So I'm driving down the highway...

[SpaceShot]

Unfortunately in the North East this is why you really need to look 2 or even 3 cars ahead of you.
If weather conditions don't get you, someone pulls a stupid move like trying to stop on a dime in the center lane.
For a while they were even catching insurance scammers staging accidents along the 495 corridor through Haverhill & Lawrence. They would purposefully force a rear ender like this with some old clunker, and hopefully get the insurance settlement before the DMV figured it out. The Lexus in front of you would have been a good mark.

Who knows if this was something intentional or just someone forgetting they were still on the freeway and the vehicles behind them are moving at 70+. Tough loss for your car, but that little thing took the hit from the guardrail and the big Lexus, and held up enough for you to walk away.

Perhaps consider a much brighter color for the new one? Or at least some really bright headlamps.

Good luck...

[SailDesign]

Originally Posted by SpaceShot

Perhaps consider a much brighter color for the new one? Or at least some really bright headlamps.

Good luck...

Hmmm. My old Yaris was bright freakin' red, and still got T-boned by a red light runner. New one is black. If they don't see you, you might as well be fluorescent cat-puke green - they STILL won't see you.