I watch a lot of dashcam vids (mostly DCOA). A not insignificant number of crashes are caused by someone "being courteous" as opposed to following the right-of-way laws.
Follow right-of-way. Be courteous ONLY within right-of-way rules or when there's grey zones about who has right-of-way. Never be courteous in ways that go against right-of-way rules. https://xkcd.com/2932/
@WTL For Australian videos DCOA is the best. I'm also subbed to "Scotts Car Cameras". But there's a lot of self reporting in there (people being technically right but still an arsehole, such as closing gaps so others whose lanes are ending can't merge), and a LOT of really mundane stuff such as people in b-doubles that are a lot harder to slow down going through red lights by less than a second on otherwise dead quiet intersections.
Sometimes I just need a break from Scotts due to all the mundane stuff and self reporting.
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