It’s actually not illegal in Mississippi. Following too closely is, but that’s up to the officer writing the ticket. Any combination vehicle has to stay at least 300 feet behind another combination vehicle unless overtaking.
The insurance company can claim they slammed on brakes causing the accident, but rear ending someone always places blame on the following vehicle. The person can say a deer/possum/rabbit etc was running across and they hit brakes to keep from running it over. The accident won’t occur if the trailing vehicle is following at a safe legal distance.
So what's the deal with trucks driving right up on other drivers leaving no space?
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Skill and good judgement never run out and, from the way it looks, most of us agree on that. -
They can't just "claim" something. Especially if the video from the truck clearly shows there was no reason for them to slam on their brakes. As I'd said before, brake checking is illegal in all 50 states and is considered a form of road rage. Hitting someone from behind in a brake check situation is on the brake checker.
https://www.quora.com/Is-it-illegal-to-brake-check-someone-and-cause-an-accident-in-the-state-of-AZLast edited: Feb 2, 2019
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My link stated further down that it's illegal in all 50 states. You have to read down a bit. -
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Now, civilly they could be deemed partially responsible for damages, but not criminally. The person following too closely would get the citation.Last edited: Feb 2, 2019
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So you've been driving commercial for 15 years? It's funny, just last Monday you had only been driving a but under 2 years. So which is it? So basically, you're a newbie that likes to tailgate, right?
And who the F gets turned down by Swift, CRST and Werner? I mean, DUDE, you must really suck.Dale thompson, stwik, Brettj3876 and 1 other person Thank this. -
No, I said I'd been driving class A for two years. #######.
Um yes, I was driving a commercial straight tanker since 2002. There are other vehicles to drive commercially for besides Class A. Dont pretend to know what the #### I do.
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