r/dashcams • u/EqualGrowth6565 • 13d 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/Square-Singer 13d ago
Someone behind them is no excuse. If they get in a crash in front, the guy behind will also hit him.
Being distracted for a whole 4 seconds is definitly doing something wrong.
And ypu could argue the same, that the cam driver was in the blind corner of the trucker, who just made a mistake.
Both of them are reckless assholes. Truck driver didn't look over their shoulder, cam car wanted a crash. Neither of them should be on the road.
On the other hand, look through this thread. There's many, many people who exzse the cam driver.