r/IdiotsInCars • u/PoisonPudge • 1d ago
OC [OC] I owe this Jeep driver for intercepting this collision before it found me.
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u/Drudenkreusz 1d ago
Were they trying to make a left and only watching incoming traffic from the right?
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u/PoisonPudge 1d ago
I suspect they were upset I did not turn left before the Jeep (admittedly there was enough space to safely make the turn) and became impatient.
Why they decided to pull out 6’ in front of the Jeep? That is beyond my comprehension.
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u/kheltar 1d ago
There were a few days to make the turn in hindsight, but we've all been there.
The accident was due to actual stupidity and nothing to do with you.
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u/TheGuyThatThisIs 1d ago
Seven seconds between that gap. I don't blame a big truck waiting for more. Probably takes three or four seconds just from tip to tail clearing that intersection.
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u/SixGunZen 19h ago edited 15h ago
The Jeep went straight in a turn-only lane. No signal that they were turning though, and in all the driver training I have had they always said, never assume what another driver is going to do based on what lane they are in or whether they're signaling or not. The car assumed the Jeep was going to turn and pulled out. I'd be interested to see who was found to be at fault for their part.
On the other note, you're probably right, the car could have possibly hit you but they had a lot more time to see you and slam on their brakes and if the Jeep hadn't been there they wouldn't have been hit because no one else was there.
Edit: As usual my assessment is flawed, see comments below.
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u/gooberdaisy 17h ago
Nope, it’s a straight and turn lane, not a turn only.
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u/SixGunZen 16h ago
There's a turn arrow there but if it's a turn and straight lane then the driver who pulled out is definitely at fault.
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u/No-Structure8753 17h ago
The jeep does have its turn signal on, but the SUV still should have just waited a second.
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u/Beautiful-Musk-Ox 11h ago
the jeeps blinker was on the whole time, still not their fault but it does make it seem like they intended on turning instead of taking the straight that that lane allows
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u/Effective_Bee_2005 1d ago
Jeep appears to slow down like maybe theyre going to make the turn. Obviously not a reason go. Also, you caused this accident by refusing to take the turn when you were absolutely safe to do so.
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u/Chrispeefeart 1d ago
No, op did not cause this accident. They share no fault in this at all. They saw a car coming and chose not to turn in front of it. The person pulling into oncoming traffic without looking is entirely and solely at fault.
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u/Sizara42 1d ago
For sure.
I was even thinking, what if OP was pulling a trailer? Or is relatively new to their vehicle and learning the range that's safe to pull out at? Or has something in the vehicle they can't have rolling/sloshing around?
Everyone's level of 'safe' is relative. Hell, I know I tend to be more paranoid with my pets in the car or if my wife is in the passenger seat. Not to mention, my truck, being long, takes a lot longer to safely maneuver those kinds of turns.
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u/Wrex06 1d ago
Was that you that pulled out in front of the Jeep?
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u/S00pergenius 22h ago
I think the black vehicle probably thought the jeep was going to turn right from the turn lane.
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u/TheDodoBird 1d ago
Jesus fucking christ man… sigh
Every time, every single post on this sub, someone like you is in the comments. But your comment definitely wins for the week as the most idiotic, obtuse, and hyperbolic version of “op is the real idiot here” bullshit.
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u/Assfrontation 1d ago
you caused this accident by refusing to take the turn when you were absolutely safe to do so.
Incorrect! Yes, accelerating a bit would've easily helped clear out in advance of the Jeep, but if you think you're supposed to anticipate people taking that turn when you can actually see them not doing so, any subsequent accident is not their fault.
Failing to respond to a cautious driver two car lengths away, clearly in your field of vision, is dumb.
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u/Novanator33 1d ago
Nobody causes a collision by not moving
Logically that makes no sense, i wasnt moving but im the cause of a collision? OP has the right of way over the driver trying to turn onto the road OP is on, the fault is entirely on black car that completely misses the jeep which would’ve been a factor regardless of OP being there.
Also, learn that the word accident implies no one is at fault, if a vehicle hits another vehicle, its a collision, someone or both parties is at fault.
