just another one too add too the list.
en route too birminghams millenium point today, i got stuck in the normal monday start stop crawl. i was on the m6, at junction 2 northbound, creeping along in low range, in the middle lane.
traffic starts too pick up, when all of a sudden, the car in front just stopped dead, no warning, just stopped dead. so, i had too get on the breaks quick, but stopped ok, with about a cars length between us. he sat there, looked like he was messing with something in the car, then, reverse lights come on, and he just steamed, straight back, at quite a speed, bang, straight into the front of my truck 
a 55 plate, daf super space cab.
so i get out, walk too his window, where he and his passenger are still fiddling with the dash, i managed too get him too open the door, and said, we need too get over on the hard shoulder, as we are causing chaos, blocking the middle lane.
so there we are swapping details, turns out,its a hire car, with an auto box, that he hasnāt come too terms with, hence the collision 
next thing you know, 3 traffic police cars and an ambulance arrive, (very swiftly too) we hadnāt called them, must have been a passer by, once they realised we were ok, all but 1 traffic car disapreared. the 2 coppers that stayed, asked what happened, so i explained. all of a sudden, matey pipes up, that he doesnāt think he reversed into me, and canāt remember what happened 
i did ask him in front of the officers, exactly what part of reversing in too me he didnāt bloody rememberā ā ? iām now getting a tad irate, so the police sort of chat with us separately, i explain that iām seriously peeād off, that through no fault of my own, this guy is gonna go home, fill his form out, and claim i hit him from behind . the officer seems too be thinking along the same lines, and suggests an idea.
he said we should both write down, and sign, our version of events, i had no problem with this, the other guy, (mr forgetful) writes the following, āiām confused too as what happened, i was in a rental car, that i was unfamilar with, and may have selected reverse by accident, but think i was stationery at the timeā now although its not an admission of guilt, the officer seems too think it goes pretty well in my favour, especially as its timed, dated and signed, by mr confused, myself, and the officer, i also have incident number etc.
be interesting too see what happens next.
btw, the police were exellent. ridiculous thing is, my trucks bumper, (the steel lower one) is now seriously outta shape, and yet his hire car, a peugeot 307cc had nothing but a big scuff mark, across the top of the bumper, i was shocked really.
