It didn’t help that this dashcam owner was speeding, but it’s no excuse for the other driver’s failure to yield, too.
Cook County driver and Redditor /u/pchung24 shared headshaking dashcam footage from earlier in January (Jan 15, 2026) to the /r/dashcamgifs subreddit showing the moment a driver in a Honda Odyssey failed to yield, taking an unprotected turn, prompting OP to swerve out of the way to avoid getting hit.
Check out the controversial dashcam footage below with the original Reddit thread linked here.
The incident happened along the 1000 block of Dundee Rd. at the intersection with the Park Plaza shopping center (Exact location on Google Maps linked here.)
As the dashcam shows, OP is speeding along Dundee Rd towards the aforementioned intersection.
I wouldn’t have clocked it as speeding at first; however, several Redditors pointed out the 35 MPH sign a few hundred feet back.
As he approaches the intersection, a driver in a Honda Odyssey with a green light to turn, with the obligation to yield to approaching traffic first, turns without yielding.
OP would’ve gotten into one gnarly head-on had they not taken evasive maneuvers into a gap left behind by the Odyssey.
There was a heated discussion on the thread shared majority of the fault with arguments on both sides.
“This entire situation is 100% on OP. If you want to check for yourself,” an awarded comment from /u/Blubbpaule reads, linking to the location showing the 35 MPH sign on Google Maps.
Wrong. The other driver is at fault as well. Yeah, ik speeding is bad, and that’s what created the almost accident. However, as the minivan, you gotta be able to tell how fast a car is traveling if you’re attempting to make a turn across its path. The minivan failed to do that. If a minivan person can’t tell if they can make it or not, the safest thing to do, for them, would be wait for a green arrow,” /u/Ra1nDownZion added.
“15 over does not excuse someone failing to use their eyeballs to watch for oncoming traffic before making their left,” /u/HEYO19191 concurred.
In Palatine, ILL (and Illinois generally), a speeding conviction adds points based on how fast you were going — for example, 5 points for 1–10 mph over the limit, 15 points for 11–14 mph, 20 points for 15–25 mph, and up to 50 points for going 26+ mph over — and the fine for small over‑limit speeding typically starts around $120–$164, scaling much higher the faster you were going. (www.drivinglaws.org)
A failure to yield conviction usually adds about 20 points on your driving record and can carry fines, often in the low‑hundreds of dollars under state law, though exact local courts may vary. (The Davis Law Group) Points stay on your record for years, and accumulating enough can lead to license suspension. (www.drivinglaws.org)
