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All the above.

The real answer is both of them are, brake checkers and tailgaters. No defending either one and doing one doesn't justify the other. Both of them are fucking idiots sorely lacking in common sense.

You are much more likely to die from the asshole following too close behind you slamming in to you should an actual accident occur in front of you then you are from making the tailgater have to slow down.

*suck it up and give people space champ

How do these compare with pulling over to let the asshole pass?

This. Driving a motor vehicle at a high speed close enough to another vehicle that a brake check should bother you means youre probably in the wrong.

The person hitting the brakes is a dick too but guess whos going to be found liable for the accident?

Or are they constantly searching for blood to shed?

Or perhaps they believe nothing bad can happen to/around them?

nobody should be so close behind you that they don't have time to react and stop.

People who tailgate need to lose their fucking licenses.

Breakcheckers are heroes and I will hear nothing to the contrary.

they get people killed or permanently impaired

I suppose tailgaters are people too. Idiotic people if you ask me.

if the only people involved in accidents were the ones responsible for those accidents, sure

this is not the case

That is the case *put on nerd glasses* actually, a fundamental of driving is to always leave enough distance between yourself and the next vehicle as sudden stops can occur at any given second.

if the only people involved in accidents were the ones responsible for those accidents, sure

this is not the case

a rear-end on a highway at a high rate of speed often ends so much worse

Brake checking is more about retaliation than anything. Trying to get back at people on the road is pretty dumb

no, that is not the case. vehicles in other lanes often become involved. i see it time and time again. reviewing accident footage is more or less my day job.

Had a tailgater earlier today. Like, love, I am driving the speed limit. There's speed cameras everywhere, what do you want from me?

Some people pull over as a courtesy. But as long as you are driving the speed limit you don't have to. I assume the tailgater didn't have passing as an option.

It is the case,

For all the people saying both, you do realize that without one, tailgaters, there wouldn't be the other, crashes because of sudden stops. Again aside from a scammer scenario, but that's rare and typically happens on city streets anyway, because even most scammers aren't dumb enough to try that shit at highway speed.

That's irrelevant.

Tailgating does not remotely justify a brake checker being reckless too.

Tailgaters are assholes. Brake checkers are bigger assholes. Brake checking directly risks accidents. And pile ups risk more than your two dumbasses. (hypothetically)

Irrelevant. One of the fundamentals of driving is that sudden stops can happen at any given second, intent or cause need not apply.

Is this going to be another discussion where brake check defenders twist genuine sudden stops (as in not trying to retaliate against the person behind you) as "brake checking..." Because that's not brake checking.

How are brake checkers bigger assholes? Brake checking should have basically zero risk if people behind the brake checker are giving proper space.

Like I said earlier, people shouldn't brake check but it's the tailgaters that are the main problem. I can only think people with opinions like this are themselves tailgaters and well I already made my opinion on them very clear earlier in this thread.

No, it's a discussion to maybe get people to realize that one of the fundamentals of driving is that sudden stops can occur at any given second, it doesn't matter why the person ahead is suddenly stopping. Scammer scenarios aside.

Tailgating is a lure. Break checkers take the bait. Don't feed road trolls.

Tailgaiting raises odds of an accident but break checking makes it almost certain. If a tailgater causes an accident, it's their fault for being too close. But break checking is a deliberate choice to make if difficult. It's a dangerous and unnecessary escalation. And it's not just about the two vehicles. A brakecheckers action to say "fuck you" to the tailgaters reaction time risks everyone around you.

Just let them pass or keep going the speed you were. That will either teach them to slow down or Darwin will do it for them. But it wouldn't be with your hand.