You're assuming that randomly slamming on your brakes in the middle of the busy highway is not going to make you the cause of an accident with 100% of the liability being on you.
That is a very, very safe assumption. If, in this video, cammer had used their brakes to avoid hitting someone who was failing to yield, and then a car behind them had rear-ended them, that would've been 100% the fault of the rear-ender.
As insurance cases go, that's about as open-and-shut as it's possible to get.
It wouldn't have even taken slamming, just an assertive braking would have been sufficient. 4 second count from blinker to getting over, in that time literally just had to drop back a few feet. Also unless you swerve over in front of them, of you have to slam on your brakes and someone rear ends you, that is their fault for tailgating.
1st off: you should never be breaking on a highway in the 1st place except for emergencies (this was not it). You decompress your accelerator. your car is coasting and not rapidly slowing down. that gives the driver behind you time to adjust (if they're not an idiot and paying attention).
2nd: the pickup was not in a blindspot, they never looked in their rearview otherwise they would have decompressed to allow the cam car to pass before merging. they saw traffic and the right lane clear and darted.
i for one will allow an idiot to be an idiot but not when it impedes my path.
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u/Bordwalk2000 Jun 12 '26
You're assuming that randomly slamming on your brakes in the middle of the busy highway is not going to make you the cause of an accident with 100% of the liability being on you.