Yeah Dan is completely delusional

Lol, he says "you don't resolve aggressive driving with more aggressive driving/brake checking" while resolving brake checking with brake checking. If he didn't think he was tailgating, he should turn in his license. No self awareness at all.

They're in a residential neighborhood, how fast is he expecting her to go?

I would have reverted back to monkey ways and flung shit at dans windshield

Oh, look, a SIMP out blaming the man when the fat entitled woman is CLEARLY disrespectful.

Don't be a simp. That woman was CLEARLY disrespectful.

@@keithbk shhhh, adults are talking, little boy.

you can argue that the cammer failed to yield as well, without sound can't tell if the ambulance is running lights and sirens (assuming so since opposing traffic is still stopped)

@@Shinigamiusmc You could also argue that the cammer didn’t have ample time to react and yield. Due to the doppler effect, emergency vehicles literally outrun their sirens at 60mph+. The faster you are going, the less time there is between you and your siren’s reach. Also, the average driver doesn’t expect an ambulance to blow through an intersection at 50mph+. Lights and sirens don’t automatically grant you the right of way, you have to be given it by other drivers. You are not immune to the effects of careless driving just because you have your lights and sirens on. The EV driver has a responsibility to insure they’re driving safely and with due regard to safety of themselves and other motorists.

​@MrLazyAmerica What? "Emergency vehicles literally outrun their sirens at 60mph+". Are you claiming that ambulance broke the sound barrier?

@@cybore213 No, but your small 100W siren speaker can only produce a sound so loud. Have you ever seen dashcam videos of police on highways? Ever notice SO MANY PEOPLE don’t move until the police is essentially tailgating? That’s because they couldn’t hear the siren until the officer was that close. They outran their siren. We’re taught this in our EVOC (Emergency Vehicles Operations Course). You’re projecting a sound in one direction while simultaneously traveling in the same direction, you’re going to literally run into your sound waves.

@@Shinigamiusmc This will be ruled 100% the fault of the EMT driving the rig. A motorist crossing an intersection on the green does have a duty to yield to an emergency vehicle, but the emergency vehicle must still come to a stop and ensure others have seen them and actually yielded. It was in my depts driving SOP in the 90's that we had to come to a stop at all red lights and proceed only once all lanes of traffic have stopped and yielded. Traffic pre-emption devices helped a lot with the issue, but sometimes another rig is responding and will preempt the intersection before you, so youll end up with a red and have to come to a stop. I guarantee the person driving the ambulance had it drilled into their heads to stop at red lights, they just chose not to for whatever reason. I wouldn't be shocked if they were issued several citations.

Add to that you always read "closer than it appears due to wide angle lens". They weren't tail gating, they were in the other drivers trunk !

@@BrianBaird-uw5up Excellent point. What's really frightening to think about is he sincerely believes this wasn't really tailgating; can't imagine how close he gets when people aren't speeding or if he's outside of a neighborhood on faster roads.

@@Greydawg Yep. I couldn't possibly parallel-park in the room I left, and I had to swerve to avoid hitting her when she slowed down, but at least my tailgaiting wasn't super-aggressive.

@@GreydawgThank you for saving my keyboard by not having to type that as well myself 👍 As if they are trying to justify getting in front and stopping is caused by the actions of someone else. People are in control of their own actions

@@darrennew8211 The parking space is what I was judging by, too. Not a chance of getting in there (and I'm good at it!) with anything but a Smart Car.

"BuT i'M a PrOfEsSiOnAl DrIvEr!!! GiVe Me RoOm!!!" (As the scene opens and the cammer is less than 1 car length away from the van in front)

That’s how all those dumb hicks act. Then they paint the picture as if they’re a victim of something.

Re-watching it though, I think cammer knew this was coming... He was awful fast on the horn, yet didn't brake or turn away at all...

