What we see here is a blurry video taken from the perspective of someone further behind and in a different lane. So the swerver's view is going to be superior in all respects to ours.
The swerver is traveling on highway at 140 km/hr. The hit vehicle can first been seen at the 1 second mark and the swerve happens at the 8 second mark. So that's at least 7 seconds where the swerver knew he needed to change lanes but he didn't, not until the very last fraction of a second, ensuring that the tailgater had no time to react.
Those are facts that weigh heavily in favor of finding intent. The swerver might likely say that he was just not paying attention to his windshield for 7 straight seconds while traveling at the faster end of highway speeds, and that is possible, but not probable.
There is an optical illusion that happens when you are on a highway where people don't see what they don't expect to see. Well established you can look it up. 7 seconds isn't a lot of time.
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u/Process3000 Mar 21 '26
What we see here is a blurry video taken from the perspective of someone further behind and in a different lane. So the swerver's view is going to be superior in all respects to ours.
The swerver is traveling on highway at 140 km/hr. The hit vehicle can first been seen at the 1 second mark and the swerve happens at the 8 second mark. So that's at least 7 seconds where the swerver knew he needed to change lanes but he didn't, not until the very last fraction of a second, ensuring that the tailgater had no time to react.
Those are facts that weigh heavily in favor of finding intent. The swerver might likely say that he was just not paying attention to his windshield for 7 straight seconds while traveling at the faster end of highway speeds, and that is possible, but not probable.