> resulting in an eight-vehicle crash
I'm sorry, but this is an 8 vehicle pile up from people following too close (or paying too little attention). At least where I'm from if you run into the back of a car it's your fault. It means you followed too close, failed to react to a situation in front of you.
Should the car have stopped there, no?
But is it that car's fault that others ran into the back of it? No.
The Tesla is 100% at fault here.
It is a neat fact to bring up but that doesn't apply here. The Tesla is still at fault and you would be hard pressed to find any adjuster or courts agreeing with you thanks to this excellent video evidence.
Luckily it's not up the adjuster, it's up the courts.
> short of mind-reading.
This is called defensive driving and it involves running "what if scenarios" and being prepared for even those. "What if the tesla has a tire blow out and comes in my lane" Is something that can be thought of any brand of car.