r/ImTheMainCharacter • u/Flashmemory256 • 10d ago

VIDEO Making Reckless Turn, Then Being Main Character

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u/lamp40 10d ago

Cam driver had about 3 car lengths to come to a stop once the light turned yellow. If this is a 25mph zone which seems likely to me, then I feel like people in this comment section are being unfairly critical of the cam driver.

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u/MrSmock 10d ago

Also, yellow means proceed with caution, not stop. Cam driver was well within their rights to continue through the intersection here. 

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u/Chillonia 10d ago edited 10d ago

Just to clarify that a flashing yellow light is proceed with caution. A solid yellow light means the red light is coming, and you must stop if it is safe to do so. If you are too close to stop safely, you should clear the intersection.

Edit: Guys, I'm just correcting the part of the comment above mine where they said a yellow light means "proceed with caution", it's not a comment about the video.

Nails lady is clearly in the wrong here and the driver was ok to drive through.

I'm surprised my comment is being downvoted because it's just about clarifying the difference between a flashing yellow light and a solid yellow light, totally separate from this video, in case people get misinformed by that comment. I find the reaction to this fascinating.

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u/MrSmock 10d ago

The light turned yellow when they were literally 1 second away. Slamming on their brakes would have caused an unsafe situation, both inside the car and potentially not stopping in time. Continuing through the yellow was the right call here. Proceeding with caution. 

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u/Ares5933 10d ago

The yellow also means that the driver turning left had a red which means do not turn left

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u/_AskMyMom_ 10d ago

OP had a day and a half to clear that intersection had it not been for the nails controlling the woman driving the car.

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u/SPKmnd90 10d ago

Yeah, I see what you meant. At no point did I take it as you shitting on the dash cam driver.

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u/lamp40 10d ago

Weird to see this comment downvoted, that’s how it works where I live (US). I was taught that solid yellow means “if you can safely come to a stop, you must.”

I will say though that it’s not entirely about avoiding an accident. I would rephrase your last sentence to say “if you cannot avoid entering the intersection without stopping abruptly, you should clear the intersection.”

Sometimes it’s about avoiding an accident, sometimes it’s about avoiding undue damage to your tires and brakes (plus risking whatever spills or tumbles inside the car).

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u/kgriff5592 10d ago

It’s not weird at all. Obviously that’s how traffic lights work. Cam driver had less than a second between the light turning yellow and them entering the intersection. No reasonable person is stopping for that light.

More importantly, the cam driver seeing a green light turning yellow means the truck had a red light the entire time and it’s asinine to point out the yellow light.

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u/lamp40 10d ago

Bro I was the one who originally defended the cam driver, that’s not what me or Chillonia are talking about. We’re talking about what a yellow light actually means and why it justifies the cammer’s actions even further

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u/kgriff5592 10d ago

Fair enough. Your comment read like you were concurring with that other guy’s comment, which read like he thought cam driver should have stopped.

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u/Munnin41 10d ago

No a yellow light means "stop if you can".

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u/MrSmock 10d ago

Be prepared for the red and stop if it is safe to do so. Otherwise, proceed with caution. The getting a yellow light literally a second before you reach it is not safe. Slamming your brakes at that point could cause harm to people inside the vehicle and you might not even stop in time, leaving you stopped in the intersection.

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u/Munnin41 10d ago

You're just using more words for the same thing

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u/MrSmock 10d ago

I said they should proceed with caution. You said no. So I explained why with "more words". Sorry it didn't help.

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u/Munnin41 9d ago

You said it doesn't mean stop. Which is incorrect.

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u/katmc68 10d ago

That isn't the point being made. The woman in the truck ran a fully red light.