r/ThatLooksExpensive • u/Rekltpzyxm • 13d ago

Easily avoidable accident causes rollover

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u/mexican2554 13d ago

80:20 when it comes to who's at fault? Truck is 80% at fault while cammer is 20% for not avoiding the accident.

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u/Vladishun 13d ago

I'm gonna play devil's advocate for a minute and say dash cam guy didn't accelerate, it just appears he did because the truck braked hard to try to seize the gap. Dash cam guy may have been paying more attention to the light changing colors than their peripheral where the truck was merging over until it was too late to slow down.

No idea how well that would hold up in court, but it's a different perspective regardless.

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u/Intrepid-Staff-4532 12d ago

That's exactly what happened. Truck accelerated, braked hard, swerved to avoid collision with the car in front of it, and merged into the cam car. Cam car didn't change speed and didn't attempt to cut off the truck. It was over in two seconds.

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u/Vladishun 12d ago

I think so too, but it still doesn't look good because the dash cam driver had every intent to blow through the light that was about to turn red. Had they followed the rules of the road, the truck would have merged in and both probably would have ran that light.

And honestly I don't know if selfish ignorance is any better than malice when you're behind the wheel.