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Sure, if driving like a maniac, but you would argue the driver stopping for a dog on the road is at fault for the person crashing into him/her from behind? May
by consp 4y ago
Sure, if driving like a maniac, but you would argue the driver stopping for a dog on the road is at fault for the person crashing into him/her from behind?
Maybe it's different in the states, I'm not up to date with all traffic rules everywhere.
- macintux 4y agoThe challenge is that our tailgating rules aren’t sufficient for extreme cases. Two seconds behind someone is sufficient for most cases, but if the person in front of you, say, hits a wall and comes to an immediate stop, it won’t be enough. So if autonomous systems hit the brakes much more severely than conditions warrant, it’s not obvious that the drivers behind you are going to have time to react.
- ianai 4y agoIt’s been my experience/understanding that in the US someone hitting a car from behind is almost always at fault. The onus is on everybody to avoid an accident. But that doesn’t include forcing a car to continue forward. Also people commenting here are likely from widely disparate parts of the world with different driving laws. Those differences are more than enough to preclude useful discussion here at the extremes.