On 31/05/2018 23:46, Steve Walker wrote:
On 31/05/2018 23:06, Andy Burns wrote:
dennis@home wrote:

The car in front can brake for any reason, like getting something in the
eye, sneezing and having his glasses fall off.
Chummy boy behind is guilty of dangerous driving whatever he claims.

So from a UK dashcam programme on last night, car in outside lane of
dual carriageway stops for no apparent reason, white van behind car
manages to stop, lorry behind van doesn't manage to stop, pushes van
into the car injuring chap in the van.

Who was prosecuted, the car, van or lorry driver?

Should be car driver for dangerous driving and lorry driver for driving
too close to be able to stop. The van driver had no choice but to stop
and did so properly.

Depends on the situation.

A car that loses power and fails in the outside lane and the driver
can't get over to the hard shoulder they don't have much option but to
stop. I have encountered that situation a few times. Once in the car
behind the one that stopped dead for no apparent reason (out of fuel).

I once had a car immobiliser decide to spontaneously trigger and lock
the car down completely on a roundabout at rush hour. There is damn all
you can do with no working electrics at all apart from push it to the
edge of the roadside if someone will give you a hand to do it.

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Regards,
Martin Brown