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Originally Posted by stevej37

I had that happen to me. I was looking left at a stop sign and another car crept up on my left and blocked my view. I released the brake to go forward for a better view and the car behind me rammed me into the intersection.

Yep, not uncommon, I think.

Mostly unrelated, most of the time, being rear-ended almost guarantees that the person that did the rear-ending is at fault in an accident. And while I see and understand that take on things, and it makes a certain amount of sense, I have only ever been rear ended once. In college, one of my college buddies was dicking with his radio as he came up behind me completely stopped at a light (4 lanes wide) and locked up his brakes just as it started raining and slid into the back of my car. Neither car had any damage. But I've never been rear ended other than that .

When I was about 21, I knew this couple and the guy had been rear ended 10 times in the 3 years before I met them. I think they were in their mid 20s. I have always thought that he was doing something to get rear ended. I actively try to do things to ensure that I'm not rear ended.