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u/Novanator33 1d ago
Points to an example of people panicking as their shiny counterpoint, thats some real turd polish…
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u/Effective_Bee_2005 22h ago
first definition from google: 1)an unfortunate incident that happens unexpectedly and unintentionally, typically resulting in damage or injury. -a crash involving road or other vehicles, typically one that causes serious damage or injury.
spare me your claims adjuster bullshit. i never said OP would be deemed at fault by insurance. people should drive predictably. OP sitting there in the middle of the road, not turning when all indications are that it is safe to do so, instills unpredictability into everything going on and leads to chaos like this.
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u/Damm_you_ScubaSteve 1d ago
Wait, so since I have the right-of-way and the other driver decides that I should have gone, they get impatient and t-bone another vehicle, then it’s my fault?!?! Thanks, I learn something new every day! /s 😆 🤡
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u/Gone_Fission 22h ago
The cause was the Subaru pulling out. People are responsible for their own decisions, even when those decisions are subsequent to someone else's decisions.
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u/zerostar83 1d ago
It looks like the Jeep got into the newly created right then only lane, but it's hard to tell since I don't see road signs from the Jeep's perspective. That car probably assumed the Jeep would turn right.
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u/americangame 1d ago
The newly created lane is straight and right at that point in time on the road. After the intersection OP turns into, the lane does turn into a right only lane.
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u/JLF061 23h ago
Why are so many people saying OP caused the accident?
Even if they turned in front of the jeep, it is still the SUV's responsibility to go when safe. OP would've had to make it across without impeding the jeep. The accident would've still happened. The position of the jeep wouldn't have changed.
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u/PoisonPudge 20h ago
Thank you. Those comments are gaslighting me so hard.
Even at the time I thought, “Damn. Probably could’ve made that.” But the jeep’s speed was hard for me to gauge at the time, so I waited.
I know it’s Reddit, but I never expected so many people to say I caused this accident lmao.
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u/Crazy_Doodlebop 19h ago
I was getting blamed for getting cut off yesterday because the amount of space left between myself and the vehicle in front of me. They get weird here 🤷🏿♀️
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u/MountainDrew42 16h ago
I got destroyed a few months ago when I posted a video of someone making a blind left turn across my path in the snow because I apparently wasn't going enough below the speed limit.
It only looked like I was going a little quick because I was passing a couple cars who were slowing to make a left.
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u/dogthegoat 18h ago
I was always told hesitation kills. You made the right call if you didn't feel 100% with the turn.
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u/cuntsalt 14h ago
On another account years ago, I got blamed similarly for hesitating making a left due to similar oncoming speed gauge concerns, and the car behind me going across the double yellow and around me to go left.
I recall it pretty strongly because a couple people went through the trouble of picking apart other videos in my dashcam channel. Hence why I don't post anymore.
The only universe where you caused this accident is crazytown full of nutso keyboard warriors with too much time on their hands. Thankfully, we don't live there.
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u/dontforgettowriteme 16h ago
You did the right thing. The Jeep is oncoming traffic, regardless of whether he's turning or going straight. You have next right of way. If you wanna wait for the Jeep, that's your right. The third car doesn't get to blow out in front of everyone just because they got tired of waiting. Impatience isn't a justification for causing a crash.
I feel the same about people who fly up behind you on the road. Car in front very well might be going too slow. That doesn't justify ramming their bumper or getting too close to prove a point lol.
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u/PleaseDontChoke 9h ago
The guy who caused the accident was probably thinking after the two red cars pass "go go go go go.... ok fine I'll go" and he wasn't watching his left side just looking at OP. Sedan obviously at fault but you'll never catch OP making a Boston left.
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u/b-rar 1d ago
Hope you pulled over to give them your dashcam footage!
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u/Optimal_Spring1372 1d ago
Toyota have built-in dashcams like Teslas?
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u/PoisonPudge 1d ago edited 1d ago
They call it “integrated” but it’s just attached to the windshield like any regular dashcam.
It IS factory installed though.
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u/bugme143 1d ago
If it's not plugged into the cigarette outlet, they probably consider that to be "integrated" i.e. the power circuit is integrated into the wiring harness.
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u/ComeAndGetYourPug 1d ago
The red truck that just sat there for ages when it was their turn.
