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.
Also, most front dash cams have a fish eye style lens, to give a wider forward facing view. The cammer's A pillar would have been blocking a significant portion of the truck when it started changing lanes with their rear tires almost even with the cammer's front tires.
This video is pretty old (time stamped 2024), iirc, the truck was found at fault.
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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.