If the car in front of me stalls...

[Maz]

...and I hit the back of it, would I be at fault?

Technically, y'know, hypothetically, like...

 

[potsy]

Yes

 

[ianrauk]

I would say yes. as you are too close.

 

[Herzog]

Yes, you failed to leave adequate room to stop your car in time.

 

[Gary E]

Yes. It's up to you to keep a safe stopping distance for just such an eventuality.

Obviously that goes for cars following bikes too (not something that's always apparent).

 

[Pauluk]

I would say yes its obviously your fault.

It does make me wonder what view the civil court would take if the car wasn't displaying brake lights, but may be that doesn't mitigate the fault of the rider or car going in to the back of another vehicle, especially if the car was only just moving off so to speak.

May be other posters know the law on this.

 

[400bhp]

[QUOTE 1879368, member: 45"]I should say yes.

But this is the internet.

So no, you aren't. And all of the previous posters are feckless idiots with no road sense who are a danger to us all.[/quote]

Ohhh, no were notttt

 

[Pauluk]

And all of the previous posters are feckless idiots with no road sense who are a danger to us all.

I'm not a danger to you all, only the ones that ride in my neck of the woods.

 

[Maz]

Yes, you failed to leave adequate room to stop your car in time.

But I was on a bike, not in a car. In this purely hypothetical, 100% made-up scenario.

 

[Pauluk]

But I was on a bike, not in a car. In this purely hypothetical, 100% made-up scenario.

In this hypothetical scenario, Its still your fault, hypothetically

 

[Ethan]

Just be thankful it was not a bus. As the power that one can created and then come to a stop can make you pull an unexpected endo and headbutt the back of the bus.

Was that a hypothetical, made up situation?

 

[Herzog]

But I was on a bike, not in a car. In this purely hypothetical, 100% made-up scenario.

You still hit the car, the car didn't hit you... though I'm sure some could construct the latter argument convincingly

 

[Arfcollins]

Depends.

Were you stationary at the time and on a hill?

Are you sure the driver did not apply the handbrake in time and roll back into you?

On another note - are you suffering from any whiplash at all? Fear of driving or getting into a car ever again?

If you have answered yes to the above then you are entitled to thousands in compo, thousands I say!

But suppose that the car was rolling backwards, and you were rolling backwards too but at a lesser speed so inevitably the car would make contact with your bike and the bumper sort of pinched the wheel and then the wheel popped back out from under the bumper and the bike flipped right over the car and landed in front but facing the wrong way with a snakebite *uncture. It's happened to me a couple of times and I'm still not sure how I can avoid this in the future but I always carry 2 patches now.

 

[slowmotion]

Sorry, your fault. Even if he rammed on the brakes for no reason, it would probably be your fault too.

Except in Liverpool...

 

[gaz]

[QUOTE 1879368, member: 45"]I should say yes.

But this is the internet.

So no, you aren't. And all of the previous posters are feckless idiots with no road sense who are a danger to us all.[/quote]
A well balanced post.