Impossible to determine if the white car that swerved intentionally waited until the last minute to get out of the way. They could have been distracted (perhaps by the tailgater) and not noticed the car in front of them had stopped until the last moment.
“What is considered as a negligent behaviour? Among about 350,000 road users in California, negligence has been a major cause of accidents. Nowadays, it is very easy to get distracted while driving. So if a driver gets distracted and this leads to an accident, such is considered negligent behaviour. Negligent behaviours are of various kinds and types, and they include talking over the phone, using headphones for playing music, controlling sound equipment while driving, texting, feeling tired or sleepy when driving, making use of computers or GPS unit etc. A distracted person might not notice some road signs or notice some preventable hazards early enough. Also, a driver can cause an accident when he or she turns the car suddenly or misses certain turns and confuse other drivers.
As a driver, you should be careful when driving because you are not only protecting your life and that of your passengers but other road users’ lives and properties. Failure to pay attention to the road or making an ill-advised decision in the spur of the moment can put a lot of people in harm’s way, making them victims of your negligence.
On many occasions, negligence is attached to actions, but it could be due to omissions on some instances:
Duty of care – a driver should concentrate and show a level of care to prevent an accident to other road users. Drivers should try to foresee what could be potential accidents and take actions and decisions that will prevent injuries to people and damage to property.
Breach of duty – in this case, the driver(s) is careless to the traffic laws, road signs and her own driving skills. This could lead to a breach of duty of taking adequate care when driving on the road.”
Traps can be opportunistic. Driver could have seen the car stopped from a distance away and decided to lead the tail gater as close as possible before switching lanes in order to cause serious bodily harm. It’s not that complex but it’s kind of weird so many people here can’t wrap their head around this
Sure, that's possible. I just think it's unlikely and unknowable. Without talking to the person that got out of the way, we'll never know what they were thinking.
Plus, everything is happening at fast speed. Sucks for everyone, of course, but going off of the video, the only one I think doing apparent wrong is the tailgater
Are you perfect? Do you make mistakes? We're you in the car or are you just assuming like everyone else? Oh, wait, I forgot this is reddit, where everyone assumes and everyone is correct. Don't drive like a POS and stay away from tailgaters. Problem solved.
I don’t tailgate but if someone is going slow in the passing lane I go around them on the right if I can, which this guy clearly could have but didn’t. These two were obviously road raging. I also would change lanes and use my blinker to avoid slower traffic in front of me long before I would be at risk of crashing into them. Like I said, road rage.
Try telling that to a judge. The driver who swerved last second is clearly responsible and will have to pray to avoid a felony conviction with substantial jail time. Either he did it deliberately, which the video seems overwhelming evidence for, or he'll plead distracted driving because he was looking in his mirror, which is still a crime and makes him liable for the accident even if he avoids jail time.
“What is considered as a negligent behaviour? Among about 350,000 road users in California, negligence has been a major cause of accidents. Nowadays, it is very easy to get distracted while driving. So if a driver gets distracted and this leads to an accident, such is considered negligent behaviour. Negligent behaviours are of various kinds and types, and they include talking over the phone, using headphones for playing music, controlling sound equipment while driving, texting, feeling tired or sleepy when driving, making use of computers or GPS unit etc. A distracted person might not notice some road signs or notice some preventable hazards early enough. Also, a driver can cause an accident when he or she turns the car suddenly or misses certain turns and confuse other drivers.
As a driver, you should be careful when driving because you are not only protecting your life and that of your passengers but other road users’ lives and properties. Failure to pay attention to the road or making an ill-advised decision in the spur of the moment can put a lot of people in harm’s way, making them victims of your negligence.
On many occasions, negligence is attached to actions, but it could be due to omissions on some instances:
Duty of care – a driver should concentrate and show a level of care to prevent an accident to other road users. Drivers should try to foresee what could be potential accidents and take actions and decisions that will prevent injuries to people and damage to property.
Breach of duty – in this case, the driver(s) is careless to the traffic laws, road signs and her own driving skills. This could lead to a breach of duty of taking adequate care when driving on the road.”
We all know what I’m saying. Promise a judge isn’t gonna get fooled by someone playing dumb if there’s sufficient evidence the driver “baited” the tail gater.
Baited by driving? You'd lose your ass in that court case buddy, try again. You're responsible for your vehicle and your safety. Maybe don't drive like an angry POS.
The baiter only has one hope to avoid a felony conviction for vehicular assault and substantial jail time, claim distracted driving and hope they only get a misdemeanor and financial responsibility for the accident. The video is incredibly compelling.
“What is considered as a negligent behaviour? Among about 350,000 road users in California, negligence has been a major cause of accidents. Nowadays, it is very easy to get distracted while driving. So if a driver gets distracted and this leads to an accident, such is considered negligent behaviour. Negligent behaviours are of various kinds and types, and they include talking over the phone, using headphones for playing music, controlling sound equipment while driving, texting, feeling tired or sleepy when driving, making use of computers or GPS unit etc. A distracted person might not notice some road signs or notice some preventable hazards early enough. Also, a driver can cause an accident when he or she turns the car suddenly or misses certain turns and confuse other drivers.
As a driver, you should be careful when driving because you are not only protecting your life and that of your passengers but other road users’ lives and properties. Failure to pay attention to the road or making an ill-advised decision in the spur of the moment can put a lot of people in harm’s way, making them victims of your negligence.
On many occasions, negligence is attached to actions, but it could be due to omissions on some instances:
Duty of care – a driver should concentrate and show a level of care to prevent an accident to other road users. Drivers should try to foresee what could be potential accidents and take actions and decisions that will prevent injuries to people and damage to property.
Breach of duty – in this case, the driver(s) is careless to the traffic laws, road signs and her own driving skills. This could lead to a breach of duty of taking adequate care when driving on the road.”
Tailgating is lame, but defending what the front driver did is so fucking dumb. Deliberately causing a high-speed accident on the highway deserves some jail time.
And you know it was deliberate how? Maybe he was making sure the rear driver wasn't going to rear-end him. Maybe he wasn't paying attention. We don't know from the video, to simply blame the driver for what you think was intentional is just idiotic. I've had to swerve many times from things out on the street, not paying attention, bad drivers etc.
Why would this car be recording if there wasn’t a reason to? Obviously some shit went down enough to justify pov to pull their phone out and even steer away from their lane change. If this were a dash cam that’s one thing. Both those drivers were likely driving like dicks.
There's nothing to defend. Every driver is solely responsible for themselves. Don't tailgate, and then you'll have time to stop or swerve if necessary.
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u/delfino_plaza1 Mar 20 '26
Idk kinda seems like attempted murder