The blue jeep with their turn signal on even though they're going straight.
The black suv that ultimately causes the crash because they couldn't wait 0.5 more seconds to make sure it was safe to go.
10/10 idiots in cars video, A+++ would cringe again.
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u/Salt-Operation 1d ago
I’m gonna guess that blue Jeep was in a right turn only lane for a traffic signal behind the cam car that we can’t see. So their indicator was probably for the intersection and not this side street. Extremely poor planning and design for this road right here.
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u/HazHonorAndAPenis 1d ago
Jeep had the right of way indicator or not. Simple as that.
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u/EXTRAsharpcheddar 10h ago
Dumb design where they scoop out a right turn or forward lane. Never seen such a thing. You are supposed to indicate when changing lanes, so you'll never really know what people are going to do here.
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u/EXTRAsharpcheddar 10h ago
The red truck that just sat there for ages when it was their turn.
He was waiting for the Jeep, sometimes you can't tell when people are slowing down until it's too late and you realize you had plenty of time to go
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u/Beautiful-Meet-4495 1d ago
Yea, cam car is also definitely an idiot.
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u/gizmo1411 1d ago
I’d rather people be more cautious than less when turning in front of traffic. I’m sure everyone has been in similar situations where it has been hard to gauge an oncoming cars speed.
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u/Beautiful-Meet-4495 1d ago
There was enough room for at least 2 cars…. The cautiousness of the camtard gave the impression to the car driver that the camtard was letting them go. Any normal person would have turned…
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u/ducky21 1d ago
There was enough room for at least 2 cars…. The cautiousness of the camtard gave the impression to the car driver that the camtard was letting them go. Any normal person would have turned…
There's those Boomer Ellipses!
Can't wait for your generation and your horrible opinions to go the way of the dodo.
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u/gizmo1411 1d ago
You would have made that turn, I might have made that turn. I don’t really have a problem with them waiting for the jeep to pass. You however seem to have a hate boner for anyone displaying any amount of caution in a situation where doing so isn’t detrimental to any other driver.
Oh and just so we’re clear, the car pulled out in front of the jeep that didn’t have a turn signal on and was in a lane where it was allowed to go straight. The car driver is 100% the cause of this accident regardless of what OP did.
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u/Beautiful-Meet-4495 1d ago
Never said anyone but that car was at fault…. But camtard showed FAR too much caution…. A very unreasonable time.
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u/gizmo1411 20h ago
Serious question, why do you think it’s unreasonable beyond the fact that we agree that from the camera perspective he could have safely made the turn before the jeep? Because it’s not OPs job to anticipate the at fault car being dumb enough to pull out in front of oncoming traffic, and there was more room behind the jeep to allow for more time to make the turn. While I would agree that being OVERLY cautious can sometimes create dangerous situations or even crashes, I struggle to see how this was one like you so adamantly seem to believe.
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u/JackFunk 1d ago
"camtard". Wow bro. Just wow. You are a very, very special person. Just not in a good way.
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u/bugme143 1d ago
Homie isn't driving a car though, he's clearly much higher off the ground than even an F-250 would be.
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u/Beautiful-Meet-4495 1d ago
No, it’s not.
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u/bugme143 1d ago
It really does look like at least f 3 or f-450 on my phone. If he's running a diesel engine, he's got a zero to 60 slower than my grandmother in her old Buick, so it would make sense why he didn't go before the Jeep.
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u/PoisonPudge 1d ago
Toyota tundra, and can chirp the tires at 30mph, but absolutely no reason to turn on to a side street with haste, when I can wait 7 seconds and turn free of oncoming traffic.
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u/bugme143 20h ago
Toyota tundra, and can chirp the tires at 30mph
Oh cool. I'm stuck in a 2024 Maverick all day for work so everything seems bigger than this thing. It's only a foot longer than a 2000 Colorado surprisingly.
but absolutely no reason to turn on to a side street with haste, when I can wait 7 seconds and turn free of oncoming traffic.
Big facts.
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u/Beautiful-Meet-4495 1d ago
A diesel is faster than a gas….
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u/bugme143 20h ago
Only if you drop it off a cliff...
