Can you pick who is at fault in this peak-hour bingle?
Two cars have been filmed colliding at an intersection on Sydney’s North Shore in morning peak hour, but online viewers are divided as to who was at fault.
Vision uploaded to Facebook by Dash Cam Owners Australia shows the two cars colliding on Ryde Road, Gordon on Monday at about 7.14am.
A white Ford station wagon prepares to turn right. The car has a green light but there’s no arrow on the traffic lights meaning the driver has to assess when it’s clear to turn across the three lanes.
The light stays green and with queued traffic appearing to have come to a stop, the Ford turns into the side street but a Subaru Forester travelling in the far-left lane from the opposite direction smashes into the front passenger-side door.
Smoke billows from one of the cars as the video cuts.
The video has more than 92,000 views but it has divided opinion as to who caused the crash.
One man wrote the crash was “totally the fault of the Ford driver”.
However, he added the Subaru driver should also cop some of the blame.
“Who rips up the inside lane when traffic is stopped at a standstill?” he wrote.
“If everyone drives thinking a numbut is going to do something stupid in front of them all our insurance policies would be cheaper.”
Another also wrote the Ford was “clearly at fault” for “turning when it wasn’t clear”.
“Average Ford driver in their natural habitat,” one wrote.
Another man wrote it was another case of, “I have my indicator on, I’m good”.
However, one man suggested that while the driver in the left lane had right of way as the Ford crossed in their path, they needed to drive more cautiously.
“You don’t have to stop, it’s about being aware, take foot off throttle and cover the brake, then be watching for exactly what happened,” one man wrote.
NSW Police are not investigating.
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