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Dashcam video captured a road rage incident on Highway 50 in Sacramento, where a driver brake checked a vehicle, causing another motorist to lose control and slam into the first car. To intentionally apply your brakes because somebody is tailgating you could be a violation of 22109, which is known as brake checking. Sometimes this will lead to an aggressive confrontation known as road rage. So the best thing to do if somebody is tailgating is to just move over and allow them to proceed down the road, rather than engaging them, which could lead to a confrontation, Pennings said.