Rear end car accident - who is at fault?

At this point it is anybody's guess. The driver following is *not* always responsible. A woman my wife works with recently had a court decision go against her husband.

He was involved in a two car accident in December (ice may have been involved - it wasn't clear) and it was established the car behind him, where the fatality occurred, was following approximately 4 car lengths away. The speed also was not clear, but it was enough to produce a fatality. The court found the following driver blameless and the driver in front was 100% responsible, even though this is an apportioned responsibility state.

Important considerations include the risk involved in hitting the animal. If it was a deer or larger the braking is probably justified, smaller than that (like the possum or a dog) the braking may be found to be unjustified. That puts the responsibility on the driver in front... you.

See the first source. It addresses deliberately braking to scare the tailgating driver but the underlying civil issues still apply.

The other drivers fault. Anyone that rear ends another car is at fault for not paying attention or following too closely. If they had 2-3 car lengths or was paying attention they wouldn't have rear ended you.

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