Because stopping suddenly on a motorway is permitted under some circumstances. Driving too close so you can not stop as quickly is the bit against the law.
While is it always the person's fault who rearended you? What about the person in front of you stopping all of a sudden in the middle of a highway?
Submitted 2 days ago by Patnou@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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slazer2au@lemmy.world 2 days ago
cattywampas@lemmy.world 2 days ago
It’s probably not true to say that it’s always the fault of the rear-ender. But most of the time it’s because said person was following too closely. If you maintain a following distance of 3-4 seconds you should be able to safely avoid almost any collision caused by a sudden stop.
cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
This is one way insurance scammers operate. Sometimes they’ll even have a partner drive alongside you so you can’t get over. Though dash cams have largely reduced these scams. Hard to do when everybody is recording.
twisted@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
It isn’t always your fault. If someone swerves into your lane and brakes hard there’s no way you could avoid them.
Fondots@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Under some circumstances, a car may need to brake suddenly, like if a kid or deer or something runs out into the road, the car in front of you suddenly breaks down, a car suddenly swerves into your lane, etc.
And so you need to be allowing enough space between yourself and the car in front of you and paying attention so that you can stop in case that car does suddenly.
When they assign fault for an accident, it’s usually not 100% one party or the other’s fault. In a case where someone slams on the brakes for legitimately no reason, they’re probably going to be at least partially at fault
But regardless of whether they were or weren’t in the right to stop suddenly, if you were following too closely to stop in time or not paying attention, you’re also at fault because the accident could have been avoided if you had been doing your part.
You can’t control what the cars in front or behind you are doing, but you can control what you are doing, and if there was something you could have reasonably done to avoid the accident but didn’t, you’re going to be at least partially at fault.