5 car pile up.

LiE · 6 Dec 2012 at 13:07

The merc driver probably does have whiplash from the looks of that impact!

Jono8 · 6 Dec 2012 at 13:11

sneakypenguin said:
+1

I'm guessing it'll be a write off

Na, that will T-cut out.

Morba · 6 Dec 2012 at 13:15

LiE said:
The merc driver probably does have whiplash from the looks of that impact!

That's the thing, if it was fraud then it's a hard way to do it.

ZXSpectrum · 6 Dec 2012 at 17:48

LOL They are not the most intelligent people on the planet..

ca9phoenix · 6 Dec 2012 at 17:53

Fix it up ill buy it lol.

Could have been a lot worse if not for the transit!

What was the woman with the neon light doing?

mOdO · 6 Dec 2012 at 17:59

I still have no idea about the woman with the blue light. She was just on her own, proper weirdo. If I see her tomorrow morning I will pull over and thank her for running away.

Simon · 6 Dec 2012 at 19:20

Looks like you need to leave a bigger gap in traffic

gumpy321 · 6 Dec 2012 at 19:37

Simon said:
Looks like you need to leave a bigger gap in traffic

It still doesn't stop the car behind ploughing into you?

Kenai · 6 Dec 2012 at 19:47

gumpy321 said:
It still doesn't stop the car behind ploughing into you?

No but it might stop you hitting the car in front, potentially simplifying any insurance wrangling considerably because you can't possibly be viewed to be at fault in any way, shape or form. You'd also only have damage to one end of your car.

Simon · 6 Dec 2012 at 19:48

Plenty of techniques can help. One is leaving a gap to move into and also keeping your foot on the brake when stopped

Either way that accident could have saved several drivers a load of hassle if decent gaps were left.

Biohazard · 6 Dec 2012 at 19:56

lmfao at the merc.

chippy08 · 6 Dec 2012 at 20:20

No one keeping a safe distance.

muon · 6 Dec 2012 at 20:31

chippy08 said:
No one keeping a safe distance.

Last I checked there was no such thing as a safe distance when stationary.

mOdO said:
Just got off the phone with Admiral, they said the Mercedes will be at fault and I will not have to pay the excess. It should not affect my no claims and premium.... it better not!

Hmmm....

Simon said:
Plenty of techniques can help. One is leaving a gap to move into and also keeping your foot on the brake when stopped

Some of that energy going into doing work moving your vehicle vehicle and the offenders vehicle, rather than crushing the car, is actually better.

If I see a car about to plough into the back of me, unless I have an immovable object (wall, large vehicle etc.) in front of me (or being thrown into cross traffic) I'm letting go of the brakes.

Kenai · 6 Dec 2012 at 21:01

muon said:
Last I checked there was no such thing as a safe distance when stationary.

There is actually, there is even an explicit 5 metre gap stated in the highway code for when stopped in a tunnel.

SilverTongue · 6 Dec 2012 at 21:06

muon said:
Last I checked there was no such thing as a safe distance when stationary.

There is actually, you should be able to see the back tires of the car in front touching the tarmac

Simon · 6 Dec 2012 at 21:08

muon said:
Last I checked there was no such thing as a safe distance when stationary.

Hmmm....

Some of that energy going into doing work moving your vehicle vehicle and the offenders vehicle, rather than crushing the car, is actually better.

If I see a car about to plough into the back of me, unless I have an immovable object (wall, large vehicle etc.) in front of me (or being thrown into cross traffic) I'm letting go of the brakes.

Keeping the brake pedal on is more to do with the brake lights being on and giving an indication you are stopped/stopping. Proven to reduce chances of being rear ended as automatic cars are rear ended less than manuals. Plus it reduces the chance of whiplash

If you leave a bigger gap it means you can brake more gently which then gives the person behind more chance to react.

You need to drive in a way to help other drivers. You don't want to be 'dead right'.

Simon · 6 Dec 2012 at 21:10

SilverTongue said:
There is actually, you should be able to see the back tires of the car in front touching the tarmac

Exactly. If the car in front suddenly runs out of fuel/driver gets out/ engine blows up you want to be able to drive around them rather than sat 1mm from their bumper just to be further up the road in stationary traffic ...

squarebutt · 6 Dec 2012 at 21:37

The woman with the blue light was possibly trying to slow traffic down in her own twisted way. That needs mentioning to the police. Is it a road where locals have been known to complain about people speeding.

muon · 6 Dec 2012 at 22:32

Kenai said:
There is actually, there is even an explicit 5 metre gap stated in the highway code for when stopped in a tunnel.

Ah ok, fair enough but I can understand why they have that.

However, outside of special circumstances, for most situations no such rule exists.

SilverTongue said:
There is actually, you should be able to see the back tires of the car in front touching the tarmac

Please point me to this.

Simon said:
Keeping the brake pedal on is more to do with the brake lights being on and giving an indication you are stopped/stopping. Proven to reduce chances of being rear ended as automatic cars are rear ended less than manuals. Plus it reduces the chance of whiplash

People having their brake lights on in stationary traffic is actually very annoying.

If you leave a bigger gap it means you can brake more gently which then gives the person behind more chance to react.

You need to drive in a way to help other drivers. You don't want to be 'dead right'.

?? Gap has nothing to do with braking more gently unless you are referring to moving traffic which has nothing to do with this.

Kenai · 6 Dec 2012 at 22:35

Since when does there need to be a rule for such a thing as a safe stationary distance to exist?

Does safety not exist unless rules say it does?