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Re:Hard-braking events as indicators of road segment crash risk by ip26 on Monday February 09, 2026 @02:43PM (#46950052)
Some degree of road safety depends on predictable behavior. I haven’t seen those videos, but suddenly executing a panic stop on the freeway for no good reason at all increases everyone’s risk, even if the car behind you is following at a safe distance. Obviously the following driver bears the most responsibility, but erratic drivers shouldn’t be held to be morally blameless.
Re:Hard-braking events as indicators of road segment crash risk by californical on Monday February 09, 2026 @04:04PM (#46951280)
> erratic drivers

People don’t usually act erratically for no reason. Maybe they suddenly stop because they see a deer sprinting towards the road off in the distance, and the person behind them didn’t see it. There are tons of reasons that look like they “erratically stop”, which are actually genuine safe behavior that the other may not know about.

Re:Hard-braking events as indicators of road segment crash risk by tristor on Monday February 09, 2026 @06:15PM (#46952962)
People act erratically all of the time on the road because they're on their phones while driving instead of paying attention.