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If you crash into the car in front of you in your lane, the responsibility is yours both morally and legally. The only car which has a valid excuse is the car immediately following the tesla since the tesla inserted itself into its lane then immediately stopped, not allowing it to build a safety distance.

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This is not the case in Germany. Unnecessary emergency breaking will have you be at least 50% at fault.

You are putting other people into an emergency situation which is endangering everyone around you.

The video does indeed show that this happened.

The driver's account, as quoted here, doesn't even make sense. In the first sentence it says he was driving along in lane 1, the car slowed, and he "felt an impact."

The next part is contradictory, citing a different lane (2), a different cruising speed, and then a lane change... and no impact. WTH?

Are you surprised you can be guilty of an accident when you have not hit anyone?

No. Why do you ask?

I had an accident exactly like that. Car in front of me fully stopped all of a sudden as I was accelerating. This was right passed the lights. No traffic or anything in front him. I don't know why he stopped. My insurance told me he was 100% at fault.

Would he still be 100% at fault if he was stopping for a child you didn't see?

Why do you think that matters here?

> If you crash into the car in front of you in your lane, the responsibility is yours both morally and legally.

It's not that simple. If it was it would be legal to break check someone and it would be that persons fault for crashing in to you.

The cars stopping because there is an accident ahead aren’t doing something unsafe. You running into them is your fault.

This is not true. If you cause an unsafe situation, then you are certainly to blame, regardless of other traffic rules that you think may be relevant.

This seems like a rather absolute take

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