@MegaDrivingSchool A flashing redlight means a 4 way stop. Figured we should let you know. 😊😂

Please Note: #3 @ 0:34 is a FLASHING RED. Flashing Red means to treat it as a stop sign!

@MegaDrivingSchool do you know the difference between a flashing red and a solid red? This is a very important thing to know when you’re driving, something a channel calling itself a “Driving School” should know too.

Doesn't really instill confidence in this so-called driving school, does it? Looks like they just named themselves a school so they could call their videos "educational" ... but then it turned out they're the ones who need educating.

I'm cynical enough to believe its a ploy to get more people to comment.

mega driving school may not be from the US/Canada.

Exactly. Not watching this content lol

Uh, isn't that just the youtube channel not the people who are sending in their dashcam videos?

I'm on that page as well, but am wondering if its possibly a situation where they have the blinking red, and the cross traffic had blinking yellow? I couldn't confirm it through this video.

​@@Patrick-it8nkif that's the case, none of the cross traffic would have stopped

​@@Patrick-it8nkI get that there's no visual confirmation on the cross traffic having blinking yellow or red, but I'm with the other guy that replied to you. All other cross traffic appears to stopping like they have flashing red, too. I'm leaning more to everyone had flashing reds...could be wrong, though.

Yeah, good point. Pretty strong evidence that it was the case all around that everyone had red blinking.

@@Patrick-it8nk I agree if the cross traffic has a flashing yellow it might be different. Either way the guy on the left should have proceeded with caution and did not. In a wide intersection with a failed traffic light like this I do not even attempt to cross it. I would have turned right and found a safe place to turn around.

I got hit this exact way but my light was flashing yellow and not red. I even approached super slowly but a car was stopped bc they had flashing red and she flew up going 50 so I couldn’t see her. She admitted fault but something about those flashing lights makes people dumb.

Astonishing how many LICENSED drivers don't know how that works.

It depends on if the other light was also flashing red. If it was flashing yellow, cammer was in the wrong. Some people will stop for a flashing yellow (like perhaps the set of cars before).

@@gutturf You can see a tint of red. I'm 99.9% sure that was an outage and the lights were set to default flash red and 4-way stop.

@@gutturf But yet, MegaDrivingSchool acted like they had ZERO clue what a red flashing light meant, and that they thought it was a solid red, or the same thing as a solid red.

The MDS goofy girl got this one completely wrong. Even without seeing the opposing traffic’s light (the gov’t does try hard to hide it from you) you can tell by the behavior of the cross-traffic that they had the flashing red too. Besides, the only time I see flashing reds one path, and flashing yellows the other is late at night, not in broad daylight.

1:17 looks like a no-fault or equal-fault to me, slanted towards the blue car that was not signaling.

And they call themselves a driving school. I doubt anyone here believes that's true anymore.

Yeah I was confused by that. I’m like does bro know how this works? I’ll keep watching bc I like seeing these videos but I hope no one ever takes driving advice from them 😂😂

Depends on if they're a contributory negligence state.

Yeah, the cammer didn't try to do anything about the problem.

Especially people who call themselves a driving school ...

Got slammed into that exact same way but to make matters worse I had flashing YELLOW not red and she just flew through it. Not sure why flashing lights make people suddenly so dumb.

I don't understand why the cammer would rather put construction workers lives at risk than slow down and let the other driver in.

Muh rightz I guess

Yup, the GMC was in stopped traffic the other car was in moving traffic and ahead. If the video is used it will be GMC's fault, otherwise it will be 50/50.

Agreed, plenty of time to slow down a bit

Cammer loses points since his first reaction was to hit the horn instead of brake. But at the speed cammer was going, I doubt he would've been able to stop in time even if he hit the brakes first. The U-turn car pops into view and cammer's immediate reaction is to hit the horn, which happens just before he reaches the intersection. Stopping distance from 45 mph is about 130 feet. If you figure the intersection is 4 lanes + 2 right turn lanes + left turn lane, at 12 ft per lane that'd be only 84 ft across. So even at full braking he would've come to a stop several car lengths past the intersection. Meaning he still would've plowed into the U-turn car, just at a lower speed.

@@solandri69 I don’t disagree with any of that at all but if a large brake input was given it would’ve been a much better situation still. Kinda just seems like their brain went “well….I guess we just gonna wreck” instead of “hey let’s try and actually avoid this alittle bit”

@@superdwarf Yeah, like I said, cammer loses points for honking first instead of braking. Unless you're being tailgated, you only lose a tiny bit of fuel for braking early if it turns out to be unnecessary. Whereas if it turns out to be necessary, braking early opens up a lot more escape options for you.

