[bwang29]

A friend of mine recently had a dog in the back seat while driving and the dog started to want to get attention from her. My friend turned to look at the dog which ended in rear-ending a car in front of her. Now she needs to spend more than 2k in insurance deductible as well as having to use Uber to commute. Nonetheless, she feels it is 100% her own fault and she's really happy that the dog wasn't injured.

[sokoloff]

That last sentence seems eminently reasonable all around.

[interfixus]

Totally. And in the generalised version: Rear-ending is always your own fault. You hit the car in front of you, you were too close || too fast || not paying requisite attention.

[dazc]

The guy who was rear-ended is equally happy, I bet?