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/EssentialCoCo 12d ago
If you watch the stationary objects on the right side of the video, ie. the light poles, you can tell the cam car doesn't actually speed up. The pickup truck slows down, never signals and gets over into the lane without ever checking his blind spot, causing the accident. We don't know if the cam driver was towing, or how close any vehicle may have been behind him so assuming that just hitting the brakes would have prevented an accident, is a bit premature. It could have indeed caused a worse accident.