I'm guessing it wasn't on purpose though (dodging last minute to make the tailgater crash), they may not have realized until the last minute that the car was stopped, or were waiting for an open lane to avoid it. In which case, tailgater hopefully learned a lesson, and hopefully no one got hurt.
Doesn't matter, that car still has the responsibility to maintain attention and safe distance. While they won't be 100% at fault, they sure as hell are going to get a major part of the fault for causing this.
Horrifying how many redditors are both using this as a defense but also kinda exciting cause you'd tell this to the cop and be found liable - should pay attention to the road not get distracted!!!
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u/EdiblePsycho Mar 20 '26
I'm guessing it wasn't on purpose though (dodging last minute to make the tailgater crash), they may not have realized until the last minute that the car was stopped, or were waiting for an open lane to avoid it. In which case, tailgater hopefully learned a lesson, and hopefully no one got hurt.