>It absolutely is. If the person behind was unable to avoid collision, then the collision occurred because they were following too closely.
This is infantile circular logic. It makes for great internet feel good points an little else.
What the other car was doing absolutely matters. Plenty of people have brake checked their way into an accident and wound up paying for it because there were witnesses.
>It is always the driver's responsibility to maintain enough distance that they can safely respond to any action taken by the vehicle ahead
Citation please. I'm particularly interested in one that backs up the word that you thought was important enough to italicize.
My state places no specific requirement for following distance upon drivers. The state driver's manual states a suggested minimum of two seconds.
I spot checked two other states and their drivers' manuals advise similar (one advised three seconds, one advised a variable number depending on speed), neither said anything about being able to account for anything the car in front of you does.
This is infantile circular logic. It makes for great internet feel good points an little else.
What the other car was doing absolutely matters. Plenty of people have brake checked their way into an accident and wound up paying for it because there were witnesses.
>It is always the driver's responsibility to maintain enough distance that they can safely respond to any action taken by the vehicle ahead
Citation please. I'm particularly interested in one that backs up the word that you thought was important enough to italicize.
My state places no specific requirement for following distance upon drivers. The state driver's manual states a suggested minimum of two seconds.
I spot checked two other states and their drivers' manuals advise similar (one advised three seconds, one advised a variable number depending on speed), neither said anything about being able to account for anything the car in front of you does.