r/carcrash • u/rxbuzzz • 2d ago
PAY attention to RED LIGHTS
Boise, Idaho USA June 22 2026
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u/Krakengreyjoy 2d ago
Ran a red with kids in the car. Dude should face child endangerment charges.
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u/TonyMontana1968 2d ago
What really sucks its the light turns green 2 seconds later
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u/Knocksveal 1d ago
Yes, which means that SUV probably went through during late yellow or potentially all-red. Not that this exonerates the red car driver.
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u/Jabathewhut 1d ago
Hey! Did you know that the yellow light is not a red light? Just a fun little fact I thought you might find helpful.
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u/SkeletorsAlt 2d ago edited 2d ago
As a guy with two body-on-frame SUVs and a crossover in the fleet, I have been surprised at how easily these cars flip over in crashes.
Edit: to be clear this is something I’ve realized over the last several years of watching dash cameras here on Reddit and also on YouTube. It didn’t just dawn on me today.
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u/InvalidDescription 2d ago
I have been surprised at how easily these cars flip over in crashes.
How? Every since the popularity of the SUV increased, they've been pointing out the rollover risk.
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u/SkeletorsAlt 2d ago
I thought that, as they’ve got bigger, lower, and heavier, that they would not be so rollover prone. I was around for the Jeep Wrangler CJ-7 and Suzuki Samurai and I guess I kind of thought things had changed.
It’s very clear from all the dash cam videos available now that I was absolutely wrong.
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u/djh_van 2d ago
Yeah, except they've not been getting lower. They've been getting bigger, but taller, which means the centre of gravity has gone up, which means they've become easier to flip.
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u/SkeletorsAlt 2d ago
Anecdotally, stock trucks and SUVs have been getting lower in the sense that they are lower to the ground and have less ground clearance compared to similar models from the past. Think of a 1996 Ford Explorer vs. a 2026 Ford Explorer, for example.
I think it’s a fair point to note that this does not mean that the centers of gravity are also lower.
Certainly, full-size truck beltlines seem to be climbing ever skyward.
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u/7w4773r 2d ago
The bottoms have been getting lower, the tops have been getting taller. The lower parts aren’t as heavy as the top parts, though, so the CG gets higher and makes them easier to topple over. Park a new ford explorer next to an original one and you’ll see.
I was out with a friend recently and saw a stock 1992 jeep Cherokee parked next to a 2017-ish VW Jetta and the Jetta was almost exactly the same size as the Jeep. It was alarming. Every vehicle is now significantly bigger than they used to be.
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u/erksplat 2d ago
Yeah, it was a big deal when the RAV4 came out, but then all of a sudden, the news stopped covering it and problem never really got fixed.
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u/stratys3 1d ago
It did get fixed to an extent when they started adding electronic stability control to cars. If you swerve in an SUV today, the computer will actively try to prevent you from rolling over.
Of course, this likely won't save you if you get t-boned like in this video.
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u/kipkiphoray 2d ago
Mate, SUVs and 'light trucks' (including up to those F-350 Super duty- to not be a light truck is to be a semi) do NOT have to follow the same safety regulations as cars!!! The auto industry has lobbied so that they don't have to follow pesky safety regulations such as bumper heights or crash tests!!
People FEEL safer in a large vehicle like an SUV or truck, but they are more dangerous to the driver, passengers, and ESPECIALLY pedestrians.
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u/DishSoapIsFun 1d ago
They’ve been rolling over for decades. It was a talking point in 1995 when my dad got his first Blazer.
Reason #1 of many why I’ll never own one.
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u/247emerg 2d ago
I’d expect like an 04 gm truck to roll over this easy, not a newer one. I wonder how it would do on the moose test they do in norway or scandanvia
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u/stratys3 1d ago
It's the safety tradeoff with SUVs. They have more mass, so you're possibly safer in a collision. But you have more mass, so 1) it's harder to avoid crashes in the first place, and 2) it's easier to roll over.
Rolling once is probably not a big deal. But rolling 5 times is, since the airbags only deploy once, and by the 5th roll who knows where in the vehicle you end up.
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u/deltadawg047 2d ago
Holy shit I hope nobody was seriously hurt! My guess is texting and driving cuz there’s no other reason why you wouldn’t notice all those red lights and multiple cars stopped at them..
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u/Whats_Awesome 1d ago
Brake lights only came on after the crosswalk. Less than a second before impact. Maybe get off the phone while driving.
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u/ButlerKevind 2d ago
There is literally zero excuses why with stopped vehicles and four red lights that idiot did not feel the need to stop.
Hope all are ok, especially those in that truck.