Woops - Didn't quite stop in time

I would guess that if they aren't and the ute is found to be at fault, then they should be able to make a claim against the ute driver.

I hope that he made the best of the Tim Tams in the fridge then.

Hitting the rear of a vehicle is automatically a neg driving charge, regardless of reason.
At least in NSW

Yep

We ran into a truck exiting a factory and he got off because the cops couldn't find me to attend court.

I don't trust the law or insurance companies.

the least you could do
is take ya foot of the brake pedal
when i'm trying to push start ya !

I like it Maz

That's one hell of a snatch strap you have there mate. I will get it while I am in here.

He just popped in for a cuppa

Settle down Ron, it is easy to be casual when you read that NO-ONE was injured.

Looking at the van you can see why travelling (sleeping on the bed) in a van / trailer is illegal.

Cheers Neil

When you read the article it happened at one of those sets of remote traffic lights with no flagman in attendance and from the reports was not well signposted with accounts of other motorists and truckies having to take evasive action to avoid similar results.

The problem with these lights is that they are often obscurred fron sight for following cars and trucks. we all know that these remote lights can be red for anything from a couple of minutes to 10 minutes depending on the length of the section being controlled.

Perhaps the caravan driver roled up to the stop and knowing it was going to be at least a few minutes put his car in park or neutral, pulled on the handbrake and took his foot OFF the brake, with no brake lights showing it would be difficult for a following car or truck to know that it was at a dead stop on the road especially if the signposting was substandard.

It actually looks as though he wasn't going that fast when he hit the van.

Not well sign posted?????

I drive that section of road regularly and it is very well sign posted.
What most likely happened is that the driver was not doing the speed limit (80km/h) through the long section of road works nor the reduced 60km/h and the 40km/h leading up to the lights.
I regularly get overtaken in that set of road works, it is a frustrating section of road that "RoadTek" seem to be taking an age to complete. More than 12 months of reconstruction work by them and it is still in worse condition then when they started. They have now closed a section of the Warrego Highway between Dalby and McAlister so they can repir that section (16km) quicker due to not having to deal with traffic, traffic bypassing through and alternate route.

Cheers Kev

Lyn W3 - You can make all the excuses you like for the driver of the ute, but the bottom line is - he was switched-off, not paying due care and attention to road conditions, or speed or both - and people like this, kill other innocent people regularly.

If you had a family member killed in the prime of his life, by a totally negligent driver, as I have, you might be less inclined to offer excuses.

Even if the caravan driver had taken his foot off the brake, someone who does not see a vehicle stopped in front of him, and has not allowed adequate braking distance, is still seriously negligent in his driving skills level.

In 2008, the missus and I were parked legally in the kerbside lane on a major throughfare in the city - in broad daylight, on a bright sunny day, at noon, on dry bitumen - and two clowns in a hot Commodore ran straight up our rear at 70kmh, without even hitting the brakes.

To add insult to major damage, the Commodore driver gave the name of a bloke who was in jail on that day!
The only saving grace of the entire episode was that a Police officer was walking on the footpath alongside us, and witnessed the entire sorry exercise.

I have been hit in the rear 4 times - and in every case the driver gave a false name and address - and every one of them was found to be driving under suspension, in every one of those accidents.