Seems as though some people forget that physics play a role in stuff like this. No matter how close, or not so close you are to the car in front (because he didn't say) reaction times lessen the farther back you are. Maybe the truck had JUST enough warning and time to miss what ever it was which means he DIDN'T have enough time. It happens. I've seen it happen to someone and I've had it happen to me.
The gun stuff could have been left out. But hey pull one on me sometime. My 7th degree blackbelt training has me prepared for such stuff if the need shows itself.

 

Glad you are Ok too.. HHR did it's job..

What it hit musty have been higher, since the front HHR bumper looks basically unmangled.

 

I drive a 1 ton bucket truck, and my company drills defensive driving into my head. (Knocking on wood ) I've never been in a mishap in a work truck. As far as the company is concerned if I'm moving basically I'm at fault and will get a week to sit at home without pay. Following distance is key in the cages I have to drive. Now when I'm on two wheels I am safer if I'm moving through traffic because people don't see the scorched yellow bike for some reason. Bottom line ......I assume every driver around me is distracted at the least and out to kill me at worst.

A couple days ago while working 20' in the air I had a chance to see an asynchronous automotive reconfiguration performance between a teen in a murdered out, fart canned Honda and a simple silly babe in a cube. I saw it coming, knew it was avoidable, and knew it was still going to happen.

 

Sorry to hear it's probably totalled, but again, the most important part is your ok. Car can be replaced, people can't.

 

I was just thinking the same here He was lucky not to get cited on top of the crash.

It is kind of like the crashes on the freeway where one guy stops hard and then the next 5 cars hit nose to tail. The car behind usually get unassured clear distance tickets. The right thing no but that is the way it is.

We all follow too close for the most or we would get cut off all the time. The best you can do is keep an eye out are react faster.

Sorry about the crash it could have been much worse. Anyone you can walk away from is a good one.

I suspect you will see this HHR back on the road. It would not take much for a shop to buy it cheap and fix it to sell with a salvage title. Many places do this all the time.

 

He said it went under a bumper of a Honda. HHRS are known for going under bumpers on hard stops. But there is enough structure to absorb the impact even over the bumper. These things has very strong noses and good crush areas.

The impact could not have been too hard as the bags or seat belts never went off.

 

That's just silly. You know the old saying about taking anything less than a gun to a gun fight (which this isn't). I think you missed the whole point of the statement. What's the point of confronting someone after an accident anyway? So many things could go wrong.

 

of course to make sure everything is okay with them for them to be driving squirley. and thats not to be said as a joke, being a diabetic i have had an insulin reaction while driving and it got kinda ugly but no one got hurt , and if some one wouldnt have followed me who know how long i wouldve sat in a ditch. now if it got taken further then that yes that would be rediculous.

 

Yea, I think the point got missed....

 

This thread has given me some laughs the last day or so. We went from, accidentally rear ending somebody, to pulling a gun on someone, to karate chopping them, to full on conspiracy theories. LOL