every day I’m constantly amazed that no one barrels into the back of my work van at a light. unlike motorcycles I have a lot more inbetween my body and the front end of a car, but I also have much less chance to get out of the way.
on the other hand I was rearended a few weeks ago while stopped at train crossing about 5 minutes into a freight train passing by. fortunately she was only going 5 or so mph (turned her head to look for something, let off the brakes) didn’t put a scratch on my van (at least that I could see from all the other dings, scratches, and dents already there) and no obvious damage to her bumper, so I bid her a good afternoon, and went back to my van. on a motorcycle…well I hope I’d have noticed and moved to the side, otherwise, even a 5mph love tap coulda caused a decent amount of trouble for my day. some idiot screaming down the road paying no attention whatsoever to the road…not a whole lot you can do about it but hope you notice him fast enough and can get out of the way.