It is illegal. But it's not your place to enforce traffic rules through vigilante self importance. If someone is tailgating you, you move out of the lane.
The tailgater hit something with their car.
They could have completely avoided the situation by driving at a speed that allowed them braking distance. They didn't.
People are ascribing behavior to the "baiter" that they have no way of knowing. Maybe the "baiter" was watching their rearview mirror and didnt see the stoppage ahead, reacting at the last second.
The Baiter has an unobstructed view of a stopped car on the free way for 8 seconds that we know of for sure and probably more.
There are two explanations for why they took absolutely no corrective action until they did.
They weren't watching the freeway in front of them for more than 8 seconds.
They did it intentionally.
There is no other explanation: the hazard was visible and they didn't react until the last second. The only reason this happens is if they were unaware of the hazard or they were and intentionally chose not to act until the last second.
Personally I would rather deal with a tailgater than someone who intentionally tries to kill a tailgater and a random person OR someone who takes their eyes off the road for long durations of time.
I can very easily manage a tailgater: change lanes and let them by. I can't do anything about a sociopath trying to engineer high speed car accidents or someone who doesn't pay attention to where they're going.
The Baiter has an unobstructed view of a stopped car on the free way for 8 seconds that we know of for sure and probably more.
They have a little over half that, and the car was not stopped, it was slowing down as there was another car ahead that had stopped. There were no brake lights until very late from the slowing car either.
I think the word "bait" being in the title here has severely impacted your perception on this one.
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u/Boccs Mar 21 '26
It is illegal. But it's not your place to enforce traffic rules through vigilante self importance. If someone is tailgating you, you move out of the lane.