U less their brake lights aren’t working, and the driver of the behicle,behind is distracted momentarily, like even just looking In rear view mirror or out side window or something
A couple years ago, we were headed out of town on I-680 in the Bay Area around 4:30 AM. Traffic was very light since it was the beginning of the pandemic and everything was shut down. The road was very dark and traffic almost non-existant.
Some distance ahead of us, maybe a half mile, there were a lot of emergency lights on the right side of the interstate. My wife slowed and moved over one lane to the left. There were no cars anywhere near us. Suddenly, we came upon a parked car on the roadway in the left two lanes, turned 90 degrees to the direction of travel. We must have missed T-Boning it by a foot or less.
It was the perfect combination — dark night, distraction of emergency flashing lights ahead on the right side of the road, an unexpected parked car at 90 degrees on the left side of the interstate.
It was unbelievable and we thanked God that he got us through that safely.