Yeah, I’m sure the events described in the OP post were satisfying on some level but a crash is a bad outcome and intentionally antagonizing the tailgater probably made it more likely to happen.
I mean it sucks for the person who got crashed into, but it is still the tailgater’s responsibility not to crash into people (and also not to tailgate).
imo you can’t really compartmentalize blame that way, OP couple still did something wrong by prioritizing a personal grievance over the potential safety of everyone else on the road, even if it’s through indirect influence on the mental state of someone who is more at fault. Driving is too dangerous to be acting like that.
You also can’t make those two things equivalent. It’s not bad or wrong to slow down your car with a tailgater behind you. It is bad and wrong to tailgate and rear end someone.
I’m not saying they’re equivalent, but I am saying that intentionally antagonizing any other driver in order to retaliate for something is in fact wrong.
Yeah, I’m sure the events described in the OP post were satisfying on some level but a crash is a bad outcome and intentionally antagonizing the tailgater probably made it more likely to happen.
I mean it sucks for the person who got crashed into, but it is still the tailgater’s responsibility not to crash into people (and also not to tailgate).
imo you can’t really compartmentalize blame that way, OP couple still did something wrong by prioritizing a personal grievance over the potential safety of everyone else on the road, even if it’s through indirect influence on the mental state of someone who is more at fault. Driving is too dangerous to be acting like that.
You also can’t make those two things equivalent. It’s not bad or wrong to slow down your car with a tailgater behind you. It is bad and wrong to tailgate and rear end someone.
I’m not saying they’re equivalent, but I am saying that intentionally antagonizing any other driver in order to retaliate for something is in fact wrong.
I’d much prefer a crash at 10mph over one at 25mph tbh
Fair, maybe there are legitimate reasons to do this