Agree with 91_Ag. Same experience here, rear vehicle that caused the wreck was responsible for all.91_Aggie said:K2T2 said:
Like a zillion people already said, because if you get rear-ended and hit the person in front of you, you're at fault. Also, I drive a standard, and it's annoying as **** when people do the slow, intermittent scooching forward thing at lights, so I often end up further back behind a car than I stopped.
This is wrong. If you are stopped at a light and some one rear ends you and they push you into car in front of you the guy who pushed is liable for both (or more)
SOURCE: Happened to me leaving Houston Airport. I was the one in the middle. Guy who hit me got tagged for both. I was not liable for the car he pushed me into.
I was not 1 to 2 car lengths behind. It was normal distance.
Story: Better half was involved in a 4 car pile up on University Dr a while back. Traffic was heavy, lead car decided to make a sudden yet slow right turn thus causing a small immediate backup. Last car wasn't paying close enough attention and rear ended the next car and caused a 4 car chain reaction. As said last car that caused the wreck had to pay for all damages. However the fool that made the careless right turn to begin with wasn't touched, paid no attention to what just happened behind them and went on about their way.
To what K2T2 said: yeah this inching up bothers me too.