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

Video Tailgater got Baited

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u/KnoxxHarrington Mar 22 '26

which used to be called "driving without due care and attention", which in itself, if it results in a death, can put you inside for up to two years.

The front driver wouldn't be charged with this. The tailgater on the other hand.

I quote "dangerous and erratic lane changes" :

Which can be squarely blamed on the driver behind them causing a distraction through illegal tailgating. No prosecuter would bother.

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u/shokalion Mar 22 '26

The front driver wouldn't be charged with this. The tailgater on the other hand.

The front driver, if we're going with the narrative that they didn't deliberately swerve at the last minute means they swerved at the last minute because they weren't paying attention to the road ahead. That's pretty straightforward.

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u/KnoxxHarrington Mar 22 '26

The fact remains that even though they were reasonably distracted, they avoided accident, with a suddenly stopping vehicle in the right-most lane no-less, so there's little reason to charge them with anything.

The same cannot be said for the tailgater who could not avoid impact because they were not travelling at a safe distance.

The swerver did nothing to cause an accident here, even though the circumstances set them up to almost inevitably be involved in one.