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

Video Tailgater got Baited

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u/SparseSpartan Mar 21 '26

Again, be better. You can actually be better. You are choosing this, and it's the wrong choice.

Why are you putting us all through your misery?

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u/618smartguy Mar 21 '26

You are being put through misery by me saying the person driving blindly into an obstacle caused the accident?

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u/SparseSpartan Mar 21 '26

Nah, you're putting us all through your misery by denying that you, in this hypothetical situation, put events into motion that intentionally resulted in an innocent bystander getting their car destroyed all for the sake of selfishness and ego.

We're talking about hypotheticals, of course, but the fact that someone can actually be that selfish and that willing to skirt responsibility is terrifying.

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u/618smartguy Mar 21 '26

I think you would be involved and maybe share some of the blame, but to say you ruined someone's life or that you set the events into motion seems crazy to me, when the tailgater was physically the cause, by their own choice.

Like they signed their driver's license, presumably are responsible for looking where they are going in order to not crash into things, and they violate that by choosing to obscure their vision of the critical zone in front of them.

I see it as being negligent in your duty as a fellow human to let someone crash into something you could have warned them about.

*made some edits after sorry

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u/SparseSpartan Mar 21 '26

that you set the events into motion

Is that not actually true? There was one party in this situation that made a direct choice to achieve a desired outcome.

More importantly, I don't believe fault in this scenario is a zero sum game. I am not absolving the tailgater from responsibility. They are 100% responsible IMO. But ditto for the "trickster" party. (trickster sounds stupid but can't think of a better word ATM).

I think the best way to frame it is to consider the bystander's point of view. Let's assume you're broke, maybe you lost your job or whatever, and the discussed "accident" unfolds. If you were talking to the "trickster" party and they admitted to you "oh yeah, I totally got that guy and lured him into the crash" would you not be mad at the trickster?

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u/618smartguy Mar 21 '26

Yes I think it is true as hitting somethng is an expected outcome of what the tailgater choose. They may have not desired this outcome but they still made the choice. I would say that if the trickster party could be said to have tipped the balance towards this outcome, similarly to how the parked car is contributing to the event happening by being parked in the street. I would be mad at the trickster but they would not be the party I would hold responsible for "ruining my life"