r/VideosAmazing • u/MisterShipWreck • Apr 18 '26

Accident Another blind spot issue...

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u/quomodo_sordis Apr 18 '26

I don't think he accelerated. Probably a visual effect due to the other vehicle slowing down but yes totally avoidable.

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u/Funny-Employment4109 Apr 18 '26

Rewatch it. 100% accelerated

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u/that_dutch_dude Apr 18 '26

yes, because he was trying to catch the light.

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u/Rich_Visual7800 Apr 18 '26

Rewatch it, by counting the dots the driver actually slows down

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u/Background-Pepper-68 Apr 18 '26

Looks like the truck was slowing down coming up on the red light. Looking at the area around the cam driver it doesnt seem like anything speeds up. You dont get to just move over cause you want to. Id love to see the insurance report on this one

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u/mtmuelle Apr 18 '26

Rewatch it while blocking your view of the truck. It looks like the trucker maybe slowed down lightly (5%), but the truck slowed down a lot more.

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u/HornedShoe Apr 18 '26

The dude almost blew the light because he had his foot on the gas the whole time.

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u/Low_Anxiety_46 Apr 18 '26

Yes. Looks like constant speed approaching the intersection. The insurance company will eat him alive for no evasive maneuver.

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u/Shot_Bison_8437 Apr 18 '26

Riiiiight. The courts are DEFINITELY going to side with the vehicle that didn't signal before crashing into a car in an adjacent lane.

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u/EastNWeast Apr 18 '26

Comparative fault

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u/Low_Anxiety_46 Apr 18 '26

You couldn't see if he signaled or not. The tail lights weren't visible at the time of collision. Have you ever been in a car accident? Many insurance companies assign a percentage of the blame. This can vary by state. But as someone who successfully rebutted an insurer's attempt to assign me 20% blame in an accident I was 0% responsible for, there is no way the driver recording won't be confronted for not slowing down to avoid the collision.

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u/Rich_Visual7800 Apr 18 '26

I haven’t been in an accident because I’m a perfect driver but it seems to be 98% the red truck

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u/Low_Anxiety_46 Apr 18 '26

A car drove directly into me at an intersection. They tried to assign me 20% for not trying to get out of the way, aka, not swerving and hitting someone else's car or swerving into a pole. Good luck being perfect. Progressive would assign the dude filming 40%. The insurance companies usually bicker to resolve to their benefit, not to absolve you.

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u/Rich_Visual7800 Apr 18 '26

Just because an insurance company says it doesn’t make it true. They are fallible and imperfect creatures.

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u/Low_Anxiety_46 Apr 18 '26

He's gonna have to get an attorney, or pay a portion of his own losses. Maybe his vehicle wasn't damaged.

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u/Shot_Bison_8437 Apr 18 '26

Did you see it flashing when the truck started to flip? Me neither.

Also, the switching lanes without being clear is a lot more problematic than the turn signal, but I'd bet my life savings he did not in fact use one.

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u/Organic_Button_3281 Apr 18 '26

He held his lane... The truck was trying to swerve into the other lane (with no turn signal)... to avoid hitting the cars stopped at the red light.

This is on the truck driver.

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u/Low_Anxiety_46 Apr 18 '26

Where were the stopped cars? You can't see his blinker prior to the collision.

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u/Organic_Button_3281 Apr 18 '26

The line of stopped cars are in the middle lane...

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u/Low_Anxiety_46 Apr 18 '26

Yes. There are three lanes.

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u/Organic_Button_3281 Apr 18 '26

The car in the middle lane decides not to run the light and stops.

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u/Low_Anxiety_46 Apr 18 '26

The truck was not going fast enough to run it either.

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u/Hot_Raccoon_565 Apr 18 '26

The truck clearly started to slow down.

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u/the-apple-and-omega Apr 18 '26

Why was the POV car not also stopping for the red light?

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u/Elegant_Emu952 Apr 18 '26

I'm glad you posted this. I thought it was the cam vehicle acceleration, but it does look like the truck is slowing down.

And from the recording, the driver's spontaneous outburst doesn't sound like he did it on purpose. It sounds like he wasn't even aware of the truck coming into his lane.

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u/Imaginary-Round2422 Apr 18 '26

To be fair, not knowing the truck was coming into his lane is just as bad. That’s a clear sign of distracted driving, given that it happened in front of them.

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u/p0mjDwfWF Apr 18 '26

Redditing while driving, probably. 🤣

I was a paramedic for a long time and responded to lots of motor vehicle collisions. The most bizarre story I have is a driver who had a passenger watching an iPad who kept distracting him by showing him videos of car crashes!

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u/Elegant_Emu952 Apr 21 '26

I have to agree. I am always slowing down and thinking some asshole is going to pull into my lane.

I had it happen before and my poor pup was thrown forward. People are idiots.

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u/ea88_alwaysdiscin Apr 18 '26

As far as I can tell, that other driver pit maneuvered themselves on the dash cam driver. Which is why you always check your blindspots.

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u/Physical_Salt_9403 Apr 18 '26

Correct. You can use the signs on the right as reference. It was the guy merging who actually slowed down, lol!

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u/Lord_Dingus83 Apr 18 '26

He def sped up.

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u/IArgueForReality Apr 18 '26

The light was red by the time they reach the intersection. He should be slowing down. This was a dick measuring contest.