Rear ended car.?
May
You haven't asked a question??? If you are wondering who will be liable, it will probably be you......BUT.... ONLY the involved insurance companies can, do and will determine liability. They will notify you.
STEPHEN
If you hit the guy that was in front of you all along, whatever happened to HIM to make him brake doesn't matter. You were too close. So it's your fault.
Anonymous
I have heard better stories AND I DON'T GIVE A DAMN.Still not good. YOU are at fault because you were following too close. It said in your driver's TRAINING MANUAL adequate spacing. They use the 2 second rule. Lets say the car in front passes a big Ponderous Pine tree. As you are traveling on the same road you too will pass that tree. When you see the car in front about side by side he has basically passed it and you start your count ONE MISSISSIPPI TWO MISSISSIPPI. Just as you utter the "Pee", you are alongside that Tree. WHAT YOU SEE IS THE SPACING OF 2 SECONDS between you and the car in front of you. The distance of 2 seconds applies at speeds of 20MPH or 200MPH. The only thing that changes is the distance between the vehicles. which is the needed braking distance so you DO NOT HIT THE OTHER CAR.(if they somehow managed to stop instantly) then again they could have slowed down without any brake lights showing. You just know the speed YOU are traveling and are assuming they are doing the same speed. . If the car is getting bigger and bigger, then obviously they are driving slower and you are gaining. FOR SOME REASON?? Maybe they are at the edge of a cliff.YOU DON'T KNOW WHY.So you proceed with caution. YOU definitely do not race up there to find out unless your name is WILE E. COYOTE. While that 2 second space is enough room for other cars to get in there, THIS IS NOT A RACE. So you have to adjust the spacing for the New car in front of you. Many people do not know or use the 2 second rule. Most of them drive damaged cars. Hell, I don't use the 2 second rule. Mine is 3 or 4 second rule. In the winter where I get ice and snow, then the 2 second rule does not apply on roads full of snow and black ice so 4 seconds is much better...and needed. But there are driver's that are CLUELESS ABOUT THAT TOO AND THEY DRIVE THOSE WRECKS or are fresh out of the hospital from the last crash they had. They NEVER "WILL" LEARN. Try Learning. You live longer injury free.
Obi Wan Knievel
The insurance company will understand completely, because rear-end collisions happen all the time. They'll still accept 100% liability on your behalf, but they'll understand. It's called an accident for a reason. What this will do to your rates in the future is entirely between you and your insurance company in the future, but this will definitely go down as a responsible (at-fault) accident on your record. Because a rear-end collision is always the fault of whoever did the rear-ending, no exceptions granted and no excuses accepted. It happens to the best of drivers, and it just happened to you. Some of the finest people you'll ever meet have been responsible for traffic accidents, and most of them got past it. And so will you. But if you're looking for a way out, some magic technicality that will take the responsibility off your shoulders and put it on someone else, that's not going to happen.
lucy
The reason when you rear end someone is due to either following too close, not paying attention or not keeping an assured distance. The fact that this unknown driver cut in front of the guy in front of you is not relevant, since the guy in front of you was able to avoid hitting the unknown driver. See, you do what many people do and that is look at what is in front of you, vs to your right/left and also cars ahead of you, since those other cars can change lanes or stop, thus causing the other cars to do the same. Whenever I am on a highway and see 1 lane stopped or slowing, I know that the stopped lanes will jump in at any opportunity to get out of the stopped lane, thus you must be aware of your surroundings.
Erik
It doesn't seem fair, I know, but you are at fault. You always have to be going slow enough, and leave enough space, that you can stop without hitting the car in front of you.
KY-Clay
Your fault, as you were following too close or distracted.
AlCapone
So, does anyone's opinion here actually make things any different? It is what it is.
StephenWeinstein
The insurance will understand. You won't. You are never, ever, under any circumstances, allowed to drive so close to the car in front of you that if the driver in front slams on his brakes for any reason, you will not be able to stop and will hit him. Because you were close enough that you could not stop, you are completely at fault. You are not "looking like the bad driver". You simply are the bad driver. Anyone who gets too close to be able to stop is a bad driver. The insurance company understands this. The question is whether you will.
A Hunch
If will likely look like you were following too close behind the car in front of you.
Anonymous
Is English your native language? IN GENERAL when it's a rear end accident it's the fault of the car that did the rear ending. HOWEVER, I have seen exceptions. Generally you are deemed to be "following too close" if you can't avoid a car which suddenly brakes. I have seen insurance company - and Attorneys - file claims against the car which caused the accident, and that is the car that changed lanes. I suspect you will have to argue that you were driving at a prudent speed, not too fast for conditions, AND there was sufficient distance between your car and the car ahead of you BEFORE he braked.
Ron
I know in rear ends your always at fault You don't know squat
Round Square
You should of chased the non-mirror-using mother ******. Pull him out of the car and rear end him if you know what I mean.