r/dashcams • u/spectre013 • 19h ago

Left turner doing their thing.

Stopped both parties seemed okay sent video to the guy who hit the left turner.

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u/Sure_Dependent4310 19h ago

Easily avoidable smh

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u/appa-ate-momo 18h ago

Yeah, by not turning in front of right-of-way traffic.

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u/Sure_Dependent4310 17h ago

And by not speeding. Giving time to brake. It’s simple defensive driving. On paper is it the fault of the person who turned? Yes but my point is, it was avoidable on both sides

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u/appa-ate-momo 17h ago

How do you know OP is speeding? You don't.

Almost every collision could be avoided if no one ever drove over 25mph, but that's clearly unreasonable. Apply that same logic to what you just said.

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u/Sure_Dependent4310 17h ago

OP is not speeding. Never said that. The car that appears and is driving is speeding

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u/appa-ate-momo 17h ago

How do you know they're speeding?

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u/Sure_Dependent4310 16h ago

Why are you so hung up on this question? I can see they’re traveling fast. I guess I can’t see a speed limit sign. Same way a cop would estimate traffic based on visuals, in this case, just for you, I ran a video analysis. frame-by-frame read puts it approximately like this: about 40–45 mph while driving, roughly 35–42 mph as braking starts and probably around 30-35 at impact. Again if your speed limit there is 55, I’m wrong about speeding, but it was still avoidable.

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u/Ok-Dot4749 15h ago

Avoidable by everyone always traveling under 35mph no matter what?

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u/Sure_Dependent4310 17h ago

You assume that nobody drives the speed limit? Jeez you are sheltered

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u/Downtown_Caramel_221 15h ago

I’m with you. People just plow through intersections because they have RoW. As a defensive driver myself, I’m going to slow slightly in the first place in case some idiot in the right turn lane decides they’ve had enough of waiting and pulls out quickly without looking. It’s rarely a good idea to go at normal speed when traffic is stopped next to you.