Daughter's Car Accident - please help.

tesuhoha

The_Turner wrote: »

No chance of any criminal charges.

So your daughter has this in writing does she?

No, but the police officer has said she was hit from behind. The accident report has been submitted. They know she wasn't using her phone. Why would there be criminal charges?

The_Turner

She was either hit from behind or it was the wind. Now which one was it?

tesuhoha

The_Turner wrote: »

She was either hit from behind or it was the wind. Now which one was it?

I don't know, ask the policeman - he was the one said it.

The_Turner

tesuhoha wrote: »

No, but the police officer has said she was hit from behind. The accident report has been submitted. They know she wasn't using her phone. Why would there be criminal charges?

Careless driving.

tesuhoha

The police officer said at first the wind could have caused the accident. Two days later he said he had seen the mark on the car and it was his opinion that she was hit from behind and the driver did not stop.

tesuhoha

The_Turner wrote: »

Careless driving.

How do you know that it was careless driving? Were you there?

vax2002

At motorway speeds the forces carried by the vehicles are 30x what they are at 30mph, any slight impact will transfer that force to the other vehicle.
Any impact would have created two wrecks, even the slightest nudge would have transferred considerable force between the vehicles.
My opinion is, your daughter was an inexperienced driver, probably caught by a combination of wind and crossing a white line, over reacted and braked hard emphasising the over reaction and span out the car.
The notion that a vehicle could nudge another with no damage at those speeds and transferred forces is not a scientific one.

The_Turner

She crashed for a reason and That reason keeps changing.
You don't know what if put down as the cause, You can only guess.

The_Turner

vax2002 wrote: »

At motorway speeds the forces carried by the vehicles are 30x what they are at 30mph, any slight impact will transfer that force to the other vehicle.
Any impact would have created two wrecks, even the slightest nudge would have transferred considerable force between the vehicles.
My opinion is, your daughter was an inexperienced driver, probably caught by a combination of wind and crossing a white line, over reacted and braked hard emphasising the over reaction and span out the car.
The notion that a vehicle could nudge another with no damage at those speeds and transferred forces is not a scientific one.

But still possible.

tesuhoha

vax2002 wrote: »

At motorway speeds the forces carried by the vehicles are 30x what they are at 30mph, any slight impact will transfer that force to the other vehicle.
Any impact would have created two wrecks, even the slightest nudge would have transferred considerable force between the vehicles.
My opinion is, your daughter was an inexperienced driver, probably caught by a combination of wind and crossing a white line, over reacted and braked hard emphasising the over reaction and span out the car.
The notion that a vehicle could nudge another with no damage at those speeds and transferred forces is not a scientific one.

Not sure of the science of that one. You are saying it is impossible for a vehicle to hit another one going in the same direction and not crash itself?

How do you account for the mark on the left back of the car and no other damage? Just interested. The first crash impact was on the right hand side flat against the crash barrier. The imprint of the crash barrier can be seen the full length of the right side from front to back. She then spun around without hitting anything and crashed head on into the crash barrier on the hard shoulder. So where did that left hand mark come from . Its not from debris as its a heavy bash.