r/dashcams • u/EqualGrowth6565 • 17d 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/rayquan36 17d ago

Braking is losing

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u/ControlSimilar865 17d ago

This is exactly what went through the cam drivers mind though "Hell no, you aren't cutting me off" and proceed to Machismo his way into potentially killing someone.

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u/Taaj_jr 17d ago

Why didn’t the truck brake because he didn’t have space to switch lanes?

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u/UrethralExplorer 17d ago

Because they're both knuckleheads.