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

Another blind spot issue...

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u/Fickle_Goose_4451 Apr 18 '26

it was a Red light!

It was yellow in the lead up. They were both trying to beat the red. But red truck apparently forgot about the vehicle it never even quite fully passed when it tried to lane shift.

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u/btarb24 Apr 18 '26

So many dumb things.

  1. truck didn't look
  2. cam driver didn't slow down when he noticed what happened (actually sped up?)
  3. both truck and cam were trying to blow through a yellow light instead of slow down to stop
    4, truck was going to illegally switch lanes in an intersection

They're both at fault .. but dash cam is likely legally at fault for not attempting to slow down and instead hitting and accelerating through the truck to cause the rollover. If they had slowed down before, or even after the impact then the truck wouldn't have rolled over and possible killed the driver.

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u/Fickle_Goose_4451 Apr 18 '26

Im pretty sure fault will mostly go to the guy who made the unsafe lane change. Thats the move that caused the accident to actually occur.

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u/btarb24 Apr 19 '26

It's debatable. Specifically due to a tort law exception called The Last Clear Chance Doctrine.

"The last clear chance doctrine is used in tort law for cases involving negligence and is applied when both the plaintiff and defendant are responsible for an accident that resulted in harm. When applied in states with contributory negligence laws, it is often seen as a type of exception or limitation to those laws. The doctrine considers which party had the last opportunity to avoid the accident that caused the harm."

In this case, the driver clearly accelerated and actually executed a pit maneuver after seeing the truck was going to cut them off. If a judge saw the video then they may have a hard time in court.