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I worked in Germany for a while, due to the superb layout of the M/ways, i found myself traveling everywhere by m/way.

I can take my wife on my bike at average speed of 120 mph German M/way's, yet she starts to panick at anything above 80 mph in the UK. Despite most of Germany being only 2 lanes.

German M/ways are far superior in terms of surface.

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Steve

We do discuss this from time to time. In the most general case you had the option of choosing a position to stop whereby you could still have driven out of the way before the crash. In practice this means stopping or slowing well short of the obstruction and monitoring the mirror for anyone unable to stop.

Can anyone post a link to one of the earlier discussions?

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Paul Smith
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Happened to me twice in the previous 20 years (2 out of the 2 accidents I got alltogether). That is why I agree with Safespeed: it is a code to drive by.

Before i was hit from rear i used to leave good space in front of me, now i leave more - especially when i am the exposed car at rear of queue. But space can always be filled, by pedestrian, cyclists etc, so the option of moving forward is not always so clear cut.

In my case i would have moved forward had i seen car in mirror, as stop line for traffic lights was good cars length back from junction - however had another vehicle on green light taken wide turn then i may well have gone straight into it - and if car behind had not hit me then i would have been at fault for the accident. Such is life.