@@maciejzielinski1274 Agreed. However, he is driving a large pickup. I was going to say the same as you at first, but a larger vehicle with a higher center of gravity can't make a quick enough adjustment to avoid this sharp lane change. Cammer did a perfect job of giving a warning horn, just like I would have in my Bus. Sedan might have been able to avoid contact on the shoulder, but if the large vehicle does not hold his line, front wheel can be disabled and that 2 tons, or 15 tons in my case, becomes a projectile to harm others. Shouldn't risk it. Instead just let the other driver PIT themselves... it's unfortunate, but the safest option.

Cammer had serious spidey senses on this one, WHILE on the phone! Hats off to him.

@@maciejzielinski1274 Not sure I would have passed up the opportunity to pit the moron in the silver car either... happens all too frequently. There's another moron at 3:28...

Cammer probably watches lots of car crash videos... I know watching these videos has made me a better driver and more aware of the bad habits of other drivers so I can react accordingly.

In many construction zones, semis have lane restrictions. It's usually trucks use left lane. The signs are there if people bother to read them. But too many people don't bother to read road signs saying there is construction let alone the ones telling them that the trucks are going to be in the left lane so you may want to get into the right lane to avoid trucks doing the posted construction zone speed limit.

@@sallyboberg522 I've seen this before but it's rare. And I'm sure if this was the case in this clip, the trucker would have mentioned it in their submission.

That ambulance came out of no where. Didn't even slow down for the intersection. With out the dash cam the cammer would be in loads of trouble as I'm sure they'd say there were lights and sirens but he had no time to react.

He must have been injured, but he didn't have to wait for an ambulance to arrive. It was already there.

@@mrow7598 I'm all but 100% certain there were lights and sirens going on if they were booking it through a red. Dumbass cammer should not have even entered the intersection.

@@AlbertaGeek Yeah. I find it highly suspicious that there's no audio in a clip of an accident with an ambulance.

@@solandri69 same.

An easy way to determine safe following distance (the "2 Second Rule"): you should be the same number of yards behind the vehicle in front of you as you are traveling in miles per hour. 30 MPH = 30 yards behind. (The precise calculation: (30 miles / hour) * (5280 feet / mile) * (1 hour / 3600 seconds) * 2 seconds= 88 feet or 29.3 yards)

@@CVSoprano You should be excellent at maths for doing all this calculation while driving... And then you should be excellent at evaluating the distances... How far is exactly 88 feet ? The 2 Second Rule is much simpler: Spot a reference point the leading car just passed, count thousand and one, thousant and two... and if you pass the reference point before the end of the count you are too close. No maths, no measuring tape...

@@jnb8918 Everyone has different acuity in their various perceptions. For me, it's easy to look at the speedometer, see 50 MPH (for example) and know "50 yards". Visual distance is easy for me, but not necessarily for others. I only provided the math to see how the 1 yard/MPH closely equates to the actual 2 second distance, that's all.

It was an add on to the 'signal lights aren't necessary' thing.

What are side mirrors, or turn signals for that matter? :-(

YOLO😂

@@LiL.Pixxie lololol. Thank you for a morning chuckle.

The worst kind of truck driver. That really pisses me off. Actually...just the worst kind of driver period

He had to be in the left lane, construction cones were blocking the right lane

And another of the times he was getting over to be courteous and safe to the police officer

@@queenpurple8433 4:49 and those barrels are horribly placed.

7:27 in some states, trucks are required to be in the left lane in construction zones.

Some places also ask their employees to park in the back like that. 100% agree cammer was a jerk.

AGREE! The parking spots are their for parking. People can park wherever they want.

Right. It doesn't appear the Honda did anything other than not switch lanes, then cammer gets mad and serves at them and slows down to yell at them. 🥴

Unfortunately the cammer probably made that comment because they're unaware of how the road works.

@@milanlatona7363 I was thinking (Danger Will Robinson, Danger!) that not only was the cammer and expert at driving and driving interpretation of others, but also a vision specialist. /s

But they caused them a momentary delay!

In many states, trucks are required to be in the left lane in construction zones.

@@azandy99 never heard of that - can you give an example?

