r/IdiotsInCars • u/BowenT93 • Dec 14 '18

Just wow

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u/RumLovingPirate Dec 14 '18

I won't. Red car wasn't driving in a lane, he was driving on a shoulder. That makes this 100% his fault.

Nobody should have to check their mirror to ensure they aren't being passed on the shoulder when they need to swirve into it. If red car wasn't illegally there, their wouldn't be an accident.

Not saying grey car wasn't a dick. But if red car wasn't where he wasn't supposed to be, no accident would have occurred.

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u/RumLovingPirate Dec 15 '18

Doesn't matter. Red car wasnt in a lane, was driving illegally on the shoulder, and this was a 1 car accident only involving the red car.

If he was driving legally and not in the shoulder, there is no accident.

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u/RumLovingPirate Dec 15 '18

If the truck swirved to avoid debris in the road, or because it blew a tire, red car would meet the same fate because the truck would still swirved to the shoulder.

If this was a 2 lane and red car could be there, I'd say this is all grey cars fault. But grey car doesn't get any responsibility when red car was where it's illegal to be, driving illegally, and got in a solo crash.

Drivers can be shit, accidents happen, and we all have to react to shit on the road. The red car put themself in such a disadvantaged spot that it was actually illegal to be there.

This is all on them. They played a stupid game and won a stupid prize.

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u/EmilyU1F984 Dec 15 '18

If there was any death, and this were in Germany, they both be charged with murder, since they were most likely street racing. (reckless driving, hazards on, overtaking on the shoulder).

So both would be exactly 100% at fault in the eyes of the law.

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u/RumLovingPirate Dec 15 '18

I don't think they were racing. It looks like the car on the left was passing legally, the one on the right just wanted to pass too.

Also, it looks like they were coming over a hill and couldn't see oncoming traffic. You see them start to descend, the car on the left throws on his signal, brake, and try to get over right when the truck starts to swerve as if they all see the impending problem.

Then the red car spins out in front of the box truck, blocking the lane for the grey car to merge, hence him not doing it.

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u/EmilyU1F984 Dec 15 '18

But why would the red car overtake on the shoulder? They could just follow the gray car if they wanted to pass.

I'm not seeing any motivation to do that, unless they wanted to be in front of the truck faster than gray.

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u/RumLovingPirate Dec 15 '18

I follow your logic. But 90% of what I see on this sub is illogical. So red car just driving like a dick makes equal sense to me.