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S vs Minivan on GoPro

Old Feb 9, 2015 | 11:15 AM
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Makes me glad I rethinked a quick release hub/steering wheel purchase. That hit could have been way worse.
Old Feb 9, 2015 | 11:28 AM
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Found this.
Old Feb 9, 2015 | 12:11 PM
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Originally Posted by RedCelica
Wow...glad he's okay and that lady in the van is a B I T C H
You don't know that. You met her? You read the police reports? You know for a fact she is purposefully lying? I didn't see any evidence of that in the video. All we actually "know" is what we saw in the video.

We have no idea what she did or didn't see. It's a known fact that people make mistakes, don't even realize it, and it doesn't make them worthy of being called an expletive here.
Old Feb 9, 2015 | 01:47 PM
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Originally Posted by RMurphy
People make mistakes. It's entirely possible that the driver of the mini-van truly believed the light to be green on her side. There were no other cars on her side of the road stopped and she could have honestly just made a mistake and had it in her head that the light was green. This happens and it doesn't necessarily mean she's knowingly lying or trying to screw anyone.

This is why I run dashcams in all my vehicles. I even have a two channel model (front and rear facing) in my daily since that is the one statistically most likely to be involved in an incident. It catches crazy stuff that other drivers do and I openly admit it sometimes captures my own mistakes too. I think it makes me a better driver because I can use it to review events from which I can learn and because I know it will also record when I'm driving like an a$$.
In the Reddit thread, the person driving the car indicated that woman driving tried to lay the blame on him and the cops were buying her story until he produced the camera footage.

http://www.reddit.com/r/S2000/commen...n_a_red_light/



Originally Posted by Sabre
I'm ashamed to admit that I saw this video a couple days ago and didn't realize it was an S2k....

That being said, the guy was technically in the right, but he seriously goosed a yellow light. he had plenty of time to stop and should have. That's what yellow lights mean anyway.
Van lady still blew that red and I'm glad the guy had the cam for proof to protect himself.
He didn't goose anything (he actually slows down a couple mph), he was less than 100' from the intersection and well within the law to clear the intersection. The light was still yellow when he was crossing the intersection and most likely would not have been red until after he cleared the intersection. Yellow lights don't automatically mean you have to stop, according to the state laws there, he was free to proceed.

She full on blew a red light that wasn't going to be green for at least another 4 seconds minimum. The video is available in 1080p if you want to see details.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ny01_mvJyjA
Old Feb 9, 2015 | 02:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Fokker
In the Reddit thread, the person driving the car indicated that woman driving tried to lay the blame on him and the cops were buying her story until he produced the camera footage.
Just because she believes she had the green light (and therefore believed the other guy ran a red) doesn't mean she is deliberately lying. She could honestly believe she saw her light as green. She would be mistaken, but it doesn't mean she is willfully lying. She will be held responsible for the accident, as she should be according to the facts of the case, and that is why I am an advocate of dashcams. Dashcams can be played back time and again so we can analyze, review, and slowly focus on details which in real life get completely missed or mistaken in a split second view. Everyone makes mistakes and it's pretty common that those mistakes are completely honest ones.

As an aside, for those considering dashcams, it's best to mount them on the windshield so traffic signals are never obscured from view by parts of the car.
Old Feb 9, 2015 | 02:21 PM
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Texting and driving through a red light, then tries to lie about it... Wow

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Old Feb 9, 2015 | 02:23 PM
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http://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...-eyes-have-it/
Old Feb 9, 2015 | 04:07 PM
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She seems like a woman of the older variety, and it may be me, but I can't see a phone.
Old Feb 9, 2015 | 05:28 PM
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what appears to be a cell phone is likely a reflection of the passenger side view mirror.

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Old Feb 9, 2015 | 05:40 PM
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I think it looks like Bruce Jenner.


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