AK> driver of the taurse may both be considered at fault.  
 AK> The law says that if
 AK> you are hit from behind and you hit the car in front of 
 AK> you, you are at fault
 AK> because you were following too close behind the car in front.  You're
Which, depending on how fast the idiot who plows into you was going, may not 
have been the case at all.   If they plower is driving a semi, large truck, 
or a big SUV, his momentum could shove a stopped car into the one in front of 
it even if more than the proper distance is maintained.  I don't know what 
Connecticut [my state] law says, but it's just physics.  You can't legislate 
newtonian laws away.  [they've tried - it doesn't work. :-) ]
 AK> of the driver of front car in the pile-up would not have to pay anything
 AK> because that driver didn't hit anyone.  The first two 
 AK> drivers could also be
 AK> ticketed, depending on the circumstances.
I wonder what happens when the cars being hit are legally parked....  That's 
happened near here more than once.  Then too, some idiots have rammed into 
parked houses, stores, and supermarkets.  
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