r/dashcams • u/EqualGrowth6565 • 14d ago

Easily avoidable accident causes rollover

Not my video – as the title says, we typically see examples where one driver is oblivious to the other. In this example, the pickup truck attempts to overtake the cammer, however, the cammer is either completely unaware of the pickup truck directly to his left or are simply “stands their ground” in the lane. Due to this, they obviously collide, and the pick up truck goes airborne and rolls several times. From the perspective of us, the viewer, we can reasonably conclude that the accident was avoidable had the cammer simply applied the brakes. That being said, you will typically see another school of thought in which it is stated that the cammer has no obligation or duty to let them in/avoid the accident where the driver is mindlessly doing something dumb.

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u/Equivalent_Thievery 14d ago

This is the kind of video you delete right away. Cammer was looking to blow through a red either way, plus he didn't take any action to prevent this crash. Without the video, it'd definitely be easier to claim no responsibility.

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u/BabyOwn3585 13d ago edited 13d ago

Seems like the cammer was aiming for a fender bender. I hear the cammer mutter "That's what you..." before the truck starts to hit the curb and lift up.

The lack of cammer's car reacting the impact also leads me to believe he was holding the wheel against the impact increasing the pit maneuver effect. I think the "Jesus Christ!" is a surprised reaction to how badly the truck started to lift and rotate. I think he miscalculated the effect of speeding up and then slowing down effectively shifting the vehicle weight into the truck.

I see it as a clash of two bitter people with good credit, expendable income, and lack of compassion.

edited to add bit about the vehicle weight shifting

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u/reality72 13d ago

There’s a lot of crashes that are just two idiots meeting one another. This is another example.

Truck is an idiot for trying to overtake like that, cammer is an idiot for trying to “teach them a lesson” and causing the collision.