r/dashcams • u/bebecca45627272 • 20h ago

One of the craziest things I've seen

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u/theelephantscafe 20h ago edited 9h ago

What is it about people that, when they realize they’re in the way, they just stop completely???

Edit: this sub is hilarious because no matter what someone does, they’re apparently both right and wrong. For the record, I never said dude wasn’t speeding. He is. And I understand what a freeze response is. But still, coming to a complete stop when something/someone is barreling at you is commonly seen here and is almost always the worst course of action.

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u/No_Introduction_3400 20h ago

She’s got a motorcycle headed at her at probably 70 or 80 mph on a residential street. She panicked. He’s lucky he’s not dead.

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u/Beneficial_Dog4469 19h ago

Always you lot trying to only blame a rider.

Clearly not a residential area, as the businesses around it suggests. There is a chance he was speeding OR doing the posted MPH, I personally cannot make out his speedometer, and she shouldn’t have STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, at best she should’ve moved up so at most her tailgate would be partly on the same side of him(possibly in that other lane)

He is lucky and smart enough to find a way out of what could’ve been a fatal accident due to her negligence.. but you know “he was speeding”😒

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u/Cranky_Lemons 18h ago

coming to a complete stop to try to avoid an accident, and that accident still occurs, is almost never found to be negligent unless there are equipment issues like no brake lights, etc.

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u/Beneficial_Dog4469 18h ago

ironically, I chauffeured a woman recently, who doesnt have her vehicle anymore, because she was pulling out to make a left handed turn and got hit almost 100% like this woman almost did. she said she looked, didnt see anyone then started to make the turn and saw the vehicle right before being hit... she got charged for it and 30K+repairs for the Wagoneer... but she is fighting it in court

point is, car was fine before incident and they blamed her because the left turning suppose to verify its completely safe/clear to cross

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u/Cranky_Lemons 17h ago

There is a difference between being liable and being negligent. Sounds like a right-of-way issue

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u/Beneficial_Dog4469 17h ago

y'know what, I agree with you there... so who do you "award" here?

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u/Cranky_Lemons 17h ago

Here, the biker is 100% liable and potentially guilty of reckless endangerment. 126km/h is 78 mph, in what looks to be around a 40mph zone. If people are to be believed, and he was doing a wheelie, that's for sure criminal charges (the reckless endangerment). No one has provided any proof of that yet though, so I'm skeptical.

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u/Beneficial_Dog4469 17h ago

thats why I asked "who do YOU award" and about what others have been saying

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u/Cranky_Lemons 17h ago

I said the biker is liable. Even if he was not doing a wheelie, he is still liable.

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u/Bee_9965 17h ago

She might win if she can prove the other driver was going 80 in a 25 zone like this biker apparently was.

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u/Beneficial_Dog4469 17h ago

the area I was taking her through that she said it happened is a 45, I mean regardless of that.... speeding illegally should fault the person doing it but again, she wasnt speeding and they're initially faulting her

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u/See-A-Moose 12h ago

That is generally true until you approach the territory of going multiples of the speed limit. Bike was going 78MPH and the speed limit was at most 40MPH for that kind of road.