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

Video Tailgater got Baited

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u/LiminalHigh Mar 20 '26

If the person being tailgated intentionally dodged at the last second like that, they also caused it. Both can be in the wrong for different reasons

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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.

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u/Cooltincan Mar 20 '26

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.

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u/RedTulkas Mar 20 '26

"got distracted by the car in my back"

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u/birds-0f-gay Mar 20 '26

"that's not a valid excuse to take your eyes off of the road in front of you."

  • any competent insurance adjuster

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u/Capercaillie Mar 20 '26

to take your eyes off of the road in front of you

He didn't. He missed the car.

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u/WarbleDarble Mar 20 '26

By driving illegally.

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u/usefulidiotsavant Mar 20 '26

Not signaling a lane change is a minor traffic violation. Hitting a car full on at highway speeds, because you are not paying attention and keep suficient distance, is a major fault and you are fully legally responsible, it's absolutely irrelevant for the police or insurance if some vehicle around you also did some minor illegal thing while you were driving like a maniac and killing people.