Who is at fault in this dashcam video?

[Notch7]

I think the camera car is at fault.

Just because there are two parked cars on his side does not mean he can drive in a straight line past them both.
He should have been more to the left.

He seems to tuck in a little bit.

 

[Aurium]

IMO opinion, dashcam driver should’ve pulled in between his two parked cars.

That aside, the timestamp on the dashcam shows 2016? Might want to sort that out if this did happen yesterday.

 

[EFLImpudence]

 

[sircerebus666]

Both drivers are at fault for not ensuring there is enough clearance to get past , that road is plenty wide enough for two cars to pass each without colliding even with parked cars.

It's not worth going through insurance your excess will cost you m

 

[sircerebus666]

Ore than a wing mirror from a scrappy

 

[EFLImpudence]

Both drivers are at fault for not ensuring there is enough clearance to get past

One of them did do that; the other didn't.

 

[Brigadier]

Drive in the expectation that the other road users:

- haven't seen you
- couldn't give a toss about you

Safer that way.

In the dashcam footage example, you can seen that both of the drivers in question fit the above description nicely. IMHO.
This time it was a wing mirror each, but they're both something far more serious just waiting to happen.....

 

[sircerebus666]

One of them did do that; the other didn't.

Which one ? Both drivers could of stopped if in doubt of the proximity of the other car but both ploughed on regardless

 

[EFLImpudence]

Which one ? Both drivers could of stopped if in doubt of the proximity of the other car but both ploughed on regardless

As you said -

that road is plenty wide enough for two cars to pass each without colliding even with parked cars.

Therefore one of them must have been too far to their right. Which one is it?




Please don't write 'could of'; it is 'could have'.

 

[sircerebus666]

As you said -


Therefore one of them must have been too far to their right. Which one is it?

Both!

And I will write English as I see fit please don't correct me again it's incredibly rude


Please don't write 'could of'; it is 'could have'.

 

[sircerebus666]

As you said -


Therefore one of them must have been too far to their right. Which one is it?




Please don't write 'could of'; it is 'could have'.

Both!

And I will write English as I see fit please don't correct me again it's incredible rude

 

[Brigadier]

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Please don't write 'could of'; it is 'could have'.

Evolution of the language, dear chap. It will be correct soon enough, given how common its use is becoming

As will starting every sentence (particularly on R5L, when being interviewed) with "So,.."

 

[cwhaley]

Update -- the drivers have agreed to pay for repairing their respective damage outside of insurance. It'll be around £100 out of the pocket but far better than stating a claim at renewal for the next 5 years.

I personally maintain the view that the oncoming vehicle is to blame and the dash cam driver is not at fault, although both could have done more to avoid the accident.

With regards to the timestamp and vehicle reg, they are both wrong. The reg relates to the car the camera used to be used in and the date stamp keeps resetting for some reason.

 

[EFLImpudence]

And I will write English as I see fit please don't correct me again it's incredible rude

No, it isn't. I did it very politely.

Writing 'could of' is extremely stupid.

 

[cwhaley]

Both are incompetent selfish drivers...the dashcam driver makes no attempt to move a little over to the left in anticipation of the oncoming car.
The oncoming Peugeot ploughs on ahead hoping the other car will move across.
Do 'em both for careless driving too...and the cars for parking on the pavement especially the one behind the white Mini (there's nothing to suggest it's legal on that stretch).

Round here you get it all the time...selfish ignorant drivers that refuse to look ahead and assess the situation and position accordingly.

That's an extreme approach! The oncoming car does slow down while approaching their obstacle which we assume was indication that they are giving way. As I said earlier the dash cam car has already passed their obstacle before the oncoming car reaches theirs', so at the point of collision the oncoming car shouldn't have attempted the overtake. It's a close call though.

The parked cars although mildly irritating are doing nothing wrong.

Generally this road is fairly quiet being on the rural fringe -- the only known accident in the last 10 years was when a bus collided with a lamp post! That and the occasional twonk in a German production car.