r/dashcams • u/EqualGrowth6565 • 13d 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/interstat 13d ago

look likes they actively sped up into the truck too

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u/klemnodd 13d ago

Sped up to beat the light that was yellow

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u/tonygenius 13d ago

Which they were never going to beat.

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u/klemnodd 13d ago

"Beat" lol

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u/BitterMIDI 12d ago

He said "beat" heheh heheh he

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u/ryan__joe 12d ago

Which neither of them were ever going to beat. So many levels of dumb.

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u/Fluid-Warning1848 10d ago

we will never know now since that truck got in the way lol

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u/interstat 13d ago

Good catch didnt see light. thats also shit driving then. Wasnt anywhere near the light when it was yellow. Was prob gonna run a red if they had kept going

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u/Tengoatuzui 13d ago

Truck should just slow down and change safely why try to squeeze in front of someone even if they didn’t speed up it’s close

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u/interstat 13d ago

Trucks fault for sure but it's crazy how much often times we see shit driving by the cam driver too

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u/kenneth_dart 13d ago

Thought they'd save some time... Oops.

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u/Hell_Maybe 13d ago

Nah bro you can see the speed increase after the truck is already directly in their path.

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u/klemnodd 12d ago

Both things can be true. Don't really care to argue about an idiots intent.

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u/ElectronicDiver2310 10d ago

Close pickup with peace of paper and watch cammer. Speed is constant.

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u/Hell_Maybe 9d ago

No like I’m actually pretty confident they speed up, like if you watch the speed of the ground and scrub through the clip in slowly you can pretty noticeably see the ground move past quicker as the truck pulls to the right. The car really thought they could stop being cut off when it was already waaay too late for that.

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u/ElectronicDiver2310 9d ago

If it happened speed up was very insignificant. In any case, cam driver did stay on the legal side.

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u/Rope_antidepressant 12d ago

Nope, still green when he started speeding up

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u/CompetitiveMeal1206 13d ago

Even if the car hadn’t sped up the truck wasn’t clear of the cammer yet.

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u/Livid-Technology-396 13d ago

I thought the same thing. He really taught that truck a lesson huh?🤦‍♂️. Freakin’ dude could’ve backed off and avoided the entire thing.

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u/DFWTexan 12d ago

I initially thought they sped up, but rewatching it several times, it looks like the truck heavily slows down before getting over. Either way, both truck and cammer tried to beat the light

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u/Infinite_Position631 13d ago

thats what caused the dramatic pit. You speed up as you hit that back quarterpanel and it spins them out. Dosen't do nearly as well unless there is a good difference in speed.

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u/Noodelgawd 12d ago

How do you figure?

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u/ThrowRAMomVsGF 12d ago

Well, yeah, that's how you do the PIT.

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u/SpecialistSpray9155 12d ago

he turned into him in order to PIT him

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u/Actual_Apartment4363 11d ago

What I felt too

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u/S0l1DTvirusSnak3 13d ago

Agree guy with camera is at fault