Originally Posted by Vendzilla

I don't know the state laws in New York, I know they have a lot of differences.

But you have a legal responsibility to avoid an accident

When that guy slowed down like that, the SUV should have hit the brakes.

http://www.duhaime.org/LegalDictiona...eDoctrine.aspx

A principle of tort law which requires an individual to take every action at hand to avoid an accident where peril to another human being is otherwise imminent.