Was this collision 'my fault'?

flyingscotno1

photome wrote: »

You really dont get it do you?

As myself and others have said YOU should always stay a safe distance behind so that you can stop safely.

If you do that, it wouldnt matter how fast or unecxpectedly the car in front stopped you could stop as well.

IF you hit the car in front, you are to close and it is you that is driving dangerously

I do agree, but it is up to a point however- even if there is a safe distance if a car does an unexpected full out anchors manoeuvre you can be caught out too.

I've nearly been caught out by the same situation where someone mis-read the road, and did an emergency stop at a set of green lights. I stopped as did the bus behind me, but it was very tight. I think there is only so much a driver can do to react.

zappahey

chris-j wrote: »

Yes the car at the back should have been able to stop but having probably seen no danger looming continued driving.

You mean like the looming danger of two stopped cars?

CFC

flyingscotno1 wrote: »

I do agree, but it is up to a point however- even if there is a safe distance if a car does an unexpected full out anchors manoeuvre you can be caught out too.

I've nearly been caught out by the same situation where someone mis-read the road, and did an emergency stop at a set of green lights. I stopped as did the bus behind me, but it was very tight. I think there is only so much a driver can do to react.

But this is why drivers have to keep a safe stopping distance away. On that occasion a child hadn't run into the road, it was merely a moment of traffic light blindness. You were obviously driving at the right distance as although it was tight, you managed to stop.