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Because all the "person doesn't look, pulls out into road, other traffic swerves around them" don't cause crashes and don't get posted to your accident feed.

FFS, this is like selection bias 101.



I watch accident videos, not crash videos. Pulling out/switching lanes while not looking is like 40% of the clips in the videos. It's a common, predictable driving scenario, nothing to get one's panties in a bunch about.

Here's a classic example with an explanation: https://youtu.be/kTczmnkz824?t=882. No experienced driver should be surprised here.




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