​@@spamlessaccountWhy don't you just say you never noticed that? The signs are there to read. As for examples- Dayton, OH. I-75 in the construction just south of the interchange with US 35. It was trucks use left lane for quite awhile. Indiana, I-65 north of Seymour when they were adding a third lane. Pennsylvania, I-76 west of Carlisle when the were adding a third lane. Ohio toll road-you have to watch it there. Sometimes it's left lane only, sometimes it's right. Depends on what they are working on. There are more, you just have to read all the signs going into a construction zone, including those that start with the word 'trucks', you will start seeing it.

@@sallyboberg522 Umm....pretty sure that's essentially what I did say. I've never seen one of those signs (yes I pay attention) and I've never heard anyone talk about it. Plenty of construction on I-35 between Dallas and San Antonio for the 30 years I've been driving there - never seen it. Plenty of construction on US-75 for the 5 years I spent driving to Tulsa - never seen it. Plenty of construction all across the eastern US when we took family driving vacations all over - never saw it. Plenty of construction on local highways - you guessed it.

@@sallyboberg522 Oh, and thanks for the examples.

I agree with his other shit, but this one a lot of construction areas have signs that say trucks use left lane.

@@pandahime1267 Some do, some don't.

@@carcontrolschool and we don't know if this one did.

@@pandahime1267 that doesnt apply at night, trucks need to keep left during working hours to protect workers, not at night, The trash truck driver should have moved over

​@@shasha023Protecting workers isn't the issue. The right lane is the shoulder in many construction zones. They want the trucks in the left lane so the thinner pavement on the shoulder isn't destroyed.

Which ones?

I'm betting the other driver thought that flashing red meant "4-way stop". Those red/yellow flashers are ambiguous.

@@spamlessaccount In most jurisdictions the flashing lights have specific meaning. When approaching a flashing YELLOW it means slow and proceed with utmost caution. The other driver had a flashing RED which means STOP and treat it as a STOP sign. No ambiguity there.

@@carcontrolschool Strongly disagree. A flashing red can have either (a) a flashing yellow for cross traffic, or (b) a flashing red for cross traffic as in the case of a malfunctioning light. That's ambiguous.

@@spamlessaccount No, that's not ambiguous at all. If the driver has a flashing RED no matter what the cross traffic has, they still must STOP. Plain and simple.

@@carcontrolschool Of course you have to stop, which the SUV appeared to do. It's when you can GO that's ambiguous. Take your turn (red/red) or wait until clear (red/yellow)?

I was thinking the same thing when I saw the video. lol

I have absolutely seen online, and heard in person, a semi with a trailer called an 18 wheeler.

Possibly. On the other hand, the oncoming car was in the driving lane for the cammer car. So the cammer went across traffic, and the other car drove the wrong way down the road. The other car was also probably looking over his right shoulder instead of where he was driving, which is always a problem.

@@darrennew8211Great point. Exactly why it's so important to have an abundance of caution here for sure.

A friend of mine was in a very similar accident in a no fault State. The cop asked, who was more in the lane and who tried to avoid the accident by either slowing/stopping/blowing their horn. Cammer does appear to slow before contact was made. My friend managed to stop (while blowing his horn) before contact was made. He didn't recieve a ticket or found at fault. I would assume this accident to be a similar outcome

TERRIBLE left turn by the SUV. You need to make sure you don't cross the double yellow line when turning (at least in this case where the turn is in an intersection). That would have avoided the accident.

@@cybore213 What? The SUV had a cap in the double yellow for the intersection - the cammer crossed a solid double yellow.

Looks like MDS description. He's been doing that a lot lately.

Not enough drivers know that you should keep at least 2 seconds behind the car in front. Car in front passes stationary object, start counting " one-one thousand", you should make it to "two-one thousand" before your car passes the same object. Cammer was less than one second behind. No need for interpretation when there's an objective way to determine if someone's tailgating ;)

2nd. language stuff; but I'm more concerned with Dre's ability to read the minds and intent of the other drivers. People with minds like that should not be on the road. My uncle did that: and then brake checked. Wonder how he made it through life without getting pounded by someone, or ever shot.

condoms?

