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he accord flew up and I saw it coming and let off to get in behind it but it turned into me. They had a good 6 feet or so on the other side of them to get around me. You can see me get pushed over the line to my right at the moment of impact. An accord doesn't simply push something that weighs a ton more than it does that easily.
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Beaches too....St Petes voted #1 in the world once again...plus others are in the top 10.
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tjc78
Guy in another Forum posted this. He is generally a pretty good poster, but I’m having trouble believing something fishy wasn’t going on here. The Accord Driver was cited, so there that but it seems to me the other driver was trying not to let them in.
In my professional opinion....they are 50/50 at fault. The dashcam guy was supposed to merge into the left lane....there are arrows on the pavement telling him to do that. The guy in the Honda should have seen his predicament and he should have given him space to merge in. Neither one budged......the dashcam guy continued in his lane which was ending, the Honda guy wasn't going to let him in. I would say the dashcam guy is a little more at fault if I was forced to choose one.....he made no effort to signal or work his way into the other lane or to see whether someone was going to let him in.
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The snowplow had not come by for the street at that point so I adjourned until later and got changed. The street finally got plowed around 9:30PM so I went back out to clear the end of the driveway. By then it had stopped raining and turned colder again so all the areas I had gotten down to bare were glare ice. I slip-slided to the end of the drive where the plow had deposited a large 2' high pile of ice floes and tectonic plates from the street where the top 3" or so had turned to ice. Again, it was very heavy stuff. I took it slow, resting every so often, and picked away at it for about 45 minutes. My neighbor across the street came by to help me finish up and after about 45 minutes that was done.
It was a pain but I was glad I did it. This morning I am watching other neighbors trying to clear the ends of their driveways and many are finding it impossible as the stuff has now stuck to itself and it is a big solid mass. Experience told me that would occur which is why I did it last night. What I do not get is one house in particular which is rented by a 20-something couple who have to be the laziest or most clueless ones around, based not just on this but many other things I have noticed. They never shovel, not even their front steps and walkway, so this morning I spotted hubby trying to get down his front steps by walking in the 6" deep footprints he made yesterday. He might not get the car out of his driveway for another month.
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btw...regarding drive-in movies; As of March, there were only 348 drive-in movie theaters in the US, down from 443 theaters in 2000
There are a few in Florida, one is about 10 minutes away from us....I used to go as a kid and teenager, no desire to be crunched up in a car to watch a movie for 2 to 4 hours these days.
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At any rate the cop found the Accord at fault. I just think there is a little blame on the Expedition driver for maybe not braking sooner or maybe trying to move over a touch.
Seeing things like this really make me want a dash cam
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2011 Hyundai Sonata, 2014 BMW 428i convertible, 2015 Honda CTX700D
'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '98 Alfa 156 2.0TS; '08 Maser QP; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '11 Mini Cooper S
I know my car was built early in the model year - recall is for 2018-2019 S450/S560. So I might just have gotten lucky.
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in nowhere else by Florida, Del Ray.
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2019/03/feds-investigating-deadly-friday-tesla-crash-in-florida/
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jmonroe
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I'm going to tentatively vote that dashcam guy is at fault no matter what any cop says. Since he (the Jeep??) had the merge arrows in his lane, he has to yield no matter what. He should have had his blinker on and his foot on the brake just prior to contact. The Honda has a perfect right to command the lane, unless of course he struck the Jeep from behind.
I would have to see the damage to deduce more about the dynamics of the accident, but at best, it's a 50-50 split here.
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I see behavior like that all the time on the highway where some dope deliberately paces a car trying to merge off the ramp until the merger runs out of road.
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Sometimes cars are built after the fault was found...only earlier models need to be recalled.
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Now you know why so few use them....fear of wearing them out.
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So, yeah, I think the Jeep ?? might be at fault. He should have yielded. He sped up because there was no room for him to move over just before the accident.
But what we don't know is if the Honda also sped up, and then it's a collision of egos and a 50-50 situation.
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Another thing is I doubt the Jeep Guy had his signal on. He wasn't going to budge either...he thought he was driving along in his big SUV and he doesn't have to allow for other cars.
I doubt if the cop looked at the video. The cop wanted a simple solution, the Honda hit the Jeep, so he found him at fault.
Both of them could have avoided the accident.....Jeep Guy had a bigger responsibility to look back and make sure there was no traffic beside him.
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But as I said it's all academic.
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No reason for Honda to be speeding up at that point.....unless he was trying to cut off the Jeep.
Jeep Guy should have seen Honda though....and his lane was ending which he didn't seem to notice.
50/50
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Add in the airhead driver on phone and testosterone driver trying to prove his car is fast and it's worse.
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jmonroe
'18 Legacy Limited with 3.6R (Mrs. j's)
jmonroe
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If they had just stayed to the left there was plenty of room to pass the dashcam vehicle.
Veering right, right into the dashcam vehicle makes no sense.
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When two two cars are at a 4-way stop sign at an intersection after arriving simultaneously, the driver on the right has the right of way. If two cars are at a 4-way stop at an intersection, the car that arrived first has the right of way.
But I think I know what you are trying to communicate, Dino. There are many variables and factors that determine “fault” in the event of an accident. Right of way is just one - others include weather conditions, traffic flow, speed limits, etc. It is assumed that if you rear-end another car, you are at fault. If you are backing out of a driveway and you are hit by a car, you are at faults because the cross traffic has the right of way.
There are always contributing factors when determining fault - speeding is one as are inclement weather, inoperative headlights, faulty brakes, poor judgement, to name just a few. But “right of way” is always considered in determining causes of accidents.
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https://www.postandcourier.com/news/beach-renourishment-protects-homes-tourism-but-the-pace-and-costs/article_c8ab2bd4-789c-11e8-bd5a-d7f1a7b4b649.html
The sand normally migrates along the coast moving southward with the wind and currents. That migration has been disrupted by man made devices, jetties were mentioned in the article. I recall that dams and changes to river flow also affected the sand in the Folly Beach area.
So the narrowing of beaches is not necessarily any sign of rising water levels but rather of disappearing sand.
Florida is even wanting to import sand from Jamaica. But that currently is illegal.
I recalled the rows of wooden posts driven into the seafloor that jutted out into the waters on Folly Beach perhaps every 1000 feet. They were to catch the sand and hold it on the north side rather than letting the wind and currents move it southward toward Florida.
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Maybe we have to consider that too....usually people without insurance are irresponsible and they are usually at fault...maybe the Honda guy doesn't have insurance. The Jeep guy seemed very responsible....driving slowly, didn't ram into anyone.....but, then again, he was merging and should have been watching.
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Having said that, if one plans to drive in AZ, NM, TX, LA, FL, etc. familiarization with each/the states laws are prudent.
And guess what? Florida is the worst, at 26.7%. Texas, where I live, comes in at 14.1% which shocked me. The state pushes that pretty hard. You can’t get license plates without proof of liability. Every traffic stop, you have to show that proof. As I said, they push it pretty hard. The fact that 1 in 7 cars on the roads I drive every day don’t have it is shocking.
https://www.carinsurance.com/Articles/uninsured-motorist-coverage-state-averages-of-uninsured-drivers.aspx
What you are stating is that “most” Florida drivers are uninsured by assuming “few” have valid insurance. Perhaps you should consider amending your comment.
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