It pays to keep an eye on the road ahead and keep a safe distance.

[Roverlord off road spares]

https://youtu.be/8ZX1dQOLp6E

[travelrover]

Oops. Better call the cops! Arr, they are already there! Oh dear

[Roverlord off road spares]

Oops. Better call the cops! Arr, they are already there! Oh dear
or Gee the cops got there fast!.

[DiscoMick]

And legally the car behind is always at fault for failing to stop in time.

[austastar]

Hi,
Similar happened to my dad, the police insurance wrote off his car at a good value. He was so happy, as he was facing a big expense to rebuild the motor.
Cheers

[Tim_AM]

And legally the car behind is always at fault for failing to stop in time.

that's not always the case, there was a spate of insurance fraud based on the fraudster slamming their brakes on for no reason in front of some one, to get the pay out,

[sam_d]

If the driver of the red car at the front had continued through the amber light then none of this would have happened but the driver probably saw the police van in his mirror and thought "****! I'd better stop! I don't want to get done for going through a stale amber!"

Or something :)

[DiscoMick]

Would certainly be interesting to know the result of this. Was anyone injured or charged?
Was the cop driver charged? Should have been.
Would be interesting to have been a fly on the wall when he had to explain his driving to the commander. At least in this case it was accidental, not deliberate.
I know a police commander who tells funny stories about conversations he has had with officers who have screwed up. Usually it is just accidental and just dumb behaviour. When the officer has deliberately broken the rules it can get very nasty.

[DiscoMick]

that's not always the case, there was a spate of insurance fraud based on the fraudster slamming their brakes on for no reason in front of some one, to get the pay out,
That's interesting.
I saw a six car pileup once and the rear five cars were all charged for failing to stop in time. Interestingly, in that case the female front driver actually caused the pileup by slamming on her brakes to avoid a dog, but she wasn't charged.
Since then I've made a point of leaving plenty of space to the vehicle in front.

[ozscott]

And legally the car behind is always at fault for failing to stop in time.
No mate not always. But here yes.

Cheers

[d2dave]

Youtube link gone so I can't view it.

[rangieman]

Youtube link gone so I can't view it.
Still working this end Dave[thumbsupbig]

[ozscott]

Every driver is fallible it's just that luck enters the equation at most times when fallibility strikes. Imagine here that the driver of the car in front was killed by a vehicle legally on the intersection under a green light, or that the vehicle in front of the police van was a motor cycle and the rider was killed from the impact. The driver of the police vehicle would likely end up convicted of an indictable offence and going to prison or having a prison sentence but suspended. Cheers

[V8Ian]

Let he who is without sin, cast the first stone.

[d2dave]

Still working this end Dave[thumbsupbig]

I was reading this thread on a computer in the lunchroom of Fantastic Furniture in Sydney.

Just got home and it works fine on my computer.

[Roverlord off road spares]

Did you like the part where the siren comes on after, just got to make sure it was working. It shows that police are also human beings and make mistakes, they probably would have been in bigger poo with their superiors than if it was joe blogs.

[d2dave]

Lucky it was not a few seconds later.
The red car could have been slammed into the oncoming right turners.

[Roverlord off road spares]

No mate not always. But here yes.

Cheers

I had a driver, (cant mention their sex as it is not politically incorrect to do so these days) but this driver was constantly slamming the brakes on in front of me , So it was hard to judge a safe distance, in frustration I overtook the said driver and looked over and the driver had the phone up on the steering wheel and was busy texting at 80 kph, so I blew my horn and gave them a few choice words, and the said driver then hid amongst other traffic at the next red light and would not make eye contact with me.
So if I ran up their behind I would probably be at fault, for let them know I was peeved, I would probably be charged for Road Rage, so these spankers and spankeretes would probably get off scott free if I ran into them.

Also same applies when a driver suddenly cuts you off by changing lanes, causing you to run into them, your really need a dash cam to prove your are the innocent victim.

[PAT303]

I had a rusty LH Torana once,it was never going to pass rego and had only 2 weeks rego left.I was rear ended by a young female P plater that pushed me forward into the vehicle in front,that vehicle into the back of the vehicle in front and so on,all up 5 vehicles involved.My poor old Torry ended up as a SWB and I ****ed blood for two days.

[Graeme]

I noticed that the van's left rear wheel was locked for quite some distance and the front didn't produce any smoke suggesting that the van's brakes weren't much good. The car in the middle didn't have any problem stopping on short notice.

[DiscoMick]

Hyundai vans I have driven did not have great brakes (or anything else great).