- BMW driver filmed sitting at traffic lights before suddenly pulling forward
- Ute driver pulls into traffic assuming he is being allowed to go, before crash
- Damian, who shot the footage, suggested the BMW deliberately crashed
- Others blame the ute, saying it was his responsibility to make sure it was safe
This is the moment a BMW driver slammed into a truck driver after apparently losing concentration at a set of traffic lights.
Dashcam footage captured the dramatic collision, which took place on the Gold Coast on Thursday afternoon.
But some questioned whether the BMW driver had deliberately slammed his car into the ute, suggesting he might be involved in an insurance scam.
This is the moment a truck driver pulled into traffic on the Gold Coast before a BMW driver sitting behind him accelerated forward, causing the two to collide
The footage was provide to Dashcam Owners Australia by a driver named Damien, who said it 'clearly shows the BMW run into the white ute on the left purposely.'
As the film starts the cars can be seen sitting in a queue of traffic waiting for a set of lights to change.
The lights turn green and the cars in front of the BMW driver move away, but the vehicle just sits there.
The ute driver seems to assume the BMW driver was letting him pull out and so goes to pull into traffic, which is when it all goes wrong.
The BMW suddenly accelerates forward, smashing into the side of the truck before the drivers pull over further up the road to hash out who was to blame.
Damian, who captured the footage on dashcam, suggested that the BMW driver had deliberately caused the collision
But the video has split opinion online, with some saying it looks as if the BMW driver wasn't paying attention to the lights and was trying to catch up with the cars in front
While Damian seems convinced the BMW driver pulled forward deliberately, others suggested he may have not been paying attention to the lights and pulled forward without seeing the ute move.
Kristy Taylor said: 'Watching it a few times when the silver car decided to turn around traffic starts to move.
'I think the BMW wasn't paying attention, realised traffic was moving, put his foot down to play catch up and the ute may have just thought he was waiting to let him out. That's how it looks to me.'
Others blamed the ute driver, saying it was his responsibility to check it was safe before pulling into the flow of traffic
Others came down on the side of the BWM driver. Darryl Ferber said: 'Ultimately, the ute driver is in the wrong.
'Yes the p**** in the BMW could've let the ute in but it's up to the vehicle moving into the traffic to check that it's safe. You can't just pull out like that.'
Robert Raymond added: 'The BMW has four wheels in the lane at contact the ute does not, ute is in the wrong, end of story.'
References
- ^ Chris Pleasance For Daily Mail Australia (www.dailymail.co.uk)
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