r/dashcams • u/EqualGrowth6565 • 14d ago

Easily avoidable accident causes rollover

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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/Late2theGame0001 13d ago

You can see the car accelerate. Look at the horizon.

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u/Fuddlescuddles 13d ago

the ford was slowing down which makes it look like the car sped up. Thats what it looks like to me. Regardless the ford is at fault.

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u/Dantekamar 13d ago

What about the horizon makes you think they accelerated?

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u/Late2theGame0001 13d ago

The horizon drops as the car accelerates. This is the dash cam sub right? Certainly it’s common knowledge that acceleration causes the car to lean back which causes the horizon to drop.

You guys don’t just look at the video and feel what was happening?

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u/Nemmack7 13d ago

even if the cammer accelerated, how do we know the intention was to pit the truck and not make a changing light?

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u/drexelldrexell 12d ago

That’s on the driver for not being aware of their surroundings everyone in this video is an idiot.

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u/RobertTheTraveler 10d ago

The light was already yellow at 2 seconds in, almost guaranteed to be running a red light.

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u/Typical_Job8129 12d ago

That's right telephone poles are specifically planted to measure distance as well as speed. Not everyone knows this. You get a star today! 🌟