Y'all gotta also keep in mind, most dash cameras have a slightly different view than the driver, and can sometimes see things before the driver does, or has a wide angle lens which can make distances seem further than they actually are. And with that camera angle, it's sitting closer to the passenger side, clearer view, and I'm assuming wide lens makes the stopping distance seem longer than it likely actually is. You can tell he slows down drastically as he hits the intersection, and veers to the right in an attempt to avoid them while all this is going on. They hit their horn just before entering the intersection, and we don't get a clear view of the lanes beside them/in their blind spot and if there's traffic that may be in those lanes, very likely considering how the cammer swerved, may have been to avoid hitting another vehicle. If cammer hits any traffic in those lanes, even if it's an attempt to avoid the illegal u-turner, cammer would be at fault for any crashes caused by the sudden lane change. In the eyes of the law, it doesn't matter. If you cause an accident trying to avoid another, you are at fault, not the person who you tried to avoid. Cammer slowed down quite a bit, considering how you can just barely hear his tires screeching right before the initial impact. It's faint, but you can hear it

I got slammed into like this in august 2022. However I had a flashing YELLOW. She just blew through her flashing red at 50 mph. I felt bad bc I screamed at her but she did admit fault. She could have killed someone though.

Yeah cammer had right of way. The other driver should have stopped forst before proceeding. 3 way stop people.

1:21 Yea, but they were also mostly in the lane before before the red car even began to move. Also, the red car is the one who actually hit the blue car, blue car was ahead and had greater control of the lane... these factors make any lack of indication on the blue cars part basically irrelevant. At best it's shared fault, with the red car getting the majority (60/40 or 70/30), but the more I watch the clip, the more at fault the red SUV seems to be. I mean... they drove straight into the side of the other person's car, you gotta be having at least partial fault if you drive your car straight into someone else like that. How could they not see the blue car directly in front of them unless they were being negligent and not paying proper attention where they needed to be.

Not until your car is fixed or replaced, I just went through this. I had to fight tooth and nail to get the other driver's insurance to provide me with a rental, and I only got it until they finished the evaluation of my vehicle to determine if it was a total loss or not. A vehicle I was still making payments on. It was totalled. Without GAP protection, I would've been stuck carless, and I was once the rental time frame was up, which was three days after my car was deemed totaled, before my car company even got paid for it. I still had to go out and replace the vehicle itself, which took another month, without the rental. It depends on the insurance, but that's how most operate that I know of. You get the rental until the evaluation is completed. If your car is fixable, you get that rental until it's repaired. If your car is deemed a total loss? You get three or so days to return that vehicle and get your butt in a new one, and if you're waiting on other processes, you can forget even doing that

That was scary because they both were going after the cammer’s car. I would have felt so unsafe and drove to a safe place to call the police.

Even though the cammer was driving recklessly at speed and cut in front of the other car, why wouldn't the other car just let it go, instead of side swiping the cammer. The other car even had kids in there!

the cammer cut them off pretty aggressively earlier in the clip, pretty obvious the mom is going nuts cause her kids in the car. Some people let their emotions take over, wasn't right how they responded but it makes sense why.

Is that where that person came from? Couldn’t tell if he was a pedestrian, if he somehow jumped from the car, or if they were hanging on to/being drug by the car. The comment leaves so many questions unanswered. Idk...I watched it at .25x speed and I don't see anyone in the crosswalk. They seem to magically appear from the driver side of the car...

Nah the house failed to turn properly, lol.

I would agree but after watching it a few times I believe only the red car had their signal on and am wondering that would impact the vedict

damn how did i not notice that :o

that whole time i thought someone got hit or flung out of the car

Yeah, but why did the driver bail on his car??

lol no, the blue car was already partially in the lane before even coming into frame, they began their switch WAAAAAYYY before the red SUV. At best, red car will get 60-70% fault, but the more I rewatch the clip, the more it becomes apparent its entirely the fault of the red SUV.

Red SUV would be at fault for not verifying the lane was clear, since they were stationary at time of lane change.

I also can’t tell if blue car had a signal on or not.

I never change lanes when there is a car parallel to me two lanes over. I always either get ahead of him or fall behind in order to prevent such an accident. At least 80% of these crashes could have been avoided if people just didn't assume things. If I'm going through an intersection and the light is green, I never assume people with the red light are going to stop.. I always look for the idiots out there. Same goes with stop signs, and side streets where someone in the oncoming lane might let someone pull out into my lane, which nobody should do. Let them wait there until they have a clear line of site in both directions. You might think you are being courteous, but you could be setting them up for a bad crash.

I wondered that, too. And he didn't "just barely" install it: it functioned all through the crash and until after the camera vehicle came to a stop. Unlike a lot of dashcam clips where as soon as there's an impact the image starts swinging wildly as the camera dangles from its power cord.

Many people here would actually recommend all of that, and then try to blame the person you wanted to avoid when you cause an accident. Same mindset as swerving into oncoming traffic when they get cut off instead of using their brakes.

The idea of checking your rear view is, if you see someone following close enough that they may rear end you if you have to slam on the brakes, you should give more distance between you and the car in front of you to allow you to stop without such hard braking if something happens ahead. It's part of "leave yourself an out" from defensive driving Edit: I replied before seeing the clip you're referring to. Yeah, in this situation, "checking your rear view" wouldn't have done anything.