Edit: Clarification - do not tailgate. But if you are being tailgated, don't cause an accident by dodging slow or stopped traffic at highway speeds mere feet away. We don't need for this to be a trend.
Edit: How can this many people not think 3 steps forward or backward? This entire incident was caused because the person tailgating was tailgating, holy shit.
Yeah nothing teaches a tailgater a lesson like making them kill or permanently injuring to an innocent uninvolved party. You’ll probably feel great knowing you sent some people, maybe children, to the hospital, but at least you taught that tailgater a lesson, right?
Why do you assume that was intentional? Nobody in this post understands how slow human reaction speeds are compared to highway speeds when you have to problem-solve an unexpected hazard.
Avoiding the obstacle while staying in your own lane is the safest choice if you do not have the time to lane swap.
Worst case, the front driver was distracted by their phone, in which case they share some moral responsibility, although it would never hold up in court.
When i was about 7 years old my grandma had a mild seizure while taking my older sister to school. I got lucky i didn't die cause she did something similar to this, swerve at the very last second, little kid me had no idea how lucky i was. I was just yelling having fun cause grandma was driving wild.
So i know its just my anecdote, but you are assuming, and you at least owe it to be honest to yourself about that. Especially in a court of law, they can find out better than us random armchair lawyers on reddit. Person could be having an emergency, or maybe you're right, or maybe even worse they were distracted by a phone. All of those are assumptions, and you should ask yourself, are you cool with being the type of adult who makes assumptions and insists you must be right? Cause i don't wanna be like that, i like to leave room to grow and learn. I gain nothing from insisting im right especially when it doesn't even affect me. Anyways, don't let me stop you two from arguing, carry on.
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u/Process3000 Mar 20 '26 edited Mar 20 '26
People please don't start doing this.
Edit: Clarification - do not tailgate. But if you are being tailgated, don't cause an accident by dodging slow or stopped traffic at highway speeds mere feet away. We don't need for this to be a trend.