This depends on the insurance situation of both the cammer and the vehicle operator that hit them. Cammer's insurance may not have had the optional rental car rider, and the other driver may not have had insurance. So cammer not having a reliable car to make this trip is understandable.

@@pepagacy that's 100% on the cammer then. Everyone should carry rental, uninsured, underinsured, and collision insurance. EVERYONE.

@@AL-eb2yynot everyone can afford all that… that’s why the minimum is liability

Once you are following at a safe distance, you can go as fast as the cat ahead of you.

@@cybore213only as fast as a cat? Damn

@@TymaDem lol. Love it when typos give you a fun sentence.

@@cybore213 😁

Yes. That's how it works. Emergency vehicles must make sure it's clear before going through the intersection.

I've noticed lately a lot of Mega's "hot takes" are completely on Pluto.

0:01 going through a flashing yellow as opposed to the other guy going through a flashing red. In what world is it on the cammer? 2:45 somewhat? 3:18 Car attempts to merge 1000 feet after his lane ends and you blame the cammer?

@@spamlessaccount ... If you can't figure it out on your own, full drawn out explanations certainly wouldn't help you, Now would they ?

@@palco22 I did figure it out on my own - that you're a schmuck.

3:18 does seam a bit wierd, but at the same time the car was trying to pass last min. but im not to sure why the truck completely moved into the other lane after the accident

@@demontrain1440 Maybe because the car shoved him that way? You can see him try to recover.

He IS the victim. The ambulance had a red light, cammer had a green. Emergency vehicles can only go through red lights if they stop first and make sure it’s safe to go through, they can’t just blow through like this one did!!🥴

@@durrrrl3435 surely he wasn’t hearing. Impossible not to hear emergency vehicles. He’s playing victim.

@@Sanneti2012 impossible not to hear emergency vehicles?🤣 Ever heard of loud music? Or you do realize deaf people drive too, right?🤪

Not for the cammer.

why is the cammer at fault?@@cybore213

Makes good logical sense. In practice, it's much more likely 50-50, which is what makes it such a good example to be careful out there.

My rule of thumb is that if the oncoming is so close you have to watch over your shoulder to see if you're still going to make it, you need to wait longer. You should have time to see it's clear, then look forward, then look for bikes/pedestrians (if appropriate for the intersection), then look forward again, then drive. You can't do all that if you're worried whether you'll fit.

Cammer turned into the proper lane, other car was driving in opposing traffics lane. If the car that hit cammer had made his turn properly most likely no accident would have occurred, possible he would have hit the cammers left rear quarter panel he clearly wasn't focused on where he was going, he had to be looking over his right shoulder to watch traffic coming from that direction.

@@darrennew8211 That's what I thought at first too. But you can see from the video as cammer turns, there is absolutely no oncoming traffic. There was no reason for the other driver to be looking over his shoulder. I mean a cursory glance "just in case" you missed something is fine. But he should've been concentrating on immediately looking forward again. I think the real culprit here was being lazy. The other driver didn't want to have to turn his steering wheel more. So instead of pulling straight out and making a sharp left turn, he did a lazy left turn which took him into opposing traffic lanes.

I think the cammer is 62.375% at fault and the other guy is 38.625% at fault. Bearing in mind the margin of error is +/- 1%.

Didn't sound like it.

No attempt to avoid

Still the ambulance’s fault. Cammer had a green light. Emergency vehicles can only go through red lights if they stop first and make sure it’s safe to proceed, not just blow through like that!

@@durrrrl3435 try reading your state's rules of the road again

@@mdf3530 try reading yours.

@@durrrrl3435 mine says you must yield the right of way to emergency vehicles that are approaching with their lights and siren activated.

@@mdf3530 yes, so does mine, but it also says emergency vehicles must stop first and make sure it’s safe to go through. I’ll bet yours says that too.