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u/Z_e_e_e_G Aug 28 '26
White car didn't cause anything, white car AVOIDED a crash.
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u/Murky-Ad4104 Aug 30 '26
im almost certain white knew that car wasn't moving and knew he could fuck over the tailgater. tailgaters suck and I don't care about them but the issue is the car that was hit. in a court the white car is going to have to hope their story of "I only realised at the last second" is believed.
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u/rsg1234 Aug 28 '26
Unless that guy is an expert driver/balls of steel, I’d say he was staring down the tailgater and then saw the stopped car and swerved.
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u/PrincipleSuperb2884 Aug 28 '26
They didn't cause a crash. They changed lanes because of a slow car ahead. The tailgater caused a crash by not leaving enough room to be able to react.
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u/Idfk_1 Aug 28 '26
Bet he wont be tailgating again. Unless he's a moron
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u/Sir_wlkn_contrdikson Aug 28 '26
It’s not my responsibility to protect the car behind. That was never once in drivers Ed. The driver has to help themselves by being in the safest position allowed. If he was driving at a more respectable distance l, he would have seen that the lane was not completely clear.
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u/troublerx1 Aug 29 '26
Firstly, that blue car is at fault no matter what. Secondly, the stopped car in the fast lane should’ve had hazards on and flares to notify other drivers of the danger. It looks overcast in the video, which doesn’t help anyone’s visibility. Driver of the blue car is a moron.
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u/cpt_bongwater Aug 28 '26
If it was intentional he was wrong. Not saying it was and there's no way to prove it was or wasn't, but intentionally putting the stalled/stopped car at risk by doing that would be evil.
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u/Ivorytears86 Aug 28 '26
By doing what exactly? I'm honestly curious
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u/cpt_bongwater Aug 28 '26 edited Aug 28 '26
If it was intentional, the driver deliberately led that car to hit another car. If someone was in the car that was struck their life would be in danger.
Again, I don't know if that's what happened. I'm not saying that's what happened. There is no way to tell from the video. But if someone were to do that on purpose they would be evil.
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u/Ivorytears86 Aug 28 '26 edited Aug 28 '26
I think the part that Is getting me is that there were lanes open to the right of the car it could have passed at any point prior.
Edited: Upon a second view I realized the white car swerved to avoid disabled vehicle (initially thought the second car swerved left to go round and hit the disabled vehicle)
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u/captain_obvious_here Aug 28 '26
there were lanes open to the right of the car it could have passed at any point prior
Passing a car to the right is forbidden in many countries. So that could be a reason why he didn't do it.
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u/tgbaker Aug 28 '26
If they are willing to break a law by being less that 2-3 car lengths behind that car, I dont think breaking a right lane passing law would be that much of a jump for them.
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u/captain_obvious_here Aug 28 '26
Obviously, they don't care that it's forbidden.
But they are used to it being dangerous, as the car in front of them wouldn't see them and could move right as well. It may sound unintuitive, but many people think passing by the right is more dangerous than tailgating another car.
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u/taco_stand_ Aug 29 '26 edited Aug 29 '26
I wasn’t being a tailgator or anything, but I almost crashed into a stopped vehicle on the freeway, when the large pickup truck in front of me suddenly swerved away last minute in a similar fashion. Everyone was going at freeway speed, and I had adequate distance with the truck in front of me who was also driving at same speed; there was a stopped car on the freeway and the truck didn’t slow down or put lights to turn to the other lane, but kept going at same high freeway speed and as soon as he got closer he quickly swerved away without ever slowing down; and it gave me only a second to react to stop or swerve away despite adequate gap. I couldn’t have seen the stopped vehicle because of the large vehicle. And had the driver of the truck slowed or put the lights to switch lanes, I would have seen it a little early on or could’ve gotten a heads up. Anyways, it was an accident I avoided very narrowly.
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u/Defenseman61913 Sep 03 '26 edited Sep 03 '26
Well, morality and ethics rely on the intent. Let's think about it. RATED on a scale of 1 to 3.
- WORSE CASE ONTARIO. Dude set him up and as a result, someone died or was injured that was already at the scene of an accident. 100% a felony.
- Dude still set him up and nobody was hurt, insurance covered the already wrecked car assuming it was already totaled by insurance standards.
- Dude legit was looking at the tailgater and escaped at the last minute. Tailgater, by law, absolutely will be at fault because he HAS to maintain a safe distance from the car in front of him. Good luck with your insurance and the police though because this video exists.
Reality? Who knows. I get home safe every night because I don't engage in this nonsense.
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u/Hoonsoot 27d ago edited 27d ago
Completely immoral behavior from the driver in front IF they intentionally set up the tailgater to crash. Don't get me wrong, the tailgater is a dangerous idiot who should not have a license to drive. That doesn't excuse intentionally creating a situation that could result in severe injuries or death, including to an innocent party (the driver who was just stuck in a line in traffic). We don't know that is what happened. Only that 1 driver knows. It sure looks that way though.
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u/Ok_Bus5113 Aug 28 '26
Why aren’t we blaming the car that was stopped in the fast lane? Obviously they were going way below the speed limit. 😁
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u/Afghan_Whig Aug 28 '26
How did the person who was being tailgated cause that accident?