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Originally Posted by Z-man
Right or wrong, the Nissan driver was still stupid for stopping.
Funny thing happened to me on the way to work....
Driving on the Garden State Parkway - 65mph zone. All of a sudden, there's a huge slowdown infront of me. Turns out about 10 cars ahead of me, there's a BMW 5-series STOPPED in the fast last lane - maybe 5 inches over the line -- with most of the car still occupying the fast lane. Driver had his flashers on and was on the cell phone.
I presume these was some mechanical issue, but the driver could have made a better effort at pulling over. Could have gotten really bad really fast.
While according to the letter of the law, you are correct - the driver behind is always at fault.
That does not negatve the fact that the Nissan driver was stupid for stopping in the middle of the road. You don't do that - people don't expect that - it is a dangerous thing to do. Just like that BMW driver on my way to work.
So - if you are going to come to a dead stop in the middle of the road for no apparent reason, don't be surprised if you get slammed in the rear by another car.
-Z-man.
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Not ALWAYS. Back in the early-mid 90s, it was a common scam here (Arizona) for people to get ahead of you and around a bend in the road, or over a hill, they slam on their brakes. Soon as you crest the hill, or take the turn, BAM. You rearend them, they collect insurance money. Happened to my brother, and when the insurance company looked into it, they found the people my brother hit had been hit by something like 10 other people in the recent past, called it fraud and the cops ended up prosecuting them.