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Originally Posted by prydey
A scenario. you are sitting behind a truck with limited forward visibility. They are not paying attention and come upon a line of traffic that is stopped due to an incident ahead. Truck swerves in to next lane and suddenly you are staring at the back of a parked car. Yes, it happens.
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I don't agree with some of your posts on this matter but this point is absolutely right. I learned the hard way....
Whilst not a truck it was a massive lifted 4wd who swerved at very last second at high speed, as clearly wasn't concentrating/watching the road.
Only crash I've ever had and whilst my distance to him/her at speed seemed fine, the lack of not knowing a car broken down dead stationary on a highway left me nowhere to go, as car on right and railing on left.
Bang. Car written off and person in car had minor injuries but otherwise lucky.
I no longer follow large vehicles where possible, or sit a long way back, due to this experience.