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> And when you get rear ended, you're rarely at fault. It was my understanding that in California, it is (legally) _always_ the rear-ender who is at fault, and
by aardvark291 8y ago
> And when you get rear ended, you're rarely at fault.
It was my understanding that in California, it is (legally) _always_ the rear-ender who is at fault, and not the rear-endee.
- Retric 8y agoIt can happen after a sudden lane change where the person that’s rear ended is at fault.
- MBCook 8y agoMy impression was that was the way most if not all states were set up.
- mirimir 8y agoUmmm, that's what I said :)
- ubernostrum 8y ago"The rear-ender is always at fault no matter what" is largely myth. The truth is just that historically it's been very hard to prove you weren't at fault if you hit someone else in the rear. Now, with dashcams becoming more common and people becoming more aware of deliberate-crash scams and road-raging "brake check" incidents, that's starting to change.