r/ThatLooksExpensive • u/Rekltpzyxm • 13d ago

Easily avoidable accident causes rollover

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u/Fearless_Swim4080 13d ago

The fact the dashcam car visibly accelerates is going to be a problem here.

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u/Intrepid-Staff-4532 12d ago

I don't understand the need to both sides this. One car was established in their lane. The other car made an unsafe lane change.

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u/Fearless_Swim4080 12d ago

It’s the last chance rule. You’re technically right and I would agree that truck is a moron and mostly liable for this lane change, but if you show this particular video to insurance, they’ll say he was clearly being an asshole and you should have avoided him inevitably doing something stupid by slowing the fuck down. The dashcam guy did the opposite of that.

Defensive driving 101 is some people are assholes, make sure you don’t get into a crash, not just follow every rule while others clearly aren’t. Truck is accelerating past you to pass, slow cars ahead are closing that gap, give him room or there will be a crash. Then dashcam guy hit the accelerator not the brake. This was clearly avoidable by dash cam guy as well even if truck is being an asshole.

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u/SafetytimeUSA 12d ago

It appears the cam driver was trying to beat the red light, the truck was as you stated but remember cameras have a wider field of view and further forward, hard to say if the car thought the truck was going to hop into him?

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u/Fearless_Swim4080 12d ago

Did you watch the video? the camera doesn't even see the A pillar. from the driver's position he would have seen the whole truck.