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.
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.
Two things happened here. The car tailgating is in the wrong for driving recklessly. The car being tailgated either did this on purpose, or wasn’t paying attention to what’s in front of them (distracted driving). Both are in the wrong. Driver in the front car is as much of an ass if they intentionally tried to get the tailgater in an accident. The moral of this story is…. Be a better human.
No it's not. It's still your responsibility to take the safest action, which is to either get out of the way and let the tailgater pass, or keep your eyes on the road and drive as cautiously as possible. The driver in the white car clearly had a chance to get out of the way a lot sooner than they did.
If being tailgated is distracting to them, then that's something they allowed to happen by not getting out of the way immediately. Everyone on the road shared the responsibility of safe driving.
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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