I once rear-ended a guy .... He was ahead of me at a red light. He was turning left; I was going straight. Light turned green, he started to go, I went to go around him .. then he suddenly/inexplicably stopped. I hit him. I was in the wrong 100%.
Police officer comes. Talks to the other guy; talks to me. The other guy was all dramatic, "I don't know what happened, the light turned green and I could see him coming for me, so I braced for impact." Drama queen. The police officer asks me, "so what happened? DId your foot just slip off of the brake?" I told him, "Honestly, no. I assumed he was turning, I went to go around him, he didn't and I hit him."
He tells me to go on my way ... no ticket.
As I was getting into my car, I overheard him tell the other guy, "You need to stick around to talk about what I found when I ran your registration ..."