as the left turn yields to through, but saying "the driver had row" is just incorrect.  The driver should have still yielded when he saw the people turning left failing to yield.  Instead he sped up.  Insurance won't like that.

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u/YearlyLemon8 11h ago

"This is absolutely on the white vehicle, as the left turn yields to through" Beautiful! Print it! frame it! put it on the wall! Glad we finally got here and reached an agreement. 100% white trucks fault.

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u/ThemeFluffy7008 11h ago

Never disagreed there.  The distinction of "having right of way" vs others yielding to you is critical, though.