Brake checking that causes an accident= You could be liable?

[ControlD]

One thing is for sure: there are a bunch of angry drivers out there (and in here). I think everyone needs to grab a cup of cold brewed coffee and relax a little bit.

 

[preslove]

One thing is for sure: there are a bunch of angry drivers out there (and in here). I think everyone needs to grab a cup of cold brewed coffee and relax a little bit.

Driving is the most dangerous thing most of us do in or normal lives. Driving dangerously endangers your fellow citizens.

 

[ControlD]

Driving is the most dangerous thing most of us do in or normal lives. Driving dangerously endangers your fellow citizens.

I agree.

 

[edro]

People who tailgate me when I obviously have someone directly in front of me are the most annoying type of tailgater. Especially when they assume I should be tailgating the person in front of me.

I agree. My drive home is stressful and fast paced.
If you aren't tailgating the guy in front of you, the guy behind you will leap frog you for one spot.
All 3 lanes are filled. Left = 80mph+, Center=~75mph, Right=~70mph
I generally stay in the left lane the whole way.
If someone looks above average aggressive, I just let off the gas to let them leap frog.
It's much less stressful to just let them pass and watch their future attempts to leap frog from a few car lengths back.

 

[ControlD]

I agree. My drive home is stressful and fast paced.
If you aren't tailgating the guy in front of you, the guy behind you will leap frog you for one spot.
All 3 lanes are filled. Left = 80mph+, Center=~75mph, Right=~70mph
I generally stay in the left lane the whole way.
If someone looks above average aggressive, I just let off the gas to let them leap frog.
It's much less stressful to just let them pass and watch their future attempts to leap frog from a few car lengths back.

Yeah, Columbus traffic is brutal. I would rather drive in Detroit to be honest.

 

[core2slow]

Leapfroggers during rush hour can DIAGDF.

you really think you could get home any faster in a 10mph traffic like the rest of us?!

 

[zinfamous]

Leapfroggers during rush hour can DIAGDF.

you really think you could get home any faster in a 10mph traffic like the rest of us?!

the damnable thing is that they are the ones responsible for 10 mph traffic.

Driverless cars can not come soon enough.

eliminate humans from the equation and you eliminate traffic. Even the busiest metro areas could get away with 3, maybe even 2 lane expressways with an all-driverless commuter population, and experience no traffic stoppage.

 

[Oyeve]

Recently I tapped my breaks on a steep curve as to warn the idiot behind me that the curve was pretty damn steep, well, the last thing i saw was that the idiot behind me who was tailgating me, slam into the left turn curve. I saw pieces of his fender in the air behind me.

I never brake check, but I do tap the brakes fast a few times to warn the tailgater behind me. In fact, I went to divers course with my GF in nyc so she could get a coupla points off her license and the instructor said tapping the brakes is fine as it kinda wakes up tailgating idiots. NYC has a lot of those.

 

[sourceninja]

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[railer]

lol yea i see people that go by cops and brake all of a sudden. These are the assholes that get pulled over.
I just drop to a lower gear and let the engine do the braking and roll right by

So.....cops in your area issue tickets based on random braking patterns instead of vehicle speed?

Methinks you don't know what you're talking about. Do you even drive?

 

[isekii]

So.....cops in your area issue tickets based on random braking patterns instead of vehicle speed?

Methinks you don't know what you're talking about. Do you even drive?

happens all the time in the Palisades interstate parkway
cops waiting at their hiding spots and the drivers spot the police and brake immediately to slow down. By then it's too late and easy pickings for them.

Driving for 18 years and not a single ticket to my name. Yea I think i'm doing ok.

 

[LTC8K6]

I thought tapping the brake to make the brake lights come on, but not significantly braking, was what a "brake check" was. I thought the point was to scare the tailgaiter with your brake lights. Can someone elaborate, please?

A brake check is a quick and firm application of the brakes.

Tapping the pedal so the lights come on is not a brake check at all.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=brake+check

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brake_test

 

[tcG]

The term and act of "brake checking" (really just a way of saying slamming on brakes in order to cause an accident) is a pet peeve of mine. It's really idiotic.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I always thought brake checking was just making the light go on. That's usually what I do. Tap the brake a few times, and then not put my foot back on the gas and let the car slow down to the speed limit. Though sometimes I'll just slightly swerve around a bad pot hole instead of slowing down so the guy tailgating me can get it at full speed. Really depends on the situation really.

