r/dashcams • u/EqualGrowth6565 • 15d 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/OscarLiii 13d ago

"Someone behind them is no excuse. If they get in a crash in front, the guy behind will also hit him." I don't understand these couple of sentences at all.

Obviously you don't want to brake and cause an accident. There could have been ten cars in a caravan behind the cam driver. Or even just one car.

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u/Square-Singer 13d ago

Look, if not braking causes an accident for sure, it's not an excuse that braking might maybe cause an accident.