From what i understand he wasn't in the van at the time of impact, i don't see how he could have survived otherwise.

That picture should be warning for people, look how far the front bumper of that artic had moved back 'crumpling', er no the bumper hasn't moved because the chassis is directly behind.

As GB says it hasn't moved due to the fact that the bumper of the hgv is directly attached to the solid steel chassis and that will have caused the weight of the vehicle to travel through in to the other vehicle, never a good idea to break check a large commercial vehicle.

I was cut up by a car who then slammed on the breaks i had very little time to react but the dash cam footage showed id collided with the other car at only 5 MPH after hitting the breaks. the damage to my 26000 kg lorry was a broken number plate the ford bmax at less then a month old was a complete write off with the whole rear of the car including the rear wheels hadbeen pushed in to the passenger compartment lucky only the driver was on board.

it really shook me up the lady driving the car was lucky to have no injuries and herself was very shaken up.

From what i understand he wasn't in the van at the time of impact, i don't see how he could have survived otherwise.

That picture should be warning for people, look how far the front bumper of that artic had moved back 'crumpling', er no the bumper hasn't moved because the chassis is directly behind.

Says in the article that he was cut out and only had scratches so assume he must have been in it.

Maybe I should sell my car and by a truck. Gives me an excuse to buy Yorkie bars at least.

Just as long as you're not a girl

Coincidentally I was 'tailgated' this very morning. He caught up with me in 30 zone. His idea of observing the speed limit was to drive at 60 until he reached someone who was doing 30 then tailgate them to show his annoyance. Didn't make a jot of difference. A tractor and convoy up ahead and pretty soon a convoy behind too. When possible I stuck rigidly to the limit after the tractor had gone and watched as he quietly simmered with frustration behind me. Deep joy. Kept him there for another 8 miles or so until he turned off. No doubt to repeat the whole pointless process. It can be fun, especially as I know the road very well and there are some tricky bends that catch out the unwary or reckless. I of course barrelled round them at full speed and gained about the right distance for safety, but to no avail. The magnetic bumpers were still on full power and kept on pulling him in!! Why oh why do they do this utterly futile exercise? Country roads are fairly busy and certainly dangerous in parts so why the rush? Guess what the vehicle tailgating me was?

That's right, an Audi with great big 'get lost' DLR's blazing away. Seems they have taken over from Mercedes and BMW as the car of choice for the terminally stupid.

Cheers Concrete

It's been suggested that AUDI is an acronym for Another Useless D---head Inside.

As above...it isn't just Audi drivers...these muppets drive the same whichever car they're in,....just a shame that they seem to favour particular makes.

It's a blend of arrogance, ignorance, impatience and intolerance...with the sure knowledge that their journey is far more important than yours..!!!

As well as the aggressive/impatient tailgater there is the inattentive tailgater. The worst thing about this species is that they don’t know they’re doing it and are more likely to be taken by surprise in the event of an emergency. A few years back I was travelling along a road punctuated by frequent roundabouts. Following me was a young woman in a Zafira or something similar - certainly not the type of car or driver you’d associate with aggressive tailgating and she was making no attempt to overtake.

After a few roundabouts I noticed she was driving very close to my rear end so I began to accelerate away from her after each roundabout. I had to ease off the throttle each time I reached the speed limit and, sure enough, by the time we reached the next roundabout she was back on my bumper. Maybe it was a security thing, I don’t know, but she seemed to think the correct positioning on the road was immediately behind me. I don’t remember how the situation resolved itself; she maybe turned off eventually, but the motoring organisations say that you should pull over and let them lock on to the rear of the next vehicle they catch up with.