How many drivers are at fault?

Question

My question is actually about whether or not morality is absolute. Here's a scenario. Let's say there's a 20 car pileup on the freeway. Without further information, how many drivers do you think were probably at fault?
A. 0
B. 1
C. 19
D. 20
Feel free to elaborate.

Answer 1

That's a good one, but in most cases I'd say B. 1 is the most logical answer.

Answer 2

Every driver would be equally to blame, unless they were side-swiped by a swerving car and stuffed into the central barrier. There are no absolutes, but generally speaking, people often drive too fast/too close for their own safety and that of everyone else, and multiple pile-ups simply wouldn't happen if people drove with enough safe space between them and the vehicle in front.

The biggest pile-up I saw was on a motorway, where over 100 cars/trucks and vans collided in fog, with the result that a few died and many more were seriously injured.

I always remind people, that safe driving involves the ability to stop, rather than just slow down, prior to hitting anything. This is especially the case in foggy conditions, when most accidents like this occur.

People should always ask this question:-

If I am driving along a road, or motorway, and see a motorcycle and rider lying on the road, would I run over them or be able to stop?"

It's a sobering thought!

Answer 3

It could be 19 or 20.....Assuming that all the cars rear-ended each other, one at a time, all the drivers are at fault, except for the first car, who got rear-ended. If none of these 19 drivers allowed enough distance to the car in front of them, they are responsible. However, some of these cars could have stopped, but possibly got rear-ended and pushed into the car in front. e.g Car 1 stops, Car 2 hits car 1.
Car 3 stops in time, but Car 4 hits Car 3 and pushes it into Car 2. So there could be any number of them at fault....It could even be only 1, if he was the car 20, and hit car 19, so hard, causing the domino effect, all the way to Car 1.
Car 1 could also be at fault, if he cut in front of Car 2 and stopped, or if he stopped for no good reason. So many different possibilities.
Even a 21st car, who was not involved in the accident, but somehow caused it by improper lane change.

Answer 4

That would probably 1 or 2 drivers fault. More than likely one person merged causing another person to lock up the brakes and 19 people behind driver 2 pile up. Driver one would be at fault if they don't leave the scene because the jack off cut number 2 off. This would be my guess because my experiance with pile ups on German Autobahns. I dealt with a few pile ups overthere and the same thing driver 1 merged and 2 hit the brakes and the rest was a chain reation. I hope this helps you.

Answer 5

19 because every one that hit the back of some one was to close to the car in front of them if they were the proper distance they would not have hit the car infront of them. they can all file a clame against the the car in the back that car started it and they would not have hit the car infront of them if the car that started it had not started it. It also depends on state law how many are at fault so your answers are going to verry by state

Answer 6

I would say 20. The first guy that wrecked and the 19 others that were so close that they were effected by the wreck. I might say 19 if someone just happened to be passing in the lane next and gets caught up in it.

Answer 7

19.You are responsible for not hitting the car in front of you, no matter what happens if 1 car stops in the middle of the highway and you get stopped before you hit them, but 18 cars back doesn't get stopped and pushes everyone into the car in front of them each car is responsible for following to close to the car in front of them, only the idiot who was stopped in the middle of the highway would not be at fault, even though they caused the whole thing it happened to my dad he got a ticket and his insurance had to pay for the idiots car, and the car directly behind him had to pay for his, and so on down the line.

Answer 8

d. 20
_Fault can be shared with all drivers. It is any drivers responsibility to be aware of all actions on the road around them.

(Even if the car in front of me slams on the brakes its my responsibility to maintain enough distance to be able to react to such an event)

Answer 9

To answer your "actual" question:

Of course morality is absolute. To each of us at any given point in time.

Answer 10

1 since one mad the mistakes