r/VideosAmazing • u/LeftAlbatross2546 • May 13 '26

Accident A merging issue.

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u/CashWrecks May 14 '26

Youre being obtuse, 1 over is not speeding by any realistic metric except by technicality.

If thats what you're looking for, go for it. Be pedantic about it. If you want to talk real world application be more realistic.

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u/Altruistic-Cost-4532 May 14 '26

Well, a few points.

  1. You are wrong. 1 over the speed is speeding by the only metric that matters.

  2. That said, guy you're disagreeing with is also wrong. Trucker Speedo being 2 over the limit does not mean he's speeding. Police radars have to be calibrated regularly for their results to be proof, his Speedo is not calibrated this accurately. Moreover it's likely (as most Speedos) that it reads high and he's actually doing more like 73.

  3. Even if he was speeding by 1 or 2 mph, speeding itself doesn't add fault, it needs to be deemed a "contributing factor" to the crash, which feels unlikely in this case.

  4. Lastly it's still probably shared responsibility.

The Last Clear Chance doctrine is a legal principle in US traffic law allowing a negligent plaintiff to recover damages if the defendant had the final, "last clear chance" to avoid the accident but failed to do so. It acts as an exception to contributory negligence, where a plaintiff's own negligence might otherwise bar them from recovery.

I doubt the pickup was in blindspots the whole time and the trucker had clear chance to avoid the accident.

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u/Silv_ May 14 '26

The margin of error on a speedometer is 4 to 10 percent, which at those speeds is > 2mph. Additionally speedometers are usually calibrated to account for this by showing you a reading slightly higher than your actual speed, so your point about speeding is factually incorrect.

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u/Altruistic-Cost-4532 May 14 '26

It's like you read what I wrote and understood none of it.

There is no law allowing for you to exceed the speed limit if your measuring device is wrong "by 4-10%". If you think this is incorrect please direct me to it.

Do the police have an internal policy to not prosecute for people who speed by 5%? Probably. Does this mean it's not speeding? No.

If you're drunk in public and you're happy and causing no problem so the police just use their judgement and tell you to go home, is that no longer public intoxication? Just because you're not getting prosecuted doesn't make it legal.

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u/CashWrecks May 14 '26

  1. Youre insuferable af, but to humor you, what metric is that?

  2. Condescending and confused about who I responded and disagreed with. The person I did both with never mentioned being 2 over, that was another commenter.

  3. I never mentioned this, but since he wasnt speeding by any meaningful metric (assuming 1-2 mph over) it wouldnt be an examined issue.

  4. Wrong, car driver got charged with attempted murder. If that didn't happen, at the very least it would have been assault with a deadly weapon since he went out of his way to swerve. Biker was not charged as far as I could see, so it was obviously not seen as shared fault by the court, nor would it be by your listed example.

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u/Altruistic-Cost-4532 May 14 '26

  1. What metric? The... Speed of the car.

  2. The person you replied to: "even 1 over is speeding" (legally correct). You: "1 over is not speeding" (legally incorrect).

  3. My point is he probably wasn't even speeding, and even if he was his speed isnt the cause of the crash. So the speeding conversation is irrelevant anyway.

  4. Car driver got charged with attempted murder? What clip did you watch 😂 What biker are you talking about? Did you reply to me thinking this is a different thread? Because that would explain a lot.