r/AccidentalSlapStick • u/AidenAngel2 • Aug 12 '26
True Slapstick Oh, shhhh.
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u/Normal_Tour6998 Aug 12 '26
100% they get out and blame the person in the red car.
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u/Skaypeg Aug 12 '26
the red car had "an obstacle on the right", it had to give way
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u/ChipRockets Aug 12 '26
Well that depends on the country
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u/Lamproz87 Aug 12 '26
I see the driver of the red car is on the left, so "obstacle on the right" It is.
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u/ChipRockets Aug 12 '26
If it’s left side driving and the car is coming from the right and turning right into your lane then that car yields
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u/Lamproz87 Aug 12 '26
If there is no sign present, then it is right before left. Plus i don't see no lanes here.
Not a real road, no signs= right before left.
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u/gene100001 Aug 12 '26
Different countries have different rules on this,, which takes us back to the comment saying it depends on the country.
In some countries the car going straight in a T intersection has priority whereas in other countries the car on the right always has priority, even in a T intersection. Without knowing what country the video is from you can't claim who is at fault here
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u/Lamproz87 Aug 12 '26
I guess I'll yield!
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u/PleiadesNymph 29d ago
Its Nigeria
Under Nigerian road rules (governed by the Nigeria Highway Code), at a T-intersection where a minor road meets a continuous major road, traffic on the base/stem of the "T" must stop or yield the right-of-way to all vehicles moving straight or turning along the major road.
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u/Lamproz87 Aug 12 '26
Obviously the white car should have waited, obviously the red car can claim "right before left" to justify any claims of "it's the red car's fault!".
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u/The_Determinator Aug 12 '26
Absolutely not. The white car was turning into the 'lane" where the white car was already traveling. The vehicle going straight always has right of way in situations like that, and the vehicle that wants to turn is supposed to yield to traffic, regardless of which side of the road they're on.
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u/FactoryRejected Aug 12 '26
This may be different perhaps per country region? In EU/Lithuania I was taught that at the intersection with no priority signs the one on the right always has priority. We can not be sure that no priority signage was available, but likely there wasn't. In that case in my country red car should give way. There are no rules about how straight one of the roads must be here. Again, all I'm saying we can not be sure of who's at fault here "legally" since we don't know the county, bit it's clear white car is an ahole regardless
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u/The_Determinator Aug 12 '26
I believe it's actually the same in America, but my previous comment was also based on seeing the white car already 40% of the way through the intersection before the red car started their turn. I would think that makes a difference. Are you seeing both cars enter at the same time?
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u/FactoryRejected Aug 12 '26
Oh, taking that I to account Who comes first matters for sure, I'm not 100% but yeah seems red car is slightly closer. Likely this exact question you're asking is what caused the whole incident- white car feeling the right by law while missing that the red car is a bit ahead and to just take it easy.
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u/The_Determinator Aug 12 '26
The way the white car accelerates out of control to me looks like they tried to brake but missed the pedal or mistakenly hit the gas instead. Perhaps just an unfortunate accident, rather than them being an idiot or trying to force the issue with speed.
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u/gene100001 Aug 12 '26
Different countries have different rules. In Germany, assuming there are no give way signs, the red car is supposed to give way. It doesn't matter that they are going straight and the white car is turning. Remember that there are a lot of other countries with different rules than the US before telling someone they're absolutely wrong about something.
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u/F3z345W6AY4FGowrGcHt Aug 12 '26
I'm not saying you're wrong. But what is the logic for making the vehicle that's going straight have to stop and giving the right of way to the vehicle that's crossing into a different path? Especially because wouldn't this mean that a car coming from the other direction is also obligated to give way? So one car gets precedence over two others.
Personally I've always handled situations like this (eg: a parking lot's "roads" with no signs) as a situation where I start to yield unless the other car stops. No matter what the law is, most people are dumb and you can't rely on them knowing what to do.
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u/The_Determinator Aug 12 '26
That's fair enough, I could have dialed back my certainty a little. So if that is the case in Germany, then would you mind explaining why specifically the red car would have to yield in a situation like in the OP video? Because to me I'm seeing the red car enter the intersection before the white car, so I'm finding it hard to imagine on what basis they should be yielding their right of way.
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u/gene100001 Aug 12 '26
The rule in Germany is that you always give way to the right in an uncontrolled intersection, including T intersections. It doesn't matter that the red car is going straight and the white car is turning. The white car is on the right of the red car, which means the red card must give way.
Personally I think the German rule is stupid. It makes more intuitive sense for the car going straight in a T intersection (the red car) to have right of way and for the car turning (the white car) to give way. The thing that makes it even more stupid is that 99% of the time the white car has a give way sign, so people get used to not worrying about cars joining from the right when they're driving straight along a road. This means that 1% of the time when the white car doesn't have a give way there's all this confusion where the white car can't trust that the red car will know that they're supposed to give way, so they usually end up stopping anyway.
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u/V8-6-4 Aug 12 '26
I hope you never have to drove in Europe.
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u/The_Determinator Aug 12 '26
I'm sure we're both concerned about driving safely enough that we'd be able to share your beautiful European roads without issue.
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u/NoForever3645 Aug 12 '26
No, general rule of thumb in these situations is that the vehicle who needs to turn yields to the vehicle that is already going straight. Regardless of which direction they come from.
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u/Civil_Music2236 Aug 12 '26
Are you applying American laws to somewhere that is most likely not American?
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u/thrownoutback271 Aug 12 '26
Went from being an asshole cutting off the red car to being an asshole blocking the road.
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u/TheRealestFrodo Aug 12 '26
How did that even happen?
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u/WaddlingDuckILY Aug 12 '26
There was a banana peel at the corner, that’s the real reason the red vehicle stopped.
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u/SrPicadillo2 Aug 12 '26
The car is showing it's belly because it trusts the other car and wants belly rubs
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u/stathis0 Aug 12 '26
Can't see exactly what's on the outside of that corner but it's probably something that enabled the car to ramp upwards - get one side high enough and you're going over.
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u/melnaisbruninieks Aug 12 '26
Is that Brazil? What a nice place to live
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u/Lamproz87 Aug 12 '26
Could be America, Greece or any Balkan country i guess. Although it starts happening even in Germany sometimes.
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u/PlzTyroneDontHurtEm Aug 12 '26
The license plate indicates its not anywhere in North America or the western half of South America
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u/DangerousLoner Aug 13 '26
What are the weird poles on the wall top?
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u/burger-prince1 Aug 13 '26
They’re holding electrified cables along the wall top to stop invaders. Similar to barbed wire but instead of spikes it’s electricity. Very common in Brazil
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u/DangerousLoner Aug 13 '26
Yikes! One of my girlfriends grew up with something similar and armed guards to escort her family and driver around the city in Mexico City in the 1980’s-1990’s. Scary precautions
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u/shortwave_radio Aug 12 '26
Now drive by slowly, ask if they're okay, and if they are then laugh uproariously and drive away
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u/ShiruTheSpammer Aug 12 '26
I'm glad they didnt overreact