I agree that the third car is almost certainly at fault. "Didn't have time to stop" is nonsense in every case except if some idiot cuts into your lane within yo

I agree that the third car is almost certainly at fault. "Didn't have time to stop" is nonsense in every case except if some idiot cuts into your lane within your safe stopping distance and then immediately brakes. Drivers need to think of every vehicle as being in a moving block[1] signalling system with each block being ~290m long (actual vehicle in the middle of this block) in wet conditions at 110kmh-1[2] and ~230m long in dry conditions at 110kmh-1[2]. No vehicle should ever enter another vehicles moving block. Obviously the type of vehicle, tires, road surface material, etc can reduce (or extend) those required block lengths, but you generally have to assume worst case scenario because how are you to know whether another vehicle has bald tires or is operated by a person who is fatigued or distracted and taking much longer to respond than they should. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moving_block https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moving_block [2] https://www.qld.gov.au/transport/safety/road-safety/driving-safely/stopping-distances/graph https://www.qld.gov.au/transport/safety/road-safety/driving-...