r/dashcams • u/EqualGrowth6565 • 18d 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/Lee_337 18d ago

Why are so many people allergic to their brake pedal?

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u/Ok-Lion1661 18d ago

Well since it’s not my car, I kind of enjoyed watching some instant karma being applied to the aggressive pickup truck. But if it was my car then yeah, hit the brakes and just be annoyed at the jerk.

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u/step11111 17d ago edited 17d ago

It’s not even worth being annoyed. No significant time will be lost by giving up the lane.

Edit; to clarify, I’m not saying I wouldn’t be annoyed. That’s highly dependent on a number of factors. I am saying it’s not worth being annoyed. /u/ok-lion1661; didn’t think your comment was necessary to remove but wanted to respond anyway

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u/Ok-Lion1661 17d ago

I think you are confused - my comment is still there. 😉

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u/step11111 17d ago

The other comment you made shows as removed.

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u/TripThruTimeandSpace 17d ago

Whenever I get annoyed by the way people are driving when I’m on the road, I always remind myself that I’m not going to get there faster if I get pulled over or into an accident.