Originally Posted by drft_wannabe
haha the thing in the first paragraph happened to me last week. when it was raining i was trying to pull into my community, and we dont have a very big gateway so i was taking it pretty slow because i didnt feel like sliding into the wall. so all of a sudden this kid who just got off the bus decides to run across the entrance way. i tap the brakes and this guy in a bronco II clips the left corner of my bumper. he then gets nailed by a chevy 1500 and tries to blame me and scream at me. i call the cops and the cop pretty much calls the guy a retard and says there is no way its my fault. now he's paying for $450 in damage and also having to get his shit fixed. sucks to be him, but theres no way i was at fault.
This is a prime example of why I don't brake check. Getting hit won't make you rich. All that you get is enough to fix the damage. Meanwhile, you have to drive around with a smashed ass rear end and part with your car for a while when you finally get it fixed. The way I see it, not only does getting rear ended not make you rich, it actually costs you money due to your insurance premiums going up(news flash, they go up even if you're not at fault). Not to mention the hassle that comes with dealing with any matter of the law.
Oh, and if you rear end someone, it doesn't matter if they brake checked. All they have to say is that a squirrel ran out in front of them. Even with witnesses, there is no way to prove them wrong. Just because an impartial driver will testify that he didn't see anything, doesn't prove it didn't happen.