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I remember taking Driver's Ed class many years ago. When we got to the section about fault in relation to rear-end collisions, the instructor said, "if you rear
by sib 3y ago
I remember taking Driver's Ed class many years ago. When we got to the section about fault in relation to rear-end collisions, the instructor said, "if you rear-end someone, it is your fault, full stop." The class then spent five minutes asking hypotheticals, to which the answer was always, "nope, still your fault."
- ghaff 3y agoThat is correct. However, it's also the case that in the real world if you drive legally but do things like brake erratically, you will cause accidents.
- shadowgovt 3y agoNot if the vehicles behind you are self driving cars.
- LorenPechtel 3y agoHe's wrong. What if that car ahead just got there and is moving far below your velocity? And there's the case of where the car ahead stopped in a fashion a car can't--ran into something massive or the like. Under standard driving conditions if the car in front of you is involved in a head-on at speed you're going to hit it. 2 second following distance assumes the car ahead is subject to the same physics you are.
- bluGill 3y agoIf you cannot see a car ahead of you in time to stop then you are going too fast for conditions. The only time it can be not your fault is if the slow moving car switches lanes in front of you before there is time to stop.
- sib 3y agoThe one exception is if a car pulls into a lane in front of you when you are traveling faster. His actual statement was, "if you rear-end someone that you are following, it is your fault..." If someone abruptly pulls in front of you, you weren't following them.