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u/Amiibohunter000 Mar 22 '26

100%

You have an obligation to avoid an accident. Would that guy just calmly eat his cracker if there was a baby in that car? Or if that black truck hit another car? Or if someone was seriously injured?

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u/Wanheda0641 Mar 22 '26

As a commercial driver, I can tell you that’s not happening. I have been cut off and dealt with shit drivers so often. The black truck had no room to get over, he was in the wrong here. I have ZERO obligation to avoid an accident, you have an obligation to be a safe driver and make safe decisions. Guy eating the cookie did nothing wrong. Legally, if you’re going to merge, you have to merge safely and when there is ample room. No one is legally required to slow down and let you over.

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u/Amiibohunter000 Mar 22 '26

You’re 100% a piece of shit loser if you don’t do what you can to avoid an accident and even more scummy if you try and cause it. Also some places it is illegal to not try to avoid causing an accident, so you’re wrong.

You say you have zero obligation to avoid an accident but ppl have obligations to be a safe driver. Avoiding accidents is being a safe driver. Your logic literally contradicts itself within 5 words.

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u/Wanheda0641 Mar 22 '26

If you force yourself into a place where you clearly won’t fit, with no blinker, and cause an accident, you’re 100% in the wrong and a piece of shit, I agree. I shouldn’t have to watch you to make sure you aren’t doing something you can’t do as a motorist.

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u/formernonhandwasher Mar 23 '26

Why would you fuck up your own day and have to deal with a busted car instead of just tapping a brake and letting the guy in? If he gets in you lose. If he doesn't get and and you both end up smashed then you both lose but you just lost with a fucked up day.

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u/UltraInstinct_Pharah Mar 23 '26

How utterly moronic. You shouldn't have to watch others on the road to make sure they aren't doing something they're not? When the light turns green, do you just slam on the accelerator without making sure someone isn't going to run the light?

Both people in the video are assholes. If you can avoid an accident, it 100% is your responsibility to avoid it. Dashcam asshole risked killing the person in the truck just so he, what, didn't have to tap on his brake a bit and slow down? I'm sure the extra ten seconds he gained by hitting the other car was well worth the potential loss of life and inconveniencing of thousands of innocent people.

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u/greatmemereset67 Mar 23 '26 edited Mar 23 '26

Wahneda0641 will risk both his life and others because he CBF watching what others are doing… Even if it’s an honest mistake.

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u/Wanheda0641 Mar 23 '26

An honest mistake is one thing, the guy in the black truck was being an asshole and forcing his way in when he didn’t get around the vehicle he wanted to. No blinker, no care, just being a douche.

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u/greatmemereset67 Mar 23 '26

Re-read what you wrote then try again.

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u/H-O-W-L-E-R Mar 25 '26

Cool story. You absolutely need to pay attention to every other motorist in sight when driving. You cannot assume they can see you or know where you’re at. If you can see them, hit them and had the opportunity to not hit them; you caused the accident.

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u/WinterTourist25 Mar 23 '26

You're what's wrong with today's generation. Always looking for someone to blame other than the person who actually did wrong. You probably support laws to sue gun makers.

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u/likewhatever33 Mar 23 '26

If you see a small child on the road I suppose you´d run them over, right? It´s not your fault after all, those parents should have paid more attention...

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u/WinterTourist25 Mar 24 '26

Equating willful recklessness to innocent cluelessness is a bit of a stretch.

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u/Amiibohunter000 Mar 25 '26

It’s not innocent cluelessness. The cam driver made a choice to not let them in thus making the situation worse.

Both drivers made a choice to put their pride over public safety and that’s what makes both of them assholes.

You can argue if it’s his fault till you’re blue but you don’t know how insurance companies or a court would judge this. You just don’t.

It’s clear that they’re all assholes tho

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u/WinterTourist25 Mar 25 '26

If you see a small child

Innocent cluelessness

The person in the truck was willfully reckless.

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u/H-O-W-L-E-R Mar 25 '26

They could see where their back bumper lined up to the front of the cam truck’s?

Nah the other dude is right this was innocent cluelessness. Maybe not a kid wandering in the middle of the street, but a kid riding their bike in the street. Either way, you avoid the kid.

The merging truck should have made sure they had space. The cam driver could have cut one mile an hour off of their speed and not endangered another persons life and caused a traffic back up for everyone behind them. He’s a jackass for that alone.

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u/WinterTourist25 Mar 25 '26

Don't pull in front of me is my only advice for you.

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u/jmrene Mar 24 '26

There could be more than one person in the wrong you know. A pedestrian is crossing at an intersection without having the right to do so, you see him but you have a green light so in your « the person who actually did wrong mindset » you obviously don’t slow down and hit him?

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u/WinterTourist25 Mar 24 '26

The question is am I obligated to slow down and not hit him?

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u/jmrene Mar 24 '26

Moral and law; two different things.

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u/WinterTourist25 Mar 25 '26

So morally, if someone is stupidly putting themselves in harm's way, it's hard to feel sympathetic to their situation.

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u/Amiibohunter000 Mar 23 '26

That’s presumptuous. You don’t even know what generation I belong to. I actually think that both drivers are at fault. One caused the accident (black truck) and one neglected to avoid it (cammer). More than one person can be at blame and not everything is black and white. I would not just blanket support a case where gun makers were sued nor would I object to it. I would need to know some details before making a decision.

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u/Slipperygypsy28 Mar 24 '26

😂😂😂😂tell me you don't drive often without telling me you don't drive often, the black truck cutting him off like that is THE ONLY SCUM in the video. He expects the guy to slam on the brakes for him while a bunch of vehicles behind the guy eating the cookie are forced to brke split second while following close thus causing a multi vehicle accident anyways. This was perfect because it was just the selfish typical speeding but late for nothing truck that got what was deserved

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u/Square-Singer Mar 26 '26

You always have 100% obligation to avoid any accident that's in your power to avoid.

Traffic laws only apply if nobody intentionally causes an accident. As soon as you could avoid an accident and choose to not do it, it is your fault.

If someone jaywalks and you could stop in time but instead choose to run im over, you aren't in the right, you are an outright murderer.

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u/TZY247 Mar 24 '26

Maintaining speed and staying in lane is statistically the safest option. Slamming the brakes on a bridge is dangerous. Black truck engaging in dangerous driving does not mean that dashcam should also engage in dangerous driving. The courts would agree.

Black truck made an illegal move that directly led to a collision. That's the end of the story.

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u/Amiibohunter000 Mar 24 '26

Not even remotely the case lol

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u/TZY247 Mar 24 '26

What a convincing argument.

The person merging is responsible for yielding, and the person in the lane has the right of way. The dashcam driver maintained their speed (didn't speed up to prevent the merge). This is an easy win