Originally Posted by
Rick Astley
Sounds like 2 different 'accidents' to me. You were careless in not observing what was going on around you which resulted in an 'incident'.
However I don't remember being taught to brake and swerve wildly to avoid a collision. So you could use that to your benefit.
Are you 100% sure a woman cannot be shouldered with the blame as that would immediately exonerate all involved male parties.
He is not careless at all. He was driving normally and did what he needed to avoid an accident after a blind arsehole put everyone in danger ( ie Zafira )
If other drivers are not observant enough to plan ahead, then they are careless or dangerous.
Even the guy behind should have seen the impending accident from the Zafira and Passat and aproached with caution.
But unless you made contact with the person behind, there is no way they can hold you in any way responsible for damage etc to his vehicle.
Stick to the story you have, draw diagrams if necessary and have everything clear in your head, sequence of events etc all written out if need be before going into the interview. Dont for one second second guess what you did. You drove in a sensible manner at all times yourself under the circumstances.
There was nothing else you could do based on what the other motorists were doing. You placed yourself properly on the road, indicators etc