Accident On Dashcam

If I was the guy with the dash cam, I would have pulled up right after the car turned, blocking the bozo in. Not only does he have the right of way, but its also the safest order to go in.

Side note; the Swifty that bolted after the crash made me laugh. I'll keep the jokes to myself, not trying to get banned yet.

 

Never going to happen. That's one of the most sparsely populated areas along 14. I don't think there's a town of any meaningful size from the 197 across from The Dalles to Plymouth and I82. Not worth the investment and maintenance.

 

It may be a sparsly populated area, But it's still a human life at risk. No state should risk being sued.

It needs a traffic light. And warning signs that the light is about to turn red. Like a lot of cities are starting to do.

In my city, at the outer edge coming eastbound from the desert. We have overhead signs that light up and say BE PREPARED TO STOP. Before the light turns yellow. Allowing plenty of time to hit the brakes as your coming down the hill.

 

Sadly, you are probably right.

 

Why would the state be sued?

 

I can remember a time when an accident was an accident. Now we have bought into the preventable BS which has allowed the Insurance Companies to dictate who gets a job or keeps their job based on opinions of those who have no idea what happened. Safety is very important but so much is depended on things that are beyond our control, The truck coming down the hill could have be driving too fast for the conditions but to blame him when the left turning driver clearly is suppose to yield the right of way is harsh. Now the driver at fault is also human. He probably will never work in the industry again, yet I bet he learned his lesson and would be a better driver today because of it.

 

I guess those motorcycles should count their blessings. If the guy was stupid enough to pull out in front of a truck, he could have very easily pulled out in front of them instead. The only thing I can think that made him believe it was safe to go was a majority of the traffic was turning right...maybe he thought that the truck was too. I know both probably needed a seat cushion-ectomy when the dust settled.

 

sorry, but you are wrong. that is a highway, the oncoming truck, was doing the speed limit. IF and i say IF he was going to take that turn then YES, he would have slowed down. but he was going straight, and as such, had the right of way. any vehicle entering a road, must yield to the oncoming traffic.

clearly the driver pulling out, used poor judgement, and would have been charged with a preventable, and he or his company would have been 100% responsible for all repairs and any hospital bills.

this IS an old video too by the way, i had seen it long before this.

 

that truck with the dash cam, was in the turning lane, i can hear his turn signals clicking.

i tried to quote a couple of you guys, asking why he was there, but i messed up the quoting.

 

Why who was where? The turning truck being so far back?


edit:
The turning truck being the one with the dashcam.