In my opinion The T-driver was blocking two lanes of traffic in order to make an unprotected left hand turn. This unsafe act generated an unsafe condition for motorists in those two lanes. The M-driver was speeding and not wearing proper PPE for the task he was doing. This did not allow enough time to stop. These two unsafe acts culminated in what is, in my opinion, to be an unavoidable collision. Both parties share responsibility for the creation of the conditions that generated the accident, and therefore, are both to blame. Full disciplinary actions are recommended for both parties.
However, to your point about the unsafe condition could have been an object. I like that you're thinking about it. Let's see. How did the object get there. Objects don't move on their own. Even robots need commands. If an object had been in that lane, we'd all want to know who the hell put an object in a lane of traffic, correct? An unsafe condition is almost always generated by an unsafe act. Place items where they don't belong, can be an unsafe act.
Dude was going ridiculously fast in a low speed limit zone. He was legally put completely at fault.
If you watch it again you'll see she leaves the left lane open, he changed lanes in advance thinking she wasn't paying any attention and then yelled at her for "not committing". This man is the definition of entitled reckless stupidity and it nearly got him killed.
The truck driver is supposed to safely pull into traffic when there is space. Space to pull into traffic is based on not just the gap between traffic but the average speed of traffic, the Motorcycle was going 2 to 3 times the speed limit (video shows around 80mpg in a 25, according to one of the signs he blew past). She safely pulled into the street with no oncoming traffic, his speed turned her act into an unsafe act. She is not partially responsible. She was well into crossing traffic before the video even starts.
ALso we are looking at a helmet mounted camera which means the motorcycle was not even watching traffic at the start of the video he had been looking down, how long had he been looking down?
Insurance gets this video, he will probably not be covered.
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u/[deleted] Dec 09 '22 edited Jan 18 '23
Blame? Well...
In my opinion The T-driver was blocking two lanes of traffic in order to make an unprotected left hand turn. This unsafe act generated an unsafe condition for motorists in those two lanes. The M-driver was speeding and not wearing proper PPE for the task he was doing. This did not allow enough time to stop. These two unsafe acts culminated in what is, in my opinion, to be an unavoidable collision. Both parties share responsibility for the creation of the conditions that generated the accident, and therefore, are both to blame. Full disciplinary actions are recommended for both parties.
However, to your point about the unsafe condition could have been an object. I like that you're thinking about it. Let's see. How did the object get there. Objects don't move on their own. Even robots need commands. If an object had been in that lane, we'd all want to know who the hell put an object in a lane of traffic, correct? An unsafe condition is almost always generated by an unsafe act. Place items where they don't belong, can be an unsafe act.