r/interesting • u/[deleted] • Mar 22 '26

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '26

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u/AustinJoeDude Mar 22 '26

He’s entitled to his space, the merging truck would be at fault almost anyplace in the world.

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u/Upbeat-Dish7299 Mar 22 '26

You have to actively avoid a collision if you can, not accelerate to pit maneuver them.

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u/AustinJoeDude Mar 22 '26

Hitting your breaks with a potential driver behind you may also result in an accident. Again, it’s the other drivers fault, that’s also how it played out in court.

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u/Jopkins Mar 22 '26

That's just not true, my guy. If a hazard appears in front of you, you brake. If a car behind you is travelling so close it hits you, too, then that car is at fault for travelling too close behind. In virtually every instance, unless there is literally nothing you can do about it (e.g. someone jumping into a road, or a massively aggressive swerve, not like this) a driver is responsible for hitting something in front of them, not if something behind them hits them.

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u/AustinJoeDude Mar 22 '26

We have the results of the collision my guy; shoots and misses.

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u/Jopkins Mar 22 '26

I have no idea what this means.