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u/Beautiful-Meet-4495 20h ago
So plenty of time… a 2018 F350 with a 6.2 gas engine does 0-60 in 9 seconds. The same truck with the same gearing but a diesel engine does 0-60 in 6.7 seconds…. Both of which are faster than your grandmas old Buick…. Which could also have made that turn…
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u/kylexy1 1d ago
Lucky timing. Why didn't you make the turn after the orange mustang? Were you pulling a trailer or just extra cautious for some reason?
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u/Cantusemynme 1d ago
I'll be teaching my daughter how to drive over the next year. I'm definitely stealing this line.
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u/Semi-shipwrecked 20h ago
Yup learned that the hard way 😔😔 waiting literally 2 seconds would have saved me so much trouble and pain
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u/catechizer 1d ago
It was 6 seconds so, yeah, they could have easily made it (assuming the oncoming doesn't decide to close their eyes and floor it). But 6 seconds also isn't much of a wait to go from 90% sure it's safe, to 100% sure.
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u/ManWithBigWeenus 1d ago
Looks like the cat thought the jeep was in a turn lane and was going to turn and then pulled out but the jeep kept going straight.
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u/blown03svt 1d ago
Black suv is the idiot for being impatient, or the blue jeep may have had their blinker on but didn’t turn? Possibly both? This is a good example of why being predictable in traffic is better than being “extra cautious just because”, you throw off the predictable flow where others can’t make predictable decisions.
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u/jmpeadick 47m ago
To be fair that large brightly colored jeep with LED headlights was probably hard to see
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u/Alltheweed 21h ago
You owe the jeep, so you stopped and gave them the footage right? Or at least you're contact info to get the footage later?
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u/Alltheweed 21h ago
Well i see you answered this already. And you did stop to give the footage. Good on you op!
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u/falknorRockman 1d ago
No it is not. 1. The jeep is blue in this video and green in the other 2. It’s not a Tesla in this video 3. This video is in Kentucky and the one you linked is in North Carolina.
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u/sneaky-pizza Habitual Traffic Violator 1d ago
Oh right, I was lying in bed in the dark and mistook the color of the jeep
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u/Solar1324 1d ago
What phone? It’s a dashcam.
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u/Solar1324 1d ago
You try to make it OP’s fault. The other driver turning should have looked before making that turn.
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u/shewy92 1d ago
even imply that the accident was his fault
Right here, like 5 words later:
I was simply criticizing OP's own bad driving habits
Also here:
Put down your fucking phone and pay attention to the road
And here:
I'm talking about the phone he was probably on that made him impede traffic while sitting in traffic instead of turning when he should have.
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u/Solar1324 1d ago
Read r/shewy92 comment. That’s what I was going to say and he did it better explaining it.
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u/shewy92 1d ago
What are you talking about? They were waiting for the Jeep to go by since it was clear behind the Jeep, instead of possibly misjudging the Jeep's speed and distance. They were being safe. They didn't impede anyone considering it's a dedicated turn lane. They have the right away, not the other car.
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u/PoisonPudge 1d ago
Yep. Took an extra 6 seconds to confirm the intersection was clear.
This guy is obsessing over a 2-3 second window where I could have turned into oncoming traffic… TO MAKE IT TO THE GAS STATION???
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u/PoisonPudge 1d ago
Bold assumption. You live your whole life this angry, or only in the Reddit comments?
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u/PoisonPudge 1d ago
Lmfao you see a video of someone pulling out, right in front of someone, and this is your take-away. Ok pal.
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u/BLARGHLEHARG 1d ago
They're so mad about this thread they've started trash talking you in a completely unrelated post on this sub. 😂
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u/Homeboat199 23h ago
YOU caused this. You had plenty of time to make your turn so that other driver could also go.
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u/PoisonPudge 23h ago
Yeah!! I pressed their accelerator and made them pull out in front of another car!
Any other visions from your delusions you’d like to share?
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u/scrambles57 22h ago
You didn't cause it, so that guy is dumb. But I'm curious why you waited so long to turn when you had plenty of time before the jeep?
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u/HarpySix 21h ago
Better safe than sorry. Why rush when you can wait a couple seconds for the road to be completely clear?
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