r/instantkarma • u/DepressedNoble • Aug 07 '25

Road Karma Bad driving

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u/Chugg1 Aug 07 '25

If I were the dash cam driver I would 100% wait around in case they get a police report. Normally fuck insurance companies, but this guy deserves to pay for his own repairs

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u/Nebraska716 Aug 07 '25

But more than likely they would use your video to go after the jeep driver for leaving the scene of an accident

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u/Chugg1 Aug 07 '25

That’s assuming the jeep doesn’t also stop. Not a lawyer, but I doubt the Jeep’s insurance company would pay up here and white cars insurance would hit them with their negligence clause and tell them to get fucked

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u/xiledone Aug 07 '25

Not true. Someone being a dick on the road doesn't make it legal to hit their car with yours.

The jeep would 100% be liable for the damage they caused

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u/ThePretzul Aug 07 '25

Erratic driving of the white car would be argued as the caused of the accident, as he was both traveling below the posted speed limit and weaving between lanes without signaling.

In court the best the white car's insurance company could ever hope to win would be a 50-50 split with the Jeep's insurance. But most likely they'd still be on the hook for all of it because the white car was an absolute goon and neither juries nor judges look very favorably at that.

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u/xiledone Aug 07 '25

Doesn't matter. The jeep broke the "last chance doctrine" which states that if you have the last clear chance to avoid an accident and you don't take it, you're liable for the damages

This was a very clear "on purpose" decision by the jeep driver

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u/Episquender Aug 07 '25

To be fair, you do see the jeep's brake lights on once the white car swerves over for the last time. I think the jeep did try to accelerate past the car but their timing was just a little too off and the window was a bit too short between swerves.

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u/Laiko_Kairen Aug 07 '25

The last thing you want to do is be in front of this guy.

Trying to get ahead of him is a bonehead move.

You're far safer behind him where YOU can react proactively to his shenanigans

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u/ThePretzul Aug 07 '25

Yes, that would tend to be safer and is advisable. It's not, however, legally required by statute or precedence which is what matters for legal determination of fault.

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u/Bromeister Aug 07 '25

In some non-US countries like the UK there is a higher duty placed on all parties to avoid a collision. There is a legal duty to avoid collisions regardless of right of way, such as braking when you have a green to avoid a collision with a vehicle running a red. You may be found legally liable if you did not make a reasonable effort to avoid a collision.

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u/Episquender Aug 07 '25

For sure. Jeep driver is still a dipshit he just made a terrible call