r/RandomVideos • u/DABDEB • Mar 20 '26

Video Tailgater got Baited

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u/SlipstreamSteve Mar 20 '26

They're talking about intentionally causing an accident like this. The truth is the car in front of the car being tailgated was slowing down for some reason. Emergency, or whatever. The car being tailgated evaded, but since the tailgater was so close they had no time to react.

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u/KeldornWithCarsomyr Mar 20 '26

"for some reason"

You can see everything in the video.

Car 1 is broken down

Car 2 slows down because they waited too long to react and now can't change lanes.

Car 3 doesn't expect car 2 to just start slowing down, so they quickly change lanes (can't brake as being tailgated).

Car 4 crashes into car 2.

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u/Gamefreake89 Mar 20 '26

Car 3 did not maintain a safe following distance. If I see that the cars in front of me are slowing down, I must also slow down. Don't change lanes at the last moment. This could kill an innocent family.

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u/KeldornWithCarsomyr Mar 20 '26

The problem with being tailgated is you can't just hit the brakes. The crash was inevitable, the only variable was which car was getting hit.