 

[BUTCH1]

People who tailgate me when I obviously have someone directly in front of me are the most annoying type of tailgater. Especially when they assume I should be tailgating the person in front of me.

Yea, the fucking road is jam-packed but somehow you not riding the guy in front of your bumper means your a douche that's holding up traffic. WTF is wrong with morons who do that, look the fuck around moron, there is no "magic" open lane you can go 90 in just beyond my front bumper.

 

[preslove]

A brake check is a quick and firm application of the brakes.

Tapping the pedal so the lights come on is not a brake check at all.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=brake+check

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brake_test

Ah cool. My dad does the tap, but not the full check. Who the fuck I'd dumb enough to actually brake hard in front of a tailgaters?

 

[AznAnarchy99]

Ah cool. My dad does the tap, but not the full check. Who the fuck I'd dumb enough to actually brake hard in front of a tailgaters?

People with rage problems. I've had this happen to me a few times.

 

[MtnMan]

From:
http://forums.anandtech.com/showpost.php?p=37970999&postcount=20

someone tailgates you.
you brake check.
they hit the guard rail.

I say it's their fault since they were following too close

As a firefighter we responded to a MVA, where a guy brake checked, he got smashed, injured, and found at fault and ticketed.

 

[AdamK47]

Ah cool. My dad does the tap, but not the full check. Who the fuck I'd dumb enough to actually brake hard in front of a tailgaters?

JEDI

 

[TallBill]

I'm all for carmakers putting in "following too close" alarms. Biggest pet peeve on the road.

 

[Darwin333]

So.....cops in your area issue tickets based on random braking patterns instead of vehicle speed?

Methinks you don't know what you're talking about. Do you even drive?

The braking makes it very obvious that you were speeding and catches their attention. Also the quick braking is dangerous so they have an additional reason to think that you are driving in an unsafe manner.

 

[Perknose]

The legal system has almost no way to determine why a driver might brake and it's pretty much impossible to prove it was done maliciously to cause a crash unless the driver is an asshole that brags about it on Facebook or Twitter.

"Your honor, a gust of wind hit my car, it drifted towards the centerline and I braked to assure I maintained control..." Yawn, case over.

If a person can be forced into a crash by another person brake-checking, the person who crashed is the bigger idiot. Period. Drive like a grown-up.

^^^ This. Especially the bolded.

 

[Darwin333]

Leapfroggers during rush hour can DIAGDF.

you really think you could get home any faster in a 10mph traffic like the rest of us?!

Ugh those assholes are the worst.

Hell I could of slowed because I was fucking with my radio, it is never the guy in front of you who is at fault if you hit him.

If you intentionally slam on your brakes because someone is following to closely you are indeed at fault for any accident that happens. Doesn't make the people tailgating any less of a douche, just makes you a bigger douche for causing an already unsafe situation to be FAR less safe. Proving it is another thing but it doesn't change the facts.

Yea, the fucking road is jam-packed but somehow you not riding the guy in front of your bumper means your a douche that's holding up traffic. WTF is wrong with morons who do that, look the fuck around moron, there is no "magic" open lane you can go 90 in just beyond my front bumper.

+1 x infinity. Where the hell do they think they are going to go? How much faster do they think they are going to get to wherever the hell they are going even if you do let them in front of you?

Around here it's almost impossible to maintain a "safe" distance between cars during any kind of decent traffic. If you leave a safe distance between you and the car in front of you someone will cut right in front of you. If you slow down to get back to a safe space someone else will cut right in front of you. Rinse and repeat until you are doing 5mph on the interstate. The absurd and intentional "up your ass" tailgaters need to diaf along with any idiot that thinks slamming the brakes while someone is right on your ass is a valid driving technique.

 

[OutHouse]

Yea, the fucking road is jam-packed but somehow you not riding the guy in front of your bumper means your a douche that's holding up traffic. WTF is wrong with morons who do that, look the fuck around moron, there is no "magic" open lane you can go 90 in just beyond my front bumper.

i used to have a car that the jet on the windshield wiper fluid squirted out of would constantly adjust itself to squirt over the car... POS. anyway at 20mph the stream was powerful enough to hit the car behind me if they were on my ass. Squirting the asshat behind me and watch his wipers turn on 8-10 times and seeing him getting annoyed is cheap quality entertainment.