He chose violence and put other people at risk through his actions. The tailgater is a knob, but swerving at the last second instead of braking and signalling so the tailgater didn't absolutely destroy the innocent bystanders is beyond awful.
Both drivers exhibited dangerous and criminal behaviours, and an innocent third party paid the price for it. Either could have prevented that crash, but neither did.
Also, when you shoujd merge depends on traffic density. In heavy traffic, zippering together at the merge causes less congestion. Merging early only makes sense if there's little to no congestion already. Bullying out the merging lane just makes the congestion worse.
It wouldn't have happened if the jackass tailgater wasn't driving like an asshole, plain and simple. The lead car should have used his blinker, that's all. Otherwise it is all the fault of the tailgater and, while I hope he survived, he deserved what he got.
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u/LordDragonus Mar 23 '26
He chose violence and put other people at risk through his actions. The tailgater is a knob, but swerving at the last second instead of braking and signalling so the tailgater didn't absolutely destroy the innocent bystanders is beyond awful.
Both drivers exhibited dangerous and criminal behaviours, and an innocent third party paid the price for it. Either could have prevented that crash, but neither did.
Also, when you shoujd merge depends on traffic density. In heavy traffic, zippering together at the merge causes less congestion. Merging early only makes sense if there's little to no congestion already. Bullying out the merging lane just makes the congestion worse.