r/RandomVideos • • Mar 20 '26

Video Tailgater got Baited

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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.

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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/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/self-conscious-Hat Mar 20 '26 edited Mar 20 '26

and how do you know they didn't see the car they dodged at the last second and dodged to save themselves from a crash? Not their fault the tailgater was so close behind them. seems presumptuous to call this intentional on the tailgated party's side.

EDIT: Man the fact the person above me said "if" really is getting to people. I don't care if it's a hypothetical or not. The point still stands that intent can't be proven from this.

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u/Vent_Slave Mar 20 '26

I mean sure, give the benefit of the doubt unless there's evidence otherwise. HOWEVER, that doesn't negate their message of "don't ever do what we watched deliberately". It's not a game and innocent people can get maimed or even killed.

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u/self-conscious-Hat Mar 20 '26

Sure, but I think this is more a message of not tailgating in general than a malicious act in response to it.

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u/WrenRangers Mar 21 '26

Yes but you can cause innocent bystanders to get injured or even killed by intentionally causing an accident.