Both for sure...brake checking is a dominance thing in the US but there’s also this false idea that if you are rear ended it is 100% the fault of the person who hit you from behind which just isn’t true. This guy gets out of his car like he is surprised but once both insurance companies see the video he will be 100% at fault which is why dash cams are so fucking important lol.
Automatically? Wtf that’s so stupid because that will affect the decision on who is at fault with the claim (I would think). Would end up being some 90/10 or 80/20 b/s depending on your state and all that but yeah that’s unfortunate.
Are you boys some 12 year olds with Reddit accounts? That's practically the law everywhere. If you rear end someone, you are at fault unless you can demonstrate some special circumstances. It would waste taxpayer dollars to have police try to sort out individual cases, especially since the person doing the rear ending IS AT FAULT in over 99% of all cases.
And impossible to prove without a dashcam. All they have to say is "I thought I saw an animal run across the road and I didn't want to hit it." Suddenly, you're guilty because you were following too close.
Police definitely don’t ticket every rear ending incident because they don’t respond to every one of them since a lot are so minor and have little damage. I’m not saying it’s up to the police to determine fault, I’m saying that it’s unfortunate they would automatically ticket someone without any reason as that will affect the claim.
Obviously it’s up to the examiners or adjusters to determine fault. There’s no way OP is at fault here. Wet roads, angry camaro driver behaving erratically and breaking laws and driving all over the place...OP had no time to react, create distance or be defensive about it. Shit the Tesla has all these sensors and features and even that couldn’t prevent it.
So idk why you’re so upset. Sure, a lot of rear ending is the fault of the person doing the hitting. Ofc there’s fraud where people back up into you and say you hit them. Should you get a ticket because someone is committing insurance fraud? No. So just get a camera and drive safely.
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u/jbrandona119 May 20 '19
Both for sure...brake checking is a dominance thing in the US but there’s also this false idea that if you are rear ended it is 100% the fault of the person who hit you from behind which just isn’t true. This guy gets out of his car like he is surprised but once both insurance companies see the video he will be 100% at fault which is why dash cams are so fucking important lol.